Hoover Institution Press: 227 books
by Itamar Rabinovich
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
In this book, Itamar Rabinovich examines how Israel is facing a new and changing regional order in the Middle East, from the ramifications of the Arab Spring to a receding U.S. role and beyond. The author looks specifically at Israel's evolving relationships with Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, and...
Ronald Reagan
Decisions of Greatness
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Ronald Reagan's Cold War strategy was well established in his first year in office and did not change throughout his presidency. It was to make absolutely sure in the minds of the Soviets that they too would be destroyed in a nuclear war—even as Reagan sought an alternative through strategic defense...
Israel Facing a New Middle East
In Search of a National Security Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
The turmoil which has been rattling the Middle East in recent years has confronted Israel with fresh challenges and opportunities and requires it to rethink the three levels of its strategy and security policies: National security Strategy (sometimes referred to as Grand Strategy), National Security...
by Fouad Ajami
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
In this book, Fouad Ajami analyzes the struggle for influence along the Fertile Crescent—the stretch of land that runs from Iran's border with Iraq to the Mediterranean—among three of the regional powers who have stepped into the vacuum left by the West: Iran, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia. He explains...
In Retreat
America's Withdrawal from the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Explaining how the U.S. withdrawal from the Middle East could have long-term consequences as other forces come forward to fill the gap, Russell A. Berman details how the retreat began and how the reduction of the U.S. commitment has, in turn, set off a wave of repercussions. He analyzes what motivates...
Revolution and Aftermath
Forging a New Strategy toward Iran
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
In Revolution and Aftermath: Forging a New Strategy toward Iran, Eric Edelman and Ray Takeyh examine one of the most underappreciated forces that has shaped modern US foreign policy: American-Iranian relations. They argue that America's flawed reading of Iran's domestic politics has hamstrung decades...
by Lee Smith
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
In The Consequences of Syria, Lee Smith analyzes the current U.S. administration's stance on Syria, questioning whether it will build the foundations of a new Middle East or usher in an era of instability that will affect the entire world. The author contends that the many apparent shifts in the administration's...
Russia and Its Islamic World
From the Mongol Conquest to The Syrian Military Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Russia has long played an influential part in its world of Islam, and not all the dimensions are as widely understood as they ought to be. In Russia and Its Islamic World, Robert Service examines Russia's interactions with Islam at home and around the globe and pinpoints the tsarist and Soviet legacy,...
Iraq after America
Strongmen, Sectarians, Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
More than a decade after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, most studies of the Iraq conflict focus on the twin questions of whether the United States should have entered Iraq in 2003 and whether it should have exited in 2011, but few have examined the new Iraqi state and society on its own merits. Iraq...
Afghanistan
The Soviet Invasion in Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1985
On December 27, 1979, the USSR invaded Afghanistan to save an endangered communist regime. The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, founded in 1965 but almost immediately riven into two hostile wings, had been induced by Moscow into unifying in 1977 in order to seize power the following year....
Estonia and the Estonians
Second Edition, Updated
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2002
A comprehensive survey of Estonian history, placing recent events into historical perspective. The author analyzes the country's post-communist transition, its strategic geopolitical location, and the role of ethnic Estonians in shaping the history of the area.
by John M. Carland
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1985
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1985
A study in the relationship between one department of the Colonial Office and the colonies in which it had responsibility.
Rules for International Monetary Stability
Past, Present, and Future
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Since the end of the Great Recession in 2009 the central banks of the advanced countries have taken unprecedented actions to reflate and stimulate their economies. There have been significant differences in the timing and pace of these actions. These independent monetary policy actions have had significant...
Democracy's Dangers & Discontents
The Tyranny of the Majority from the Greeks to Obama
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
By democracy we usually mean a government comprising popular rule, individual human rights and freedom, and a free-market economy. Yet the flaws in traditional Athenian democracy can instruct us on the weaknesses of that first element of modern democracies shared with Athens: rule by all citizens...