| Annual Political Book Award | 4 |
| From World War II to Clay Felker: How America Bought Its Way to Happiness | 5 |
| Lemann, Nicholas | |
| There's Poetry in Spyingy and Spying in Poetry | 13 |
| Brower, Brock | |
| Blind Ambition in the White House | 16 |
| Peters, Charles | |
| The Political Puzzle | 25 |
| Barclay, John | |
| How the Defense Department Can Save Billions Without Worrying About National Security | 26 |
| Rushford, Gregory G. | |
| Tidbits and Outrages | 31 |
| The Better, Cheaper Plane the Pentagon Didn't Want | 32 |
| Hopkins, George E. | |
| What the Times and Post Are Missing | 45 |
| Kotz, Nick | |
| The Million-Dollar Advantage of Incumbency | 50 |
| Perdue, Lewis | |
| Memo of the Month | 53 |
| Big Government: A Congressman's Best Friend | 55 |
| Fiorina, Morris P. | |
| Political Book Notes | 62 |
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