Bike, William S., Winning Political Campaigns: A Comprehensive Guide to Electoral Success, Denali Press, 1998.

Bike, a communications consultant, offers a guide to campaigning from his experience in advising political candidates. The book covers every subject that a potential candidate should consider, including advertising, fund-raising, and even personal grooming. The book also features a number of anecdotes showing successful or failed approaches, checklists, legal advice, a media glossary, and direction to further resources.

Boller, Paul F., Presidential Campaigns, Oxford University Press, 1996.

In this engaging history of political campaigns, Boller examines everybody from Washington to Clinton. Every election from 1789 to 1992 is covered in its own brief essay, and the book also includes a number of interesting anecdotes, as well as songs, poems, slogans, and miscellaneous other things inspired by these elections.

Keegan, John, The Second World War, Arrow, 1989.

Keegan's history of World War II is viewed by...