Power Plays

Dick Morris is one of the frankest and most incisive political observers in America today. A fiercely intelligent presidential advisor and a popular columnist and political analyst for the Fox News Channel, Morris now brings his brilliant strategic mind to this fascinating survey of the most dramatic political moves in history. Morris identifies five types of power play and focuses on politicians whose careers have skyrocketed after implementing one of them successfully -- or foundered in the wake of misjudgment. He chronicles both the wildly effective and the disastrous, from ideologues like Ronald Reagan and Winston Churchill, who stood on principle and waited for their moment to shine, to the disavowal of environmental issues that, he argues, cost Al Gore the presidency in 2000. The result is an irreverent and enlightening playbook that holds lessons equally valuable to the planning of a political campaign, a business venture -- or even George W. Bush''s War on Terror.

About the author

Dick Morris served as Bill Clinton’s political consultant for twenty years. A regular political commentator on Fox News and other networks, he is the author of seven NEW YORK TIMESbestsellers (all with Eileen McGann).

Product details

• Authors: Dick Morris, Morris Dick
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.06.2003
• EAN: 9780060004446
• ISBN: 978-0-06-000444-6
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 205 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: United States / 20th Century, HISTORY: United States / General, HISTORY: Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Geopolitics, SCIENCE: History, POLITICAL SCIENCE: History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Political Process / Political Parties