Customer Review: I have read 18 of the books in this series, and this one is by far the least satisfying. Most of the other volumes maintain a balance between the personal life of the president, and his administration and policies. Phillips leans so heavily in the latter direction that I hardly felt I knew anything... more info
Customer Review: Phillips does a good job of demonstrating why the American middle class was shrinking in the early 1990's.The situation today(2008) has only been exacerbated by 17 years of more of the same-more and more speculation in financial assets and stocks and less and less industrial and manufacturing... more info
Customer Review: Kevin Phillips wrote this perceptive book about U.S. politics and a rising conservative trend right after the 1968 Presidential Election. Phillips notes that Richard Nixon's razor-thin (44-43%) victory over Democrat Hubert Humphrey that year was more conservative than realized once you factor the... more info
Customer Review: Finally an action research book for preservice teachers! Becoming a Teacher Through Action Research is the most comprehensive action research text I have read. Both the text and the CD-ROM allows the reader to interact with the three strands: process of action research, action research in cultural... more info