The Strategy of Campaigning: Lessons from Ronald Reagan and Boris Yeltsin - Tapa dura

Explores the political careers of Ronald Reagan and Boris Yeltsin, who overcame defeat early in their political careers and rose to the highest elected offices in their respective countries. "The Strategy of Campaigning" demonstrates how and why two of the most successful leaders of our time succeeded in their political aspirations, despite - or perhaps because of - their apparent "policy extremism": that is, their advocacy of policy positions far from the apparent mainstream. The book analyzes policy extremism's viability as a political strategy, which enables candidates to forge new coalitions and out-flank conventional political allegiances.

Kiron K. Skinner is Associate Professor of History and Political Science at Carnegie Mellon University, and a member of the Defense Policy Board, the Chief of Naval Operations Executive Panel, and the National Security Education Board. Serhiy Kudelia is an adjunct lecturer and Ph.D. candidate at the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is Julius Silver Professor and Chair of the Department of Politics at New York University, and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Condoleezza Rice is a Professor of Political Science at Stanford and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. She is currently serving as United States Secretary of State.