02514nam a22002177a 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020001800069020001600087040001700103041000900120050001400129100002000143245008400163250001800247260003600265300004700301505102200348520092601370BJBSDDR20260512094724.0ta260512s2007 nyu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d a9781400051991 a 1400051991 bspacBJBSDDR aeng  bN935 20071 aNovak, Robert D14aThe prince of darkness : b50 years reporting in Washington / cRobert D. Novak aFirst edition aNew York : bCrown Forum,c2007 aviii, 662 pages : billustrations ;c25 cm a The Plame affair Political beginnings Cub reporter From Omaha to 'Naptown Advice from Ezra Pound Joining the Journal Emperor of the Senate Driving with Kennedy New Frontier LBJ hosts a wedding reception The odd couple The Goldwater revolution The agony of the GOP The Great Society: in ascent The Great Society: in descent Clean Gene, Bobby and LBJ Realignment 1968 Den of vipers Vietnam The frustration of power "Amnesty, abortion and acid" Watergate The Ford Interlude Reagan's rebellion Jimmy who? The Snopes clan in the White House Supply-side and China A young congressman from New York The birth of CNN The Reagan revolution A near-death experience The slowest realignment in American history "I'll try Ollie North" The last days of Reagan Blowup Believing their own spin Yeltsin up, Bush down Clinton = Republican tsunami "Will success spoil Newt Gingrich?" Conversion The rise of George W. Bush Death of a partner Attacking Iraq and attacking Novak The Plame affair II Farewell to CNN A stirrer-up of strife. aIn this sweeping memoir, Novak offers a full account of his involvement in the Valerie Plame CIA leak affair, while also telling the story of his remarkable life and career, a singular journey through a half century of stories, scandals, and personal encounters with Washington's most powerful and colorful people. Novak has been a Washington insider since the days when the place was a sleepy southern town and journalism was built on shoe leather and the ability to cultivate and keep sources (not to mention the ability to hold one's liquor). He has covered every president since Truman, known (personally and professionally) virtually all the big movers and shakers in DC, and broken a number of the biggest stories. Here, he puts it all into perspective. He also reveals the extraordinary transformations that have fundamentally remade Washington, politics, and journalism--and his own role in those transformations.