White House Special Handbook, or How to Rule the World in the 21st Century.
Title:
White House Special Handbook, or How to Rule the World in the 21st Century.
Author:
Kryzhanovsky, Mikhail.
ISBN:
9780875865171
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (198 pages)
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I. Political Management at the Top -- Chapter 1. Controlling the White House -- Iron-Clad Rules for the President -- Presidential Calendar -- Time is Short -- The Media -- Press Conferences and the Press Secretary -- Using Your Visibility -- Hiring -- The White House Staff -- How the White House Staff Works -- Don't Blow It -- How to Manage the Staff -- The Cabinet -- Line of Succession to the Presidency of the United States -- Strategic Planning -- Decision Making -- Psychological Modeling of a President (Strategic Intelligence Method) -- Chapter 2. Domestic Policy -- Dealing with Big Business -- Iron-Clad Rules -- The Economy -- Domestic Propaganda (Psychological War) and Mind Control -- Propaganda Technology -- Keeping Voters on Your Side -- Mind Control -- Emergency Powers of the President (Setting aside Democracy) -- Chapter 3. Managing the US Congress -- Introduction: How a Bill Becomes a Law -- Functions of Congress -- Differences between the House and the Senate -- Unwritten Rules -- A Few Congressional Run-ins with the Law -- How to Control Congress -- The "Iron Triangle," A Sub-Government Mafia -- Interest Groups -- I. Direct Strategies -- II. Indirect Strategies -- Chapter 4. Foreign Policy -- Getting a Good Start -- Relying On Others to Achieve Your Goals -- Securing World Domination -- Foreign Policy Secret- The "Democracy Trick" -- US National Security Strategy -- Presidential Foreign Policy Doctrines -- Managing through Diplomacy -- Diplomatic Rules for the US Diplomat-In-Chief -- Negotiation No-Nos -- Negotiations Procedure -- Diplomatic Tricks -- Body Language -- Protocol -- Russia -- Overthrowing Governments -- The Military and Diplomacy -- Keeping Tabs on Who is For You and Who is Against -- Part 2. Managing Spies at the Top - Secret Services -- Chapter 5. Which Service is the Best.
Cardinal Rules - What It Takes to Be the Best -- Comparing Two Rivals -- The KGB -- RSHA (German Reich Security Main Office, 1939-1945) -- CIA or "The Company" (a virtual agency) -- Clandestine Service Careers are Available -- MOSSAD -- Ministry of State Security (MSS), China -- Federal Intelligence Service (BND), Germany -- General Directorate for External Security (DGSE), France -- Secret Intelligence Service (MI6, "The Firm"), Great Britain -- Chapter 6. Techniques of Special Influence -- Torture -- Special Psychology -- Blackmail -- Interrogation -- Murder -- Chapter 7. Surveillance -- Physical surveillance -- Frequent Surveillance Crew Mistakes -- Technical Surveillance -- Chapter 8. How to Run Agents (Secret Sources) -- Recruitment -- Working with the Agent -- Chapter 9. The FBI and Domestic Control -- Investigation Process -- Arrests -- The Mafia -- Police Tricks -- How to Manage Civil Disturbance -- Terror -- Chapter 10. Identifying Spies -- Moles -- Chapter 11. Strategies -- Other Strategies: Breaking Up the USSR -- Chapter 12. Presidential Security -- Part 3. Managing the Military -- Chapter 13. Commander-In-Chief -- Keys to Success in War -- Duties of the Commander-in-Chief -- Chapter 14. Strategy and Tactics in War -- Tactics -- Counter-Insurgency Tactics -- Staying Alive -- Deserts -- Jungle -- Far North -- Mountains -- Mines -- Wounds -- Effective Snipers -- Counter-Sniper Tactics -- Military Tricks -- Fighting an Insurgency -- Naval Tactics -- Offense -- Storming the City -- POWs -- Defense -- Special Forces -- Guerrillas' Strong Points -- Guerrilla Weaknesses -- Tactical Counter-Guerrilla Operations -- Psychological Operations -- Chapter 15. The Future -- The National Defense Strategy of the United States of America -- The National Strategy for Victory in Iraq -- Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
America's Number One "Enemy" is China -- Part 4. Still Want It? -- Chapter 16. Electability -- Formal and Informal Considerations -- Reality Check -- The Bilderberg Group -- Liberal or Conservative - Choosing Sides -- Chapter 17. The Fight for the Presidency -- Think It Over -- Working with the Staff -- Fundraising -- Geography -- Chapter 18. Meet the Electorate: Basic Information and the 2004 Election State by State -- Chapter 19. Campaign Planning -- The Press and Your Press Officer -- Polls and Your Pollster -- Practical Polls to Use until Election Day -- Other Critical Personnel -- Campaign Tips -- Choosing a Strategy -- Debates -- Speaking in Public -- Promises -- What to Talk about Where -- The 2004 Presidential Election -- Part 5. Learning from the Past -- Chapter 20. Learning from Past Presidents -- 1. George Washington (1789-1797) -- 2. John Adams (1797-1801). Federalist. -- 3. Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809). Democrat - Republican. -- 4. James Madison (1809-1817). Democrat-Republican. -- 5. James Monroe (1817-1825). Democrat-Republican. -- 6. John Quincy Adams (1825-1829). Democrat-Republican. -- 7. Andrew Jackson (1827-1839). Democrat-Republican. -- 8. Martin van Buren (1837-1841). Democrat. -- 9. William Harrison (1841). Whig. -- 10. John Tyler (1841-1845). Independent. -- 11. James Polk (18445-1849). Democrat. -- 12. Zachary Taylor (1849-1850). Whig. -- 13. Millard Fillmore (1850-1853). Whig. -- 14. Franklin Pierce (1853-1857). Democrat. -- 15. James Buchanan (1857-1861). Federalist, later - Democrat. -- 16. Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865). Republican. -- 17. Andrew Jackson (1865-1869). Democrat. -- 18. Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877). Republican. -- 19. Rutherford Hayes (1877-1881). Republican. -- 20. James Garfield (1881). Republican. -- 21. Chester Arthur (1881-1885). Republican.
22 and 24. Grover Cleveland (1881-1889 and 1893-1897). Democrat. -- 23. Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893). Republican. -- 25. William McKinley (1897-1901). Republican. -- 26. Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909). Republican. -- 27. William Taft (1909-1913). Republican. -- 28. Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921). Democrat. -- 29. Warren Harding (1921-1923) Republican. -- 30. Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929). Republican. -- 31. Herbert Hoover (1929-1933). Republican. -- 32. Franklin Roosevelt (1933-1945). Democrat. -- 33. Harry Truman (1945-1953). Democrat. -- 34. Dwight Eisenhower (1953-1961). Republican. -- 35. John F. Kennedy (1961-1963). Democrat. -- 36. Lyndon Johnson (1963-1969). Democrat. -- 37. Richard Nixon (1969-1974). Republican. -- 38. Gerald Ford (1974-1977). Republican. -- 39. Jimmy Carter (1977-1981). Democrat. -- 40. Ronald Reagan (1981-1989). Republican. -- 41. George H.W. Bush (1989-1993). Republican. -- 42. William Clinton (1993-2001). Democrat. -- 43. George W. Bush (2001-). Republican -- Presidential Last Words -- Part 6. Where Does the CIA Fit In -- What Happened to Them? -- What to Do? A Global Strategy -- A Different Way of Organizing the Government -- About the Author.
Abstract:
The author, who cites decades of insider knowledge at the KGB and the CIA, says he originally compiled this book upon a request from Washington D.C. Now his handbook is being published, with added chapters for the benefit of the broader public, so that candidates for lesser offices and even mere voters can learn from his insightful de-construction of the cynical power plays by which the world is ruled today. Here is the book the President of the United States turns to the first day he steps through the door to the Oval Office and closes only as he walks out for the last time. In fact, the strategies and mindset recommended in these pages are essential tools for capturing the Presidency, much less wielding it. The author swears it s not a parody - and indeed, if it is, then life imitates art, for the international scene today is either a madhouse or the product of extraordinarily cynical techniques such as these, applied with cold cunning, by our nation s leaders. Which is it? Perhaps the next election will tell. This is a book on practical political science and espionage. A rational, results-based handbook, it is destined to be a secret favorite of politicians, special services agents, CEOs and corporate boards for the next hundred years.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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