Description:The author, who cites decades of insider knowledge at the KGB and the CIA, says he originally compiled this book upon a request from Washington D.C. Now his handbook is being published, with added chapters for the benefit of the broader public, so that candidates for lesser offices and even mere voters can learn from his insightful de-construction of the cynical power plays by which the world is ruled today.Here is the book the President of the United States turns to the first day he steps through the door to the Oval Office and closes only as he walks out for the last time. In fact, the strategies and mindset recommended in these pages are essential tools for capturing the Presidency, much less wielding it.The author swears it s not a parody - and indeed, if it is, then life imitates art, for the international scene today is either a madhouse or the product of extraordinarily cynical techniques such as these, applied with cold cunning, by our nation s leaders. Which is it? Perhaps the next election will tell. This is a book on practical political science and espionage. A rational, results-based handbook, it is destined to be a secret favorite of politicians, special services agents, CEOs and corporate boards for the next hundred years.