"Our image of youth in the late 1960s is one of radical left-wing opponents of the Vietnam War who were implacably opposed to the Nixon administration. And yet Richard Nixon and the Republican Party s
In 1980, an antique print dealer was going broke from competition and lack of supply. Then he discovered all the high-quality antique prints he could ever want·for free·on the shelves of American univ
A former member of the Senate Intelligence Committee highlights the failures of the U.S. intelligence community and the Bush administration before and after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001
"Abner Mikva was an Illinois lawmaker, US judge, and mentor to both Barack Obama and Elena Kagan. He is fondly remembered in Chicago politics for being told, after saying that nobody sent him, "We don
"In A River in the City of Fountains, Amahia Mallea brings the Missouri River to the forefront of Kansas City's history and shows how deeply the two are entwined. The river has always been ubiquitous,
Describes the end of World War II, the dropping of the first atomic bomb, the birth of the United Nations, the end of world colonialism, and the origins of the Cold War.
A look at the new Democratic Party and how it has evolved, describes the Democratic Leadership Council, a group of officials that set out to change the philosophy of the party, describing how they got
This book offers a critical introduction to writings on law by key postmodern philosophers - Nietzsche, Foucault, Derrida, Lyotard, and Rorty - and articulates the strengths and weaknesses of postmode
Reviews the policies, personality, and administration of the fifteenth president reassessing his approaches to controversial and critical national and regional events, conflicts, and trends and his ro
Evaluates Harding's presidency, assessing the strengths and weaknesses, accomplishments and failures of his administration and the accuracy of his critics and defenders
Examines Jefferson's performance as president, delineating the ideology and agrarian ideal underlying his decisions and actions and evaluating his abilities as policymaker, administrator, and diplomat
