"The bigger the government, the more it governs, right? Wrong, snorts Charles Peters, the irrepressible,
iconoclastic editor of The Washington Monthly, who has written a sprightly, salty assault on practically everybody
in the nation's capital.
--Time
"Sensible, straightforward, wise, funny....There hasn't been a more satisfying book about the folkways of
permanent government since George Reedy's The Twilight of the Presidency."
--The New York Times
Publisher Web Site, December, 2003
Summary
Brought up to the minute in this new edition, How Washington Really Works exposes the Washington insiders know
and hope you don't find out about. From the lobbyist and the bureaucrat straight up to the Congress and the President,
Peters turns his sharp eye and ironic wit on the foibles and follies of the people running our country, and uncovers
one basic fact: The present system is designed to protect those within it, not to serve those outside. This book
will not only explain this system of make-believe--it will make you want to change it.
