Describing Pakistan's likely future course, this book seeks to inform U.S. efforts to achieve an effective foreign policy strategy toward the country. The book forms an empirical analysis of developme
Enchanting, brimming with the wonder and magic of Once Upon A Time, the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are the special stories of childhood that stay with us throughout our lives. These wonderful t
Flora Annie Steel was a contemporary of Rudyard Kipling and she rivaled his popularity as a writer of her times, but gender-biased politics made her gradually fade in readers’ minds. This collection i
The sudden influx of significant numbers of Latinos to the rural Midwest stems from the recruitment of workers by food processing plants and small factories springing up in rural areas. Mostly they w
Over the last three decades, the field of antitrust law has grown increasingly prominent, and more than one hundred countries have enacted competition law statutes. As competition law expands to juris
This book complements previous scholarship on Chinese women and gender by expanding our investigative lens beyond Han patriarchy and providing images of the multi-ethnic landscape of China. By identif
Presented as a companion to America's Role in Nation-Building: From Germany to Iraq, this study (sponsored by the Rand Corporation and conducted through its National Security Research Division) presen
Many factors influence the relative success of nation-building activities, argues this RAND report, but the most important are levels of time, manpower, and money. The report analyzes the cases of U.S
The 43 papers describe new techniques for characterizing the location and size of cracks, the extent of water absorption in adhesives and other polymers, neutron-induced losses of fracture toughness i
No one is prepared for the loss of a child. No one. It feels completely unnatural for children to predecease their parents. Although it appears rare, there are over 135,000 under 40-year-old deaths ea
