How Washington Really Works

Brought up to the minute in this new edition, How Washington Really Works exposes the Washington insiders know and hope you don't find out about. From the lobbyist and the bureaucrat straight up to the Congress and the President, Peters turns his sharp eye and ironic wit on the foibles and follies of the people running our country, and uncovers one basic fact: The present system is designed to protect those within it, not to serve those outside. This book will not only explain this system of make-believe—it will make you want to change it.

• Saving Congress from Itself: Emancipating the States and Empowering Their People
• The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All the Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will( Eventually) Feel Better
• After War: The Political Economy of Exporting Democracy
• Free Trade under Fire: Fourth Edition
• Politicians Are People, Too
• The Congressional Experience (Transforming American Politics)
• Presidential Leadership and the Creation of the American Era (The Richard Ullman Lectures)
• To Serve the President: Continuity and Innovation in the White House Staff
• Campaigning in the Twenty-First Century
• We the People (Essentials Eleventh Edition)