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The must-read summary of Scott McClellan's book: "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception".
This complete summary of "What Happened" by Scott McClellan, a former trusted adviser to the Bush White House, outlines the author's unique perspective on the controversial elements of Bush's presidency, such as Hurricane Katrina and the Iraq War, and what motivated his decisions. He also takes a look at who George...
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The must-read summary of Matt Taibbi's book: "Spanking the Donkey: On the Campaign Trial with the Democrats".
This complete summary of "Spanking the Donkey" by Matt Taibbi, a renowned political correspondent, presents his cutting and hilarious collection of observations from the campaign trial of 2004 Democratic primaries. He argues that the process of picking a president in America values superficiality over substance and hence a thoughtful, intelligent...
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The must-read summary of Burton W. Folsom Jr.'s book: "New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America".
This complete summary of "New Deal or Raw Deal?" by Burton W. Folsom Jr., a renowned American historian, presents the author's view that Franklin D. Roosevelt's idyllic legend is nothing more than a myth. He highlights the inconsistencies and wastefulness of his administration, which failed to properly confront the economic...
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This complete summary of "Just How Stupid Are We?" by Rick Shenkman presents the author's provocative argument that as American voters have gained political power in the last 50 years, they have become increasingly ignorant of politics and world affairs - and dangerously susceptible to manipulation.
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The must-read summary of Martha Zoller's book: "Indivisible: Uniting Values for a Divided America".
This complete summary of "Indivisible" by Martha Zoller, a renowned columnist and media personality, presents her argument that, contrary to what the media proclaims, America is not that dramatically divided politically and ideologically. Instead she argues that America is actually a 'centre-right' country and the majority of Americans are conservative. Common...
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The must-read summary of Drew Westen's book: "The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in deciding the Fate of the Nation".
This complete summary of "The Political Brain" by Drew Westen, a professor of psychology and psychiatry at Emory University, presents his argument that emotion wins over reason during elections, and illustrates how this is the case with a number of campaign ads, debates and candidate profiles that have won voters' hearts in...
27) Summary: Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State: Review and Analysis of Andrew Gelman's Book
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The must-read summary of Andrew Gelman's book: "Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State: Why Americans Vote the Way They Do".
This complete summary of "Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State" by Andrew Gelman, a prominent professor of statistics and political science, shows that in the 2000 and 2004 elections, George W. Bush captured the lower-income states in the South, while the Democrats took the richer states in the Northeast and...
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The must-read summary of James Carville's book: "40 More Years: How the Democrats Will Rule the Next Generation".
This complete summary of James Carville's book "40 More Years" outlines the author's theory on the emergence of a lasting Democratic majority, beginning with the triumph of Obama's election and lasting around forty years, based on his analysis of political cycles. It summarises his assessment of the Republican party's repeated failures...
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The must-read summary of Keli Goff's book: "Party Crashing: How the Hip-Hop Generation Declared Political Independence".
This complete summary of "Party Crashing" by Keli Goff, a prominent writer and journalist, presents her argument that the black vote is losing its predictability, as young black voters born after the Civil Rights Movement are being influenced by other unrelated cultural phenomena. Along with the political shift occurring, Goff...
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The must-read summary of Peter Schweizer's book: "Throw Them All Out: How Politicians and Their Friends Get Rich Off Insider Stock Tips, Land Deals, and Cronyism That Would Send the Rest of Us to Prison".
This complete summary of "Throw Them All Out" by Peter Schweizer, a renowned American writer and political consultant, shows how Washington politicians have become entrepreneurs by extracting wealth from their privileged access to information and...
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This complete summary of "How to Rig an Election" by Allen Raymond, a former Republican political consultant, outlines the author's insight into how the political game is really played, and how the Republican party campaigns by distorting the truth almost beyond recognition. It is an original tale of the disillusioning of a man who entered politics with no illusions.
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The must-read summary of Bill Press's book: "Bush Must Go; The Top Ten Reasons Why George Bush Doesn't Deserve a Second Term".
This complete summary of "Bush Must Go" by Bill Press, a nationally syndicated American columnist and political commentator, outlines the author's top ten reasons why Bush cannot be trusted and should not be elected as president for a second term. He criticises his reckless budget control, lack of environmental concern and...
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The must-read summary of Bill Sammon's book: "Misunderestimated: The President Battles Terrorism, John Kerry, and the Bush Haters".
This complete summary of "Misunderestimated" by Bill Sammon, former White House correspondent for The Washington Times, presents the author's account of Bush's presidency, as his focus shifted from Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan to Iraq and the 2004 election in which he ran against John Kerry. Sammon also details the rise...
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The must-read summary of Steve Jarding and Dave Saunders's book: "Foxes in the Henhouse: How the Republicans Stole the South and the Heartland and What the Democrats Must Do to Run 'em Out".
This complete summary of "Foxes in the Henhouse" by Steve Jarding and Dave Saunders presents their exposure of the lies that the Republicans have told to win voters, particularly in the south of the country. They outline the steps the Democrats may be able to...
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The must-read summary of Earl Black and Merle Black's book: "Divided America: The Ferocious Power Struggle in American Politics".
This complete summary of "Divided America" presents the Black brothers' analysis of the United States in terms of its political regions, and how their differences in opinion are encouraging increasingly nasty wedge-issue campaigns.
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The must-read summary of Ari Fleischer's book: "Taking Heat: The President, the Press, and My Years in the White House".
This complete summary of "Taking Heat" by Ari Fleischer, White House Press Secretary from 2001 to 2003, outlines his account of the 2000 Election recounts, the 9/11 attacks and the wars of Afghanistan from an insider's perspective. It also gives an insight as to how the White House press corps works.
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The must-read summary of Jonathan Alter's book: "The Promise: President Obama, Year One".
This complete summary of "The Promise" by Jonathan Alter, a bestselling author and journalist, presents his account of the achievements made, reckless decisions taken and challenges faced by the Obama administration during the president's first year in office.
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38) Summary: Election 2004: Review and Analysis of the Book by Evan Thomas and the Staff of Newsweek
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This complete summary of "Election 2004" presents the book's overview of the key events of the 2004 presidential campaign. The staff of Newsweek had access to all areas of the campaigns and were present at the events that decided the outcome.
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To learn more, read "Election 2004"...
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The must-read summary of Angela McGlowan's book "Bamboozled: How Americans are being Exploited by the Lies of the Liberal Agenda".
This complete summary of "Bamboozled" by Angela McGlowan, a bestselling author and political commentator, analyses her overview of the political circumstances in which increasing numbers of minority group voters are realizing that the liberal agenda does not necessarily help them. She outlines how she believes that liberalism...
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This complete summary of "Fooled Again" by Mark Crispin Miller, a media studies professor and activist for media reform, shows that the presidential election of 2004 was marked by mass quantities of irregularities — machine malfunctions, logistical misinformation, bureaucratic red tape and overt partisan harassment. In his book, the author explains that all of these seemed to hamper the Democratic vote, and leave the Republican vote unaffected....
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