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Advise and consent volume 2
Language
English
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International tensions rise as ambassadors and politicians scheme, using the independence of a small African nation as the focal point for hidden agendas. A cascade of events begun in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations could lead to a weakening of the United States, the loss of the Panama Canal, and a possible civil war.
Author
Series
Advise and consent volume 6
Publisher
WordFire Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Newly elected President Orrin Knox contends with a game of one-upmanship between the Soviet Union and China. The United States, guided by Knox's inflexible will, begins to assist rebels seeking to break away from their Communist overlords, despite mounting pressure from the international community and within the U.S. When nuclear war breaks out between Russia and China, President Orrin Knox, aided and opposed by the media, senators, congressmen, cabinet...
Author
Series
Advise and consent volume 5
Publisher
WordFire Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
China and the Soviet Union are waiting and watching for any sign of weakness from the untried Ted Jason, survivor of the assassination attempt that took the life of Orrin Knox and catapulted him into the Presidency. Ted Jason has been thrust into this position of power-is he up to the challenge of leadership in such a time of crisis? Or will he bend too far toward appeasement, at the cost of freedom around the world? Looking at the stakes for the...
Author
Series
Advise and consent volume 4
Publisher
WordFire Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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The United States is thrown into chaos as the President is killed in a plane crash shortly after security his party's nomination in a hotly contested race for re-election. As suspicions are cast up on the circumstances of the plane crash, the incumbent party quickly convenes to nonimate a candidate in a storm of domestic and international chaos.
Author
Series
Advise and consent volume 3
Publisher
WordFire Press
Language
English
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Description
It is one of the most fundamental questions facing America today: How justifiably, or irresponsibly, do the volatile and unbiased American media - press, television and radio - attempt to interfere with, and control, the political process and the foreign policy of the nation? In a hotly fought Presidential primary, the news media fractures along ideological lines, supporting and distorting the candidates' records, manipulating the news rather than...
Author
Series
University novels volume 3
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
380 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Advise and consent volume 1
Language
English
Description
The President of the United States nominates the controversial Robert A. Leffingwell to be Secretary of State, and as that startling news reverberates throughout Washington a powerful politician commits suicide, a Congressional Committee comes up with a surprise witness, there is a vote of censure by the Senate, and the cynicism and selfishness and altruism and loyalty and ambitions of America's public servants are revealed.
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