A Glorious Disaster (Hardcover) by J. William Middendorf II The insider account that sets the record straight about the election that gave birth to modern conservatism in the United States The 1964 presidential campaign lives on in conservative circles as an origin myth for the modern conservative movement. Even though their preferred (and now revered) candidate lost to Lyndon B. Johnson by a landslide, Barry Goldwater's failed presidential run was a major turning point of the twentieth century. Without Goldwater's philosophy to pave the way--and, just as importantly, without the strategic and political infrastructure created by the "Draft Goldwater" movement that preceded it--there likely would have been no Reagan or Bush administrations, and possibly no Nixon administration either. The policy positions and electoral strategies of the Goldwater campaign became standard tenets of Republican politics.
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A Matter of Opinion (Hardcover) by Victor S. Navasky How do we encourage and protect public discourse, so essential to democracy? What function, if any, do journals of opinion - magazines that critically assess the key issues of the day - perform in helping ideas to flow feely and citizens to think for themselves. These questions animate Victor S. Navasky's spirited new book, in which he ranges over his own experiences as a journalist and editor in quest of the answers. Original. New hardcover. 2005.
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A Question of Ethics (Softcover) by Michael Atkinson Kickbacks and secret slush funds. Untendered contracts awarded for work that was never done. Millions of dollars that disappeared into the pockets of ad men with access to powerful politicians. These were the kinds of revelations that kept many Canadians riveted to their televisions in spring 2005 as witnesses appeared before the commission of inquiry chaired by Justice John Gomery. Sometimes governments fall because of scandals like these. But, curiously perhaps, sometimes they survive in spite of them. The fundamental issue of political ethics, as the authors of this pioneering study reveal, is the precise location of the boundary between right and wrong - or, at least, between what is acceptable and what is not. Suggested price $18.95. Our price $9.95. Save 47%.
When MP Clayton Greene discovers that something fishy is happening to the water of British Columbia, he is on the case. He quickly discovers that a faction of high government officials have secret Orders-in-Council, allowing water exports from Canada to the United States. Although the Prime Minister of Canada denies any knowledge of the orders or the water export, vast amounts of money appear in a Caribbean bank account in the Prime Minister's name. Original. Used paperback in very good condition. 2002.
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Aristotle Politics (Softcover) Intellectually stimulating work describes the ideal state and ponders how it can bring about the most desirable life for its citizens. Both heavily influenced by and critical of Plato's Republic and Laws, Politics is the distillation of a lifetime of thought and observation. The great Benjamin Jowett translation. Suggested prce $5.95. Our price $2.95. Save 50%.
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Bush at War (Softcover-Used) by Bob Woodward This is an account of President George W. Bush at war during the first 100 days after the September 11, 2001. terrorist attacks. The information obtained for this book includes contemporaneous notes taken during more than 50 National Security Council and other meetings where the most important decisions were discussed and made. Many direct quotations of the president and the war cabinet members come from these notes. Original. Used softcover. Cover is creased, small remainder mark. 2003.
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Fair Game (Hardcover) by Valerie Plame Wilson "I am proud to have served my country working at the Central Intelligence Agency. I and my former CIA colleagues trusted our Government to protect us as we did our jobs. That a few reckless individuals within the current administration betrayed that trust has been a grave disappointment to every patriotic American.... I feel strongly that those who acted so recklessly and who acted in such a harmful way, need to answer for their shameful conduct".....Original. New hardcover. 2007.
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Good Intentions Corrupted: The Oil-For-Food Program and the Threat to the U.N. (Softcover) by Paul Volcker This is the definitive report on the oil-for-food scandal, with an introduction by former US Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker. By March 2003, seven years after it was begun to alleviate the threat of starvation in Iraq, the Oil-for-Food programme allowed Saddam Hussein to reap billions of dollars from kickbacks and smuggling. More than 2,000 companies made illegal payments to Saddam's regime, and he bestowed oil allocations on scores of politicians and influential figures worldwide. The UN Security Council knew about abuses of the Programme, but largely looked the other way. Meanwhile, corruption reached into the upper echelon of the UN's administration, and fall out from the scandal would lead to multiple criminal indictments, the flight from US jurisdiction of the corrupt UN administrator of the programme, the arrest of France's former ambassador, the resignation of India's foreign minister, and a widening scandal in Australia. The Secretary-General himself was tainted by his son's scurrilous efforts to exploit his father's name for personal gain. The UN asked an Independent Inquiry Committee - chaired by former US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul A.Volcker - to conduct an unprecedented investigation of the inner working of the UN. The Committee's investigation included more than a thousand witnesses, and 12 million documents (including diplomatic documents of the type never before exposed to the light of an international investigative inquiry.) But the whole story of the Oil-for-Food Programme has never been told in one place. Here, Jeffrey A. Meyer, former Senior Counsel to the Committee and chief editor of the reports, and Mark G Califano, former Chief Legal Counsel to the Committee who led major aspects of the Committee's investigation have provided a narrative of the most compelling events. And as Volcker's introduction makes clear, the threat to the UN is real if major reform does not follow. Suggested price $16.95. Our price $3.95. Save 76%
