The Power Game: How Washington Works - Hardcover

Smith, Hedrick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 000215661X ISBN 13: 9780002156615

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1988

Synopsis

Revealing how the American game of governing is played in the 1980s, this book is full of anecdotes, portraits and penetrating analysis which explains the power manoeuvres as the key players advance, retreat and change tactics. Smith shows how a revolutionary explosion of power in the mid-1970s has turned Washington inside out. There is a new breed of winner with new political styles and sets of rules. Different talents and techniques are required if the American system of government is going to work effectively. The author has been reporting on Washington over the span of six presidents. He worked on the Pulitzer prize-winning team that produced "The Pentagon Papers" and he won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting from Moscow and Eastern Europe. He wrote "The Russians" and was co-author of "The Pentagon Papers", "Reagan, the Man", "The President" and "Beyond Reagan".

About this title

About the Author:

Hedrick Smith is a bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, and Emmy Award-winning producer. His books The Russians and The Power Game were critically acclaimed bestsellers and are widely used in college courses today. As a reporter at The New York Times, Smith shared a Pulitzer for the Pentagon Papers series and won a Pulitzer for his international reporting from Russia in 1971-1974. Smith's prime-time specials for PBS have won several awards for examining systemic problems in modern America and offering insightful, prescriptive solutions.

From the Inside Flap:

the most sweeping and in many ways the most impressive portrait of the culture of the Federal Government to appear in a single work in many decdes....Konwledeable and informative."

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

Power is the name of the game. But until now, no one outside "the beltway" knew just who was wielding how much--and for what ends. Pulitzer Prize-winning, ex-Washington bureau chief of THE NEW YORK TIMES, Hedrick Smith, tells the whole story. From PACs to influence-peddling from the Pentagon to the WASHINGTON POST, THE POWER GAME reveals Congressional staffers more powerful than their bosses, media advisors more powerful than the media, and money that not only talks but threatens. It's all there, and it's all in here.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 000215661X
• ISBN 13: 9780002156615
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 768