Download or read book Power Plays: Politics, Football, and Other Blood Sports written by John M. Barry and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2001 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Washington Post has said that Barry's work has "the potential to change the way we think." In Power Plays: Politics, Football, and Other Blood Sports, he once again makes us see the world differently." "Power Plays tells the compelling inside story of how House Speaker Newt Gingrich engineered the downfall of Speaker Jim Wright, a story in which Vice President Dick Cheney, Senator Trent Lott, and Representative David Bonior played major roles."--BOOK JACKET.