Based on more than 250 interviews with the famous ballplayer's friends, teammates, lovers, and acquaintances, this study offers a portrait of the complex American sports hero. Reprint.
Baryalai Popal sees his Western-educated professors at Kabul University replaced by communists. He witnesses his classmates “disappearing.” The communist takeover uproots Popal from his family and hom
In America, 2.3 million peoplea population about the size of Houston’s, the country’s fourth-largest citylive behind bars.Sick Justice explores the economic, social, and political forces that hijacked
Since the end of the Cold War, U.S. policymakers have faced the challenge of addressing the technological requirements of both economic competitiveness and national security, Promoting the technologic
A contemporary primer on the leading arguments about U.S. national security,National Security Dilemmas addresses the major challenges and opportunities that are live-issue areas for American policymak
Undoing Saddam tells the story of northern Iraq during the transition from U.S. occupation to local sovereignty. During 2004, U.S. and Iraqi government forces faced numerous challenges: insurrection,
Closed to conventional passage, the Arctic Ocean and peripheral seas have nevertheless known European explorers since the sixteenth century. Systematic observation, however, dates only from the last y
During the last five decades, U.S. cultural diplomacy programs have withered because of politics and accidents of history that have subordinated cultural diplomacy to public relations campaigning, now
Undoing Saddam tells the story of northern Iraq during the transition from U.S. occupation to local sovereignty. During 2004, U.S. and Iraqi government forces faced numerous challenges: insurrection;
During the last five decades, U.S. cultural diplomacy programs have withered because of politics and accidents of history that have subordinated cultural diplomacy to public relations campaigning, now
The days of large force-on-force engagements with conventional fielded armies are seemingly gone. Today’s persistent conflict, conducted among civilian populations and fought by small bands of combata
Since the end of the Cold War, U.S. policy-makers have faced the challenge of addressing the technological requirements of both economic competitiveness and national security. Promoting the technologi
Portrays the life story of Alexis Argueello, the famed boxer who won championships inside the ring and fought the Sandinistas outside of the ring as the mayor of Managua.
Raymond Smith, a former employee for the State Department who spent decades doing political analysis, offers a thin guide to doing --writing and orally performing -- political analysis for diplomats.
Discusses the lengthy career of the famous sportscaster, including his early career, his move with the Dodgers to LA, and his numerous awards for outstanding work in his field.
On October 23, 1983, nearly simultaneous suicide truck bombings killed 241 U.S. peacekeepers in their barracks at the Beirut International Airport (BIA) and 58 French paratroopers at their headquarter
NASCAR’s Winston Cup Series has become one of America’s fastest-growing spectator sports, with nationwide television coverage, custom-built race cars, and superstar drivers. Yet the sport’s roots are
Conscientious objectors tell the stories behind the classification, including the depth of their conviction, their efforts to prove sincere opposition in the face of persecution, and their feelings to
African American Officers in Liberia tells the story of seventeen African American officers who trained, reorganized, and commanded the Liberian Frontier Force from 1910 to 1942. In this West African
From abject poverty to undisputed political boss of Pennsylvania, Lincoln’s secretary of war, senator, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and a founder of the Republican Party, Simon Cam
Many Americans are longing for alternative politics rooted in strong communities, recognition of limits, and respect for the natural world. These issues are not the possession of one political party.
There have been numerous attempts to engage the United Nations in a meaningful campaign against state-supported and other terrorist activities. But the inherently political nature of terrorism has mad
Introduced in 1998 by the Department of Defense, the concept of information operations (IO) proposed to revolutionize the ways in which warfare, diplomacy, and business were conducted. However, this t
A handful of star athletes, along with their promoters and journalists, created America’s sports entertainment industry during the 1920s, the Golden Age of American sports. The period had an extraordi
Jacobson, a noted radio broadcaster and decorated World War II soldier, wrote this memoir to document his involvement with Combat Special Services Entertainment Unit, a fifteen-piece troupe of singers
The voices of the children and teenagers who witnessed the colonies’ transformation to an independent nation have seldom been heard. This historical account of the American Revolution tells the story
Originally prompted in this project by requests from his students at the Marine Corps Command and Staff College for original military doctrinal sources on possible adversaries, Cigar (currently a rese
Military historian Maloney (Queen's Centre for International Relations, Canada) traveled to Afghanistan in 2003 in order to witness up close the operations of the American military and its allies. His
Given recent experiences with terrorism, clearly even the most democratic societies have a legitimate need for secrecy. This secrecy has often been abused, however, and strong oversight systems are ne
Unlike Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. William T. Sherman, whose controversial Civil War-era reputations persist today, Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan has been largely untouched by controversy. InLittle
Grayston Lynch presents an exceptional portrayal of actual events that led to the betrayal of extraordinary, patriotic, and courageous men. Lynch's unmasking of "Kennedy's Camelot" r
Bourbon whiskey has made a surprising contribution to American legal history. Tracking the history of bourbon and bourbon law illuminates the development of the United States as a nation, from conquer
War by Numbers assesses the nature of conventional warfare through the analysis of historical combat. Christopher A. Lawrence establishes what we know about conventional combat and why we know it. By
Elite-level Soviet politics, privileged access to state secrets, knowledge about machinations inside the Kremlin—such is the environment in which Andreï A. Kovalev lived and worked. In this memoir of
Nanoweapons just might render humanity extinct in the near future—a notion that is frightening and shocking but potentially true. In Nanoweapons Louis A. Del Monte describes the most deadly generation
While the Great War raged across the trench-lined battlefields of Europe, a hidden conflict took place in the distant hinterlands of the turbulent Mexican Republic. German officials and secret-service
Grappling with centuries-old feuds, defeating a shrewd insurgency, and navigating the sometimes paralyzing bureaucracy of the U. S. military, are all part of Michael Waltz's experiences working as a p
Tells the story of the soldier at the forefront of gay activism in the military, including his personal journey to self-acceptance and his current status as champion for LGBT equality.
Assesses Kim Jong-il's final years as the leader of North Korea, detailing how his rule exacerbated the threat the nation poses to the international community and identifying issues policymakers face
Large numbers of slaves worked for the Confederate war effort as wagon drivers, munitions factory workers, and officers’ body servants. But contrary to popular wisdom, the number that actually bore ar
