The Wicked Wine of Democracy: A Memoir of a Political Junkie, 1948-1995 - Brossura

Miller, Joseph S.

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ISBN 10: 0295992328 ISBN 13: 9780295992327

Casa editrice: Univ of Washington Pr, 2012

Riassunto

The Wicked Wine of Democracy is a frank account by a political operative and practicing lobbyist who in the early 1950s went from being a journalist in Seattle to working on the campaigns of such important political figures as Warren G. Magnuson, Henry “Scoop” Jackson, Frank Church, William Proxmire, and, finally, John F. Kennedy. He was so successful in managing the media for campaigns across the country that in 1957 the Washington Post labeled him “the Democrat's answer to Madison Avenue.” After Kennedy's victory, Miller opened a lobbying office on Capitol Hill and took on clients as diverse as the United Steelworkers of America, the Western Forest Industries Association, and the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association. In this always revealing and often humorous memoir, Miller reports on the highlights and backroom conversations from political campaigns, labor negotiations, and lobbying deals to give an honest picture of how politics worked over his forty-year career in the nation's Capitol.

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L'autore:

Joseph S. Miller is a retired lobbyist living in Washington, D.C. Miller wrote and edited for the Lewiston Morning Tribune, Boise Daily Statesman, Oregon Journal, and Seattle Post-Intelligencer before beginning his career as a media consultant for political campaigns and a lobbyist for a variety of unions and associations.

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The Wicked Wine of Democracy is a frank account by a political operative and practicing lobbyist that the Washington Post labelled "the Democrat's answer to Madison Avenue." In the early 1950s he moved from being a journalist in Seattle to working on the campaigns of such political figures as Warren G. Magnuson, Henry 'Scoop' Jackson, Frank Church, William Proxmire, and, finally, John F. Kennedy. After Kennedy's victory, Miller opened a lobbying office on Capitol Hill. In this always revealing and often humorous memoir, "Smilin' Joe" Miller reports on the highlights and back room conversations to give an honest picture of how politics worked.

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• Editore: Univ of Washington Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0295992328
• ISBN 13: 9780295992327
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 268