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James Madison and the spirit of republican self-government James Madison and the spirit of republican self-government Colleen A. Sheehan In the first study that combines an in-depth examination of Madison's National Gazette essays of 179192 with a study of The Federalist, Colleen Sheehan traces the evolution of Madison's conception of… OL11876982W
There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster Chester Hartman There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster is the first critical scholarly book on the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. The disaster will go down in record as one of the wor… OL15178580W
Static Static Amy Goodman In Static, the brother-sister team of Amy Goodman, host of the popular international TV and radio news show Democracy Now!, and investigative journalist David Goodman once again take on government li… OL15188943W
Like no other time Like no other time Thomas Daschle,Tom Daschle,Michael D'Orso Offers an insider's account of the workings of the U.S. government during two extraordinary years of American history, covering the presidential election of 2000, the September 11th terrorist attacks… OL15837818W
The radical center : the future of American politics The radical center : the future of American politics Ted Halstead,Michael Lind "The hair-breadth closeness of the 2000 election and the growing number of voters who identify themselves as independents make it clear that most Americans no longer think in terms of the conventiona… OL18177162W
Saving the Reagan presidency Saving the Reagan presidency Richard E. Neustadt,David M. Abshire "What did the president know, and when did he know it? Once again, only a dozen years after Watergate, the nation faced these troubling questions. Would we see another president forced to resign or b… OL20588874W
Jews in American Politics Jews in American Politics Ira N. Forman,Donald Altschiller,Louis Sandy Maisel,Joseph Lieberman "Jews in American Politics brings together for the first time a complete picture of the past, present, and future of Jewish political participation. Years in the making, this monumental work includes… OL21373312W
Steering the Elephant Steering the Elephant Robert Rector From Publishers Weekly This collection is for those who are curious about the problems faced by Reagan-administration appointees as they have tried to change the vast bureaucracies within the federa… OL2454877W
The limits of power The limits of power Andrew J. Bacevich Bacevich traces how America's messianic exceptionalism coupled with the rise of the military from Truman on has lead to the current dismal relationship between America and the world. OL3491598W
Take My Land, Take My Life Take My Land, Take My Life Donald Craig Mitchell "Take My Land, Take My Life concludes the story of the 134-year history of the U.S. government's relations with Alaska's Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut peoples that Don Mitchell's first book, Sold America… OL8908192W