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It is very rare to be able to see through the experience of a prime actor the inner workings of a transformative change in any branch of the federal government. This account by Scot Faulkner is extraordinary - clear in its analysis, candid in its criticism, imaginative in its prescriptions. He lays out in detail the means by which the ego-driven self interests have long prevented both parties from serving the national interests. He shines a bright light of facts and reason on the secreted closets and hidden halls of the House of Representatives. He describes the key personalities and how their unrestrained avarice and libidos brought down the Republican leadership, including two successive Speakers, and led the party of fiscal conservatism to abandon their principles and to adopt the greatest spending spree in American history. Faulkner writes superbly well and for anyone interested in the reality of the American legislative process this is a must read. -- Dr. George B. Weathersby, former president and CEO, American Management Association

Scot Faulkner has given us an absolutely fascinating eyewitness account of the clash of ideas and personalities during the first Republican takeover of the House of Representatives in forty years. -- Ray Smock, former Historian, U.S. House of Representatives

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Naked Emperors: The Failure of the Republican Revolution takes its place alongside All the President's Men and the novel Advise and Consent as a timeless classic about how Washington really works. It is a vivid and gripping eyewitness account about how the Republican Party failed in making government ethical and open. In the wake of the historic elections of 1994, there were great expectations that the new Republican majority would end congressional corruption while introducing twenty-first-century business practices to the most antiquated and dysfunctional of institutions.

Except for a small team of change management experts who battled the Democrats, the Republicans, and ultimately themselves, the promise of fundamental change went unrealized. While the corrupt ways of the Democrats ended, new forms of corruption arose.

The book follows the story to present day, including how the rise in corruption impacted the 2006 elections and will affect 2008 campaign. The final chapters describe how the current wave of scandals arose from a well-entrenched system breeding power and greed inside the Capital Beltway. It concludes with a provocative solution that will inspire readers to challenge current governmental institutions and reinvent American democracy in the twenty-first century. The author weaves this into a suspenseful tale full of plot twists and multidimensional characters.

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  • Hardcover: 376 pages
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. (December 28, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0742558819
  • ISBN-13: 978-0742558816
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Naked Emperors, January 22, 2008
Mr. Faulkner has written a fast paced, engaging and insightful account of a unique opportunity for radical change in congress. It is told from the view of a participant with objective factual descriptions of what happened, why, by whom, for what purpose, and the results. He leaves you with a sense of serious introspection of our own government at work by providing an enjoyable reading experience that will move you to think about what you read, what you learned; and what you can do to carry the torch of change.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I lived this, and it's 100 percent accurate, February 15, 2008
First, let me disclose that I was on Mr. Faulkner's staff and am one of the characters in this book. That being said, this book is 100 percent accurate in representing what we found, what we did and how those who wanted to stop us acted. The book is a fast read, somehow Faulkner has distilled two years of insanity and chaos into a few hundred pages. I find it amazing that, looking back almost 10 years and several elections, we were able to accomplish the things we did. This book has many of the elements of a "tell all" book you traditionally see from Congressional types but with some twists: a broad historical perspective on the institution and the office the author held, a 360 degree viewpoint and in a concluding chapter, the author offers some good insights into how Americans can take back a measure of control over our government. Perhaps it is also a book that proves that in government, it is possible to filter financial and management decisions and actions through the Quality prism, but no matter how smart or great those decisions and actions may be, they are still subject to the selfish nature of humanity...And to a previous comment, though the book accurately describes the waste and abuse we uncovered, we didn't find anything that could have been presented to a grand jury. Maybe next time.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars DC does it again!, February 8, 2008
The story is age-old in Washington, DC. I.e., people with good ideas and committed to improving government, get sucked into the institutional bureaucracy or are stymied by it, and either little gets changed or the changes revert back to the "way things have always been done."

"Naked Emperors" is an interesting, first hand account of the inner workings of a small group of people committed to bring the House of Representatives into the 20th century...if not the 21st century.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Required reading for all citizens who wish to take back their government
Scot Faulkner's "Naked Emperors" reinforces the bitter and cynical
feelings I have towards politicians in general and our congress men
and women in particular... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Herbert J. Rebhan

5.0 out of 5 stars Reforming government is an uphill battle
You don't have to agree with the author's politics or all of his aims. But consider this: Doesn't he show the political or policy reformer's challenge: how to use the... Read more
Published 22 months ago by S. Carlson-Thies

5.0 out of 5 stars Revelations about the Revolution
Raised by a pack of wild spreadsheets and smarter than Yoda...Scot Faulkner is the guy who most people point to when someone asks for the Management Consultant who knows all the... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Dan MacDonald

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent First hand Account of a Revolution
This book is a great look at the Republican revolution of 1994 from the inside. It explores the good parts of the Republican take over of Congress as well as the bad parts. Read more
Published 23 months ago by C. S. Hirons

3.0 out of 5 stars This tale is overwrought
With respect to the author, the missed opportunities that Republicans allegedly missed in the early years of the Gingrich Revolution are overstated. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Michael

5.0 out of 5 stars Accurate, Riveting Account
Should an electoral tidal wave engulf Republicans in this year's Congressional elections, Scot Faulkner's 2008 book Naked Emperors: The Failure of the Republican Revolution likely... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Dr. Sunil Chacko

3.0 out of 5 stars This is a redux of human affairs since history was
This book hurts our ideals of how "things ought to be". But, historically where public accountability was slight or nonexistent humans have rarely lived ethically, or served... Read more
Published 24 months ago by J. Carpenter

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