Books like Senatorial Privilege by Leo Damore

Michael Lewis exposes how political short‑sightedness threatens U.S. programs from food stamps to the Census to nuclear oversight, revealing the unsung public servants who keep the government’s critical functions running.

Robert Penn Warren’s Pulitzer‑winning political drama follows the rise of Willie Stark, a charismatic Southern governor, as seen through the eyes of reporter Jack Burden.

On the evening of July 19, 1969, Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts drove off a wooden bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, drowning his passenger, campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne. Kennedy left the scene of the accident, and neglected to report it to the police for nearly ten hours. Because of his family's connections, Kennedy managed to escape severe legal and political consequences.

Profiles in Courage follows eight U.S. Senators who chose integrity over popular opinion, illustrating the moral challenges of public service.

A scholarly look at the life of Robert F. Kennedy and the myth of a promised America, questioning whether the legend of Camelot can stand the test of history.

A biography of Bayard Rustin, focusing on his work as a civil rights organizer and strategist, including his role in the Montgomery bus boycott and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

A concise biography of Sam Houston, chronicling his military service, political career as Texas governor and U.S. senator, and his stance against secession during the Civil War.

"The former chief political correspondent for The New York Times Magazine brilliantly revisits the Gary Hart affair and looks at how it changed forever the intersection of American media and politics. In 1987, Gary Hart--articulate, dashing, refreshingly progressive--seemed a shoo-in for the Democratic nomination for president and led George H.W. Bush comfortably in the polls. And then: rumors of marital infidelity, an indelible photo of Hart and a model snapped near a fatefully named yacht (Monkey Business), and it all came crashing down in a blaze of flashbulbs, the birth of 24-hour news cycles, tabloid speculation, and late-night farce. Matt Bai shows how the Hart affair marked a crucial turning point in the ethos of political media--and, by extension, politics itself--when candidates' 'character' began to draw more fixation than their political experience. Bai offers a poignant, highly original, and news-making reappraisal of Hart's fall from grace (and overlooked political legacy) as he makes the compelling case that this was the moment when the paradigm shifted--private lives became public, news became entertainment, and politics became the stuff of Page Six"--