Authors: Robert D. Novak
ISBN-13: 9781615581986, ISBN-10: 1615581987
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Date Published: July 2007
Edition: Bargain
ROBERT D. NOVAK writes “Inside Report,” one of the longest-running syndicated columns in the nation, and the “Evans-Novak Political Report,” which he began in the 1960s with the late Rowland Evans. Now a Fox News contributor, Novak spent twenty-five years as a political commentator for CNN.
Book Synopsis
New York Times Bestseller
A landmark achievement
The Prince of Darkness is not simply the stunningly candid memoir of one of the country’s most influential reporters but also a riveting history of the past half century in American politics.
The New York Times - Jack Shafer
Journalism is the first rough draft of history, Philip Graham, the publisher of The Washington Post, once said. Many Novak columnsincluding the Plame pieceare first rough drafts of journalism; they require further assembly by readers. While other writers concentrate on the arteries of power, Novak has made a specialty of the capillaries. Still, his book is an enlightening field guide to the politicians and journalists who inhabit those micro places.
Table of Contents
The Plame Affair 1
Political Beginnings 15
Cub Reporter 21
From Omaha to 'Naptown 28
Advice from Ezra Pound 36
Joining the Journal 42
Emperor of the Senate 48
Driving with Kennedy 58
New Frontier 70
LBJ Hosts a Wedding Reception 78
The Odd Couple 93
The Goldwater Revolution 104
The Agony of the GOP 114
The Great Society: In Ascent 123
The Great Society: In Descent 134
Clean Gene, Bobby, and LBJ 151
Realignment 1968 165
Den of Vipers 180
Vietnam 194
The Frustration of Power 201
"Amnesty, Abortion and Acid" 212
Watergate 233
The Ford Interlude 253
Reagan's Rebellion 268
Jimmy Who? 282
The Snopes Clan in the White House 296
Supply-Side and China 314
A Young Congressman from New York 333
The Birth of CNN 345
The Reagan Revolution 359
A Near-DeathExperience 374
The Slowest Realignment in American History 391
"I'll Try Ollie North" 404
The Last Days of Reagan 421
Blowup 437
Believing Their Own Spin 459
Yeltsin Up, Bush Down 480
Clinton = Republican Tsunami 501
"Will Success Spoil Newt Gingrich?" 518
Conversion 539
The Rise of George W. Bush 557
Death of a Partner 570
Attacking Iraq and Attacking Novak 584
The Plame Affair II 597
Farewell to CNN 618
A Stirrer-up of Strife 637
Author's Note 639
Index 641
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