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WW Norton & Co Gorbachev
Book SynopsisA National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist The definitive biography of the transformational world leader by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Khrushchev.Trade Review"Masterly....[This] richly layered portrait....will surely stand as the definitive English-language chronicle of this most intriguing figure for many years to come." -- Peter Baker - New York Times Book Review"A meticulously researched, clear-eyed volume that will undoubtedly stand for years as the definitive account of the Soviet Union's last ruler." -- Max Boot - Wall Street Journal"Essential reading for the 21st century." -- Radhika Jones - New York Times"Superb....enlightening....with great skill [Taubman] lays bare the evolution that was so important to [Gorbachev’s] later actions." -- David E. Hoffman - The Washington Post"Magisterial....William Taubman has written a fascinating, perceptive, and compelling account of the life of a brilliant, driven, but flawed leader." -- Nick Burns - Boston Globe"A superbly researched story of a politician of such decency as to seem, in our more pessimistic, darker moment, almost beyond imagining." -- The New Yorker"William Taubman's extraordinary new biography, Gorbachev: His Life and Times, is fly-on-the-wall history….A riveting page-turner….his book is anything but a solemn academic tome. It's gripping." -- Mark Katkov - NPR"Sympathetic in his judgments yet clear-eyed in his criticisms, Taubman has rendered Gorbachev in a vast and complex portrait that will be the standard for years to come." -- Michael O'Donnell - Washington Monthly"[Taubman] applies a Tolstoyan lens to Russia’s recent history and displays particular sensitivity in his assessment of a life that would prove richer than politics." -- The Economist"This will be one of the two or three best books of the year, compulsively readable, fun, and informative all at once." -- Tyler Cowan"[A] deeply penetrating history and engrossing psychological study....Taubman draws on a wide range of sources and interviews...to render every major development of the former Soviet leader’s six-year tenure with depth and completeness." -- Robert Legvold - Foreign Affairs"Nobody before Taubman has achieved an in-depth psychological portrait…this monumental biography will become the standard personal portrait. Taubman has charmed more out of [Gorbachev] than any of his subordinates ever managed to." -- Robert Service - Literary Review"William Taubman has now done for Gorbachev what he had previously done for Khrushchev, giving us the full life deeply grounded in the Soviet and Russian archives, here with the added benefit of Gorbachev’s complete cooperation. Perhaps a hundred years from now, when our perspective on Russia’s role in the world has further clarified, another biography will be needed. For now, however, Gorbachev is the closest thing to the final word that history allows." -- Joseph Ellis, author of Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation"This is a meticulously researched, carefully nuanced, and immensely readable biography of a remarkable, but insufficiently understood, twentieth-century political leader. Taubman’s book is destined to remain the fullest and most authoritative life of Gorbachev for years to come." -- Archie Brown, author of The Myth of the Strong Leader and The Rise and Fall of Communism"Comprehensive, judicious, utterly absorbing, William Taubman’s Gorbachev: His Life and Times gives us rare insight into the man who changed his country and world politics. A model of careful research and compelling narrative skill, this biography is destined to become a modern classic." -- Jack F. Matlock, Jr., author of Reagan and Gorbachev: How the Cold War Ended"I have had the privilege of knowing many of the great men and women who brought momentous change to the last part of the twentieth century. My friend Mikhail Gorbachev was outstanding among them. So this biography, especially with its attention to his early formative years, is a great addition to our understanding of a key historical period." -- George P. Shultz"William Taubman has written a remarkable book. He has, at once, captured the complexity of the man, while making Gorbachev’s times—both frightening and hopeful—come alive. The history of the USSR and the world would have been far different if Mikhail Gorbachev had not come to power." -- Susan Eisenhower"A rich and revealing portrait and a thoroughly engrossing read, Taubman’s penetrating examination of Gorbachev’s rise and fall undermines the argument that Russia can be ruled only by dictators and autocrats--while also exposing how steeply the odds are stacked against any efforts at real reform." -- John Beyrle, Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 2008-2011"Remarkably, the two most memorable leaders of the Soviet Union in the last half of its existence now have the same superb biographer. William Taubman's Gorbachev, like his Khrushchev, is an extraordinary achievement, full of new information, filled with shrewd judgments, a two-in-a-row triumph in the writing of great lives." -- John Lewis Gaddis, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of George F. Kennan: An American Life"William Taubman’s biography of Mikhail Gorbachev is a much needed, uniquely sourced account of the life, work, and times of the man who critically shaped a peaceful end to the Cold War and great Soviet experiment. Based on a unique blend of archival sources, personal memoirs, and a not-to-be-repeated set of interviews with key actors, Taubman’s superbly written portrait will become the essential and standard work on his subject and a primary source for any future historians of this period." -- James F. Collins, Former U.S. Ambassador to Moscow, 1997-2001
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Random House USA Inc Master of the Senate
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Penguin Putnam Inc Take A Stand Lessons From Rebels
Book SynopsisEmmy Award-winning journalist and Univision anchor Jorge Ramos looks back on groundbreaking interviews with rebels such as President Barack Obama, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Spike Lee, Barbara Walters, Fidel Castro, and more.After 30 fascinating years uncovering the hard truth, journalist Jorge Ramos opens up for the first time about life-altering lessons by sharing captivating never-before-told stories. Widely recognized for his unapologetic, no-holds-barred approach to interviewing global leaders, business titans, democratic policy makers, and dictators, Ramos unearths their one common trait—they were all rebels at one point in their lives. Rebels are different. They decided to challenge the prevailing status quo. Sometimes they rebelled to change a regime, other times to prevent abuse or discrimination, but in most cases they strived to correct an injustice.Candid and at times controversial, Ramos draws invaluable awareness of issue
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Crown Publishing Group (NY) The Outlier
Book Synopsis“Important . . . [a] landmark presidential biography . . . Bird is able to build a persuasive case that the Carter presidency deserves this new look.”—The New York Times Book ReviewAn essential re-evaluation of the complex triumphs and tragedies of Jimmy Carter’s presidential legacy—from the expert biographer and Pulitzer Prize–winning co-author of American PrometheusFour decades after Ronald Reagan’s landslide win in 1980, Jimmy Carter’s one-term presidency is often labeled a failure; indeed, many Americans view Carter as the only ex-president to have used the White House as a stepping-stone to greater achievements. But in retrospect the Carter political odyssey is a rich and human story, marked by both formidable accomplishments and painful political adversity. In this deeply researched, brilliantly written account, Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Kai Bird deftly unfolds the Carter saga as a tragic tipping point in American history.As president, Carter was not merely an outsider; he was an outlier. He was the only president in a century to grow up in the heart of the Deep South, and his born-again Christianity made him the most openly religious president in memory. This outlier brought to the White House a rare mix of humility, candor, and unnerving self-confidence that neither Washington nor America was ready to embrace. Decades before today’s public reckoning with the vast gulf between America’s ethos and its actions, Carter looked out on a nation torn by race and demoralized by Watergate and Vietnam and prescribed a radical self-examination from which voters recoiled. The cost of his unshakable belief in doing the right thing would be losing his re-election bid—and witnessing the ascendance of Reagan.In these remarkable pages, Bird traces the arc of Carter’s administration, from his aggressive domestic agenda to his controversial foreign policy record, taking readers inside the Oval Office and through Carter’s battles with both a political establishment and a Washington press corps that proved as adversarial as any foreign power. Bird shows how issues still hotly debated today—from national health care to growing inequality and racism to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict—burned at the heart of Carter’s America, and consumed a president who found a moral duty in solving them.Drawing on interviews with Carter and members of his administration and recently declassified documents, Bird delivers a profound, clear-eyed evaluation of a leader whose legacy has been deeply misunderstood. The Outlier is the definitive account of an enigmatic presidency—both as it really happened and as it is remembered in the American consciousness.
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The Perseus Books Group The Myth of the Strong Leader Political
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Book SynopsisA Companion to John Adams and John Quincy Adams presents a collection of original historiographic essays contributed by leading historians that cover diverse aspects of the lives and politics of John and John Quincy Adams and their spouses, Abigail and Louisa Catherine.Trade Review“This is a fine collection of essays on the Adamses and an excellent introduction to one of the most admired, despised, honored, and disrespected families in American history.” (Presidential Studies Quarterly, 1 June 2015) “This is an excellent resource for any academic reference collection or special library with specialization in Colonial America, politics, or regional history.” (Reference Reviews, 1 January 2014) “David Waldstreicher has compiled a glittering collection of essays surveying the lives and times of the second and sixth presidents of the United States. The public and private lives of John, John Quincy and the inimitable Abigail Adams continue to fascinate both academe and the reading public.” (Expofairs.com, 6 May 2013)Table of ContentsList of Figures x About the Contributors xi Introduction: The Adams paradox 1 David Waldstreicher Part I The First Generation 3 1 John Adams: The Life and the Biographers 5 R. B. Bernstein 2 John Adams and Enlightenment 36 Darren Staloff 3 The Revolutionary Politics of John Adams, 1760–1775 60 Colin Nicolson 4 John Adams in the Continental Congress 78 Karen N. Barzilay 5 John Adams’s Political Thought 102 David J. Siemers 6 John Adams, Diplomat 125 Wendy H. Wong 7 John Adams and the Elections of 1796 and 1800 142 David W. Houpt 8 The Presidency of John Adams 166 Douglas Bradburn 9 John Adams and Religion 184 John Fea 10 Abigail Adams and Feminism 199 Elaine Forman Crane 11 Abigail Adams: The Life and the Biographers 218 Margaret A. Hogan Part II The Second Generation 239 12 John Quincy Adams: The Life, the Diary, and the Biographers 241 David Waldstreicher 13 John Quincy Adams and National Republicanism 263 Andrew Shankman 14 John Quincy Adams, Diplomacy, and American Empire 281 John M. Belohlavek 15 John Quincy Adams and the Elections of 1824 and 1828 305 David P. Callahan 16 The Presidency of John Quincy Adams 328 Padraig Riley 17 John Quincy Adams, Internal Improvements, and the Nation State 348 Sean Patrick Adams 18 John Quincy Adams: Apostle of Union 367 David F. Ericson 19 John Quincy Adams, Cosmopolitan 383 Bethel Saler 20 John Quincy Adams and the Tangled Politics of Slavery 402 Matthew Mason 21 John Quincy Adams’s Higher Learnings: Rhetoric, Science, and Intellectual History 422 Marlana Portolano 22 A Monarch in a Republic: Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams and Court Culture in Early Washington City 445 Catherine Allgor and Margery M. Heffron Part III Images and Legacies 469 23 Thomas Jefferson and the John Adams Family 471 Herbert E. Sloan 24 The Adamses on Screen 487 Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein 25 An American Dynasty 510 Edith B. Gelles References 542 Index 568
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Problem of Democracy
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Random House USA Inc The Book of Joe The Life Wit and Sometimes
Book SynopsisThe ultimate guide to President Joe Biden, filled with all the fun, all the inspiration, and none of the malarkey.The aviators. The Amtrak. The bromance with Barack Obama. Few politicians are as iconic, or as beloved, as Joe Biden. Now, in The Book of Joe, Biden fans and political junkies alike have the ultimate look at America’s 46th president. Covering the key chapters in Biden’s life and career—and filled with classic Biden-isms, including “That’s a bunch of malarkey” and “I may be Irish, but I’m not stupid”—this entertaining blend of biography, advice, and muscle cars explores the moments that forged Joe Biden, and what they can teach us today. But along with this “Wisdom of Joe,” the book also reveals the inspirational story of a man whose life has been shaped by his father’s advice: Get back up. Time after time, Biden has bounced ba
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND OTHER WRITINGS BY FRANKLIN
Book SynopsisThis authoritative Bantam Classic edition presents readers with a wide-ranging selection of Benjamin Franklin’s most important writings, illuminating the complex and appealing character of this quintessential American who rose to fame as a publisher, inventor, educator, bon vivant, and statesman.Here are selections from Franklin’s newspaper articles, from the sage wisdom of Poor Richard’s Almanac, from his entertaining letters, from his scientific essays, from his political and revolutionary writings, plus a generous sampling of his famous aphorisms, poems, and humor. And, most important, here is a newly edited text of one of the most vital and important works of American literature, the Autobiography. As fascinating and as relevant as ever, this timeless collection of writings reveals an extraordinary man whose mind was always curious, always questioning, and who forever remained dedicated to the principles of truth and liberty.
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Random House USA Inc Washingtons Spies The Story of Americas First Spy
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Random House USA Inc Founding Martyr
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Random House USA Inc 41 A Portrait of My Father
Book Synopsis#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, has authored a personal biography of his father, George H. W. Bush, the 41st President. Forty-three men have served as President of the United States. Countless books have been written about them. But never before has a President told the story of his father, another President, through his own eyes and in his own words. A unique and intimate biography, the book covers the entire scope of the elder President Bush’s life and career, including his service in the Pacific during World War II, his pioneering work in the Texas oil business, and his political rise as a Congressman, U.S. Representative to China and the United Nations, CIA Director, Vice President, and President. The book shines new light on both the accomplished statesman and the warm, decent man known best by his family. In addition, George W. Bu
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Random House USA Inc It Was All a Lie
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Random House USA Inc The Fixers
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Diversified Publishing The Splendid and the Vile
Book SynopsisThe best-selling author of Dead Wake draws on personal diaries, archival documents and declassified intelligence in a portrait of Winston Churchill that explores his day-to-day experiences during the Blitz and his role in uniting England. (military history). Simultaneous. Maps.
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Random House USA Inc The Destructionists
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A scalding history of twenty-five years of Republican attempts to hold on to political power by any means necessary, by a hugely popular Washington Post political columnistIn 1994, more than 300 Republicans under the command of obstructionist and rabble-rouser Congressman Newt Gingrich stood outside the U.S. Capitol to sign the Contract with America and put bipartisanship on notice. Twenty-five years later, on January 6, 2021, a bloodthirsty mob incited by President Trump invaded the Capitol. Dana Milbank sees a clear line from the Contract with America to the coup attempt. In the quarter century in between, Americans have witnessed the crackup of the party of Lincoln and Reagan, to its current iteration as a haven for white supremacists, political violence, conspiracy theories and authoritarianism.Following the questionable careers of party heavyweights Newt Gingrich, Karl Rove, Mitch McConne
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Random House USA Inc Our Ancient Faith
Book SynopsisAn intimate study of Abraham Lincoln’s powerful vision of democracy, which guided him through the Civil War and is still relevant today—by a best-selling historian and three-time winner of the Lincoln Prize*Winner of the 2024 Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Prize**Finalist for the 2025 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize*It is altogether fitting and proper that, with this meditation on democracy and its most subtle defender, Allen Guelzo again demonstrates that he is today’s most profound interpreter of this nation’s history and significance. —George F. WillAbraham Lincoln grappled with the greatest crisis of democracy that has ever confronted the United States. While many books have been written about his temperament, judgment, and steady hand in guiding the country through the Civil War, we know less about Lincoln’s penetrating ideas and beliefs about democracy, which were every bit as important as his character in sustaining him through the crisis.Allen C. Guelzo, one of America’s foremost experts on Lincoln, captures the president’s firmly held belief that democracy was the greatest political achievement in human history. He shows how Lincoln’s deep commitment to the balance between majority and minority rule enabled him to stand firm against secession while also committing the Union to reconciliation rather than recrimination in the aftermath of war. In bringing his subject to life as a rigorous and visionary thinker, Guelzo assesses Lincoln’s actions on civil liberties and his views on race, and explains why his vision for the role of government would have made him a pivotal president even if there had been no Civil War. Our Ancient Faith gives us a deeper understanding of this endlessly fascinating man and shows how his ideas are still sharp and relevant more than 150 years later.
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Penguin Putnam Inc A Way Out of No Way
Book SynopsisOn the heels of his historic election to the United States Senate, Raphael G. Warnock shares his remarkable spiritual and personal journey.“Sparkling… a narrative of an extraordinary life, from impoverished beginnings in Savannah to his arrival on Capitol Hill. Along the way, he reflects with considerable candor and insight on the meaning and importance of faith, truth-telling and political and social redemption.”—The New York Times Book Review“A compelling, insightful memoir that details an extraordinary journey.” —Bryan StevensonSenator Reverend Raphael G. Warnock occupies a singular place in American life. As senior pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, and now as a senator from Georgia, he is the rare voice who can call out the uncomfortable truths that shape contemporary American life and, at a time of division, summon us all to a higher moral ground.
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Alfred A. Knopf Our Ancient Faith
Book SynopsisAn intimate study of Abraham Lincoln’s powerful vision of democracy, which guided him through the Civil War and is still relevant today—by a best-selling historian and three-time winner of the Lincoln PrizeIt is altogether fitting and proper that, with this meditation on democracy and its most subtle defender, Allen Guelzo again demonstrates that he is today’s most profound interpreter of this nation’s history and significance. —George F. WillAbraham Lincoln grappled with the greatest crisis of democracy that has ever confronted the United States. While many books have been written about his temperament, judgment, and steady hand in guiding the country through the Civil War, we know less about Lincoln’s penetrating ideas and beliefs about democracy, which were every bit as important as his character in sustaining him through the crisis.Allen C. Guelzo, one of America’s foremost experts on Lincoln, captures the pre
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Random House USA Inc Untitled 9826
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Random House USA Inc The Emperor Downfall of an Autocrat Vintage
Book SynopsisA sensitive, powerful ... history (The New York Review of Books) of a man living amidst nearly unimaginable pomp and luxury while his people teetered netween hunger and starvation.Haile Selassie, King of Kings, Elect of God, Lion of Judah, His Most Puissant Majesty and Distinguished Highness the Emperor of Ethiopia, reigned from 1930 until he was overthrown by the army in 1974. While the fighting still raged, Ryszard Kapuscinski, Poland's leading foreign correspondent, traveled to Ethiopia to seek out and interview Selassie's servants and closest associates on how the Emperor had ruled and why he fell. This is Kapuscinski's rendition of their accounts—humorous, frightening, sad, groteque.
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Random House USA Inc The Catcher Was a Spy
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Southern First Ladies Culture and Place in White
Book SynopsisExplores the ways in which geographical and cultural backgrounds molded a group of influential first ladies. The contributors to this volume use the lens of ‘Southernness’ to define and better understand the cultural attributes, characteristics, actions, and activism of seventeen first ladies from Martha Washington to Laura Bush.Trade ReviewThis unique study encourages all of us to examine the influence of place in the evolution of the role of first lady. With varying degrees of 'southernness,' the women included in this volume provide wonderful examples of the subtle and sometimes not-so-subtle impact of locality on national institutions." - Mary C. Brennan, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University, and author of Pat Nixon: Embattled First Lady"Katherine Sibley has put together a masterful collection of essays on southern first ladies, spanning Martha Washington to Laura Bush. The contributors provide insightful scholarly analysis on the cultural backgrounds and 'southernness' of these influential women and how they shaped gender roles within the United States. This book is an excellent addition to the ever-growing literature on the influence and symbolism of first ladies." - Lori Cox Han, professor of political science, Chapman University, and author of Advising Nixon: The White House Memos of Patrick J. Buchanan"First ladies have often grappled with walking the fine line between traditional social, cultural, and political assumptions regarding the 'proper' role of their office and their own desire to pursue an activist agenda aimed at furthering their own interests and those of their husbands'. One would expect that presidential wives who were born or raised in the South would adhere most strongly to the traditionalist mind-set. Yet as the contributors to this fascinating volume demonstrate, it was that very southern upbringing that inspired these women to become the activist first ladies they were." - Scott Kaufman, author of Ambition, Pragmatism, and Party: A Political Biography of Gerald R. Ford"Southern First Ladies: Culture and Place in White House History looks at how the American South has shaped the women of the White House, and, by extension, the presidency and nation. The study offers a novel way to examine first ladies through the lens of the intriguing and ever-changing southern way of life. The themes interwoven throughout the chapters include slavery, civil rights, hospitality, gentility, etiquette, and women's changing roles; all are sure to fascinate the reader. The book is well researched, richly detailed, and elegantly written. Southern First Ladies is a welcome addition to the growing scholarship on presidents' wives." - Jill Abraham Hummer, author of First Ladies and American Women: In Politics and at Home
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Irish Academic Press Ltd The Irish Presidency Power Ceremony and Politics
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Gill De Valera Volume I Rise 18821932 Rise 18821932
Book SynopsisFrom the host of RTÉ's Primetime and author of The Reluctant Taoiseach, the widely acclaimed biography of John A. Costello, Rise 1882-1932 is the first volume of a major two-part reassessment of the man who shaped modern Ireland.
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Gill United Nation
Book SynopsisOne hundred years after the Anglo-Irish Treaty and partition, after 30 years of Troubles, the Good Friday Agreement and Brexit, the debate on Irish unity has intensified.But what could a united Ireland look like, and what would it mean for those both north and south of the border? In this meticulously researched book, Frank Connolly interviews people from all sides, and presents his conclusions as to how and whether a united Ireland could create a viable, vibrant new country. United Nation is a timely look at the possibility of an integrated and united Ireland.
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Rowman & Littlefield The Politics of Life 25 Rules for Survival in a
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWashington journalist and author Crawford (Attack the Messenger) gives Machiavelli a user-friendly 21st century update with this guide to life's struggles for the unwary, the good-natured and the 'never met a man I didn't like' gang. . . Crawford is adept in his use of anecdotes to illustrate tough truths in a logical framework, providing excellent advice for launching endeavors, moving in a positive direction, surviving the scoundrels and embracing life. * Publishers Weekly *Finally, a book that cleverly uses real politics to help people gain ground in their own lives. The ten commandments will get you to heaven, but Craig Crawford's 25 rules will help you survive the purgatory on earth. Read this —before it's too late! -- Larry J. Sabato, director, University of Virginia Center for Politics and author of The Kenneday Half-CenturyCraig Crawford, a Washington pundit, has written a fascinating and insightful guidebook on the use of power in public life, and ways to avoid the pitfalls. He shows it takes a little bit of Machiavelli to play the game in politics—and life—and succeed. -- Helen Thomas, Dean, White House Press Corps, Hearst ColumnistTable of ContentsForeword Introduction Chapter 1: Life is a Filthy Battle for Control Chapter 2: Better to Boldly Assert Than Cautiously Deny Chapter 3: Love Helps, but Fear Motivates Chapter 4: Popular Lies Beat Unpopular Truth Chapter 5: Ambition Is Never Satisfied Chapter 6: Only the Flexible Succeed Chapter 7: Better to Imitate a Winner Than Be an Original Loser Chapter 8: Never Keep Your Word If Circumstances Change Chapter 9: To Control Others, First Walk in Their Shoes Chapter 10: The More Visible Your Power, the More Its Limits Are Known Chapter 11: Arrogance Makes an Easy Target Chapter 12: Most Would Rather Follow a Leader Than Lead a Following Chapter 13: Those Who Prefer to Lead A Following Cannot Be Trusted Chapter 14: Never Seek a Favor That Could Cost Too Much to Return Chapter 15: Leading the Way for Change Seldom Pays Chapter 16: Wanting Power Requires Less Intelligence Than Seeking Power Chapter 17: Those Who Are Dependent on You Will Be the Most Faithful Chapter 18: A True Enemy Should Be Eliminated, Never Tolerated Chapter 19: In Dealing with Passive Aggression, Be More Passive and More Aggressive Chapter 20: Victory Can Sometimes Be Concealed in Compromise Chapter 21: Implement Painful Choices Quickly to Minimize the Effects Chapter 22: Distribute Rewards Slowly to Prolong the Effects Chapter 23: Allowing Others to Speak Truthfully Diminishes Their Respect for You Chapter 24: Never Postpone Inevitable Conflict Chapter 25: The Powerful Never Give Up Control; It Must Be Taken Away
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The History Press Ltd Churchill
Book SynopsisA long overdue reassessment of the part Churchill played in WWII, and how his actions really affected those he led
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Meet the Presidents
Book SynopsisGet to know the Presidents of the United States, from George Washington to Barack Obama. Visit the only surviving residence of James Polk in Columbia, Tennessee, or the Lyndon Baines Johnson ranch near Johnson City, Texas. Divided into three regions, these presidential sites from modest to lofty reflect the private personalities, lifestyles, and economic status of our country's leaders, past and present. Through 418 images and engaging text, you'll go backstage at the Kennedy household, find out who had the first White House Christmas tree, and which President was a huge fan of jelly bean candies. Highlights of each administration and fascinating tidbits round out the information featured. This is a great keepsake for lovers of history and resource guide for touring the country in search of our Presidents.
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Random House USA Inc Arrows of the Night
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McClelland & Stewart Inc. Rez Rules
Book SynopsisA common-sense blueprint for the future of First Nations as told through the fascinating life and legacy of a remarkable leader.In 1984, at the age of twenty-four, Clarence Louie was elected Chief of the Osoyoos Indian Band in the Okanagan Valley. Nineteen elections later, Chief Louie has led his community for nearly four decades. The story of how the Osoyoos Indian Band—“The Miracle in the Desert”—transformed from a Rez that once struggled with poverty into an economically independent people is well-known. Guided by his years growing up on the Rez, Chief Louie believes that economic and business independence are key to self-sufficiency, reconciliation, and justice for First Nations people.In Rez Rules, Chief Louie writes about his youth in Osoyoos, from early mornings working in the vineyards, to playing and coaching sports, and attending a largely white school in Oliver, B.C. He remembers enrolling in the “Native American St
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Johns Hopkins University Press Leading Representatives The Agency of Leaders in
Book SynopsisThis engagingly written book will be of interest to political scholars of all stripes as well as readers inclined to learn more about the history and inner workings of the House.Trade ReviewStrahan's fascinating analysis, thorough interviews and primary sources, is pure inside baseball. -- Steve Goddard History Wire - Where the Past Comes Alive 2008 Strahan has done an excellent job of furthering the debate on House leadership. Highly recommended. All undergraduate, graduate, and research collections. Choice 2008 Randall Strahan's book offers a fascinating insight into the rigorous methods of political science. -- Bernard Genton Cercles 2011Table of ContentsSeries Editor's ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Leading Representatives2. Explaining Congressional Leadership3. Henry Clay: The Unionist as Speaker4. Thomas Reed: The Responsible Partisan as Speaker5. Newt Gingrich: The Transformative Leader as Speaker6. Conclusion: Congressional Leadership and Its LimitsAppendixNotesReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Man in the White House His Powers and Duties
Book SynopsisEvery chapter of the book brings a fresh and authoritative approach to an office and an institution that is the subject of searching debates today.Table of ContentsPreface1. The Presidency as an Instituion2. Apprenticeship for the Presidency3. Pressures on the President4. The Influence of Nominating Methods5. The Presidency as Molded by the Campaign and Election6. The President as Party Leader7. The President and Congress8. The President as Chief Legislator9. The Chief Executive10. Implementing the Presidency11. The Commander-in-Chief12. The President as Chief Diplomat13. The Vice Presidency and Succession to the Presidency14. The President as a National SymbolBibliographyIndex
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Random House USA Inc Objective Troy A Terrorist a President and the
Book Synopsis Objective Troy tells the gripping and unsettling story of Anwar al-Awlaki, the once-celebrated American imam who called for moderation after 9/11, a man who ultimately directed his outsized talents to the mass murder of his fellow citizens. It follows Barack Obama’s campaign against the excesses of the Bush counterterrorism programs and his eventual embrace of the targeted killing of suspected militants. And it recounts how the president directed the mammoth machinery of spy agencies to hunt Awlaki down in a frantic, multi-million-dollar pursuit that would end with the death of Awlaki by a bizarre, robotic technology that is changing warfare—the drone. Scott Shane, who has covered terrorism for The New York Times over the last decade, weaves the clash between president and terrorist into both a riveting narrative and a deeply human account of the defining conflict of our era. Awlaki, who directed a plot that alm
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Citadel Press Inc.,U.S. Riding With Reagan
Book SynopsisThis warm and affectionate memoir about beloved President Ronald Reagan has been hailed as a classic
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Random House USA Inc Worth The Fighting For The Education of an
Book SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Senator John McCain tells the story of his great American journey, from the U.S. Navy to his electrifying campaign for the presidency in 2000, interwoven with heartfelt portraits of the mavericks who have inspired him through the years. After five and a half years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, naval aviator John McCain returned home a changed man. Regaining his health and flight-eligibility status, he resumed his military career, commanding carrier pilots and serving as the navy’s liaison to what is sometimes ironically called the world’s most exclusive club, the United States Senate. Accompanying Senators John Tower and Henry “Scoop” Jackson on international trips, McCain began his political education in the company of two masters, leaders whose standards he would strive to maintain upon his election to the U.S. Congress. There, he learned valuable lessons in cooperation from a good-humored c
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Random House USA Inc Roosevelts Centurions FDR and the Commanders He
Book Synopsis“FDR’s centurions were my heroes and guides. Now Joe Persico has written the best account of those leaders I've ever read.”—Colin L. PowellAll American presidents are commanders in chief by law. Few perform as such in practice. In Roosevelt’s Centurions, distinguished historian Joseph E. Persico reveals how, during World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt seized the levers of wartime power like no president since Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Declaring himself “Dr. Win-the-War,” FDR assumed the role of strategist in chief, and, though surrounded by star-studded generals and admirals, he made clear who was running the war. FDR was a hands-on war leader, involving himself in everything from choosing bomber targets to planning naval convoys to the design of landing craft. Persico explores whether his strategic decisions, including his insistence on the Axis powers’ unconditional surrender, helped end or may have prol
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Random House USA Inc A Lincoln A Biography
Book Synopsis“If you read one book about Lincoln, make it A. Lincoln.”—USA TodayNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post • The Philadelphia Inquirer • The Christian Science Monitor • St. Louis Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE CHRISTOPHER AWARDEveryone wants to define the man who signed his name “A. Lincoln.” In his lifetime and ever since, friend and foe have taken it upon themselves to characterize Lincoln according to their own label or libel. In this magnificent book, Ronald C. White, Jr., offers a fresh and compelling definition of Lincoln as a man of integrity–what today’s commentators would call “authenticity”–whose moral compass holds the key to understanding his life. Through meticulous research of the newly completed Lincoln Le
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Random House USA Inc Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome
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Random House USA Inc Washingtons Circle The Creation of the President
Book SynopsisHistory enthusiasts and admirers of Team of Rivals will rejoice in this magisterial account of the extraordinary Americans who served the nation’s first chief executive: Together, they created the presidency for a country disgusted by crowns and the people who would wear them. In 1789, as George Washington became the first president of the United States, the world was all but certain that the American experiment in liberty and representative government would founder. More than a few Americans feared that the world was right. In Washington’s Circle, we see how Washington and his trusted advisers, close friends, and devoted family defied the doomsayers to lay the foundation for an enduring constitutional republic. This is a fresh look at an aloof man whose service in the Revolutionary War had already earned him the acclaim of fellow citizens. Washington was easy to revere, if difficult to know. David S. Heidler and Jea
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Random House USA Inc Lady Bird Johnson Hiding in Plain Sight
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A revelation . . . a book in the Caro mold, using Lady Bird, along with tapes and transcripts of her entire White House diary, to tell the history of America during the Johnson years.”—The New York TimesThe inspiration for the documentary film The Lady Bird Diaries, premiering November 13 on HuluPerhaps the most underestimated First Lady of the twentieth century, Lady Bird Johnson was also one of the most powerful. In Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight, Julia Sweig reveals how indispensable the First Lady was to Lyndon Johnson’s administration—which Lady Bird called “our” presidency. In addition to advising him through critical moments, she took on her own policy initiatives, including the most ambitious national environmental effort since Theodore Roosevelt and a virtually unknown initiative to desegregate access to public recreation and
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Penguin Putnam Inc Report of the County Chairman
Book SynopsisJames A. Michener, the acclaimed author of sweeping historical blockbusters, chronicles his personal involvement in one of the most dramatic elections of the twentieth century: the presidential race between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. A relative newcomer to politics, Michener served as the Democratic chairman in his native Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in a rural battleground precinct where the major controversies of the day—notably Kennedy’s Catholicism—brought cultural divides to the forefront. First published shortly after the 1960 election, Report of the County Chairman remains an intimate, gripping account of the power of grassroots political involvement. Praise for Report of the County Chairman “A candid account of the Kennedy/Nixon campaign.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer “Fascinating . . . The personalities are vividly
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Random House USA Inc The Letters of Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Book SynopsisThis extraordinary collection gathers the never-before-seen correspondence of a true American original—the acclaimed historian and lion of the liberal establishment, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. An advisor to presidents, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and tireless champion of progressive government, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., was also an inveterate letter writer. Indeed, the term “man of letters” could easily have been coined for Schlesinger, a faithful and prolific correspondent whose wide range of associates included powerful public officials, notable literary figures, prominent journalists, Hollywood celebrities, and distinguished fellow scholars. The Letters of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. reveals the late historian’s unvarnished views on the great issues and personalities of his time, from the dawn of the Cold War to the aftermath of September 11. Here is Schlesinger’s correspondence with such icons of Am
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The University Press of Kentucky The Gulf
Book SynopsisBush both led the United States through watershed events in foreign relations: the end of the Cold War and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Many high-level cabinet members and advisers played important foreign policy roles in both administrations, most notably Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and Condoleeza Rice.
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The University Press of Kentucky Breaking Protocol
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The University Press of Kentucky Getting Right with Lincoln
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The University Press of Kentucky In Defense of the Bush Doctrine Contemporary
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is an important book about the central issue of our time - the struggle against Islamist extremism. Kaufman understands this fight and has made an effective case for the imperative of taking bold action to defeat this threat to our security and the ideals we cherish. - Senator Joseph Lieberman ""A corrective to much of the contemporary hysteria of the hour. As Kaufman shows, for all the heartbreak of our present efforts in Iraq, ultimately it remains the best practical and moral course to foster some third way other than either autocracy or theocracy."" - Victor Davis Hanson, Stanford University ""Kaufman presents a thoughtful, comprehensive case. It ranks as the most historically powerful support of Mr. Bush and his doctrine, including the Iraq war."" - Washington Times ""In this excellent new book, Kaufman describes the Bush approach to foreign policy as the latest example of what he calls 'moral democratic realism,' an approach he attributes to FDR, Truman, and Reagan as well."" - National Review
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University of Virginia Press George Washington Nationalist
Book SynopsisGeorge Washington was the unanimous choice of his fellow founders for president, and he is remembered to this day as an exceptional leader, but how exactly did this manifest itself during his lifetime? Acclaimed author Edward J. Larson reveals the fascinating backstory of Washington’s leadership in the political, legal, and economic consolidation of the new nation.Trade ReviewEdward Larson has written a penetrating and inspiring study of George Washington's outstanding leadership and the critical role he played in rejecting the feeble government under the Articles of Confederation and in fostering the creation of a strong, unifying, and enduring constitutional republic.–Susan Dunn, author of Dominion of Memories: Jefferson, Madison, and the Decline of Virginia.
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