Description: Although compromise is an inherent part of politics, many politicians chose not to adjust their goals for fear of losing supporters or a strong debate position. It is the strategies of these office holders that John Gilmour describes in Strategic Disagreement, illuminating lost opportunities to pass important legislation resulting from such disagreements.
Review Quotes: Deserves a place on the shelf next to the best work of Erving Goffman and Thomas Schelling.-- "Nelson W. Polsby, University of California, Berkeley"