Why They Call It Politics: A Guide to America's Government
1. The President at Home: Playing all Sides to Stay on Top. 2. The President Abroad: Bouquets, Brickbats, and Bombs. 3. Cold War, National Security, and the Military. 4. Congress: The Most Deliberative Body, and a Swamp. 5. The Supreme Court: A Sometime Fortunate Imbalance of Power. 6. Bureaucracy: Our Prolific Drones. 7. Parties and Pressure Groups: Democracy's Gang Warfare. 8. The Media and Government: Politics, Profits and Propaganda. 9. The Economy: Manipulating That Mysterious Spigot. 10. So You Want to Go into Politics.