The one book about Washington everyone must read.

          There has been a revolution – a quiet revolution. Over the past fifteen years the American government has changed in ways that no one would ever have imagined – ways that most people haven’t yet caught on to. Old power alliances have fragmented, shifted, or simply disappeared. Old ways of getting things done have become obsolete. There is a new breed of winner with new political styles and new sets of rules.

          Hedrick Smith provides the clearest, most fascinating account of the brand new power games being played today at all levels of government. He takes you deep into the corridors of power to meet the players and to see new games at work. He tells you how Washington really works and why it doesn’t work better.

          Big, important, packed with vivid personalities and dramatic revelations, The Power Game is a book that has made news today and will be read for many years to come.

          "Fantastic! Smith is really knowledgeable. He spells out power in Washington as it really is"       FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE THOMAS P. O’NEILL

          "Highly entertaining ….. filled with inside information and spicy anecdotes"       NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

          Hedrick Smith has been reporting on Washington over the span of six presidents. For nearly a decade he was bureau chief and chief Washington correspondent of the New York Times. He worked on the Pulitzer Prize-winning team that produced The Pentagon Papers, and he won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting from Moscow and Eastern Europe. He is the co-author of two books on President Reagan and politics, and his book The Russians was a bestseller all over the world.