Ready on Day One? When the red phone rings at 3:00 a.m., you'd better have this handbook on the nightstand. This Handbook was originally written at US Government request, says Dr. Kryzhanovsky, who claims 30 yearsA' experience in the intelligence services of the USSR A- and of the United States. Now his handbook is published, with A"e;added chapters for the benefit of the broader public,A"e; so that candidates for lesser offices and even mere voters can learn from his insightful deconstruction of the cynical power plays by which the world is ruled today. Just like the TV news and the 2008 Presidential campaign, the book can be taken with a touch of humor and a grain of disbelief; but the book enables readers to come up with new insights and interpretations of the politiical news and the twists and turns of the campaign, which, according to a logic of their own, just might make more sense than we thought.

Ready on Day One? When the red phone rings at 3:00 a.m., you'd better have this handbook on the nightstand. This Handbook was originally written at US Government request, says Dr. Kryzhanovsky, who claims 30 yearsA' experience in the intelligence services of the USSR A- and of the United States. Now his handbook is published, with A"e;added chapters for the benefit of the broader public,A"e; so that candidates for lesser offices and even mere voters can learn from his insightful deconstruction of the cynical power plays by which the world is ruled today. Just like the TV news and the 2008 Presidential campaign, the book can be taken with a touch of humor and a grain of disbelief; but the book enables readers to come up with new insights and interpretations of the politiical news and the twists and turns of the campaign, which, according to a logic of their own, just might make more sense than we thought.