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White House special handbook : how to rule the world in the 21st century / Mikhail Kryzhanovsky.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kryzhanovskiĭ, M. (Mikhail), 1958-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Elections--United States.
- Elections.
- Politics, Practical--United States.
- Politics, Practical.
- Intelligence service--United States.
- Intelligence service.
- United States--Politics and government.
- United States.
- United States--Foreign relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (274 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Algora Pub., c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The author, who cites decades of insider knowledge at the KGB and the CIA, says he originally compiled this book upon a request from Washington D.C. Now his handbook is being published, with added chapters for the benefit of the broader public, so that candidates for lesser offices and even mere voters can learn from his insightful de-construction of the cynical power plays by which the world is ruled today. Here is the book the President of the United States turns to the first day he steps through the door to the Oval Office and closes only as he walks out for the last time. In fact, the stra
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Political management at the top
- Electability
- The fight for the presidency
- Meet the electorate: basic information and the 2004 election state by state
- Campaign planning
- Iowa, New Hampshire: farm problems, energy costs, trade issues
- Who voted for whom in the 2004 presidential election
- Controlling the White House
- Domestic policy
- Managing the US Congress
- Foreign policy
- Managing spies at the top
- Which service is the best
- Techniques of special influence
- Surveillance
- How to run agents (secret sources)
- FBI helpers
- Identifying spies
- Strategies
- Presidential security
- Managing the military
- Commander-in-chief
- Strategy and tactics
- Learning from the past
- Learning from past presidents
- Where does the CIA fit in
- Happened to them?
- About the author.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9786611398507
- 1-281-39850-0
- 0-87586-517-8
- OCLC:
- 476115877
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