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In Combat: Twelve Years in the U.S. Senate Warren Rudman focuses on four historic Senate actions in which he played a central role: the Gramm-Rudman act--the audacious 1985 attempt to force a balanced budget on an unwilling Congress and President; the Keating Five ethics committee hearings, which revealed the thin line between campaign finance and corruption; the Iran-Contra investigation, Rudman's no-holds-barred account of the Reagan administration's biggest scandal; and the appointment of his colleague and close friend David Souter to the Supreme Court.
Rudman offers vivid portraits of the men he worked with: Dole, Packwood, Baker, Helms, Gramm, and the two presidents he served under--Reagan and Bush. He writes unflinchingly about his colleagues and about the legislative process. Here is the inner world of the Senate club, revealed by the man who was often called "the conscience of the Senate." Combat is one of the most important books on American politics to be published in years.
Rudman offers vivid portraits of the men he worked with: Dole, Packwood, Baker, Helms, Gramm, and the two presidents he served under--Reagan and Bush. He writes unflinchingly about his colleagues and about the legislative process. Here is the inner world of the Senate club, revealed by the man who was often called "the conscience of the Senate." Combat is one of the most important books on American politics to be published in years.
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In his 12 years as a Republican senator for New Hampshire, 1981 to 1993, Warren B. Rudman demonstrated the effectiveness of pragmatic, moderate politics. While ideologues from both the left and the right bantered back and forth, Rudman held strong in the center, forging coalitions to try to actually get something done. The landmark act for which he's best known, the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings deficit-reduction law, was a classic example of his ability to join opposite sides together in a sense of fiscal responsibility. His story is also one of the changes in the Republican Party. Socially liberal, he eventually decided not to seek office, feeling out of step with the party's rightward swing. In all, a political story from the 1980s and 1990s from a unique elected official of the era--one respected on both sides.
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"If you have wondered why our government so often fails and what is wrong with the political culture of Washington, read Warren Rudman's compelling and powerful book. Combat is a classic. Rudman's straight talk will sting Democrats and Republicans alike."
--Bob Woodward
--Bob Woodward
"Warren Rudman is a throwback. In an age of the poll-driven and blow-dried, Rudman served his country in the Senate with all the finesse of a former paratrooper. Fortunately for America--and the reader--fate placed him in the middle of the great issues of the 1980s and 1990s. This book provides unvarnished inside look that no one else could have written."
--Senator Paul Tsongas
"Blunt as the truth, Warren Rudman pulls no punches. His love for America lets him speak with honesty and conviction that are all too rare among our political leaders. To understand modern Washington and see what has to change, Combat must be read."
--Phillip K. Howard, author of The Death of Common Sense
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