ADVISE AND CONSENT is a study of political animals in their natural habitat and is universally recognized as THE Washington novel. It begins with Senate confirmation hearings for a liberal Secretary of State and concludes two weeks later, after debate and controversy have exploded this issue into a major crisis. "I can recall no other novel in which there is so well presented a president's dilemma when his awful responsibility for the nation's interest conflicts with a personal code of good morals." (The New York Times)

The sequel to the Pulitzer Prize winning bestseller Advise and Consent From Allen Drury, the 20th Century grand master of political fiction, a novel of the United Nations and the racial friction that could spark a worldwide powderkeg. International tensions rise as ambassadors and politicians scheme, using the independence of a small African nation as the focal point for hidden agendas. A cascade of events begun in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations could lead to the weakening of the United States, the loss of the Panama Canal, and a possible civil war. Allen Drury paints a vivid and laseraccurate portrait of Washington and international politics, from top secret conferences, to elite cocktail parties, club luncheon rooms, and the private offices of the key players in government. A novel as relevant today as when it was first published.

The author poses one of the most fundamental questions facing America today: how justifiably - or irresponsibly - do American press, television and radio attempt to interfere with, and control, the political process and the foreign policy of the nation?

Using the political characters of previous novels the author presents a tale of national intrigue and violence resulting from the death of an incumbent president

The U.S. government balances on the brink of collapse as it struggles both with internal chaos and change and the threatening forces of Communist aggression

What will President Knox do when confronted by the most awesome challenge of atomic war between Russia and China.