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Lessons Learned the Hard Way by Newt Gingrich (1998-12-23) Hardcover

by Newt Gingrich (Author)
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The nation's most prominent Republican shares the principles that have governed his life -- both personal and political -- and the lessons he has learned along the way.Dear Friend,In the summer of 1995, I worked closely with many of you in the publication of To Renew America. Beyond the gratifying success we achieved with a number one bestseller, I recall warmly the help and the friendly support I received from everyone at HarperCollins and the enthusiasm of booksellers across America.Now I'm delighted to let you know that I am currently immersed in writing a new book. I see this new book as my personal report to millions of Americans who helped us survive the last few years. The book will include a candid appraisal of some of the most challenging moments of my career, including the circumstances that led to the resignation of Speaker Jim Wright, my own encounter with the House Ethics Committee, the truth behind my comments about Air Force One, and my personal reaction to the so-called coup efforts in the House Republican majority.Sincerely,Newt
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Newt Gingrich

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NEWT GINGRICH is the former House Speaker and 2012 Presidential Candidate. Gettysburg, Pearl Harbor and To Save America: Stopping Obama's Secular-Socialist Machine are three of his 14 New York Times bestsellers. He is a regular guest on national political shows.

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  • Mith
    4.0 out of 5 stars A Candid and Depressing Book
    Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2009
    This was a library book that I checked out. I was surprised by some of the things I read. I'm as critical as the next conservative on how the Republicans have turned their backs on us. Still, I realize now that they were working against an incredible inertia. Gingrich is very open about the disappointments, setbacks and failures the Republicans faced. You could feel how some of the optimistic idealism crumbled as many began settling for smaller victories. I found it to be a sad and sobering book.
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  • Robin Orlowski
    3.0 out of 5 stars Tragic
    Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2000
    Like many liberals, I had little time for the Gingrich revolution and was convinced it would wreck America. Since my predictions were made in half jest, even I could have not imagined the cavalcade of stupid comments and smug answers.
    For a party allegedly oppsed to government waste, Newt and company were perfect poster boys. Between government shutdowns, airforce one tantrums and partisan investigations, they did a pretty good job wasting the tax payers money.
    Rather than trying to salvage his repuatation (what little there is)we get more of the same self-serving garbage. Newt, apparently unaware that his fifteen minutes of fame expired long ago, has again set himself up as a deranged messiah. One can gradually ernvison his head expanding to scarier proportions in each chapter....I'm glad I was not around to clean up the resulting mess.
    Devout newtoids will like this, but the majority of intellegent readers will not.
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  • Keith Breitbach
    2.0 out of 5 stars Newt?
    Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2002
    Newt who? Is he still around? Put a fork in him...he's done.
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  • parker@insytecorp.com
    4.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating insider's view of power in transition
    Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 1998
    This is a wonderful book for anyone curious about the remarkable times in which we live, the influence of public policy on our lives, the process of ideological legislation, and the limitations of power. In the amazing heat of the American style of public policy debate, Mr. Gingerich carves out a moment of historical perspective: nothing in American democracy is swift, nothing is certain.

    His personal journey through the classic struggle between the Pragmatic and the Romantic is filled with surprising frankness and great personal charm.

    I loved the book, and would recommend it highly.

    With remarkable clarity he illustrates the institutional obstacles to change which make American Democracy and its historical traditions such a fascinating and contradictory experience.

    Mr. Gingerich presides over the Congress in a time of incredible societal change as nearly all working Americans move strongly into capital investments and technology is in the earliest stages of transforming the workplace from the last hundred years into the next hundred years.

    While the fierce ideological struggles of the present time will be forgotten within ten years as America transforms itself, Mr. Gingerich's book with its engaging historical perspective over the intensely personal politics of the present time, will stand as great advice to those men and women on how to fight the battles which will determine the new rules, as information and its access shapes the coming struggles over economic and cultural life in the twenty first century.

    Other recommended reading: Alone , Winston Churchill by William Manchester - also a great political biography set in an historical perspective. The book is much larger but contains many of the same lessons for visionary leaders in times of transistion.
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