Everyone knows that Washington is completely out of touch with the rest of the country. Now Kevin Phillips, whose bestselling books have prophesied the major watersheds of American party politics, tells us why. Washington - mired in bureaucracy, captured by the money power of Wall Street, and dominated by 90,000 lobbyists, 60,000 lawyers, and the ...
The enormous concentration of wealth in the United States during the 1980s--most of it in the hands of the top 1% of the population--will provoke what Phillips calls a watershed change in American politics. His masterly analysis portrays the public's growing concern over this unequal distribution of wealth and the Republican policies that enhanced ...
The question at the heart of The Cousins Wars is this: How did Anglo-America evolve over a mere three hundred years from a small Tudor kingdom into a global community with such a hegemonic grip on the world today, while no other European power - Spain, France, Germany, or Russia - did? The answer to this, according to Phillips, lies in a close ...
Political writer Phillips investigates the Bush family, and exposes their not-so-innocent connections across social, political, and financial spheres. He shows how the Bushes were able to leverage their connections, and reinvent themselves, to build a political dynasty that, in Phillips's view, is contrary to the visions of the Founding Fathers.
The latest runaway bestseller from Phillips gives readers a major history of big money and political power in America--and an uncannily timely report on why this unholy alliance may lead to widespread corruption.
In a powerfully written and persuasive biography, bestselling historian and political commentator Kevin Phillips reconsiders McKinley's overshadowed legacy, arguing that his lackluster ratings have been sustained by unjust biographers.
This history and political analysis of the rich in America not only shows many examples of privilege, but also explains how the wealthy have been harmful to American life--through large scale debt and speculation, and through political connections that result in bad policy and, ultimately perhaps, a weakened standing in the world economy.
A former Nixon White House strategist, Phillips details the making of the Bush family dynasty across four generations, documenting how it has exemplified many of the growing trends in American political life and how it has touched all the major "Establishment" bases. Phillips is the bestselling author of "The Politics of the Rich and Poor" and ...
From the author of The Politics of Rich and Poor, a new book that documents the economic frustration of the American middle class--and analyzes the looming political consequences. Phillips pinpoints the economic mismanagement, special-interest pandering, and divide-and-conquer politics that have impoverished the American middle class, and he shows ...
Why and how did Anglo-America become the dominant cultural and political force in the world? Kevin Phillips answers this question by examining history, with a focus on the English Civil War, the American Revolution, and the U.S. Civil War. A New York Times Notable Book of 1999.
During the 1980s, America's wealth became vastly more concentrated in the hands of the top 1% of the population. Phillips tells us how it happened and who is to blame, while outlining the probable consequences.
The two main motivators in computer vision research are to develop algorithms to solve vision problems and to understand and model the human visual system. This work focuses on developing solutions to vision problems from the computer vision and pattern recognition community's point of view. Empirical Evaluation Techniques in Computer Vision ...
A bestselling historian and political commentator reconsiders McKinley's overshadowed legacy By any serious measurement, bestselling historian Kevin Phillips argues, William McKinley was a major American president. It was during his administration that the United States made its diplomatic and military debut as a world power. McKinley was one of ...
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