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The Great Game of Politics

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The Great Game of Politics: Why We Elect, Whom We Elect
AuthorDick Stoken
LanguageEnglish
Published2004 (Macmillan Publishers)
Publication placeUnited States
ISBN9780765307323

The Great Game of Politics: Why We Elect, Whom We Elect is a 2004 political science book by Dick Stoken that discusses the history and details of the Presidency of the United States from George Washington to George W. Bush.[1]

Reception

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Reception of The Great Game of Politics was generally critical.[2][3]

Kirkus Reviews stated that The Great Game of Politics was an "Amateurish exercise in political history, turning on half-correct assumptions and half-formed arguments."[2]

Publishers Weekly states "Serious students of the American presidency will find Stoken's thinking a bit simplistic as well as present-minded. And Stoken, an investor who has written several investment books . . . , writes more like a motivational speaker — he's prone to exclamation points — than a historian. But less-schooled readers may find some help in thinking about the approaching 2004 election."[3]

References

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  1. ^ Stoken, Dick (2004). The Great Game of Politics: Why We Elect, Whom We Elect. Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 9780765307323.
  2. ^ a b "Review of The Great Game of Politics: Why We Elect, Whom We Elect". Kirkus Reviews. November 1, 2003. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Nonfiction Book Review: The Great Game of Politics: Why We Elect, Whom We Elect". Publishers Weekly. November 17, 2003. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
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