Description: Informed by historical scholarship and media analysis, this book takes a critical look at the award-winning show from a wide range of perspectives. Media scholars Peter C. Rollins and John E. O'Connor make an important contribution to the field with an eclectic mix of essays, which translate the visual language of the onscreen politics of the series.
Review Quotes: A colorful book about a remarkable television series. . . . It enhances the study of the American presidency while quietly illuminating a lifetime collaboration of two remarkable film/history scholars. [The West Wing] should be acquired by every public and university library for they will be of interest both to the expert and to the general reader.-- "Film and History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies"