Politics: Observations and Arguments, 1966-2004Penguin, 28 de juny 2005 - 720 pàgines Cause for jubilation: One of America’s wisest and most necessary voices has distilled what he knows about politics, broadly speaking, into one magnificent volume. Here at last are Henrik Hertzberg’s most significant, hilarious, and devastating dispatches from the American scene he has chronicled for four decades with an uncanny blend of moral seriousness, high spirits, and perfect rhetorical pitch. Politics is at once the story of American life from LBJ to GWB and a testament to the power of the written word in the right hands. In those hands, politics encompasses everyone from Jerry Garcia to Rush Limbaugh, every place from New Hampshire to Nicaragua, and everything from Playboy vs. Penthouse to Bush vs. Gore. Hendrik Hertzberg breaks down American politics into its component parts—campaigns, debates, rhetoric, the media, wars (cultural, countercultural, and real), high crimes and misdemeanors, the right, and more. Each section begins with a new piece of writing framing the subject at hand and contains the choicest, most illuminating pieces from his body of work. Politics is a tour of the defining moments of American life from the mid-’60s till the mid-’00s, a ride though recent American history with one of the most insightful and engaging guides imaginable, a writer who consistently makes us see more clearly and feel more deeply. “Politics is invaluable for all sorts of reasons—chief among them being decades of elegant writing in the service of surgical intelligence.”—Toni Morrison |
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... term in the White House. One thinks of William Howard Taft, who was appointed chief justice of the United States some years after being defeated for reelection, and who performed adequately if without great distinction in that office ...
... term in the White House. One thinks of William Howard Taft, who was appointed chief justice of the United States some years after being defeated for reelection, and who performed adequately if without great distinction in that office ...
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... term success and no long-term results, to persuade the Serbs to halt the shelling of Sarajevo—was that he has some sort of compulsion to be nice to dictators. His critics recalled that as president, he toasted the Shah of Iran and the ...
... term success and no long-term results, to persuade the Serbs to halt the shelling of Sarajevo—was that he has some sort of compulsion to be nice to dictators. His critics recalled that as president, he toasted the Shah of Iran and the ...
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... terms. He didn't have the kind of big-picture framework that might have enabled him to explain how the issues all fit together. And he didn't have the kind of political strength that might have enabled him to bring the unruly ...
... terms. He didn't have the kind of big-picture framework that might have enabled him to explain how the issues all fit together. And he didn't have the kind of political strength that might have enabled him to bring the unruly ...
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... terms. This was the so-called “malaise” episode, widely recognized as one of the most memorable moments of the Carter administration and almost as widely scorned as one of the most contemptible. The received version of what happened is ...
... terms. This was the so-called “malaise” episode, widely recognized as one of the most memorable moments of the Carter administration and almost as widely scorned as one of the most contemptible. The received version of what happened is ...
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... terms. Acknowledging the trauma (the “crisis of confidence” brought on by Vietnam, Watergate, and the sense of national vulnerability triggered by energy shortages) was to be the key to healing it. The therapy's failure, of course ...
... terms. Acknowledging the trauma (the “crisis of confidence” brought on by Vietnam, Watergate, and the sense of national vulnerability triggered by energy shortages) was to be the key to healing it. The therapy's failure, of course ...
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