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ISBN-101982196203

ISBN-139781982196202

eBay Product ID (ePID)16059006011

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Book TitleRomney : a Reckoning

Number of Pages416 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPolitical Process / Campaigns & Elections, Political, American Government / General

Publication Year2023

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorMckay Coppins

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight20.5 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Remarkable. Tapping hours of interviews and access to Mitt Romney's private journals--and revealing a captivating array of insider moments--author McKay Coppins compellingly portrays a man wrestling with his conscience as he tries to do what's right." --Susan Page, Washington Bureau chief at USA Today and author of Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A New Yorker Best Book of 2023 An NPR Best Book of 2023 "Engrossing...one of the best political books I've read in years, and it provides key insights into how drastically the Republican Party has shifted in the decade since Romney was its presidential nominee." --Scott Detrow, host of NPR's All Things Considered

Dewey Decimal974.4044092

SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! In this illuminating and "scoop-rich biography...the tell-all tales rush forth" ( Los Angeles Times ) offering a "penetrating analysis of the ongoing Republican civil war through the eyes of one of its last embattled centrists" ( Publishers Weekly ). Few figures in American politics have seen more and said less than Mitt Romney. An outspoken dissident in Donald Trump's GOP, he has made headlines in recent years for standing alone against the forces he believes are poisoning the party he once led. Romney was the first senator in history to vote to remove from office a president of his own party. When that president's supporters went on to storm the US Capitol, Romney delivered a thundering speech from the Senate floor accusing his fellow Republicans of stoking insurrection. Despite these moments of public courage, Romney has shared very little about what he's witnessed behind the scenes over his three decades in politics--in GOP cloakrooms and caucus lunches, in his private meetings with Donald Trump and his family, in his dealings with John McCain, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell, Joe Manchin, and Kyrsten Sinema. Now, Romney provides a window to his most private thoughts. Based on dozens of interviews with Romney, his family, and his inner circle as well as hundreds of pages of his personal journals and private emails, this in-depth portrait by award-winning journalist McKay Coppins shows a public servant authentically wrestling with the choices he has made over his career. In lively, revelatory detail, the book traces Romney's early life and rise through the ranks of a fast-transforming Republican Party and exposes how a trail of seemingly small compromises by political leaders has led to a crisis in democracy. "A rare feat in modern-day political reporting" ( The New Yorker ), Romney: A Reckoning is a redemptive story about a complex politician who summoned his moral courage just as fear and divisiveness were overtaking American life.

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by erpa_3437
11 Nov, 2023
Romney had to go with the Truth and resign. His party wasn't him any more . Whqn Anguscalled and McConnel did nothing,Romney knew his party had failed
Because the author had access to years of Rodney's journals
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by 480681284
09 Nov, 2023
Great book
Great book
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