{"product_id":"safires-political-dictionary-paperback","title":"Safire's Political Dictionary - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Safire\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen it comes to the vagaries of language in American politics, its uses and abuses, its absurdities and ever-shifting nuances, its power to confound, obscure, and occasionally to inspire, William Safire is the language maven we most readily turn to for clarity, guidance, and penetrating, \u003cbr\u003esometimes lacerating, wit. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eSafire's Political Dictionary\u003c\/em\u003e is a stem-to-stern updating and expansion of the \u003cem\u003eLanguage of Politics\u003c\/em\u003e, which was first published in 1968 and last revised in 1993, long before such terms as \u003cem\u003eHanging Chads, 9\/11\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eWar on Terror\u003c\/em\u003e became part of our everyday vocabulary. Nearly every entry in that\u003cbr\u003erenowned work has been revised and updated and scores of completely new entries have been added to produce an indispensable guide to the political language being used and abused in America today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSafire's definitions--discursive, historically aware, and often anecdotal--bring a savvy perspective to our colorful political lingo. Indeed, a Safire definition often reads like a mini-essay in political history, and readers will come away not only with a fuller understanding of particular words\u003cbr\u003ebut also a richer knowledge of how politics works, and fails to work, in America. From \u003cem\u003eAxis of Evil, Blame Game, Bridge to Nowhere, Triangulation\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCompassionate Conservatism\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eIslamofascism, Netroots, Earmark, Wingnuts and Moonbats, Slam Dunk, Doughnut Hole, \u003c\/em\u003e and many others, this language\u003cbr\u003emaven explains the origin of each term, how and by whom and for what purposes it has been used or twisted, as well as its perceived and real significance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor anyone who wants to cut through the verbal haze that surrounds so much of American political discourse, \u003cem\u003eSafire's Political Dictionary\u003c\/em\u003e offers a work of scholarship, wit, insiderhood and resolute bipartisanship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Safire\u003c\/strong\u003e began his writing career as a speechwriter in the Nixon Administration, became a columnist with the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e--as its resident token conservative--and has for many years written a weekly \"On Language\" column in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e magazine. His many books include \u003cem\u003eLend Me Your Ears, How Not to Write, Scandalmonger\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWit and Wisdom\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 896\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.61 x 9.28 x 6.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45256559624294,"sku":"9780195340617","price":35.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/dzJlV0ZXUXZzSEYzbGJROS9hTGh1dz09.webp?v=1773726629","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/safires-political-dictionary-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}