Confessions Of A Political Maverick

Author : Austin Mitchell
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785904027
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confessions of a Political Maverick written by Austin Mitchell and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the Political Books Awards 'Best Parliamentary Memoir 2018' Austin Mitchell is a political maverick. For thirty-eight years he was a fly in the parliamentary ointment, a recurring itch on the body politic. A maverick may annoy the whips, threaten party discipline and challenge the solemnities of Parliament. Troublemakers they may well be, but the Commons would certainly be a duller place without them. However Mitchell's dissidence wasn't all bitterness without volume control. Rattling the cage, swimming against the tide, pursuing honourable causes and, of course, fighting for his constituency, Grimsby, proved a rewarding career in itself. Confessions of a Political Maverick succeeds in uncovering the realities behind the pretentious parliamentary facade of tradition and the stuffy complacency of Britain's failing political class. Dissenting from the peculiar and highly particular conformity of career politicians dedicated to climbing the greasy pole can be a lonely role, but it can also be fun. It certainly was for Austin Mitchell.

Author : Lamar Alexander
Publisher : William Morrow
ISBN 13 : 9780688142889
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book We Know What to Do written by Lamar Alexander and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 1995-10-11 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The former Republican governor of Tennessee recounts his sixty-day journey during which he spoke with families in thirty-eight states about the issues confronting America today

Author : Lowell Weicker
Publisher : Little Brown & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780316928144
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maverick written by Lowell Weicker and published by Little Brown & Company. This book was released on 1995 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The outgoing governor of Connecticut describes the many challenges he faced during his political career

Author : Matt Welch
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 0230608558
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book McCain: The Myth of a Maverick written by Matt Welch and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2007-10-16 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John McCain is one of the most familiar, sympathetic, and overexposed figures in American politics, yet his concrete governing philosophy and actual track record have been left curiously unexamined, mostly because of the massive distractions in his official biography, but also because of his ingenious strategy of talking ad infinitum to each and every access-craving media person who happens by. The more he has spouted, the less journalists have bothered trying to see through the fog. McCain gives the public what it wants but can't find -- a flesh-and-bones political portrait of a man onto whom people are forever projecting their own ideological fantasies. It is a psychological key for decoding his allegedly ‘maverick' actions. McCain will quickly lay out in overlapping detail the root cause of the senator's worldview: his personal transformation from underachieving punk to war hawk uber-patriot, in which he used the "higher power" of American nationalism to save his life and soul. McCain looks behind the war hero, behind the maverick reformer. Journalist and pundit Matt Welch brings to this project an investigative eye and a coolly analytical mindset to provide Republicans, Democrats and Independents a picture of the man.

Author : Richard B. Henderson
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292788800
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maury Maverick written by Richard B. Henderson and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-07-22 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maury Maverick was possibly the first liberal United States Congressman from Texas to achieve national and even international stature. A dedicated Democrat, he was ready to attack Franklin D. Roosevelt whenever he felt that Roosevelt was flagging in his enthusiasm for reform. He was honest to the point of rudeness, and he belonged to the "damn the torpedoes" class that pulled ahead regardless of political consequences. He was at home with the literate—he was a prodigious writer and speaker—but always ready to puncture their pretensions. And he could cuss with sailors, pecan shellers, and any breed of saloon keeper. Put all that together with a short, stocky, bulldog frame, a fierce face and a voice to match, and you have one of the nation's more colorful political figures.

Author : Stan Draenos
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857732374
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Andreas Papandreou written by Stan Draenos and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greece in the 1960s produced one of Europe's arguably most controversial politicians of the post-war era. The contrarian politics of Andreas Papandreou grew out of his conflict laden re-engagement with Greece in the 1960s. Returning to Athens after 20 years in the US where he had been a rising member of the American liberal establishment, Papandreou forged a social reform-oriented, nationalist politics in Greece that ultimately put him at odds with the US foreign policy establishment and made him the primary target of a pro-American military coup in 1967. Venerated by his admirers and despised by his detractors with equal passion, the Harvard-educated Papandreou left in his wake no clear-cut answer to the question of who he was and what he stood for. Andreas Papandreou chronicles the events, struggles and ideas that defined the man's dramatic, intrigue-filled transformation from Kennedy-era modernizer to Cold War maverick. In the process the book examines the explosive interplay of character and circumstance that generated Papandreou's contentious, but powerfully consequential politics.

Author : John McCain
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Worth the Fighting For written by John McCain and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2003-09-09 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reminder of what's best in America.

Author : Stephen Marks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781402208546
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confessions of a Political Hitman written by Stephen Marks and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping tell-all from the dark side of American politics The most influential people in a political race aren't the campaign managers, the strategists or even the candidates themselves. In fact, you won't even find them on a campaign's list of official members or volunteers. Enter the world of the political hitman. Few know that these operatives exist, and campaigns go to great effort to distance themselves from the people who dig up their dirt. But political hitmen wield a secretly powerful position in today's American politics, where scandals derail campaigns and negative campaigning decides who gets elected and who doesn't. For the past 12 years, Stephen Marks has worked silently behind the scenes as one of the country's top opposition researchers: a political hitman and an assassin of reputations. Confessions of a Political Hitman is Marks's intensely personal and explosive story through more than a decade in the underbelly of American political campaigns. From his early days in politics through his rapid movement into the secret world of opposition research, Marks discovers a talent for digging up dirt. His work involves a wide scope of American politics, from state governments to presidential elections to the Republican Revolution. But the exciting work soon leads to disillusionment as candidates he believed in turn out to be worse than expected, and hypocrisy abounds on both sides of the political fence. Eventually Marks finds himself living in the shadows, both politically and personally, and searching for escape. In Confessions of a Political Hitman, Marks reveals the fascinating and incredible details of what really goes on behind the scenes inAmerican campaigning--the political realities behind the campaigns, careers and attack ads of some of Washington's heavy hitters, including George W. Bush, John Kerry, Jack Abramoff and countless others. Confessions of a Political Hitman is one man's story about secrets, lies, hypocrisy and influence--painting a troubling picture of whom we elect and how they get elected. Stephen Marks has been an opposition research specialist for more than 12 years, beginning with the historical Republican takeover of Congress in 1994 through the equally historic Democratic takeover of Congress in 2006. He has appeared on numerous television programs, including The O'Reilly Factor, Hannity & Colmes and Fox and Friends.

Author : Andrea Leadsom
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785907018
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Snakes and Ladders written by Andrea Leadsom and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2022-07-12 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Gasp-inducing" – Laura Kuenssberg "Jaw-dropping" – The House "A must-read" – Iain Dale "Fascinating" – Iain Duncan Smith *** In the high-stakes world of politics, there are superb highs and terrible lows – and never more so than in the period since 2010. Few are better placed to give an insider's view of the turmoil than the Rt Hon. Dame Andrea Leadsom MP. From taking to the stage at Wembley as a key figure in the campaign to leave the European Union, through two leadership bids, Cabinet intrigue and squaring off against an increasingly erratic Speaker, Andrea's very personal account tracks the ups and downs of a life in politics and particularly the challenges for female MPs. In this updated edition, which sheds new light on the fraught leadership campaigns of 2022, Andrea argues that political careers don't always – as is so often claimed – end in failure, and explains how, like a game of snakes and ladders, politics is often about getting yourself into the right place at the right time.

Author : Sarah Winterton
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785902075
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wintertons Unmuzzled written by Sarah Winterton and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-24 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With two MPs for parents, Sarah Winterton was one of the proudest women in the country. She felt as though her family was at the centre of events, and her parents, Nicholas and Ann Winterton - respective Members for Macclesfield and Congleton - were truly making a difference at the heart of British politics. But when the Wintertons became caught up in the parliamentary expenses scandal in 2009, Sarah was forced to question some of her longest-held assumptions about politics, family and the media. Was the life of a backbench MP worth the candle? Why slog away for hours on behalf of your constituents, if your only reward was to be vilified by Fleet Street? In this affectionate, defiant memoir, Sarah Winterton celebrates a pair of MPs renowned for their bloody-minded independence, who remain the longest-serving couple in the history of the House of Commons. She warmly and unashamedly defends not just her outspoken parents, but an entire political class in a time of great upheaval. With her rare perspective on 21st-century British politics, Sarah reveals a lost political world through insightful anecdotes, and asks challenging questions about the character of modern MPs and the functioning of Britain's parliamentary democracy.