The Doles: Unlimited Partners, by Bob and Elizabeth Dole (Simon & Schuster, 287 pp., $19.95)
Once upon a time, books by politicians or books about politicians written by their flacks meant something. John Kennedy, for example, used Profiles in Courage to counter his image as a suave lightweight. Barry Goldwater’s Conscience of a Conservative gave Americans a readable introduction to modern conservative thought. Other examples of the genre, most of them campaign autobiographies, have served to introduce the press and voters to a candidate’s background and career.
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