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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Editor's Introduction -- 1968 -- 1969 -- 1970 -- 1971 -- 1972 -- 1973 -- 1974 -- 1975 -- Photo Gallery -- 1976 -- 1977 -- 1978 -- 1979 -- 1980 -- 1981 -- 1982 -- 1983 -- 1984 -- Appendix: Key Names -- Index -- Back Cover.

"Poetry Night at the Ballpark gathers the best of Bill Kauffman's essays and journalism in defense and explication of his alternative America--or Americas. Its discrete pieces are bound by a thematic unity and propulsive energy and are full of unexpected (yet startlingly apposite) connections and revelatory linkages. Whether he's writing about conservative Beats, backyard astronomers, pacifist West Pointers, or Middle America in the movies, Bill Kauffman will challenge, maybe even change, the way you look at American politics and the American provinces."--Page 4 of cover

Introduction: Ill Just Stay Here, Thanks 1. - 1. "The Greatest Curse That Ever Befell Us": An Empire Is Born 11. - 2. "It's Not Our Fight": Saying No to World Wars 66. - 3. "Ill-Fated, Unnecessary, and Un-American": Following a Cold War into Asia 97. - 4. "Meddlers in the Affairs of Distant Nations"; or, Since When Did Iraq Define Conservatism? 151. - 5. Blood, Treasure, Time, Family: The Costs of American Empire 176. - Conclusion: Come Home, America 232

"Barber Conable was one of the most esteemed members of Congress of his era. Elected to the House of Representatives from a rural New York district in 1964, the Republican Conable served ten terms and was on multiple occasions voted the most respected member of the House in polls of staffers and reporters. Known for his integrity, Conable accepted no campaign contribution of greater than $50, even when he faced a strong Democratic challenger in the Watergate landslide year of 1974. As ranking minority member of the House Ways and Means Committee, Conable played a central role in the crafting of tax and trade policy, but he viewed his frank and thoughtful journal-never before published in any form-as one of his major achievements. The journal was a source for Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's The Final Days about the Watergate scandal, but Conable did not let them read the manuscript for themselves, "because I had so much other stuff in there that was sensitive in nature." The Conable journal comprises 16 volumes covering the years 1968-1984. Carefully edited by Bill Kauffman, this selection offers a uniquely honest and ruminative window into the world of Congress during an especially fraught period in American history, spanning the presidencies of Richard Nixon to Ronald Reagan. Includes a foreword by Albert R. Hunt, who worked for the Wall Street Journal's Washington bureau for 35 years, who writes, "I've never spent time with a more thoughtful, and basically generous, politician.""--