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Grand Strategy and the Presidency
Foreign Policy, War and the American Role in the World
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
This book examines the role and importance of the Presidency in the formulation and conduct of US grand strategy.
The text discusses US strategic history, with particular emphasis on the period from the end of the Cold War to the present day. While the United States periodically has enjoyed...
by T.B. Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
With the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, Kiffin Yates Rockwell, from Asheville, North Carolina, volunteered to fight for France. Initially serving with the French Foreign Legion as a soldier in the trenches, he soon became a founding member of the Lafayette Escadrille, a squadron made up mostly...
Surveying the Early Republic
The Journal of Andrew Ellicott, U.S. Boundary Commissioner in the Old Southwest, 1796-1800
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
In Surveying the Early Republic, Robert D. Bush contextualizes the firsthand account of Andrew Ellicott, the United States Boundary Commissioner appointed by President George Washington in 1796. Ellicott and his Spanish counterparts established the boundary line between the United States and Spanish...
The Limits of Westernization
A Cultural History of America in Turkey
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
In a 2001 poll, Turks ranked the United States highest when asked: "Which country is Turkey's best friend in international relations?" When the pollsters reversed the question—"Which country is Turkey's number one enemy in international relations?"—the United States came in...
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by Jolyon P. Girard, Darryl Mace, Courtney Michelle Smith
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
What did America's greatest orators say regarding significant issues and concerns throughout United States history? This three-volume set examines hundreds of the most historically significant speeches from colonial times to the modern era, allowing readers to consider exactly what the speakers said—and...
by Kenneth J. Heineman
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2018
The Rise of Contemporary Conservatism in the United States offers students an accessible introduction to the history of modern American conservatism. The author provides a concise but substantial discussion of modern conservatism from its origins in opposition to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal...
by Ghada Hashem Talhami
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2017
Any casual observer of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict would immediately recognize that the holy city of Jerusalem is the core issue impeding a permanent peace settlement between the two antagonists. The religious symbolism of this city and its centrality to major religious faiths has never faded...
Prayer in America
A Spiritual History of Our Nation
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2009
A stirring chronicle of the spiritual life of a nation, Prayer in America shows how the faith of Americans—from the founding fathers to corporate tycoons, from composers to social reformers, from generals to slaves—was an essential ingredient in the formation of American culture, character, commerce,...
Faces of Power
Constancy and Change in United States Foreign Policy from Truman to Obama
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
Seyom Brown's authoritative account of U.S. foreign policy from the end of the Second World War to the present challenges common assumptions about American presidents and their struggle with power and purpose. Brown shows Truman to be more anguished than he publicly revealed about the use of the atomic...
Spy Chiefs: Volume 1
Intelligence Leaders in the United States and United Kingdom
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
In literature and film the spy chief is an all-knowing, all-powerful figure who masterfully moves spies into action like pieces on a chessboard. How close to reality is that depiction, and what does it really take to be an effective leader in the world of intelligence?
This first volume of...
They Should Stay There
The Story of Mexican Migration and Repatriation during the Great Depression
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
Here, for the first time in English—and from the Mexican perspective—is the story of Mexican migration to the United States and the astonishing forced repatriation of hundreds of thousands of people to Mexico during the worldwide economic crisis of the Great Depression. While Mexicans were hopeful...
The United States and Cambodia, 1969-2000
A Troubled Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Beginning with the restoration of diplomatic relations between the US and Cambodia in 1969, this book is the first to systematically explore the controversial issues and events surrounding the relationship between the two countries in the latter half of the 20th century. It traces how the secret bombing...
Spies, Lies, and Citizenship
The Hunt for Nazi Criminals
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
In the 1970s news broke that former Nazis had escaped prosecution and were living the good life in the United States. Outrage swept the nation, and the public outcry put extreme pressure on the U.S. government to investigate these claims and to deport offenders. The subsequent creation of the Office...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. A glance at a newspaper or news program between May through June of 2014 tells the story. The Ebola virus developed into the foremost major crisis in West Africa, more specifically Liberia....