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Title: Power Plays: Win or Lose--How History's Great Political Leaders Play the Game by Dick Morris ISBN: 0-06-000443-6 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 16 April, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.97 (29 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Best book of the year
Comment: Morris examines why various political leaders, particularly reformers, won or lost. He looks and the strength and weaknesses of these leaders, what they did, the opportunities taken and those missed. This book is essential not only for those in politics, but anyone who is looking for a fresh look at leadership in general. Most of the books I read go on a bookshelf once I am done - this one is right behind my desk, as I find myself referring to it often. Truly an excellent book.
Rating: 5
Summary: How History is Made
Comment: Historians and Political Scientists tend to focus on what leaders' have accomplished, weighing them as effective or not, rather than examining how they achieved them, or even how they came to office in the first place. This overlooked aspect of history is known as political strategy, and Dick Morris has taken a huge step in filling that void with his stunning new book "Power Plays." Morris cites six different types of strategies that political leaders can use. But the use of these strategies alone are not a prescription for success or failure. It is how leaders' execute these strategies that determines whether or not they will prevail. For example, both Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater pursued the same policy goals using the same basic strategy, what Morris calls Standing On Principle. But whereas Goldwater was combative and negative, Reagan was joyful and positive. Goldwater ran against the liberal establishment, while Reagan ran against the Soviet Empire. Morris continues to examine the successes and failures of the six strategies through well-written historical examples, and his juxtaposition of the two outcomes from the same strategy makes the book convincing. Along the way, Morris treats us to other previously unknown illuminations of history. Wilson could have the vote for the League of Nations had he campaigned on idealistic and nationalistic principles rather that legalistic ones. Gore would have won in 2000 had he stayed aligned with his traditional environmentalism. Rockefeller strayed too far to the left to be elected but GW Bush managed the feat by not isolating his base of support. We are also introduced to how leaders should act in times of crisis, as exemplified by Roosevelt and Churchill durin the Second World War. How not to act in a crisis was exemplified by Johnson during Vietnam, which cost him his Presidency. Morris' book is therefore a real achievement, which incorporates historical examples into a well-defined theoretical framework, making this a genuine piece of political science that will not only stand the test of time, but may well influence more scholars to study campaign strategy in addition to more traditional historical pursuits.
Rating: 1
Summary: worthless
Comment: Morris is worthless and so is his uncreative, lame book.
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Title: Off with Their Heads : Traitors, Crooks & Obstructionists in American Politics, Media & Business by Dick Morris ISBN: 0060559284 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 17 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The New Prince : Machiavelli Updated for the Twenty-First Century by Dick Morris ISBN: 1580631479 Publisher: Renaissance Books Pub. Date: 17 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Behind the Oval Office : Getting Reelected Against All Odds by Dick Morris ISBN: 1580630537 Publisher: Renaissance Books Pub. Date: 16 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat by Zell Miller, Smyth, Helwys Pub Stroud, Hall Pub ISBN: 0974537616 Publisher: Stroud & Hall Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Buck Up, Suck Up . . . and Come Back When You Foul Up : 12 Winning Secrets from the War Room by James Carville, Paul Begala ISBN: 0743224221 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 04 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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