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ALSO BY HEDRICK SMITH
The Russians
The Power Game: How Washington Works
The New Russians
Rethinking America
Reagan the Man, the President (coauthor)
Beyond Reagan: The Politics of Upheaval (coauthor)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Hedrick Smith is a bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter, and Emmy Award–winning producer. His books The Russians (1976) and The Power Game (1988) were critically acclaimed bestsellers and are widely used in college courses today. As a reporter at The New York Times, Smith shared a Pulitzer for the Pentagon Papers series and won a Pulitzer for his international reporting from Russia in 1971–1974. Smith’s prime-time specials for PBS have won several awards for examining systemic problems in modern America and offering insightful, prescriptive solutions.