What Every American Should Know About Who's Really Running America (ISBN=9780452288201)

　　What foreign country has the power to send America crashing into a recession? Why is the USA still dangerously dependent on oil, when viable energy alternatives have existed for decades? Who made the call that we should return to nuclear energy-and then took a high-paying position with a nuclear company? Which youth group was a spawning ground for many contemporary power mongers? What lobbyists and special-interest groups are running the show on Capitol Hill-and exactly what tools of persuasion are they using?
　　Melissa Rossi answers these questions and more in this timely and topical guide to who's pulling the strings behind the scenes of American politics. This latest edition of Rossi's popular What Every American Should Know. . . shows Americans what is going on behind the scenes and how they can counterbalance the influence of a small, powerful elite to put the power back where it should be-in the hands of the people.

　　Melissa Rossi is an award-winning journalist who has written articles for Newsweek, National Geographic Traveler, Newsday, Esquire, MSNBC, and The New York Observer. She has written extensively about Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, and travels compulsively.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Something Stinks
Chapter 2:  Lobbying Pays
Chapter 3:  Party Matters
Chapter 4: Going Nuclear
Chapter 5: Quit Stalling
Chapter 6:  Locking the Door
Chapter 7:  Battles of the Titan
Chapter 8: What You Can Do
Notes
Bibliography
Resources
Photo Credits
Index