Ronald Kessler, Author . Doubleday $26 (288p) ISBN 978-0-385-51621-1
After examining George W. Bush's White House in 2004's A Matter of Character
, Kessler turns his attention to Laura Bush. He's the first author to secure her cooperation for a book project, and he speaks not only with her but with...
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Ronald Kessler, Author Pocket Books $7.99 (624p) ISBN 978-0-671-78658-8
This detailed look at the inner workings of the FBI is by the author of Inside the CIA. (Oct.)
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Ronald Kessler, Author HarperCollins Publishers $26 (326p) ISBN 978-0-06-019391-1
The tantalizing, and largely borne-out, premise of this dishy expos is that the real-life goings-on in the wealthy resort community of Palm Beach, Fla., are so hedonistically outr as to ""make Dynasty and Dallas look like nursery tales."" Having...
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Ronald Kessler, Author St. Martin's Press $27.95 (496p) ISBN 978-0-312-31932-8
The war on terror is a sideshow to the larger struggle for the CIA's soul in this illuminating but partisan book. Investigative journalist Kessler gives a warts-and-all account of the CIA's checkered past up to the despondent 1990s, when the demise...
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Ronald Kessler, Author Gale Cengage $19.95 (308p) ISBN 978-0-684-18945-1
To his surprise, Washington Post reporter Kessler was allowed to interview FBI counterintelligence agents and observe them at work. (``I later found out that the approval to give me so much access had all been a mistake.'') His absorbing report...
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Ronald Kessler, Author Gale Cengage $0 (275p) ISBN 978-0-684-19116-4
In an absurd, trivial abstract, Kessler ( The Richest Man in the World) indicts as a spy Glenn Souther, a U.S. Navy reservist who was granted asylum in the U.S.S.R. in 1986, committed suicide in 1989 and was buried in Moscow. Other than asserting...
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Ronald Kessler, read by Michael Bybee. Random House Audio, , unabridged, seven CDs, 9 hrs., $35 ISBN 978-0-307-91425-5
Kessler’s exploration of the FBI provides a collection of revealing information, amusing anecdotes, and curious agency tactics. From its inception under J. Edgar Hoover to its restructuring after 9/11, the FBI has evolved, and this book explores...
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Ronald Kessler, Author, Paul McCarthy, Editor Pocket Books $23 (302p) ISBN 978-0-671-87920-4
In this tabloid-sounding account, Kessler (The FBI) has aimed very low, armed with ``inside information'' provided by presidential aides, servants, staff members and Secret Service agents that has the ring of backstairs gossip. He shows Lyndon...
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Ronald Kessler, Author, Paul McCarthy, Editor Pocket Books $23 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-73457-2
Kessler ( Escape from the CIA ), who is the first journalist to be accorded the full cooperation of the CIA, here reveals more about the agency's structure, policies and key personnel than any previous writer has. He defines the missions of the...
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