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Description

Highlights the striking similarities between politics and war and persuasively argues that the language of war teaches us about political activity. Each chapter takes a single military concept and applies it to political concerns ranging from campaign war chests to legislative tactics.

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This book develops a simple idea: politics resembles warfare, so military literature can teach us something about political action.

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  1. John J. Pitney (Author)
 

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