Product Description: This is an acerbic, withering account of the ascent of the Bush family to the pinnacle of the American political and social elite and the implications of the dynasty's hold on power for democracy in America. With an unerring instinct for fakery and humbug, Phillips traces the convoluted trail of Bush mendacity through three generations...read more

An account of the political career and legacy of William McKinley notes the United States's diplomatic and military debut as a world power during his administration and his presidency during a major realignment of the U.S. party system.

An account of the political career and legacy of president William McKinley notes the United States's diplomatic and military debut as a world power during his administration, his presidency during a major realignment of the U.S. party system, and his contributions to the GOP's cycle of power. 25,000 first printing.

Explores the history of the American rich, from the founding of the nation to the present day, exposing a detrimental political pattern that has hindered the democratic process and profoundly impacted the nation's economy.

Product Description: At the start of the new millennium, Americans look out on the world triumphant in our political and religious freedom, the power of our armed services, the wealth of our businesses, and the dominance of our language and ideals...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Everyone knows that Washington is completely out of touch with the rest of the country. Now Kevin Phillips, whose bestselling books have prophesied the major watersheds of American party politics, tells us why. Washington - mired in bureaucracy, captured by the money power of Wall Street, and dominated by 90,000 lobbyists, 60,000 lawyers, and the largest concentration of special interests the world has ever seen - has become the albatross that Thomas Jefferson and our other Founding Fathers feared: a swollen capital city feeding off the country it should be governing...read more

The author of The Politics of Rich and Poor presents a thoughtful examination of frustration and decline in America's middle class. Reprint. 35,000 first printing; $25,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Republican policies in the 1980s will produce a reversal of the public's political sympathies in the 1990s

Examines the role of the United States in the world economy and recommends policies designed to improve the competitiveness of American industries

Argues that the current rightward political trend is more a radical movement than an outgrowth of traditional conservatism, and takes a look at the United States political and economic future