No Holds Barred

One of the surprises in the scholarship of American politics is the rarity of a serious study of a single electoral race. No Holds Barred helps fill this gap. Beginning with the historic retirement announcement by U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, which resulted in an open senate seat in the state of Connecticut, Gary Rose tracks every facet of the tough and exceptionally hard-fought senatorial campaign that unfolded in Connecticut during 2012.