New & Forthcoming

A Call to Greatness: Challenging Our Next President
By David M. Abshire
"David Abshire has distilled a lifetime of service and study into a single bracing volume. It is a must-read for the Presidential candidates, those who serve them, and every citizen who cares about the challenges we face."—George Stephanopoulos, ABC News' Chief Washington Correspondent

What a President Should Know: An Insider's View on How to Succeed in the Oval Office
By Lawrence B. Lindsey with Marc Sumerlin
"Larry Lindsey has provided a roadmap for how the next President can and should lead this nation through hazardous times. Readers of this book are taken directly into the Oval Office, to a world where decisions are high stakes and actions have consequences. You won't want to put it down."—Fred Thompson, former United States Senator

The Keys to the White House: A Surefire Guide to Predicting the Next President, 2008 Edition
By Allan J. Lichtman
"Do me a favor. Don't read this book. Because if you do, it could put all of us pundits and political consultants out of business. Allan Lichtman has some nerve, revealing our trade secrets to the great unwashed public. Including the biggest secret of all, which is that the presidential vote is simple, rational, and highly predictable."—William Schneider

Why Presidents Fail: White House Decision Making from Eisenhower to Bush II
By Richard M. Pious
"Pious has researched each case in great detail, yielding much information that may be new to readers, and provides a thorough bibliography. Appropriate for high school and college study, this will also have great appeal for devotees of poli-sci and presidential history."—8/13/08, Publishers Weekly

Failure of Intelligence: The Decline and Fall of the CIA
By Melvin A. Goodman
"Impressive detail."—April 2008, Consortium News