A & C Black
Madam President: Is America Ready to Send Hillary Clinton to the White House? (Apr., $14.95) by Suzanne Goldenberg examines one of the most powerful personalities on the American political landscape.
Basic Books
Flying High: Remembering Barry Goldwater (May, $25.95) by William F. Buckley Jr. The conservative movement’s well-known proponent recalls the movement’s first champion. 50,000 first printing.
Basic/Civitas
Desperation and Hope in Black Politics (July, $26) by Michael C. Dawson exposes the erosion of black political power since the civil rights era.
Brookings Institution Press
Power Play: The Bush Presidency vs. the Constitution (June, $28.95) by James P. Pfiffner reveals the Bush administration’s violations of longstanding, constitutionally mandated democratic principles.
Cambridge Univ. Press
After Bush: The Case for Continuity in U.S. Foreign Policy (June, $28) by Timothy J. Lynch and Robert S. Singh argues that Bush’s policies will continue to shape our leaders and policies.
Celebra
His Panic: Why Americans Fear Hispanics in the U.S. (May, $24.95) by Geraldo Rivera surveys the growth of the Hispanic market and the changing face of America.
Ivan R. Dee
(dist. by NBN)
Worst Enemy: The Reluctant Transformation of the American Military(Apr., $27.50) by John Arquilla critiques the U.S. military establishment and outlines solutions for remedying the ills of America’s defense policy.
Disinformation Company
(dist. by Consortium)
Alex Jones: The Answer to 1984 Is 1776 (July, $24.95) by Alex Jones puts forth a Bill of Rights-, freedom-oriented platform for our security-obsessed culture.
Ecco
Your Government Failed You: Breaking the Cycle of National Security Disasters (May, $25.95) by Richard A. Clarke exposes security blunders and explains why they continue. 250,000 first printing.
Encounter Books
(dist. by NBN)
Willful Blindness: Memoir of the Jihad (Mar., $25.95) by Andrew C. McCarthy. The prosecutor of jihadists responsible for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing examines the world of Islamic terror.
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Green Is the New Red, White, and Blue (Aug., $24) by Thomas L. Friedman suggests resolutions for the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy.
Fulcrum
Under the Eagle’s Wing: A National Security Strategy of the United States for 2009 (Apr., $14.95) by Gary Hart. The former U.S. senator offers a plan for the new administration.
Gotham Books
The Buying of the President 2008: How—and Why—the Race for the Nation’s Highest Office Has Moved from the Voting Booth to the Auction Block (Aug., $26) by Bill Buzenberg and the Center for Public Integrity exposes past and present campaign excesses.
Harper
Fleeced: How Washington Insiders, Foreign Lobbyists, Subprime Lenders, Credit Card Companies, Iraq Reconstruction Contractors, and Clinton Cronies Are Picking Our Pockets... and What to Do About It (Apr., $26.95) by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann. 150,000 first printing.
Untitled (June, $27.95) by Ron Suskind addresses the looming national security crisis that America faces at the height of the current presidential race. 500,000 first printing.
Hay House/New Beginnings Press
How to Ruin the United States of America (July, $14.95) by Ben Stein and Phil DeMuth. With tongues firmly in cheeks, the authors suggest ways to ruin the greatest nation in the history of the human race.
Indiana Univ. Press
Robert F. Kennedy and the 1968 Indiana Primary (Apr., $21.95) by Ray E. Boomhower reveals, on the 40th anniversary of RFK’s assassination, the story behind his campaign for Indiana’s presidential primary
ISI Books
God, Man, and Hollywood: Politically Incorrect Cinema fromThe Birth of a NationtoThe Passion of the Christ (Apr., $25) by Mark Royden Winchell looks at lessons learned from films with culturally unfashionable attitudes.
Mercer Univ. Press
Church-State Matters: Fighting for Religious Liberty in Our Nation’s Capital (Apr., $28) by J. Brent Walker. The executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee articulates the importance of the First Amendment in protecting religious liberty.
Merrell Publishers
We Will Be Heard: Voices in the Struggle for Constitutional Rights Past and Present (Apr., $22.95) by Bud and Ruth Schultz presents first-person accounts of individuals fighting attempts to deny these rights
Metropolitan Books
The Wrecking Crew (Aug., $25) by Thomas Frank examines the Washington that conservatism has built: how it works, or doesn’t, and why it’s here to stay.
MIT Press/Boston Review Books
Why Nuclear Disarmament Matters (Apr., $14.95) by Hans Blix. The former U.N. chief weapons inspector in Iraq calls for a renewed global disarmament movement.
New Press
(dist. by W.W. Norton)
Grand Illusion: The Fantasy of Voter Choice in a Two-Party Tyranny (June, $24.95) by Theresa Amato. Ralph Nader’s campaign manager considers just how bad the two-party system can be for democracy.
Oxford Univ. Press
Safire’s Political Dictionary (Mar., $22.95) by William Safire compiles political terminology definitions that are discursive, historical and entertaining.
Pelican Publishing
Freedom of Religion, the First Amendment and the Supreme Court: How the Court Flunked History (Mar., $25.95) by Barry Adamson asserts that the Court has failed to abide by the clause’s real meaning.
Public Affairs
What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and What’s Wrong with Washington (Apr., $27.95) by Scott McClellan. The former press secretary opines on Iraq, Katrina, bitter partisanship and more.
Random House
The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order (Apr., $29) by Parag Khanna examines today’s complex geopolitical marketplace.
Regnery
American Grit: What It Will Take to Survive and Win in the 21st Century (July, $27.95) by Tony Blankley argues that Americans need to toughen up in order to survive the threat from Islamic assault.
Lynne Rienner
Qaddafi’s Libya in World Politics (Aug., $55) by Yehudit Ronen tracks the country’s trajectory in international affairs during 40 years of Qaddafi’s leadership.
Rutgers Univ. Press
Strange Bedfellows: How Late-Night Comedy Turns Democracy into a Joke (Mar., $24.95) by Russell L. Peterson examines the influence of these shows on recent politics.
Sasquatch Books
(dist. by PGW)
The True Patriot: A Pamphlet (Mar., $9.95) by Eric Liu and Nick Hanauer reclaims patriotism from the right and challenges the left to embrace it again.
Sentinel
The New Case Against Immigration: Both Legal and Illegal (July, $25.95) by Mark Krikorian claims that immigration is destroying America because leaders mismanage its cultural and economic pressures.
Seven Stories Press
(dist. by CBSD)
My America (Apr., $21.95) by Mike Gravel with Joe Lauria. The former Alaska senator expounds on his views of the military-industrial complex, the imperial presidency and more.
Simon & Schuster
Untitled on Bush, Volume IV (June, $30) by Bob Woodward details the behind-the-scenes maneuvering of Bush’s waning years in office. 750,000 first printing.
Skyhorse Publishing
Don’t Start the Revolution Without Me! (Apr., $24.95) by Jesse Ventura with Dick Russell. The popular independent politician shares his latest rants. 40,000 first printing.
Struik Publishers
(dist. by IPM)
White Power and the Rise and Fall of the National Party (Mar., $31) by Christi van der Westhuizen offers an analysis based on interviews with former South African NP leaders and previously unpublished materials.
Times Books
Blue Dixie: Awakening the South’s Progressive Majority (Aug., $25) by Bob Moser explains why winning the South will become more crucial to electoral success.
Trumpeter Books
(dist. by Random House)
Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy: On Being an American Citizen (Apr., $24.95) by Susan Griffin blends history, criticism and memoir to discover what compels the journey toward democracy. 40,000 first printing. 8-city author tour.
Univ. of Chicago Press
Inside the Presidential Debates: Their Improbable Past and Promising Future (Apr., $22.50) by Newton N. Minow and Craig L. LaMay surveys the debates and offers a plan to make them useful and relevant.
Univ. of New Mexico Press
Cesar Chavez and the Common Sense of Nonviolence (Mar., $24.95) by José-Antonio Orosco focuses on Chavez as a theorist on nonviolence.
Univ. of South Carolina Press
Making Government Work: Lessons from a Life in Politics (June, $29.95) by Sen. Ernest F. Hollings with Kirk Victor advises on how to mend broken government.
Univ. Press of Kansas
Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch: The Panama Canal Treaties and the Rise of the Right (Mar., $29.95) by Adam Clymer argues that the signing was not the major Democratic victory it was thought to be.
Viking
Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism (Apr., $25.95) by Kevin Phillips details the misguided factors that are putting an end to America’s domination of world markets.
The Political Mind: Why You Can’t Understand 21st-Century American Politics with an 18th-Century Brain (June, $25.95) by George Lakoff debunks the belief that voters use objective reasoning to decide their politics.
