Central / national / federal government Books
Johns Hopkins University Press The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower The
Book SynopsisTaken as a whole, the Eisenhower papers from 1957-61 provide firm documentary evidence of the manner in which Eisenhower dealt with the complex internal and external problems faced by all of our modern political leaders.Table of ContentsPart X: Ending an Era; August 1960 to January 1961Chapter 23: "To keep the Free World free"Chapter 24: "We missed by such a narrow margin"Chapter 25: Farewells and WarningsBibliography: Note on Primary SourcesBibliography: Secondary Sources CitedGlossaryChronologyGeneral Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Government Performance
Book SynopsisWhile acknowledging the political context of all public administration systems, they argue that effective management of these systems nevertheless provides the key to good government performance.Trade ReviewThis slim volume, a seminal study, provides a positive picture of public managers eager to learn and to create management capacity, which is posited as the key to governmental performance... A must read for students of public management. Choice 2004 The authors of this volume argue that one quality above all is crucial to the overall performance of government: effective management. International Review of Administrative Sciences An ambitious and well-publicized attempt to define criteria for measuring government performance... Well argued and rich in material. -- Sandford Borins Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 2004Table of ContentsContents: 1. Management, Capacity, and Performance 2. Dissecting Management 3. Assessing Management 4. Research Methodology 5. State and Local Findings 6. Federal Results 7. The Big Lessons 8. Next Steps
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Johns Hopkins University Press Selling Intervention and War
Book Synopsisforeign policy, international security, the military and foreign policy, and international conflict.Trade ReviewHistorians and political scientists will find value in this book. Choice 2006 In a series of five fascinating case studies, Jon Western develops a complex model of the power plays and tussle for real-world effect amongst Washington's foreign policy elites. Media International Australia 2006 Western's book is especially timely because the era of active interventionism sponsored by the George W. Bush administration may continue beyond the presidential election of 2008. -- Doris A. Graber International History Review 2006 Western has done an excellent job on an important topic and his book is worth reading for any scholar studying the war, news, and public opinion connection. Students, in particular, will find this book extremely useful. Political CommunicationTable of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Liberal Theory and the Politics of Selling WarChapter 2. Saying No to the French at DienbienphuChapter 3. Intervention in LebanonChapter 4. Battling the Vietnam Syndrom in GrenadaChapter 5. Famine in Somalia and Ancient Hatreds in BosniaChapter 6. The War over IraqChapter 7. ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
£27.53
Johns Hopkins University Press In Pursuit of Performance
Book SynopsisIn Pursuit of Performance is an invaluable tool for government leaders and the scholars who study them.Trade Review"An important and valuable report about an important and valuable project. The information and statistics about procedural variations in governments around the nation and the status of their management systems have never been compiled and presented before with anywhere near this level of detail and analytical rigor." - Hal G. Rainey, University of Georgia, author of Understanding and Managing Public Organizations, 3rd ed., and Modernizing Human Resource Management in the Federal Government"Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1. Studying State and Local Management Systems: Why We Need to Do ItChapter 2. Putting Money Where the Need Is: Managing the Finances of State and Local GovernmentsChapter 3. Underpinning Government: Capital and Infrastructure Management in State and Local GovernmentChapter 4. Government's Largest Investment: Human Resource Management in States, Counties, and CitiesChapter 5. The Performance Challenge: Information Technology Management in States, Counties, and CitiesChapter 6. The Reality of Results: Managing for Results in State and Local GovernmentChapter 7. Integration of Management Systems in State and Local GovernmentChapter 8. Learning to Build Capacity: Applying the GPP Model to Other GovernmentsChapter 9. Counting the Ways Management Matters to PerformanceAppendix A: The Analytical Model for the GPPAppendix B: Criteria Used by GPP AnalystsAppendix C: Governments Evaluated by the GPPList of ContributorsIndex
£48.00
Johns Hopkins University Press Leading Representatives The Agency of Leaders in
Book SynopsisThis engagingly written book will be of interest to political scholars of all stripes as well as readers inclined to learn more about the history and inner workings of the House.Trade ReviewStrahan's fascinating analysis, thorough interviews and primary sources, is pure inside baseball. -- Steve Goddard History Wire - Where the Past Comes Alive 2008 Strahan has done an excellent job of furthering the debate on House leadership. Highly recommended. All undergraduate, graduate, and research collections. Choice 2008 Randall Strahan's book offers a fascinating insight into the rigorous methods of political science. -- Bernard Genton Cercles 2011Table of ContentsSeries Editor's ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Leading Representatives2. Explaining Congressional Leadership3. Henry Clay: The Unionist as Speaker4. Thomas Reed: The Responsible Partisan as Speaker5. Newt Gingrich: The Transformative Leader as Speaker6. Conclusion: Congressional Leadership and Its LimitsAppendixNotesReferencesIndex
£45.50
Johns Hopkins University Press Leading Representatives The Agency of Leaders in
Book SynopsisThis engagingly written book will be of interest to political scholars of all stripes as well as readers inclined to learn more about the history and inner workings of the House.Trade ReviewStrahan's fascinating analysis, thorough interviews and primary sources, is pure inside baseball. -- Steve Goddard History Wire - Where the Past Comes Alive 2008 Strahan has done an excellent job of furthering the debate on House leadership. Highly recommended. All undergraduate, graduate, and research collections. Choice 2008 Randall Strahan's book offers a fascinating insight into the rigorous methods of political science. -- Bernard Genton Cercles 2011Table of ContentsSeries Editor's ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Leading Representatives2. Explaining Congressional Leadership3. Henry Clay: The Unionist as Speaker4. Thomas Reed: The Responsible Partisan as Speaker5. Newt Gingrich: The Transformative Leader as Speaker6. Conclusion: Congressional Leadership and Its LimitsAppendixNotesReferencesIndex
£31.10
Johns Hopkins University Press The Madisonian Constitution The Johns Hopkins
Book SynopsisEngagingly written and soundly argued, this study clarifies and highlights the political origins of the nation's foundational document and argues that American constitutionalism is primarily about countervailing power not legal limits enforced by courts.Trade ReviewIn this ambitious, densely written and thought provoking work, Thomas proposes a perspective on constitutional interpretation that is at once a normative theory of constitutional practice and a redescription of constitutional history informed by that practice. -- Douglas C. Dow Law and Politics Book Review 2009 By departing from traditional perspectives on judicial review, Professor Thomas provides an unconventional, yet refreshing and historically grounded, view of how historical constitutional conflicts have fallen squarely within Madison's vision. Harvard Law Review 2009 Thomas's book paves an important new path for the rest of us in our study of the Constitution and its effect on politics. His account of Madison's principle of constitutional contestation might well be the best account that yet exists of the reigning principle of our founder's political thought. -- Benjamin Kleinerman Review of Politics 2009 In The Madisonian Constitution, Thomas charts a philosophically grounded and historically informed course... showing that James Madison and most others responsible for framing the Constitution, as well as major statesmen who followed, had a more prudent approach in mind. -- Stanley C. Brubaker Law and Society Review 2009 The Madisonian Constitution reminds readers of that moment when, as Justice Story said, the meaning of the fundamental law was something far more important than the mere lawyers' 'extraordinary gloss' it has become. -- Gary L. McDowell Journal of American History 2009 Thomas's Madison points the way to salvation from forms of constitutionalism that either place inordinate power in a small body of elite judges and lawyers, or give up on constitutional government altogether. -- Michael P. Zuckert Claremont Review of Books 2009Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Madison's Complex Constitutionalism2. Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Meaning of the Civil War Amendments3. The Progressive Reconstruction of American Constitutionalism4. Discontinuities in the "Constitutional Revolution of 1937"5. Unsettling the New Deal and the Return of OriginalismConclusionNotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Democratization in America
Book Synopsiscase is a unique reference point for students of American political development and comparative democratization.Trade ReviewA valuable contribution to our understanding of American political development. -- Christopher N. Lawrence American Review of PoliticsTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPart I: Setting the Theoretical ContextChapter 1. American Political Development as a Process of DemocratizationChapter 2. Two Comparative Democratization Perspectives: "Brown Areas" and "Immanence"Chapter 3. Two-Tier Citizenship: The Unresolved Challenge of Puerto Rico's Electoral ExclusionChapter 4. Same Dream, Different Fates: Latinos' Inclusion/Exclusion and U.S. DemocratizationPart II: Constitutionalism and DemocratizationChapter 5. Gender and Democracy in the American Constitutional OrderChapter 6. The Reversal of Black Voting Rights after ReconstructionChapter 7. Deliberation, Incivility, and Race in Electoral CampaignsPart III: Federal Institutions, Race, and Democratic ReformChapter 8. Democratizing Authority: The Multiple Motives behind Black Police Appointments in the Twentieth-Century United StatesChapter 9. Civil Rights and the Democratization Trap: The Public-Private Nexus and the Building of American DemocracyPart IV: New AgendasChapter 10. The Development of Democratic Citizenship: Toward a New Research AgendaChapter 11. American Political Development and Comparative DemocratizationNotesReferences List of ContributorsIndex
£59.00
Johns Hopkins University Press Democratization in America A
Book Synopsiscase is a unique reference point for students of American political development and comparative democratization.Trade ReviewA valuable contribution to our understanding of American political development. -- Christopher N. Lawrence American Review of PoliticsTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPart I: Setting the Theoretical ContextChapter 1. American Political Development as a Process of DemocratizationChapter 2. Two Comparative Democratization Perspectives: "Brown Areas" and "Immanence"Chapter 3. Two-Tier Citizenship: The Unresolved Challenge of Puerto Rico's Electoral ExclusionChapter 4. Same Dream, Different Fates: Latinos' Inclusion/Exclusion and U.S. DemocratizationPart II: Constitutionalism and DemocratizationChapter 5. Gender and Democracy in the American Constitutional OrderChapter 6. The Reversal of Black Voting Rights after ReconstructionChapter 7. Deliberation, Incivility, and Race in Electoral CampaignsPart III: Federal Institutions, Race, and Democratic ReformChapter 8. Democratizing Authority: The Multiple Motives behind Black Police Appointments in the Twentieth-Century United StatesChapter 9. Civil Rights and the Democratization Trap: The Public-Private Nexus and the Building of American DemocracyPart IV: New AgendasChapter 10. The Development of Democratic Citizenship: Toward a New Research AgendaChapter 11. American Political Development and Comparative DemocratizationNotesReferences List of ContributorsIndex
£31.66
Johns Hopkins University Press Documentary History of the First Federal Congress
Book SynopsisA rich source of information about the members of Congress, their lives in New York, their concerns about their families, and the services they performed for their constituents, the documents from these three new volumes will be incorporated into The Early Republic, an innovative online reference hosted by the Johns Hopkins University Press.Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsCorrespondence: Second Session15-31 March 1790April 1790May 1790June 1790
£107.82
Johns Hopkins University Press The Caning of Charles Sumner Honor Idealism and
Book SynopsisHe addresses the importance of the event in the national crisis and shows why such actions are not quite as alien to today's politics as they might at first seem.Trade ReviewThis will be a valuable addition to Civil War collections. Booklist 2010 An extraordinary and valuable study of what these events of history reveal not only about America of the past, but also America of today, The Caning of Charles Sumner is highly recommended especially for college library collections and American Civil War shelves. Midwest Book Review The short length, subject, and writing style of The Caning of Charles Sumner will make this text a staple in survey and upper-level American history classes alike. -- Mary Ellen Pethel Teaching History: A Journal of Methods 2011Table of ContentsIntroduction1. One Minute2. A Machine That Would Go of Itself?3. Immediate Aftermath4. A Long, Winding Road5. Honor, Idealism, and InevitabilityEpilogueAcknowledgmentsNotesEssay on SourcesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Polemical Pain Slavery Cruelty and the Rise of
Book SynopsisPolemical Pain shows how the debate over slavery's cruelty played a large, unrecognized role in shaping moral categories that remain pertinent today.Trade ReviewA fascinating book on history and consequences of slavery. The research [is] impeccable and it [is] organized in a very readable and easy to grasp fashion. -- Lenore R. Book Bargains and Previews 2011Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Self-Denial, Martyrdom, and the Formation of Quaker Humanitarianism2. Humanity, Human Nature, and the Problem of Cruelty3. Moral Responsibility and Removal, 1800–18324. Politicizing Humaneness, 1832–18395. Suited for Slavery, 1840–18516. The Contradictions of Benevolence, 1852–1861EpilogueAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
£50.00
Random House USA Inc Rogue Justice The Making of the Security State
Book SynopsisThe definitive account of how America’s War on Terror sparked a decade-long assault on the rule of law, weakening our courts and our Constitution in the name of national security.The day after September 11, President Bush tasked the attorney general with preventing another terrorist attack on the United States. From that day forward, the Bush administration turned to the Department of Justice to give its imprimatur to activities that had previously been unthinkable—from the NSA’s spying on US citizens to indefinite detention to torture. Many of these activities were secretly authorized, others done in the light of day.When President Obama took office, many observers expected a reversal of these encroachments upon civil liberties and justice, but the new administration found the rogue policies to be deeply entrenched and, at times, worth preserving. Obama ramped up targeted killings, held fast to aggressive surveillance policies, and fell
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Random House USA Inc Off the Sidelines Speak Up be Fearless and Change
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand recounts her personal journey in public service and galvanizes women to make a meaningful difference in the world around them. “One of the most helpful, readable, down-to-earth, and truly democratic books ever to come out of the halls of power.”—Gloria SteinemOff the Sidelines is a playbook for women who want to step up, whether in Congress or the boardroom or the local PTA. If women were fully represented in politics, Gillibrand says, national priorities would shift to issues that directly impact them: affordab
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Citadel Press Inc.,U.S. Riding With Reagan
Book SynopsisThis warm and affectionate memoir about beloved President Ronald Reagan has been hailed as a classic
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Random House USA Inc Promises to Keep
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • President Joe Biden, the author of Promise Me, Dad, tells the story of his extraordinary life and career prior to his emergence as Barack Obama’s beloved, influential vice president. “I remain captivated by the possibilities of politics and public service. In fact, I believe that my chosen profession is a noble calling.”—Joe Biden Joe Biden has both witnessed and participated in a momentous epoch of American history. In Promises to Keep, Joe Biden reveals what these experiences taught him about himself, his colleagues, and the institutions of government. With his customary candor and wit, Biden movingly recounts growing up in a staunchly Catholic multigenerational household in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware; overcoming personal tragedy, life-threatening illness, and career setbacks; his relationships with presidents,
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Random House USA Inc Morgenthau
Book SynopsisA “magisterial” (The Wall Street Journal) portrait of four generations of the Morgenthau family, a dynasty of power brokers and public officials with an outsize—and previously unmapped—influence extending from daily life in New York City to the shaping of the American CenturyA New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice • A New Yorker Book of the Year “Exhaustively researched, vividly written, and a welcome reminder that even the most noxious evils can be vanquished when capable and committed citizens do their best.”—David M. Kennedy, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Freedom from FearAfter coming to America from Germany in 1866, the Morgenthaus made history in international diplomacy, in domestic politics, and in America’s criminal justice system. With unprecedented, exclusive access to family archives, award-winning journalist and biogra
£23.40
Random House USA Inc Lady Bird Johnson Hiding in Plain Sight
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A revelation . . . a book in the Caro mold, using Lady Bird, along with tapes and transcripts of her entire White House diary, to tell the history of America during the Johnson years.”—The New York TimesThe inspiration for the documentary film The Lady Bird Diaries, premiering November 13 on HuluPerhaps the most underestimated First Lady of the twentieth century, Lady Bird Johnson was also one of the most powerful. In Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight, Julia Sweig reveals how indispensable the First Lady was to Lyndon Johnson’s administration—which Lady Bird called “our” presidency. In addition to advising him through critical moments, she took on her own policy initiatives, including the most ambitious national environmental effort since Theodore Roosevelt and a virtually unknown initiative to desegregate access to public recreation and
£17.00
Random House USA Inc Alter Egos Hillary Clinton Barack Obama and the
Book Synopsis“An inside account of Hillary Clinton’s relationship with Barack Obama that brims with insight and high-level intrigue.”—Jane Mayer, bestselling author of Dark MoneyThe deeply reported story of two trailblazers who share a common sense of their historic destiny but hold very different beliefs about how to project American power—from veteran New York Times White House correspondent Mark LandlerIn the annals of American statecraft, theirs was a most unlikely alliance. Clinton, daughter of an anticommunist father, was raised in the Republican suburbs of Chicago in the aftermath of World War II, nourishing an unshakable belief in the United States as a force for good in distant lands. Obama, an itinerant child of the 1970s, was raised by a single mother in Indonesia and Hawaii, suspended between worlds and a witness to the less savory side of Uncle Sam’s influence abroad. Clinton and Obama wo
£22.40
The University Press of Kentucky Clark Clifford The Wise Man of Washington
Book SynopsisOne of the most renowned Washington insiders of the twentieth century, Clark Clifford (1906--1998) was a top advisor to four Democratic presidents. In Clark Clifford: The Wise Man of Washington, John Acacia chronicles Clifford's rise from midwestern lawyer to Washington power broker and presidential confidant.
£61.70
Ohio State University Press Comparing PostSoviet Legislatures A Theory of
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Ohio State University Press Hitching a Ride Omnibus Legislating in the
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£999.99
Ohio State University Press Power of the People
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Speaking the Law The Obama Administrations
Book SynopsisOffers a detailed examination of the speeches of the Obama administration on national security legal issues. Viewed together here for the first time, the authors lay out a broad array of legal and policy positions regarding a large number of principles currently contested at both the domestic and international levels.
£29.56
Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Blueprint for America Hoover Institution Press
Book SynopsisThe American ability to inspire - which we call exceptionalism - is not automatic. It takes continued efforts to be realized in a changing world. In this book, scholars at the Hoover Institution offer a series of accessible policy ideas for civic, economic, and security architecture that would shore up the long-term foundations of American strengths.
£19.90
Monthly Review Press,U.S. Mexicos Hope An Encounter with History
Book SynopsisThis social history details the crises that promise to transform politics in the Americas. Utilizing field research, it examines the PRI's disintegration; the 1994-1995 collapse of the peso; the Zapatista uprising; and tensions in the military, the Church, and U.S.-Mexico relations.
£73.49
Georgetown University Press Unsung Heroes Federal Execucrats Making a
Book SynopsisExplores high-level career executives who make positive contributions to Americans' quality of life. This title profiles six "unsung heroes", the people behind the scenes of some of the most successful programs in American government, and identifies the tools, skills, and strategies that make them effective leaders.
£144.00
Random House USA Inc The Districts
Book SynopsisJohnny Dwyer examines the New York crimes we’ve seen in the news, in movies, and on television—drug trafficking, organized crime, terrorism, corruption, and white-collar crime—while weaving in the nuances that rarely make it into headlines. “Told in the kind of pointillist detail that can only come from years of hanging around the courthouse and doing old-school shoe-leather reporting.” —Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Say Nothing The Rosenbergs, Rudy Giuliani, Bernie Madoff, James Comey, John Gotti, Preet Bharara, and El Chapo are just a few of the figures to have appeared before the courts in the Southern and Eastern District of New York—the two federal courts tasked with maintaining order in New York City. These two epicenters of power in our justice system have become proving grounds for ambitious prosecutors who turn their service in government into power, position
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Celadon Books Her Honor
Book SynopsisIn Her Honor, Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell provides a rare and thought-provoking insider account of our legal system, sharing vivid stories of the cases that came through her courtroom and revealing the strengths, flaws, and much-needed changes within our courts.Judge Cordell, the first African American woman to sit on the Superior Court of Northern California, knows firsthand how prejudice has permeated our legal system. And yet, she believes in the system. From ending school segregation to legalizing same-sex marriage, its progress relies on legal professionals and jurors who strive to make the imperfect system as fair as possible.Her Honor is an entertaining and provocative look into the hearts and minds of judges. Cordell takes you into her chambers where she haggles with prosecutors and defense attorneys and into the courtroom during jury selection and sentencing hearings. She uses real cases to highlight how judges make difficult decisions
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Celadon Books Her Honor
Book SynopsisIn Her Honor, Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell provides a rare and thought-provoking insider account of our legal system, sharing vivid stories of the cases that came through her courtroom and revealing the strengths, flaws, and much-needed changes within our courts.Judge Cordell, the first African American woman to sit on the Superior Court of Northern California, knows firsthand how prejudice has permeated our legal system. And yet, she believes in the system. From ending school segregation to legalizing same-sex marriage, its progress relies on legal professionals and jurors who strive to make the imperfect system as fair as possible.Her Honor is an entertaining and provocative look into the hearts and minds of judges. Cordell takes you into her chambers where she haggles with prosecutors and defense attorneys and into the courtroom during jury selection and sentencing hearings. She uses real cases to highlight how judges make difficult decisions
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St Martin's Press Users Guide to Democracy A How America Works
Book SynopsisFrom Nick Capodice & Hannah McCarthy, the hosts of New Hampshire Public Radio's Civics 101, and New Yorker cartoonist Tom Toro, A User''s Guide to Democracy is a lively crash course in everything you should know about how the US government works.Do you know what the Secretary of Defense does all day? Are you sure you know the difference between the House and the Senate? Have you been pretending you know what Federalism is for the last 20 years? Don't worry--you're not alone. The American government and its processes can be dizzyingly complex and obscure.Until now.Within this book are the keys to knowing what you're talking about when you argue politics with the uncle you only see at Thanksgiving. It's the book that sits on your desk for quick reference when the nightly news boggles your mind. This approachable and informative guide gives you the lowdown on everything from the three branches of government, to what you can actually do to ma
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St Martin's Press Desk 88
Book SynopsisSince his election to the U.S. Senate in 2006, Ohio's Sherrod Brown has sat on the Senate floor at a mahogany desk with a proud history. In Desk 88, he tells the story of eight of the Senators who were there before him. Perhaps the most imaginative book to emerge from the Senate since Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts produced Profiles in Courage. David M. Shribman, The Boston GlobeDespite their flaws and frequent setbacks, each made a decisive contribution to the creation of a more just America. They range from Hugo Black, who helped to lift millions of American workers out of poverty, to Robert F. Kennedy, whose eyes were opened by an undernourished Mississippi child and who then spent the rest of his life afflicting the comfortable. Brown revives forgotten figures such as Idaho's Glen Taylor, a singing cowboy who taught himself economics and stood up to segregationists, and offers new insights into George McGovern, who fou
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St Martin's Press Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go
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St Martin's Press The Squad
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Celadon Books The January 6th Report
Book Synopsis**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**NOTE: The January 6th Report appendices on pages 693716 can be accessed via the QR code below, along with the hyperlinks from the chapter endnotes and witness testimony transcripts.Celadon Books and The New Yorker present the report by the Select Committee to Investigate the Jan 6 Attack on the United States Capitol.On January 6, 2021, insurgents stormed the U.S. Capitol, an act of domestic terror without parallel in American history, designed to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. In a resolution six months later, the House of Representatives called it one of the darkest days of our democracy, and established a special committee to investigate how and why the attack happened.Celadon Books, in collaboration with The New Yorker, presents the committee''s final report, the definitive account of January 6th and what led up to it, based on more
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Taking Sides Clashing Views on Legal Issues
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WW Norton & Co The Failed Promise
Book SynopsisRobert S. Levine foregrounds the viewpoints of Black Americans on Reconstruction in his absorbing account of the struggle between the great orator Frederick Douglass and President Andrew JohnsonTrade Review"“...The Failed Promise is an important book for anyone on a quest to deeply understand the racism in America’s history." -- DeNeen L. Brown - Washington Post
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Pen & Sword Books Protecting the Presidential Candidates
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Random House USA Inc Morgenthau
Book SynopsisA “magisterial” (The Wall Street Journal) portrait of four generations of the Morgenthau family, a dynasty of power brokers and public officials with an outsize—and previously unmapped—influence extending from daily life in New York City to the shaping of the American CenturyA New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice • A New Yorker Book of the Year “Exhaustively researched, vividly written, and a welcome reminder that even the most noxious evils can be vanquished when capable and committed citizens do their best.”—David M. Kennedy, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Freedom from FearAfter coming to America from Germany in 1866, the Morgenthaus made history in international diplomacy, in domestic politics, and in America’s criminal justice system. With unprecedented, exclusive access to family archives, award-winning journalist and biogra
£36.80
Johns Hopkins University Press Building Coalitions Making Policy
Book SynopsisFocuses on backroom politics and gives readers an insider's perspective on the efforts of policymakers from three presidential administrations to get past the naysayers and effect real and lasting policy changes. This title offers an overview of policymaking during the Clinton and George W Bush administrations.Trade ReviewA welcome addition to a public policy course or a course on presidential leadership, and practitioners can learn from it too. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction. Getting Past No: Building Coalitions and Making Policy from Clinton to Bush to ObamaChapter 1. The Electoral Connection and the Dissonant Game of Coalition Building in an Era of Partisan PolicymakingChapter 2. Why LBJ Is Smiling: The Bush Administration, "Compassionate Conservatism," and No Child Left Behind Chapter 3. Splitting the Coalition: The Political Perils and Opportunities of Immigration Reform Chapter 4. Embracing the Third Rail? Social Security Politics from Clinton to ObamaChapter 5. The Bush Administration and the Politics of Medicare ReformChapter 6. A Solution for All Seasons: The Politics of Tax Reduction in the Bush AdministrationChapter 7. The Bush Administration and the Uses of Judicial PoliticsChapter 8. A Feint to the Center, a Move Backward: Bush's Clear Skies Initiative and the Politics of PolicymakingChapter 9. National Security, the Electoral Connection, and Policy Choice Chapter 10. The Dynamics of Presidential Policy Choice and PromotionChapter 11. Touching the Bases: Parties and Policymaking in the Twenty- First Century Chapter 12. Bush's "Our Crowd"Chapter 13. Politics, Elections, and PolicymakingList of ContributorsIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press StarSpangled Banner
Book SynopsisThis entertaining book will appeal to patriots of all persuasions, along with sports fans, musicians, veterans, history buffs, and anyone who has ever struggled to hit the high notes in the land of the free and the home of the brave.Trade ReviewWith its in-depth details not only about the making of the song but its incorporation into American history and lives, this is a powerful pick for any interested in American or musical history. Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrologue1. Anthem before a Nation, 1814–18602. American Dischord, 1860–18653. Striving to Reunify, 1865–19004. Duties and Customs, 1880–19105. Stars and Stripes Forever, 1890–19206. Marching under the Banner, 1898–19317. Trials and Triumphs, 1931–19548. Star-Spangled Conflict, 1954–19639. Postmodern Patriotism, 1964–2014EpilogueAppendix: The Original Words of The Star-Spangled BannerNotesFurther ReadingIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Class of 74
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAn essential work of congressional history.—Kirkus ReviewsAnd [Lawrence] was about a month from publishing The Class of ’74: Congress After Watergate and the Roots of Partisanship, his timely book on the uses and abuses of congressional power.—NewsweekThis is an exceptionally useful study of congressional dynamics. Taking full measure of how House members actually think and act, the author includes telling anecdotes sprinkled with occasional salty language. Highly recommended.—R. Heineman, Alfred University, ChoiceThe Class of '74 is an interesting, readable exposition about the reformers, their struggle to transform the legislative branch, and the consequences of their choices. Reading The Class of '74 reveals as much about Congress today as it does about Congress 44 years ago. Lawrence, a visiting professor at the University of California who spent several years serving as chief of staff to then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), tells a story that is not only interesting in its own right but helps explain, in Frum's words, how we got here.—Law and LibertyIn the 2018 midterm elections, Democrats won more new seats in the House of Representatives than at any other time since the Watergate scandal. But few Americans know much about the 1974 elections that occurred in the wake of that scandal. John A. Lawrence's compelling new book, The Class of '74, seeks to correct that deficit. Lawrence worked in the House for nearly four decades, allowing him to translate often-arcane congressional rules and procedures into clear, readable prose . . . But Lawrence also holds a Ph.D. in history, and The Class of '74 is as rigorously researched and nuanced as any academic work—with the potential to reach a wider audience interested in politics . . . As the media focuses on a largely Democratic class of newcomers who defy the status quo, Lawrence's engaging book connects these developments to a longer history of congressional reform.—Stacie Taranto, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Journal of American HistoryLawrence combines his thirty-eight years of Hill experience with an historian's eye to tell the story of those who occupied the House of Representatives during "a hinge point in history." While others have certainly chronicled the congressional reforms of the 1970s writ-large, few have done so from a practitioner's point of view . . . Academics and practitioners alike should find this book to be a valuable resource. So too will the young staffer, legislative liaison officer, or lobbyist entering the realm of Capitol Hill politics. Lawrence's insights provide a welcome, fresh analysis that is of both historical and contemporary value.—Colton C. Campbell, National War College, Congress and the PresidencyTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Toothless, Sapless, and Secretive2. Seeds of Rebellion3. The Class4. The Reinforcements5. The Revolution6. Time to Put on the Long Pants7. Thermidor8. The Republican Reformers9. Revolution or Skirmish?10. Before You Can Save the World, Save Your Seat11. Coda for Reform12. Reform and the Rise of PolarizationConclusionEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The WebsterHayne Debate
Book SynopsisA crucial senatorial debate on the question of the states' relationship to the federal government. Two generations after the founding, Americans still disagreed on the nature of the Union. Was it a confederation of sovereign states or a nation headed by a central government? To South Carolina Senator Robert Y. Hayne and others of his mindset, only the vigilant protection of states' rights could hold off an attack on the southern way of life, which was undergirded by slavery. Massachusetts Senator Daniel Webster, on the other hand, believed that the political and economic ascendancy of New Englandand the nationrequired a strong, activist national government. In The Webster-Hayne Debate, Christopher Childers focuses on the sharp dispute that engaged Webster and Hayne in January 1830. During Senate discussion of western land policy, Childers explains, the senators' exchanges grew first earnest and then heated, finally landing on the question of unionits nature and its value in a federalTrade ReviewIn The Webster-Hayne Debate, Christopher Childers examines the context of the debate between Daniel Webster of Massachusetts and his Senate colleague Robert S. Hayne of South Carolina in January 1830 . . . Readers will finish the book with a clear idea of the reason Webster's "Reply" became so influential in its own day. They will also better understand the debate's political context.—Asaf Almog, University of Virginia, Western Historical QuarterlyChristopher Childers's contribution to Johns Hopkins University Press's highly regarded Witness to History series reminds us that the [Webster-Hayne] debate remains a subject well worth considering, both for its oratorical power and, perhaps even more importantly, for what it reveals about the complex and intricately nuanced nature of the nation's Jacksonian political culture. The chief strength of Childers's work is its ability to provide readers with a sophisticated overview of the shifting political landscape that inspired this highly charged and symbolically rich exchange.—Martin Hershock, University of Michigan–Dearborn, Journal of American HistoryThe Webster-Hayne Debate: Defining Nationhood in the Early American Republic is an excellent fit for the undergraduate classroom and will surely spark conversation about the relationship between the states and the Union . . . this work serves as an introduction to this pivotal moment and to the politics of early antebellum America.—Thomas Blake Earle, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Journal of Southern HistoryTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Prologue. We the States or We the People? 1. New England’s March toward Nationalism 2. The South’s March toward Sectionalism3. The West Asserts Its Power4. The Great Debate5. Nullification and NationhoodEpilogue. The Webster-Hayne Debate in Historical MemoryNotesEssay on SourcesIndex
£999.99
Johns Hopkins University Press The WebsterHayne Debate
Book SynopsisA crucial senatorial debate on the question of the states' relationship to the federal government. Two generations after the founding, Americans still disagreed on the nature of the Union. Was it a confederation of sovereign states or a nation headed by a central government? To South Carolina Senator Robert Y. Hayne and others of his mindset, only the vigilant protection of states' rights could hold off an attack on the southern way of life, which was undergirded by slavery. Massachusetts Senator Daniel Webster, on the other hand, believed that the political and economic ascendancy of New Englandand the nationrequired a strong, activist national government. In The Webster-Hayne Debate, Christopher Childers focuses on the sharp dispute that engaged Webster and Hayne in January 1830. During Senate discussion of western land policy, Childers explains, the senators' exchanges grew first earnest and then heated, finally landing on the question of unionits nature and its value in a federalTrade ReviewIn The Webster-Hayne Debate, Christopher Childers examines the context of the debate between Daniel Webster of Massachusetts and his Senate colleague Robert S. Hayne of South Carolina in January 1830 . . . Readers will finish the book with a clear idea of the reason Webster's "Reply" became so influential in its own day. They will also better understand the debate's political context.—Asaf Almog, University of Virginia, Western Historical QuarterlyChristopher Childers's contribution to Johns Hopkins University Press's highly regarded Witness to History series reminds us that the [Webster-Hayne] debate remains a subject well worth considering, both for its oratorical power and, perhaps even more importantly, for what it reveals about the complex and intricately nuanced nature of the nation's Jacksonian political culture. The chief strength of Childers's work is its ability to provide readers with a sophisticated overview of the shifting political landscape that inspired this highly charged and symbolically rich exchange.—Martin Hershock, University of Michigan–Dearborn, Journal of American HistoryThe Webster-Hayne Debate: Defining Nationhood in the Early American Republic is an excellent fit for the undergraduate classroom and will surely spark conversation about the relationship between the states and the Union . . . this work serves as an introduction to this pivotal moment and to the politics of early antebellum America.—Thomas Blake Earle, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Journal of Southern HistoryTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Prologue. We the States or We the People? 1. New England’s March toward Nationalism 2. The South’s March toward Sectionalism3. The West Asserts Its Power4. The Great Debate5. Nullification and NationhoodEpilogue. The Webster-Hayne Debate in Historical MemoryNotesEssay on SourcesIndex
£22.97
Temple University Press,U.S. Perceptions of a Polarized Court
Book SynopsisA comprehensive empirical analysis of how--and if--divisiveness on the Supreme Court affects popular perceptions of its legitimacy.Trade Review"Perceptions of a Polarized Court represents an important advance in our understanding of the relationship between the Supreme Court and public opinion, by making prominent the role of media coverage as an intervening factor and illuminating the conditional effect of issue salience on the Court’s ability to affect public opinion. This book is a must-read for all who are interested in the role of the Supreme Court in the American political system and in American life more generally."--State Legislature
£999.99
Centre for Strategic & International Studies,U.S. Armenia in a Reconnecting Eurasia Foreign
Book SynopsisArmenia in a Reconnecting Eurasia examines the full scope of Armenian national interests in the wider Eurasian region and analyzes the broad outlines of Armenian engagement over the coming years.
£59.55
Little, Brown & Company Dallas 1963
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History Press Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt in Albany
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