Fall 2001 Hardcovers: Politics

ENCOUNTER BOOKS
Uncivil Wars: The Controversy over Reparations for Slavery (Jan., $21.95) by David Horowitz explores the response to the author's ads placed in college newspapers arguing against reparations for the descendents of African-American slaves.

HARPERCOLLINS
Bushwhacking: Through Thicket and Thin with the 43rd President (Jan., $22) by Frank Bruni is an account of the year leading up to George W. Bush's presidency by the New York Times reporter who covered the Bush campaign from start to finish. Ad/promo.
Loathing on the Left (Jan., $26) by Ann Coulter examines the liberal compulsion to hate conservatives.

ISI BOOKS
The Clash of Orthodoxies (Oct., $24.95) by Robert P. George tackles issues of contemporary conflict such as abortion, euthanasia, same-sex unions and more.
Securing Democracy (Oct., $24.95), edited by Gary L. Gregg II, defends the electoral college.

MORROW
The Accidental President: How 143 Lawyers, 9 Supreme Court Justices, and 5,963,110 Floridians Landed George W. Bush in the White House (Oct., $26) by David A. Kaplan tells the definitive legal and political tale of Bush vs. Gore. 50,000 first printing. Author publicity. 15-city author tour.
The Kennedy Men: 1901-1963 (Oct., $35) by Laurence Leamer chronicles the Kennedy men and their struggle to become the most powerful family in the United States. Ad/promo. 15-city TV satellite tour. 25-city radio tour.

NEW YORK UNIV. PRESS
Understanding the 2000 Election: A Guide to the Legal Battles that Decided the Presidency (Nov., $20) by Abner S. Greene provides a step-by-step, nonpartisan explanation and analysis of the legal issues involved in resolving the presidential contest.

W.W. NORTON
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Oct., $27.95) by John J. Mearsheimer offers a jarring and compelling analysis of the inevitability of war.

PANTHEON
Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped Our Recent History (Oct., $25) by Kati Marton reveals the way presidential marriages have affected the tone and character of 12 administrations, from Woodrow and Edith Wilson to George W. and Laura Bush.

POCKET BOOKS
The Declining Spirit of Black Men (Jan., $22) by Ellis Cose explores how black men are treated by society and how they internalize this disdainful treatment. Author publicity. 5-city author tour.

PRINCETON UNIV. PRESS
Breaking the Deadlock: The 2000 Election, the Constitution, and the Courts (Sept., $24.95) by Richard A. Posner analyzes the election of 2000 and offers a blueprint for reforming our presidential electoral practices.
Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry (Oct., $19.95) by Michael Ignatieff offers an account of the successes, failures and prospects of the human rights movement, taken from the Tanner Lectures at Princeton University.

PROMETHEUS BOOKS
Sold to the Highest Bidder: The Presidency from Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush (Nov., $29) by Daniel M. Friedenberg discusses the corrupting influence of money on politics during the last half of the 20th century.

REGANBOOKS
Power Plays: The 10 Best and 10 Worst Political Moves in History (Jan., $26) by Dick Morris. The outspoken former Clinton adviser surveys the most memorable and instructive power plays in history.

ROUTLEDGE
Spoiling for a Fight: Third-Party Politics in America (Feb., $26) Micah L. Sifry. Interviews, narratives and analysis provide an overview on this unique development in current American politics.

ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
(dist. by NBN)
Jews in American Politics (Nov., $39.95), edited by L. Sandy Maisel and Ira N. Forman, with an introduction by Joseph I. Lieberman, profiles more than 400 prominent Jewish Americans on the Supreme Court, in Congress, with presidential administrations and in other government positions.

ST. MARTIN'S/PALGRAVE
Africa: A Continent Self-Destructs (Oct., $26.95) by Peter Schwab looks at the tragic factors that have contributed to Africa's decline during the past decade.

ST. MARTIN'S/THOMAS DUNNE
The Girls in the Van (Oct., $24.95) by Beth Harpaz looks at the gossip-wrangling and campaign combat that occurred during Hillary Clinton's run for the U.S. Senate. 50,000 first printing. Author publicity.

TRANSACTION PUBLISHERS
Between Two Worlds: Politics, Anti-Politics, and the Unpolitical (Oct., $39.95) by Richard Hoggart offers a collection of essays on the politics of culture and society, literature and censorship, and education and social work.
America's Second Civil War: Dispatches from the Political Center (Dec., $34.95) by Stanley A. Renshon examines issues likely to be at the forefront of American politics, culture and social debate in this new millennium.