The Political Fiction of Ward Just - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Political Fiction of Ward Just write by David Smit. This book was released on 2020-07-02. The Political Fiction of Ward Just available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Political Fiction of Ward Just: Class, Theories of Representation, and Imagining a Ruling Elite uses three theoretical frameworks of representation—literary, political, and diplomatic—to demonstrate how the upper-class status of the ruling elites in Ward Just’s political fiction influences the way they govern. He illustrates how Just’s ruling elites develop a coherent “upper class” form of consciousness that limits their ability as elected officials to adequately represent the interests of all the nation’s citizens domestically—especially the poor and working class—and their ability as diplomats to adequately represent the interests of the nation as a whole internationally. In his conclusion, the author offers suggestions for ways to make our ruling elites more representative of the interests of the working class and underprivileged groups at home and more sensitive to the cultures of the countries in which they serve abroad.
Echo House
Echo House - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Echo House write by Ward Just. This book was released on 1997-12-15. Echo House available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This family saga from a National Book Award finalist is a “brilliantly orchestrated tale of several generations of Washington, D.C., insiders” (Booklist). In this epic and acutely observed novel, three generations of a family of Washington power brokers vie for influence over the fate of the nation. In the 1930s, Sen. Adolph Behl and his wife, Constance, buy historic mansion Echo House with the vision of transforming it into Washington’s greatest salon—an auspicious base camp from which the senator can launch his “final ascent,” and son Axel can prepare his first. Across decades of secrets, betrayals, victories, and humiliations, the Behl family will fight to remain near the center, and behind the scenes, of American political power—from the New Deal to Watergate and beyond. “A fascinating if ultimately painful fairy tale, complete with . . . a family curse . . . The decline of the Behls represents the decline of Washington from the bright dawn of the American century into the gathering shadows of an alien new millennium.” —The Washington Post “Puts the standard run-of-the-mill Washington novel to shame . . . It is Mr. Just’s intimate portrait of the city that makes his book so convincing.” —TheNew York Times “Will be read in a century’s time by anyone seeking to understand how we lived.” —Detroit Free Press “[Ward’s] stories put him in the category reserved for writers who work far beyond the fashions of the times. . . . Masterpieces of balance, focus, and hidden order.” —Chicago Tribune “He has earned a place on the shelf just below Edith Wharton and Henry James.” —Newsweek
Jack Gance
Jack Gance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jack Gance write by Ward S. Just. This book was released on 1997. Jack Gance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Jack Gance is a man on the rise in American politics who takes the reader right inside the political arena, from the wards of Chicago to the Executive Office Building in Washington.
Forgetfulness
Forgetfulness - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Forgetfulness write by Ward Just. This book was released on 2007. Forgetfulness available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Justs most gripping, insightful, and nuanced novel yet shows the corrosive effects of war and its unexpected consequences for the individual conscience.
The American Ambassador
The American Ambassador - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The American Ambassador write by Ward Just. This book was released on 2014-02-04. The American Ambassador available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “A gripping international thriller” about a Foreign Service officer—and the son who turns to terrorism to spite him (Los Angeles Times). William North Jr. inherited his father’s keen political instincts and passion for justice. But the last time Ambassador North saw his son he seemed like a stranger—and a hostile one at that. Now, just as North prepares to take a new post in Germany, reports emerge that Bill Jr. is aligned with a German terrorist organization. Suddenly, a private conflict between father and son escalates to a matter of national security. North is faced with a terrifying dilemma as loyalty to family and country are directly at odds. The American Ambassador is at once a riveting tale of suspense and a thoughtful meditation on the fragility of Western values in an age of terrorism. “Haunting and persuasive . . . Charged with authenticity . . . A splendid book that is both thoughtful and fast-moving.” —The New York Times “To make out the jagged intersections of ambition and greed, idealism and sell-out in contemporary politics, you need only turn to . . . The American Ambassador.” —Salon.com
