The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting in Washington » (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.

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.

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Journalism is the first rough draft of history, Philip Graham, the publisher of The Washington Post, once said. Many Novak columns—including the Plame piece—are 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.

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