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Hired gun : a political odyssey / Alex Ray.
LIBRA E748.R39 R39 2008
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ray, Alex.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ray, Alex.
- Political consultants--United States--Biography.
- Political consultants.
- United States.
- Political campaigns--United States.
- Political campaigns.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 155 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : University Press of America, [2008]
- Summary:
- While much is known about the frontline of politics, little is revealed about the professionals who labor in secret to make the system work. Hired Gun: A Political Odyssey examines how political parties function and how elections are won or lost. This book follows the adventures of one man's behind-the-scenes political consulting career from local, to state, to national politics.
- As a political practice, the democratic system remains the most successful form of government in the history of civilization. However, as a profession, politics is still in its youth and riddled with flaws. By offering readers an insider's perspective, Alex Ray challenges us to draw our own conclusion as to whether or not this country's method of selecting leaders is current or fair. In today's political campaigns few decisions are ever as simple as black and white. Hired Gun is an exclusive look at what goes on in the grey.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Seduced by Politics 1
- Chapter 2 My Mentor 7
- Chapter 3 Learning and Growing 13
- Chapter 4 Becoming a Professional 21
- Chapter 5 Maine 33
- Chapter 6 Moving on to Vermont 59
- Chapter 7 Heading South 63
- Chapter 8 National Politics 65
- Chapter 9 The Brock Era 75
- Chapter 10 The Reagan Campaign 97
- Chapter 11 The October Surprises 109
- Chapter 12 Chesapeake Media 115
- Chapter 13 1982 Disaster 121
- Chapter 14 Returning to Philadelphia 131
- Chapter 15 Morning in America 135
- Chapter 16 Doing Business with "The Mob" 139
- Chapter 17 War Stories 143
- Chapter 18 Foreign Politics 149
- Chapter 19 The Future 153.
- ISBN:
- 0761840591
- 9780761840596
- OCLC:
- 226979111
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