The President Has Been Shot Confusion, Disability, and the 25th Amendment [Paperback]

This updated paperback edition of the acclaimed analysis of medical and political events surrounding the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan includes a new Postscript on the election of 1992 and the public's right to know which covers the health problems and disclosures of Bush, Tsongas, Buchanan, Perot, and Clinton in light of the issues of privacy and confidentiality.

It reads like a spellbinding political thriller. . . . This is a meticulously verified account of panic and intrigue in the Reagan White House, of misbehavior by all the president's men, and of their inexcusable failure to obey the Constitution's clear command. —San Francisco Chronicle

A valuable addition to the growing literature of presidential succession. A valuable addition to the growing literature of presidential succession. —The Review of Politics

A superb and engrossing book. . . . Dr. Abrams has performed an extraordinarily useful task in producing this timely review of an important medical, legal, and political problem. —BostonThe New England Journal of Medicine

A compelling reconstruction of the attempted assassination and its aftermath. —Boston Globe

“It reads like a spellbinding political thriller. . . . This is a meticulously verified account of panic and intrigue in the Reagan White House, of misbehavior by all the president’s men, and of their inexcusable failure to obey the Constitution’s clear command.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“A valuable addition to the growing literature of presidential succession.”“A valuable addition to the growing literature of presidential succession.”—The Review of Politics