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Title: Kings of the Hill: How Nine Powerful Men Changed the Course of American History by Richard B. Cheney, Gerald R. Ford, Lynne Cheney ISBN: 0684823403 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: May, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4
Rating: 4
Summary: Controlling Caos
Comment: Want to know where the real seat of control lies in the US government? Then this book about some of the most powerful men in the history of the House of Representatives is an excellent (although short) resource. I now have a much better appreciation of the need to ensure control of that body is in the hands of truthful, focused and principled people.
The book needs a re-write, though. It stops (was published) before the full impact of Newt Gingrich's term could be evaluated.
Read this book and you'll have a new respect for the workings of the House of Representatives and, by extension, the federal government - something like controlling chaos!
Rating: 4
Summary: Great insight into role of the Speaker
Comment: I thouroughly enjoyed this book. It covered each topic just enough with a good balance of political, social, and personal aspects and how the three inter-related and affected the subjects. For someone just beginning to understand the history of the House, it is a great book to read.
Rating: 4
Summary: Quick Read About Fascinating Leaders in Congress
Comment: Ever wonder how 435 egomaniacs get even a few bills done in
Congress?
The Cheneys supply the answer in this book of excellent
vignettes on several masters of the US House of Representatives. Meet
Clay, Polk, Stevens, Blaine, Reed, Cannon, Longworth, Rayburn and
Gingrich as they work their will on their members to controll the
legislative process.
By examining the role of congressional
leadership through history and historic personalities, this book both
illustrates how the House has changed and how the nature of power
hasn't. These men relied on personal relationships, codes of honor
that won respect and a willingness to exercise power (ie, risk tough
battles, reward friends and punish enemies) to run the House.
Both
the history buff and those interested in leadership studies will find
this book interesting. Though well written, the book is short. I
think that it could have delved into more detail of some of the
political battles these men faced and still been fascinating. Maybe
Dick Cheney will have the time to expand upon this theme as Vice
President -- there is a lot of opportunity for writing while jetting
to and from foreign funerals (as John Nance Garner -- FDR's 1st VP --
said "the job's not worth a bucket of warm spit!).
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Title: Telling the Truth: Why Our Culture and Our Country Have Stopped Making Sense--And What We Can Do About It by Lynne V. Cheney ISBN: 0684825341 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: America: A Patriotic Primer by Lynne Cheney, Robin Glasser ISBN: 0689851928 Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Juv) Pub. Date: 21 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Academic Freedom by Lynne V. Cheney ISBN: 1878802135 Publisher: John m Ashbrook Center for Public Pub. Date: 01 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $3.00 |
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Title: Presidential Greatness by Marc Landy, Sidney M. Milkis ISBN: 0700611495 Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: House and Senate, Third Edition by Ross K. Baker ISBN: 0393976114 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.45 |
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