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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
United,
by Cory Booker (2016) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Guide to Political Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2017) |
Where We Go From Here,
by Bernie Sanders (2018) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
Conscience of a Conservative,
by Jeff Flake (2017) |
Two Paths,
by Gov. John Kasich (2017) |
Every Other Monday,
by Rep. John Kasich (2010) |
Courage is Contagious,
by John Kasich (1998) |
Shortest Way Home,
by Pete Buttigieg (2019) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
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Books by and about the 2016 presidential election |
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What Happened ,
by Hillary Clinton (2017) |
Higher Loyalty ,
by James Comey (2018) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Hard Choices,
by Hillary Clinton (2014) |
Becoming ,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
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Book Reviews |
(from Amazon.com) |
(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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Letters from Nuremberg:
My Father's Narrative of a Quest for Justice, by Christopher Dodd & Lary Bloom
(Click for Amazon book review)
Click on a participant to pop-up their full list of quotations
from Letters from Nuremberg, by Chris Dodd (number of quotes indicated):
- Chris Dodd (12)
- Colin Powell (1)
- George W. Bush (1)
- Ronald Reagan (1)
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BOOK REVIEW by OnTheIssues.org:
This book is the strangest entry in the collection from 2008 presidential candidates. The bulk of the book comprises a collection of letters written by Chris Dodd's father, while he served as a Nuremberg prosecutor in 1946 (the Nuremberg trials were an international tribunal to try the Nazi leaders for war crimes). Chris Dodd's father was also a Senator, and the senior Dodd wrote in detail about the events as well as his feelings about them.
Why would a presidential contender publish this book in the middle of a campaign? The publication date lends a hint: it was published on 9/11/2007, the sixth anniversary of the terrorist attack. Presumably Sen. Dodd considers some sort of international tribunal to be a means to reconcile the end of the War on Terror, or something like that. Frankly, we are at a loss to explain why, mid-campaign, Dodd chose THIS book, instead of a memoir of his own career, or a policy book.
The book DOES contain some policy prescriptions, mostly in the introductory sections. Most of the excerpts come from there. The rest of the book contains letters, verbatim, without individual commentary.
-- Jesse Gordon, Oct. 2007
| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Foreign Policy
Chris Dodd: Post-Cold War, focus on Latin America.
Chris Dodd: 1980s: Tied Central American aid to measuring human rights.
Ronald Reagan: OpEd: Viewed Latin America in context of worldwide Communism.
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Homeland Security
Chris Dodd: Tribunals for war criminals is the moral & legal high ground.
Chris Dodd: Guantanamo captures the loss of American moral authority.
Chris Dodd: Deeply troubling to legalize secret interrogation.
Chris Dodd: Troubled by not applying Geneva Convention to War on Terror.
Chris Dodd: Info gained from inhumane treatment is unreliable.
Chris Dodd: Liberty vs. security is a false choice.
Chris Dodd: Torture detracts from rule of law & makes US detested.
Colin Powell: The world doubts the moral basis of our war on terrorism.
George W. Bush: OpEd: War on Terror means Geneva Convention don't apply.
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Principles & Values
Chris Dodd: Father led prosecution of 21 Nazi war criminals.
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War & Peace
Chris Dodd: Crimes against humanity continue in Rwanda & Darfur.
Chris Dodd: Hoped vote for war would support UN inspections.
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The above quotations are from Letters from Nuremberg:
My Father's Narrative of a Quest for Justice, by Christopher Dodd & Lary Bloom.
Related books, debates, and candidates:
- Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics, by Joe Biden
- Obama: From Promise to Power, by David Mendell
- A Prayer for America, by Dennis Kucinich
- Partners in Power: The Clintons and Their America, by Roger Morris
- Living History, by Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Letters from Nuremberg, by Christopher Dodd
- Leading by Example: How We Can Inspire an Energy and Security Revolution, by Bill Richardson
- Barack Obama: The Improbable Quest, by John K. Wilson
- God and Hillary Clinton: A Spiritual Life, by Paul Kengor
- Ending Poverty in America: How to Restore the American Dream, edited by John Edwards
- The Courage to Survive, by Dennis Kucinich
- The Contenders, by Laura Flanders, et al.
- Citizen Power: A People's Platform, by Mike Gravel
- A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win, by Shelby Steele
- Between Worlds: The Making of an American Life, by Bill Richardson
- The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, by Barack Obama
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