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Book SynopsisThe consequences of the leak made to the press about the secret government study on the Vietnam War and the subsequent litigation are reexamined in a study that focuses on the issue of government secrecy and the public's right to know.Trade ReviewA wonderful and significant story....The issues raised by the Pentagon Papers - presidential power, the role of the courts and the press, government secrecy - are all still with us. And this book throws fresh and important light on those issues. - Anthony Lewis in the New York Review of Books ""Highlights the burden of a free press that enriches a nation that cherishes freedom but yearns for national security....Ideal for students in media ethics and media law classes."" - American Journalism

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Book SynopsisExplores the evolution of constitutional doctrine as elaborated by the Supreme Court. Moving beyond the traditional ""law versus politics"" perspective, the authors draw on studies in American Political Development (APD) to present a complex view of the Court as both a legal and political entity.

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Book SynopsisRecounts how the cashier of the Baltimore branch of the Second Bank of the US refused to pay Maryland's tax on the bank and how that act precipitated a showdown in the Supreme Court. This book provides a virtual constitutional history of the first fifty years of the nation.

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Book SynopsisThe ensuing battles on German soil - especially those in the so-called Ruhr Pocket - were as fierce and hard-fought as any in the European theater. This work chronicles this key military campaign from a fresh perspective - that of the defeated German soldiers and civilians caught in the final maelstrom of the war's western front.

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Book SynopsisFew people would have expected bloodshed in Kansas Territory. After all, it had few slaves and showed few signs that slavery would even flourish. But civil war tore this territory apart in the 1850s and 60s. Nicole Etcheson seeks to revise our understanding of this era by focusing on whites' concerns over their political liberties.Trade ReviewMakes a significant contribution to the historiography of the 1850s.... Will be a necessary starting point from now on for anyone seeking to learn what 'bleeding Kansas' was about and why it mattered. - Journal of American History ""Well written, phenomenally well researched, and a wonderful addition to the scholarship of this important period.... Highly recommended for anyone interested in the crucial role of Kansas in shaping the sectional ideologies that would lead eventually to Civil War."" - North & South ""Etcheson breaks new ground and demonstrates that the violence of Bleeding Kansas forced free soilers to examine their own racial biases. The result was a significant ideological transformation.... Her book skillfully recreates this important egalitarian moment."" - Western Historical Quarterly ""A thoughtful and well-written addition to the scholarship of Kansas and the coming of the Civil War. The book deserves a wide readership."" - Missouri Historical Review ""A lively political history highly recommended for all libraries with collections in U.S. history."" - Choice

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Book SynopsisMamie Doud Eisenhower was a president's wife who seemed to most Americans like the friend next door. This biography captures the winning personality that made Mrs Eisenhower an important part of both her husband's success and her cultural milieu, and relates how her experience as an army wife better prepared her for the White House.Trade ReviewAmericans who 'liked Ike' in the 1950s also loved Mamie, and Marilyn Holt explains why in this lively and informative book. Chester Pach, coauthor of The Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower ""Painstakingly researched and superbly written, Holt's definitive biography captures the essence of Mamie Eisenhower."" Irwin F. Gellman, author of The Contender: Richard Nixon: The Congress Years, 1946-1952 ""A welcome addition to the growing literature on American first ladies."" Holly Cowan Shulman, coeditor of The Eleanor Roosevelt Encyclopedia

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Book SynopsisJohn C Calhoun may be best known for his stature in the US Senate and his controversial defense of slavery, but he is also a key figure in American political thought. This book sheds light on the crisis leading up to the Civil War by exploring Calhoun's conviction that his uncompromising defense of slavery would help preserve the Union.Trade ReviewAn outstanding book. Read reveals the fundamental flaws of Calhoun's 'concurrent majority', but also offers a sympathetic and compelling account of the Carolinian's vain efforts to craft a constitutional solution to the deepening sectional crisis.... Essential reading for all serious students of American political thought. Peter Onuf, author of Jefferson's Empire: The Language of American Nationhood ""Provides a lucid analysis of the political philosophy and constitutional theories of a key historical figure.... Invaluable for anyone with an interest in constitutional history or antebellum thought."" Daniel Farber, author of Lincoln's Constitution ""Very well done - a first-rate piece of work."" Michael P. Zuckert, author of The Natural Rights Republic

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Book SynopsisAddresses the fundamental question of what role discretionary executive power should play in a constitutional order, reexamining what has become an intractable debate to show that what can destroy our Constitution also has the potential to save it.Trade ReviewA distinguished study of executive power that is wise, practical, and constitutionally sound. Harvey Mansfield, author of Taming the Prince: The Ambivalence of Modern Executive Power ""There is no one - lawyer, political scientist, historian, or concerned citizen - who will not learn a great deal from and not be challenged by Kleinerman's well-written and heartfelt arguments."" Sanford Levinson, author of Our Undemocratic Constitution ""It is hard to believe that anyone writing today has something genuinely new and important to say about the classic tension between law and executive power, but Ben Kleinerman does. This book is ambitious, lucid, probing, and wise."" Jeffrey Tulis, author of The Rhetorical Presidency

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Book SynopsisThe Carpathian campaign of 1915, described by some as the 'Stalingrad of the First World War', engaged the million-man armies of Austria-Hungary and Russia in fierce winter combat that drove them to the brink of annihilation. This title presents an account of the Carpathian Winter War.Trade ReviewTunstall has done a brilliant job of researching and presenting a readable analysis of the nearly forgotten series of icy mountain battles that destroyed the Austro-Hungarian Army and fatally weakened the hapsburg monarchy.""- Relevance: Quarterly Journal of the Great War Society;""The book is a detailed case study, based on extensive primary source research, of an attempt to devise a viable strategy to meet drastically-changed, unforeseen conditions with impending crisis--and with an increasingly domineering ally.""- Parameters;""In giving a full account of the winter war, Tunstall has rendered a vital service to our understanding of World War I. This is a must book for experts and novices alike.""- NYMAS Review, New York Military Affairs Symposium;""Tunstall has done a brilliant job of researching and presenting a readable analysis.""- Camaraderie: The Journal of the Western Front Association;""With bold, powerful brush strokes, Tunstall paints a picture of horrendous death in the Carpathian Mountains. Austria-Hungary and Russia each lost about one million men, making the battle more costly than the better known ones of Verdun and the Somme 1916. Meticulously researched and well written, this is military history at its finest. A must read.""- Holger H. Herwig, author of The Marne, 1914;""Snow falls on the mountains, wolves howl in the distance, and two doomed armies learn the truth of the old adage, 'there is no enemy more formidable than nature.' An essential book for all World War I libraries.""- Robert M. Citino, author of The German Way of War;""A must read for anyone interested in the Great War's Eastern front.""- Richard L. DiNardo, author of Breakthrough: The Gorlice-Tarnow Campaign, 1915

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Trade Review“Philippa Strum is arguably the leading Brandeis scholar of the last fifty years. Justice Brandeis’s opinion in Whitney v. California is arguably the most inspiring and enduring judicial account ever of the reasons for a strong free speech principle. It seems only natural that Philippa Strum should write the definitive book on Whitney v. California. And she has done just that.” Vincent Blasi, Corliss Lamont Professor of Civil Liberties at Columbia Law School “Philippa Strum tells a fascinating story about a familiar and famous case, providing the social and political background missing from most accounts, while, at the same time, making the constitutional arguments alive and relevant. A errific read.” H. N. Hirsch, Professor of Politics and Comparative American Studies at Oberlin College.

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Trade Review“Most Americans acknowledge our spiraling income inequality, but many worry that tackling it could cost us our freedom, and we are at an impasse. Clement Fatovic proposes to move forward by glancing back—to the Founding Fathers, who warned that if a republic really wants to stay free, it will guard against a lopsided distribution of property.”Woody Holton, author of Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution “In a sophisticated, detailed, and compelling manner Clement Fatovic explores and explodes the founders concerns over economic inequality. This is an exceptionally timely study given the current heated debates over inequality in contemporary America.” Richard Matthews, Department of Political Science at Lehigh University.

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Book SynopsisThe decline of social mobility and the rise of income inequality - to say nothing of the extraordinary social, political, and economic developments of the Bush and Obama presidencies - have convinced many that the American Dream is no more. This is the concern that Cal Jillson addresses in The American Dream: In History, Politics, and Fiction.

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Book SynopsisThe Civil War's single-shot, muzzle-loading musket revolutionized warfare - or so we've been told for years. Historian Earl J. Hess forcefully challenges that claim, offering a new, clear-eyed, and convincing assessment of the rifle musket's actual performance on the battlefield and its impact on the course of the Civil War.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewJohnson has crafted a unique and exciting interdisciplinary treatise on the concept of energy in American life that profoundly informs our understanding of the basic cultural patterns of twentieth-century living. His writing style is spry and intelligent, while his insights are provocative and terribly important and should inspire scholars in a number of fields."" - Brian Black, author of Crude Reality: Petroleum in World History and Petrolia: The Landscape of America's First Oil Boom"Bob Johnson examines the shift away from renewable energy to fossil fuels during the century before the energy crisis of the 1970s, and he explores the ambivalent cultural consequences of that transformation, as Americans sought to ignore its environmental costs as they embraced a narrative of technological empowerment" - David E. Nye, author of Technology Matters"Armed with a dazzling array of facts and the insights of cultural criticism, Bob Johnson probes the subsoil ecology of the modern self, those psychic and material traumas that comprise the deepest collateral damage of our now international carbon economy." - Stephanie LeMenager, author of Living Oil: Petroleum Culture in the American CenturyTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Modernity's Basement Part I: Divergence 1. A People of Prehistoric Carbon 2. Rocks and Bodies Part II: Submergence 3. An Upthrust into Barbarism 4. The Dynamo-Mother 5. A Faint Whiff of Gasoline Conclusion: A Return of the Repressed Appendix: Energy and Power Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisRelates the story behind Marbury v Madison and explains why it is a foundational case for understanding the US Supreme Court. Nelson reveals how John Marshall deftly avoided a dangerous political confrontation between the executive and judicial branches by upholding the rule of law, and how he managed to shore up the Court's prestige and power rather than have it serve partisan political agendas.

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Book SynopsisFar from the coastal centers of culture and politics, Kansas stands at the very center of American stereotypes about red states. In the American imagination, it is a place LGBT people leave. No Place Like Home is about why they stay.Trade ReviewA compelling, complex narrative of the interlocking lives and efforts of a small group of activists working for the seemingly impossible goal of a queer-friendly Kansas." - Kansas History"The narrative [Janovy] pens is one of bravery and resilience in the face of very long odds, and eventually, one of triumph. She documents the transformation of a state that supported a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, to one where gay pride events take place in notably conservative towns like Salina and Wichita. . . the story she tells has lessons in it for anyone trying to work towards social change." - Stanford Social Innovation Review"This exquisitely written book captures the experiences and emotions of everyday activists and shows how politics informs personal lives. This work reveals how losses regarding pro-LGBT policies and protections ‘in the long game, often built to victories.’ A riveting, insightful love letter to Kansas’s unsung LGBT heroes. Highly recommended." - ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction Part One--The Defeat: The Marriage Amendment Years 1. Trouble in Topeka 2. Hearbreak in Trego County 3. College Towns and Rivalries Part Two--The Dustoff: Battered Activists Organize 4. An Awakening in Wichita 5. Pioneers in Western Kansas Part Three--The Comback: Three Cities, Three Losses, and a Year of Wins 6. They'll Take Manhattan 7. Springtime in Salina 8. The Once and Future Hutchinson 9. All Points Bulletins Part Four--The Transformation: As Gender Identities Evolve, So Does Kansas 10. Kansas City Royalty 11. Trans Kansas Epilogue Acknowledgments Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis profusely illustrated comprehensive key for identifying amphibians and reptiles from the continental United States and Canada incorporates a wealth of scientific findings. The key is easy to use and illustrated with outstanding line drawings that show details of colour patterns and structures used for identification.Trade ReviewThis book is a 'must have' for herpetology-oriented biologists and serious amateurs. It is an indispensable teaching tool and a valuable reference. Since the publication of the first edition, every student who has taken my herpetology course has been required to have a copy and every student with whom I have spoken since has kept their copies after the class was over." - Arthur C. "Sandy" Echternacht, University of Tennessee, Knoxville"This comprehensive key to the native and introduced species of amphibians and nonavian reptiles, with its excellent artwork and insightful synopses of the many taxonomic controversies, will be of considerable interest to amateur and professional herpetologists and many natural history organizations." - Brian T. Miller, Middle Tennessee State University

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Book SynopsisRestricted to the shorthand of ‘sex, drugs, and rock’n' roll’, the counterculture would seem to be a brief, vibrant stretch of the 1960s. But the American counterculture, as this book clearly demonstrates, was far more than a historical blip and its impact continues to resonate.Trade ReviewWith great clarity, precision, and impeccable documentation, Damon R. Bach has crafted an important corrective to the myths, stereotypes, and long-held misconceptions about the sixties counterculture. Impressive in its scope and depth, The American Counterculture offers a highly accessible account of a movement that encompassed both hippies and allied cultural dissidents, interacted with other social movements of the period, extended from the coasts to the heartland, inhabited both rural and urban spaces, and shifted its orientation from cultural change to engagement with a wide range of political concerns. Moving beyond monolithic, static accounts of 'hippies,' the book brings to life a movement that was continually evolving in response to other social and political currents, lasted well beyond the sixties, and left an indelible imprint on American society. Compelling and original, this book will no doubt attract the interest of scholars and students as well as the general public." —Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo, author of Daughters of Aquarius: Women of the Sixties Counterculture"The American Counterculture offers a sweeping synthesis of an important national story. With brisk pacing and a wide geographical reach, Damon Bach's book is especially valuable for its analysis of the relationship between cultural hippies and the New Left activists and the incontrovertible evidence it provides that the counterculture was not simply a bicoastal movement; it truly spread across the entire nation and made a lasting impact on American culture and politics. This is 'a trip' worth taking." —Sherry L. Smith, author of Hippies, Indians and the Fight for Red Power"The American Counterculture is like a wild road trip around the United States of the Long Sixties, with stops at familiar haunts like Haight-Ashbury and the Lower East Side as well as hidden hideaways like Portland’s Lair Hill Park, Lawrence’s Strawberry Fields head shop, and the offices of Atlanta’s Great Speckled Bird. Bach reminds us of how pervasive the counterculture became over its brief, brilliant run, and he brings a motley array of voices and sources to the project. This is an essential book for anyone wanting to understand the full scope of sixties-era youth culture." —Blake Slonecker, author of A New Dawn for the New Left: Liberation News Service, Montague Farm, and the Long Sixties"In 2017, at a conference on the 1967 Summer of Love, historians of the 1960s revisited San Francisco and lamented that no one had written the ‘big book’ on the counterculture, a book that takes readers beyond the clichÉs of sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll and examines the rise, development, demise, and legacies of the hippies. They wanted a book based on hippie documents that investigates the counterculture's relations with other movements of the 1960s, from the New Left to the antiwar movement to ecology to women’s liberation. Good news readers—this is it! Damon Bach’s American Counterculture: A History of Hippies and Cultural Dissidents is a tour de force that will become the go-to book that examines—and explains—the hippies." —Terry H. Anderson, author of The Movement and the Sixties: Protest in America from Greensboro to Wounded Knee

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Book SynopsisIn January 1864, Robert E. Lee wrote to Jefferson Davis ""The time is at hand when, if an attempt can be made to capture the enemy's forces at New Berne, it should be done."" Over the next few months, Lee's forces sought to seize Federal bases in eastern North Carolina. This book tells the story of these operations.Trade ReviewIn this fascinating new book, Hampton Newsome makes a valuable contribution to Civil War literature, offering a compelling account of Confederate efforts in early 1864 to turn the tide of war in eastern North Carolina. Though these efforts produced decidedly mixed results, the same cannot be said of Newsome's. Well-researched, informative, and unfailingly interesting, this superb study merits the attention of anyone interested in the course and conduct of these operations, their strategic and operational effects, and the challenges leaders on both sides faced as they pursued victory in the Old North State in 1864." - Ethan S. Rafuse, author of Robert E. Lee and the Fall of the Confederacy, 1863-1865 and coeditor of Guide to the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign"The Fight for the Old North State carefully reassesses the importance of the Confederate military campaign to retake the North Carolina coast in the spring of 1864. In a lively narrative, Hampton Newsome balances operational military history and a broader overview of the social and political situation on the ground. This work is highly recommended for readers of North Carolina's Civil War military history." -Barton A. Myers, associate professor of Civil War history, Washington and Lee University, and author of Rebels against the Confederacy"With an excellent eye for detail and a knack for good storytelling, Hampton Newsome skillfully places the military actions in coastal North Carolina within the broader context of the political and social forces at work in the state in 1864. Lucidly written, The Fight for the Old North State inspired me to drive down to North Carolina to see the sites for myself." - Jonathan W. White, author of Midnight in America: Darkness, Sleep, and Dreams during the Civil WarTable of Contents List of Illustrations and Maps Preface Part One: The War in North Carolina 1. Taking the Coast 2. Liberation, Discontent, and the Friends of Peace Part Two: Military Plans for North Carolina 3. Lee's Design for North Carolina 4. Grant's Suffolk Plan Part Three: The New Bern Expedition 5. On to New Bern 6. Bachelor Creek 7. Fort Anderson and Brice's Creek 8. The Underwriter 9. Beech Grove and Newport Barracks 10. Decisions at New Bern Part Four: Carolina Winter 11. The Kingston Hangings 12. The Politics of Peace 13. Ransom's Raid 14. Preparing for the Spring Part Five: Hoke's Attack on Plymouth 15. Plymouth is the Target 16. The Attack on Plymouth 17. Fort Gray and Fort Wessells 18. The Albermarle 19. Hoke Presses the Advantage 20. The Final Attack at Plymouth 21. Confederate Victory at Plymouth Part Six: Back to New Bern 22. Washington 23. New Bern, May 1864 Conclusion: The Confederate Resurgence Considered Acknowledgments Appendix A: New Bern Order of Battle Appendix B: Plymouth Order of Battle Appendix C: Plymouth Casualty Estimates Notes Bibliography Index

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