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Flagging Patriotism
CRC Press 2006; US$ 24.95They hate us because they hate our freedoms,' George Bush keeps telling us. But if you're becoming a little suspicious that Bush doth protest too much, especially as his own administration has done more than any terrorists to take away 'our freedoms,' this is the book for you. A triangulation in the best sense between French and Brazilian and American... more...
Feingold
Simon & Schuster 2007; US$ 26.00Russ Feingold is a rarity in American politics. A staunch civil libertarian, he was the only member of the U.S. Senate who voted against the ill-conceived USA Patriot Act that was rushed through Congress in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks. In 2002, while the Bush administration's fabrications and scare tactics persuaded an overwhelming... more...
Professor Wellstone Goes to Washington
University of Minnesota Press 1995; US$ 57.00This engaging account of Wellstone?s campaign, written by two political reporters, provides a behind-the-scenes look at a memorable chapter in U.S. Senate campaign history, which saw a liberal college professor become the only Senate challenger to unseat an incumbent in 1990. more...
Twelve Years and Thirteen Days
University of Minnesota Press 2003; US$ 75.00Essay by Jeff BlodgettSenator Paul Wellstone is remembered for his infectious enthusiasm and his ardent devotion to helping all people gain a voice in American politics. In a remarkable collection of more than seventy photographs, Twelve Years and Thirteen Days commemorates the Wellstones? commitment to social and economic justice and will be an inspiration... more...
Bridging the Divide
Rutgers University Press 2006; US$ 21.00President Lyndon Johnson never understood it. Neither did President Richard Nixon. How could a black man, a Republican no less, be elected to the United States Senate from liberal, Democratic Massachusettsa state with an African American population of only 2 percent?. The mystery of Senator Edward Brookes meteoric rise from Boston lawyer... more...
Chuck Hagel
University of Nebraska Press 2006; US$ 24.95A biography of Chuck Hagel, Nebraska's outspoken Republican US Senator since 1996, who is often touted as a presidential candidate in 2008. more...
The Good Fight
Penguin Group Inc. 2008; US$ 16.00After a childhood of shocking poverty, Harry Reid completed law school, working as a policeman to pay his way. He faced death threats as the head of the Nevada Gaming Commission trying to clean up Las Vegas. Eventually he rose to become Senate Majority Leader in Washington-without ever forgetting the mining town he came from, or the battles he fought... more...
The Political Consequences of Anti-Americanism
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 140.00Anti-Americanism as a concept is confused, often used in a contradictory fashion and invariably driven by emotion rather than intellect. Nevertheless, it casts a long policy shadow with adverse consequences (both real and potential) for actors including those who may not support the concept. This book puts anti-Americanism into a contemporary context... more...
Third Term
Simon & Schuster 2008; US$ 18.99For Democrats, Independents, and the majority of Republicans who are fed up with the GOP, a handbook for the most important election in our lifetime. With the indispensable chapters: The John McCain Quiz and Things John McCain is Older Than. In details that will surprise even close followers of the political scene, veteran political strategist... more...
Passionate Declarations
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 11.99From the bestselling author of A People's History of the United States comes this selection of passionate, honest, and piercing essays looking at American political ideology. Howard Zinn brings to Passionate Declarations the same astringent style and provocative point of view that led more than a million people to buy his book A People's History... more...









