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The Idea of America led to independent sovereign States, then to a Constitution and a new Union.  The results of this "American Experiment" were exceptional.  Phase One, the first 120 years or so, marked a quantum leap in the standard of living and wealth, the result of a free people...

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Charles Willis Pickering in his book “Supreme Chaos: The Politics of Judicial Confirmation and the Culture of War”. This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However...

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Deborah Meier in her book “Many Children Left Behind: How the No Child Left Behind Act is Damaging Our Children and Our Schools”. This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading...

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Chris Matthews in his book “Hardball: How Politics Is Played Told By One Who Knows Game”. This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work does not replace...

In 2003, the President and the U.S. Congress established the Department of Homeland Security. From the beginning, its mission was clear: prevent terrorist attacks, protect against threats to America's safety and security, and prepare the nation to respond effectively to disasters, both natural and...

The Federal Reserve banking system was created in 1913 in an effort to bring coherence to nationwide banking practices and prevent crises like the financial panic of 1907. Since it began operating in 1914, the Federal Reserve has played a crucial role in determining American financial policy and practice....

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Will Bunch in his book “The Backlash, Right-Wing Radicals, High-Def Hucksters, and Paranoid Politics in the Age of Obama”. This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time....

Filip Reyntjens's book analyzes political governance in post-genocide Rwanda and focuses on the rise of the authoritarian Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). In the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the RPF has employed various means - rigged elections, elimination of opposition parties and civil...

This is an authoritative, one-volume, and independent treatment of the history, functioning and nature of the European integration. Written by a selection of leading scholars. It covers the major institutions, policies, and events in the history of integration, whilst also providing a guide to the...

State Building in Latin America diverges from existing scholarship in developing explanations both for why state-building efforts in the region emerged and for their success or failure. First, Latin American state leaders chose to attempt concerted state-building only where they saw it as the means...

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Earl Black and Merle Black in their book “Divided America: The Ferocious Power Struggle in American Politics”. This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this...

How do politicians try to shape their news coverage? Sellers examines strategic communication campaigns in the U.S. Congress. He argues that these campaigns create cycles of spin: leaders create messages, rank-and-file legislators decide whether to promote those messages, journalists decide whether...

Conventional wisdom portrays war zones as chaotic and anarchic. In reality, however, they are often orderly. This work introduces a new phenomenon in the study of civil war: wartime social order. It investigates theoretically and empirically the emergence and functioning of social order in conflict...

This book offers an analytical explanation for the origins of and change in property institutions on the American frontier during the nineteenth century. Its scope is interdisciplinary, integrating insights from political science, economics, law and history. This book shows how claim clubs - informal...