The Power Game (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781586484200)

Peter Cutler is a respected Princeton professor living a quiet academic life when an old college friend makes him an offer he can't refuse: The position of foreign policy adviser for Democratic presidential candidate Wayne Kent. Cutler takes the job and eagerly jumps into the political fray. When Kent wins the election, Cutler's thrilled to find himself Under Secretary of State. But he soon discovers that the power politics of Washington are a far cry from the comforts of university life. In order to survive, he must participate in a ruthless tug-of-war in which everyone struggles to promote his own agenda. As Cutler becomes increasingly absorbed in the underhanded tactics of bureaucratic survival and the charms of an old girlfriend working in the Pentagon, his initial foreign policy goals recede into the background. Ultimately, the allure and hypocrisy of political life cause him to alienate everyone he cares about--and to make one life-altering political miscalculation.

Author: Joseph S. Nye
ISBN-10: 1586484206
ISBN-13: 9781586484200
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Language: English
Published: 02/07/2006
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.58d