PART ONE: WIRING THE NETWORK
PART TWO: BUGS
PART THREE: WORKAROUNDS
PART FOUR: SYSTEM CRASH
PART FIVE: TECH POLITICS 3.0
AFTERWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX

Sara Miles is a journalist who has covered the politics of Silicon Valley for the New York Times Magazine, Wired, and Wired News. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including the New Yorker, the New York Times, Mother Jones, and Out magazine.

"For all the writers who have swarmed to chronicle Silicon Valley's every hiccup, few have Sara Miles' talent for understanding the gestalt of the place and translating it for outsiders, while maintaining the proper degree of skepticism…. How to Hack a Party Line is a feisty, fearless, insightful look at the political awakening that occurred there in the late 1990s."—Joan O'C. Hamilton, Business Week

"Miles has excellent reporter's instincts and a light, descriptive prose style…. How to Hack a Party Line contains a number of arresting--and often comical--scenes of Valley hubris colliding with the more deliberate world of old-school politics…. A lively and illuminating read."—Steven Johnson, Washington Post

"Her fly-on-the-wall reporting proves breathtaking…. In between anti-Microsoft conspiracy rumors and cameos from Bezos et al., Miles offers trenchant analyses of, among other things, the 'digital divide' and the nuances of party subdivisions. A sweeping debut not only for the author but for this branch of American poli-sci, with color on every page and a hacker's gift for cutting through the blather."—Kirkus Reviews

"This will be a big story for years to come, and Miles has provided an entertaining and insightful first chapter."—Robert Turner, Boston Globe

"Readers fascinated by either national politics or Silicon Valley will definitely want to read this vivid narrative. . . . An involving, sometimes appalling ‘sausage-making’ tale of a political courtship."—Mary Carroll, Booklist

"Ms. Miles provides an entertaining snapshot of how politics is done now, which means money, money, money."—Holmans W. Jenkins Jr, The Wall Street Journal

"A witty, character-rich piece of reportage that charts the parallel rise of high tech in California and pro-business New Democrats in Washington, D.C."—Tim Dickinson, Wired

"A well-written account of an interesting time. . . . Miles’ book is full of sound observations and telling detail."—Chris Nolan, New York Post