{"product_id":"playing-with-fire-isbn-9780399563164","title":"Playing with Fire","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A thriller-like, propulsive tour through 1968, told by a man who is in love with American politics and who knows how all the dots connect. Brilliant and totally engrossing.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Rachel Maddow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Delightful...brings to life the most fascinating election of modern times.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Walter Isaacson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the celebrated host of MSNBC’s \u003ci\u003eThe Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell\u003c\/i\u003e, an enthralling account of the presidential election that created American politics as we know it today\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong before Lawrence O'Donnell was the anchor of his own political talk show, he was a senior adviser to Senator Patrick Moynihan, one of postwar America’s wisest political minds. The 1968 U.S. presidential election—marked by RFK’s assassination, massive upheaval in the Democratic Party, and the first of Richard Nixon’s dirty tricks—was O’Donnell’s own political coming of age. In the decades since, the election has remained one of his abiding fascinations, as it set the tone for so much of what followed in American politics, all the way through to today.\u003ci\u003e Playing with Fire\u003c\/i\u003e represents his master class in American electioneering, as well as an extraordinary human drama that captures a system, and a country, coming apart at the seams.\"In this delightful combination of vivid storytelling and sharp political insight, Lawrence O'Donnell brings to life the most fascinating election of modern times. His book is filled with memorable anecdotes and colorful characters, from Roger Ailes and Richard Nixon to Bobby Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. But beneath the rollicking tale is a truly profound historical truth: how the Sixties still reverberates in our nation's soul.\" —\u003cb\u003eWalter Isaacson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"But O'Donnell, a former aide to Democratic Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, understands politics and its impact. He writes with an assurance and steady sense of pace that makes much of this seem new.\" —\u003cb\u003eRay Locker, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I love the way Lawrence thinks, I love the way he writes. \u003ci\u003ePlaying with Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is him at his best -- this is a thriller-like, propulsive tour through 1968, told by a man who is in love with American politics and who knows how all the dots connect.  Brilliant and totally engrossing.” \u003cb\u003e―Rachel Maddow \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “From the anguish of the Vietnam War to the dazzling minds and feverish ambitions of the 1968 presidential election, \u003ci\u003ePlaying with Fire\u003c\/i\u003e not only tells the story of one extraordinary year in American politics, it brings back to vivid, riveting life the men and women who changed the course of history.” ―\u003cb\u003eCandice Millard, Author of \u003ci\u003eHero of the Empire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A breathtaking, \"buckle your seatbelt\" ride through what might be the most dramatic and brutally consequential presidential election in modern U.S. history. Lawrence O'Donnell leaves no detail and no key historical player unexamined as he maps out the often treacherous route to America becoming its modern political self. \u003ci\u003ePlaying with Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant and necessary read for everyone who cares about politics, and loves history.” \u003cb\u003e―Joy-Ann Reid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If ever there was a bygone presidential campaign crying out for the \u003ci\u003eGame Change\u003c\/i\u003e treatment, it’s the one that convulsed America in 1968—and Lawrence O’Donnell delivers the goods in \u003ci\u003ePlaying With Fire\u003c\/i\u003e. Wars at home and abroad, secret plots and assassinations, riots in the streets and punches thrown on the convention floor, poets and protestors, movie stars and Kennedys, hippies, Yippies, and Black Panthers: 1968 had it all and then some. And now it has a chronicler in O’Donnell who brings coherence to the chaos, rendering the story with the crackle and flow of a dynamite Hollywood screenplay.” ―\u003cb\u003eJohn Heilemann\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An excellent account of the 1968 presidential race, a political season of spoilers, outsiders, and broken machines eerily like our own time . . . [A] sharp, nuanced account . . . A careful, circumstantial study that compares favorably to Theodore H. White's presidents series and that politics junkies will find irresistible.” \u003cb\u003e— \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e(starred)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Asmoothly written history of the 1968 campaign..., he tells the story exceedingly well. Appropriately, there is nothing dull about this book, just as there was nothing dull about this specific election or period in American history...O’Donnell writes accessibly for all readers, creating a beneficial work for anyone interested in modern political history.\" \u003cb\u003e— \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"O’Donnell capably sets the historical context...O’Donnell’s breezy style, an outgrowth of his broadcasting persona, makes the chaos decipherable...Satisfying popular history.\" \u003cb\u003e— \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"[An]...in-depth examination...a unique thesis on what drove the year’s events...a unique thesis on what drove the year’s events.\" \u003cb\u003e— \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLawrence O'Donnell\u003c\/b\u003e is the host of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Word\u003c\/i\u003e on MSNBC. Formerly an Emmy Award-winning executive producer and writer for \"The West Wing,\" O'Donnell also served as senior advisor to Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY), chief of staff to the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works and the Senate Finance Committee. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDeadly Force\u003c\/i\u003e and his writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. Born in Boston, O'Donnell graduated from Harvard College.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302512120037,"sku":"NP9780399563164","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780399563164.jpg?v=1767734872","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/playing-with-fire-isbn-9780399563164","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}