Bob Nardini
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The Rise of the President's Permanent Campaign
While Doherty warns against the president's increasingly becoming a "divisive figure" with an eye always on the next election, general (rather than academic) readers will be better served by other books saying similar things, such as The Permanent Campaign and Its Future, edited by Norman J. Ornstein and Thomas E. Mann, or Kathryn Dunn Tenpas's Presidents as Candidates. But any scholar looking for hard evidence to support what is a widespread suspicion will welcome Doherty's contribution.
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The Spirit of Compromise
Scholars will appreciate the authors' lucid analysis of the dynamics of political compromise but will likely find that part of the book stronger than their suggestions for reform.
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Rule and Ruin
Less analytical after the section on Nixon, Kabaservice's narrative will sustain interested general readers throughout. His research on the 1960s especially will be prized by scholars. Recommended as a complement to Nicol Rae's The Decline and Fall of the Liberal Republicans and Kabaservice's own The Guardians: Kingman Brewster, His Circle, and the Rise of the Liberal Establishment.
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The Reactionary Mind
The book's brief, miscellaneous sections mean that readers may well find the arguments difficult to follow and may prefer to wait to read it in full, perhaps in Robin's next monograph. They may well also conclude that the subtitle's mention of Sarah Palin, about whom Robin says little, is a contribution from the publisher's marketing department.
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Collision Course
McCartin interviewed dozens of principals on both sides of the PATCO strike, giving his story an immediacy that will appeal to many general readers. Scholars in labor history and public policy will also be drawn by the depth of this book. Highly recommended.
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Defending Congress and the Constitution
While Fisher's learning is broad and deep, his style is pugnacious and repetitive. Readers familiar with Fisher might find the book wearing in a particular way, since he has covered much of this ground in earlier books, most recently in On Appreciating Congress (2010), a more accessible version of this one.
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Common Sense
Readers may only be disappointed that Rosenfeld does not cover recent times, most especially today's conservative purveyors of common sense. Her book is a model of how a fine work of history may enlighten readers about polemics without being a polemic itself. Rich, graceful, often witty, this is very highly recommended for academic and serious readers.
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My Father at 100
Ron Reagan, up against extant works by biographers, two sisters, brother, mother, and his father himself, may disappoint readers looking for much new information about the 40th President. But sometimes in awe of while sometimes bemused by his "square" of a dad, Ron delivers what many others have not, a down-the-middle portrait that admirers of his father and some memoir fans will likely enjoy.
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The Neoconservative Persuasion
Readers new to Kristol will find this an excellent introduction to a forceful, provocative, and witty writer. Even if they seldom agree with what they read, they'll likely enjoy him more than they may admit. The selections here barely overlap with Kristol's own earlier collection, Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea. With a thorough bibliography.
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