Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9780091800413
Format: Import
ISBN number: 0091800412
Label: Hutchinson
Manufacturer: Hutchinson
Page Count: 484
Printing Date: January 04, 2001
Publishing house: Hutchinson
Studio: Hutchinson
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A charismatic new president draws a line in the sand by nominating the very first woman for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, knowing that her secrets may be his undoing. The domestic hot-button issue of late-term abortion drives this novel, bringing scrutiny to not only her understandable and carefully hidden secret, but those of several other key players. The ugliness of ambition, the comprimises of principle easily made, the barely concealed disgust for necessary alliances, all colour the Senate as we watch the confirmation process unfold, harming many along the way. An alternate title for the book could easily have been "What Price Principle?", for that disturbing question lingers long after the book is closed. Because much of the tale rings true, most readers can only be grateful they don't daily face the temptations of power, and perhaps can commit to advocating for their own principles with a bit more force and clarity, and perhaps a new respect for opposing beliefs.
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I'm not a polital book reader overall but some do strike my interest. This one has many positive aspects going for it. Politics and the background that lies behind the votes in the Senate. Law and what goes on in the courts. What a struggle it can be for someone with virtue that just wants to do the right thing but may have made choices others don't agree with. Also that not all issues, like abortion, are cut and dry.
This is not a quick read but it is an enjoyable read. I highly recommend it.
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This book has two halves. The very first is an abortion debate presented through the vehicle of a sometimes realistic/sometimes not courtroom drama. This half is full of gory detail and emotional manipulation. Not my cup of tea, and I almost stopped. The second half of the book is a Supreme Court confirmation fight in the style of a West Wing television show --- fun and clever, though the characters are charicatured good guys and bad guys (with the Democratic president head "good guy"). Patterson's page-turning writing skill is on display throughout.
While so much of the book echoes real-life political debates and (even more) real life politics, I also found it curiously dated. 1998 --- pre 9/11, pre the Bush years, still in the Lewinsky scandal --- when this book was written had a remarkably different political landscape. So recent and yet so long ago. Protect and Defend will remind you of it, but it will not make you want to go back.
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and one of the best , thought provoking books on the subject. Too bad Carolyn Masters isn't available to make a run at the '08 Presidency.
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This is the third RNP that I've started. I couldn't continue past page 29. This book is headed to the Salvation Army.
No more RNP for me.
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