The Power Game [Advance Copy]

Author: Nye, Joseph S., Jr.

Publication:New York : PublicAffairs, 2004

Binding: Trade Paperback

Edition: First Edition

Condition: Used: Good

Description: No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. Advance Reading Copy to the hardcover first edition in trade paperback format. hinge crease, edge wear; From a former US government insider comes this suspenseful debut novel, centring on the intrigues, deceptions and temptations of Washington politics Peter Cutler is a respected Princeton professor living a quiet academic life when an old college friend makes him an offer he can't refuse: The position of foreign policy advisor for Democratic presidential candidate Wayne Kent. Cutler takes the job and eagerly jumps into the political fray. When Kent wins the election, Cutler is thrilled to find himself Under-Secretary of State. But he soon discovers that the power politics of Washington are a far cry from the comforts of university life. In order to survive, he must participate in a ruthless tug of war in which everyone struggles to promote his own agenda. As Cutler becomes increasingly absorbed in the underhanded tactics of bureaucratic survival and the charms of an old girlfriend working in the Pentagon, his initial foreign policy goals recede into the background. Ultimately, the allure and hypocrisy of political life cause him to alienate everyone he cares about- and to make one life-altering political miscalculation.

Ref#: 059180

Subject: Political Science

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