Political Booknotes
POLITICAL BOOKNOTES The American Presidency: Principles and Problems, Vol. 1. Kenneth W. Thompson. Univ. Press of America, $6.25. Compelling Belief: The Culture of American Schooling....
...Bryan Jones...
...Many ofthe funniest and most revealingarticles in this collection aren’t just about Chicago...
...Paul Solman...
...In Search of Excellence...
...Richard Nixon...
...Life and Death in the Corporate Battlefield...
...Scheer‘s thesis-that the Reagan administration’s nuclear arms policy is a dangerous departure from those of previous administrations, both Democrat and Republicanisn’t new, but hesupplies the analysis and evidence often lacking in other critiques...
...Don’t miss the appendix, which includes revealing interviews with key members of the Reagan team, including Eugene (’Japan Survived”) Rostow and T.K(“Johnny, Get Your Shovel”) Jones...
...Why should the CIA clear non-secrets and how would the failure to clear non-secrets promote the disclosure of real secrets...
...The program, November 1983-August 1984, provides an opportunity to work as a Congressional aide for 10 months, attend weekly seminars with leading politicians and scholars, receive a stipend of $16,000, plus other benefits...
...Scheer, aveteran b s Angeles Times reporter and one of the best interviewers in America, has written a clear, concise, andbelieve it or not-highly readable book about the nuclear arms race...
...Alberro R. Coll...
...The funeral industry, television advertisers, and others he fought at the FTC were deserving targets, and the stories behind those battles make engaging reading...
...Robert Scheer...
...Nina Easton...
...of Nebraska Press, $15.95...
...Knopf, $19.95 1983-84 Congressional Fellowship Program for Journalists The American Political Science Association invites broadcast and print journalists to apply for the 31st annual Congressional Fellowship Program...
...Oppenheimer: The Years of Risk...
...Judge Bell had seemed one of the more able of the Carter group, but this book reveals the modesty of his legal intelligence...
...He is right that the government must play cop sometimes, but until people like Pertschuk reconcile themselves to working better with business, the economic problems we all share won’t get solved...
...14.50...
...With Enough Shovels: Reagan, Bush, and Nuclear War...
...Recommended...
...Continuum...
...Miracle by Design: The Real Reason Behind Japan’s Economic Success...
...Such a Peace: Yalta Revisited...
...Morrow, $13.50...
...Morrobt., $14.50...
...The Farming Game...
...12.95...
...His skepticism never becomes crankiness because of his compassion...
...He happens to have known-and in some cases known well-the leaders he writes about, from Zhou Enlai to MacArthur to Sadat, and his observations about them range from useful to highly perceptive...
...The deadline for application is December 1, 1982...
...E.P...
...of California...
...They are aboutjoggingor bureaucrats or “Beautiful People” or gun lovers...
...In addition, three professional references or letters of recommendation should be sent by December 15, 1982...
...The Cult of the Atom: The Secret Papers of the Atomic Energy Commission...
...Leaders...
...Av Westin...
...Stephen Arons...
...These are the practical lessons to be learned from America’s best-run companies, not the kind of vapid generalities the title would lead you to expect...
...Michael Pertschuk...
...20036 PHONE: (202) 483-2512...
...To apply, send a detailed resume, a 500-word statement on the relevance of the Fellowship Program to your professional goals, and samples of your best professional work (clips, scripts, tapes or videotapes...
...C. L. Sulzberger...
...Mike Royko is the best local columnist in America, but he also might be the best columnist, period...
...If you’re one of those people who’ve somehow felt frozen out of the nuclear freeze debate because they couldn’t wade through the ponderous urose of Jonathan Schell and other members of thearmageddonjus t-a r o und - t he-c o r ne r sc h 001, don’t despair...
...Applicants should have 2-10 years experience in journalism, should be able to demonstrate interest in national politics, and should have a record of excellence in reporting...
...James W. Kunetka...
...Revolt Against Regulation: The Rise and Pause of the Consumer Movement...
...And his compassion never becomes sappy because he has an instinctive and well-justified distrust of fern-bar do-goodersand others who happen to share his political outlook...
...Durton, $13.95...
...Times Books, $16.95...
...Ronald Brownstein...
...But there is something disturbing about Pertschuk‘s assumption that he was always representing the “public interest” better than the elected representatives, who may indeed be bought off but are nonetheless the products of the most democratic part of our government . Pert sc h u k’s own constituencies often are no less characteristic of special interest politics than his opponents...
...What Kinds of Guns Are They Buying for Your Butter...
...Mc Craw- Hill, $19.95...
...Sez Me...
...12.95...
...Thomas Hartman Working with Truman...
...nomas Peters...
...Reagan’s Ruling Class...
...Putnam’s, $14.95...
...Random House...
...14.50...
...The author says that every time he is inclined to give hisadversaries some credit, he “reflects on the wreckage of past efforts at nonconfrontational accommodation...
...Robert A. Caro...
...Griffin Bell...
...He is unrepentant about the consumer causes he championed, usually with good reason...
...The author is former chairman of the Federal Trade Commission and before that a Senate staff member whose influence greatly exceeded that of many senators...
...P. The Western Heritage and American Values: Law, Theology and History...
...Robert H. Waterman Jr...
...Jonathan Alter Sez Who...
...12.95...
...Like any daily columnist, he can be a hack, but the gems are worth seeking out-especially if you’ve never had the pleasure...
...Prentice-Hall, $15.95...
...J.A...
...Taking Care of the Law...
...Judge Bell does not deal with such questions...
...Simon & Schusler, $15.95...
...Warner Books, $17.50...
...Simon & Schuster...
...Newswatch: How TV Decides the News...
...Address all materials to: DIRECTOR, Congressional Fellowship Program The American Political Science Association 1527 New Hampshire Ave., N. W., Washington, D.C...
...It is Nader-produced, and the authors’ true sentiments aren’t hard to discern, but the lengthy profiles of the administration’s top 100 officials are dispassionately written and remarkably complete...
...A Beginner’s Guide to Defense, Weaponry, and Military Spending...
...Daniel Ford...
...This mammoth book belongs on a shelf with R e Almanac of American Politics and other essential reference works for politicos...
...Thomas Friedman...
...Mike Royko...
...Ken Hech: ler...
...Presidential Accountability Group, $24.50...
...Simon & Schuster...
...He justifies the persecution of Frank Snepp, not on the ground that Snepp revealed secrets, but on the ground that Snepp’s not clearing the manuscript of Decent Interval with the CIA would lead others to reveal secrets...
...7.50...
...Don’t ignore this book because of its author...
...Frank Gibney...
...What makes Royko so impressive is that he avoids theautomatic response...
...Sheila Tobias, et al...
...Harper & Row, $16.95...
...The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power...
Vol. 14 • November 1982 • No. 9
