Hoover Institution Press: 227 books

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Property Rights

A Practical Guide to Freedom and Prosperity

by Terry L. Anderson, Laura E. Huggins
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013

Drawing on the thoughts of various philosophers, political thinkers, economists, and lawyers, Terry Anderson and Laura Huggins present a blueprint for the nonexpert-expert on how societies can encourage or discourage freedom and prosperity through their property rights institutions. This Hoover Classic...
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by Chester E. Finn, Jr., Richard Sousa
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014

The coming decade holds immense potential for dramatic improvement in U.S. education and in the achievement of American children and in this volume, members of the Hoover Institution's Koret Task Force on K–12 Education examine both the potential gains and the pitfalls that lie ahead, informed by...
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Helena Paderewska

Memoirs, 1910–1920

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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015

The celebrated pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski was the rave of Paris, London, and New York audiences in the early twentieth century, with annual concert tours across the continents. But during World War I, Paderewski set music aside and turned to politics, becoming an eloquent spokesman for the country...
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Courage Under Fire

Testing Epictetus's Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior

by James B. Stockdale
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013

When physical disability from combat wounds brought about Jim Stockdale's early retirement from military life, he had the distinction of being the only three-star officer in the history of the navy to wear both aviator wings and the Congressional Medal of Honor. His writings have been many and varied,...
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Eric Hoffer

The Longshoreman Philosopher

by Tom Bethell
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013

Drawn from Eric Hoffer's private papers as well as interviews with those who knew him, this detailed biography paints a picture of a truly original American thinker and writer. Author Tom Bethell interviewed Hoffer in the years just before his death, and his meticulous accounts of those meetings offer new insights into the man known as the "Longshoreman Philosopher."
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Up from the Projects

An Autobiography

by Walter E. Williams
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013

Nationally syndicated columnist and prolific author Walter E. Williams recalls some of the highlights and turning points of his life. From his lower middle class beginnings in a mixed but predominantly black neighborhood in West Philadelphia to his department chair at George Mason University, Williams tells an "only in America" story of a life of achievement.
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by Tibor R. Machan
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013

What special problems arise for managers and employees of companies when they do business in countries and cultures other than their own? The essays in this book identify universal principles of business ethics and spell out minimal legal and ethical absolutes in foreign trade. They examine human...
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Greener than Thou

Are You Really An Environmentalist?

by Terry L. Anderson, Laura E. Huggins
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013

In a powerful argument for free market environmentalism, Terry Anderson and Laura Huggins break down liberal and conservative stereotypes of what it means to be an environmentalist. They show that, by forming local coalitions around market principles, stereotypes are replaced by pragmatic solutions that improve environmental quality without necessarily increasing red tape.
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My Times & Life

A Historian's Progress Through a Contentious Age

by Morton Keller
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013

Morton Keller recounts his "not extraordinary life played out in quite extraordinary times"—from the Great Depression through World War Two, the cold war, the sixties, and 9/11. A classic American saga of respectable achievement from relatively humble origins, his life through eight-plus...
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by Andrew Rossos
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013

This detailed volume surveys the history of Macedonia from 600 BC to the present day, with an emphasis on the past two centuries. It reveals how the so-called Macedonian question has long dominated Balkan politics, and how for well over a century and a half, it was the central issue dividing Balkan...
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by Fouad Ajami
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013

Fouad Ajami offers a detailed historical perspective on the current rebellion in Syria. Focusing on the similarities and differences in skills between former dictator Hafez al-Assad and his successor son, Bashar, Ajami explains how an irresistible force clashed with an immovable object: the regime versus people who conquered fear to challenge a despot of unspeakable cruelty.
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by Joshua Teitelbaum
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013

Joshua Teitelbaum evaluates Saudi foreign policy in the Persian Gulf and in the Arab-Israeli peace process and provides a shrewd assessment of the Saudi-U.S. relationship. He debunks the traditional view of Saudi foreign policy that emphasizes the Saudi concern with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...
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by Ziad Haider
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013

This assessment of the struggle for Pakistan's identity, from its birth in 1947 to the present day, provides a political and cultural understanding of the role and use of Islam in its evolution. The author, a Pakistani scholar, shows how Pakistan's viability as a state depends in large part on its ability to develop a new and progressive Islamic narrative.
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Syria through Jihadist Eyes

A Perfect Enemy

by Nibras Kazimi
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013

With field notes accumulated in a Syrian environment not generally hospitable to research and inquiry, Nibras Kazimi provides a unique view of the Syrian regime and its base at home, filling a void in our understanding of the intelligence barons and soldiers who run that country. He offers a look...
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