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The Communist manifesto (Oxford world's classics)
Par Karl Marx. 1998
Political and economic theory of social organization, first published as the platform of the Communist League. Anticapitalist work based on…
collective government ownership and democratic management of production and distribution of goodsCalamities of exile: three nonfiction novellas
Par Lawrence Weschler. 1998
Profiles of three political activists exiled from totalitarian regimes: Kanan Makiya, an architect from Iraq; Jan Kavan, student protester from…
Czechoslovakia; and Breyten Breytenbach, poet and painter from South Africa. Based on interviews with the subjects, their families, and friendsThe cost of rights: why liberty depends on taxes
Par Stephen Holmes. 1999
Examines the relationship between individual liberty, social cooperation, and government action in the U.S. Asserts that the political branches that…
extract taxes and reallocate public resources affect the value, scope, and predictability of Americans' interests. Observes the inevitability of government and its important role in protecting and enforcing fundamental rightsExplicit and authentic acts: amending the U.S. Constitution, 1776-1995
Par David Kyvig. 1996
Traces the origin, nature, and function of the American constitutional amendment system and explores its role in the development of…
the U.S. Constitution of the 1990s. Focuses on both successful and unsuccessful efforts to implement revisions between 1776 and 1995. Winner of the 1997 Bancroft Prize in American historyYou are the juror (Great decisions)
Par Nathan Aaseng. 1997
The author presents the details and evidence from eight famous cases, including those involving the Lindbergh kidnapping, Patty Hearst, and…
O.J. Simpson. Readers are asked to review the information and make decisions as if they were part of the jury. For grades 6-9Deadlock: the inside story of America's closest election
Par Washington Post Company. 2001
Washington Post political journalists describe the 2000 presidential election finale in Florida, detailing the counting techniques, legal maneuvers, and the…
court battle for the state's electoral votes. Explores the decisions that led Gore to pursue recounts and Bush the Supreme Court. Bestseller. 2001The Rehnquist Court and the Constitution
Par Tinsley Yarbrough. 2000
Analysis of the United States Supreme Court under the direction of William H. Rehnquist. Chronicles fifteen years of decisions and…
provides biographical sketches of the justices. Dissects the court's rulings on government power, criminal justice, equal protection, and the freedoms of religion, expression, and association. 2000Uneasy neighbors: Cuba and the United States
Par Rhoda Hoff. 1997
A collection of primary sources that focus on key historical and political events involving the United States and Cuba. Includes…
material dealing with Christopher Columbus, the sinking of the Maine, a yellow fever epidemic, Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders, Fidel Castro, and the Bay of Pigs. For senior high and older readersCompassionate conservatism: what it is, what it does, and how it can transform America
Par Marvin Olasky. 2000
The author summarizes the principles of compassionate conservatism as he observes how faith-based organizations work among the poor. Also describes…
the tools needed by these antipoverty programs to succeed and gives suggestions for implementing them. Foreword by George W. Bush. 2000My spy: memoir of a CIA wife
Par Bina Kiyonaga. 2000
The Baltimore-born author describes her marriage to Joe Kiyonaga, a Japanese-American who worked for the CIA from 1949 until his…
death from cancer in 1977, and the overseas adventures provided by his career. She promised her husband on his death bed that she would tell his story. 2000Nuclear proliferation: the problems and possibilities (Impact book)
Par Glenn Cheney. 1999
Explores the issue of nuclear proliferation and the dangers it poses. Discusses the history and development of the weapons, various…
treaties regulating their use, and current threats posed by the technology following the breakup of the Soviet Union. Offers suggestions for international cooperation. For junior and senior high readers. 1999Betrayal: how the Clinton administration undermined American security
Par Bill Gertz. 1999
Washington Times reporter on national security and defense issues cites Pentagon, State Department, and White House sources to argue that…
president Clinton's foreign policy decisions have weakened U.S. prospects for peace and stability. Includes copies of government documents to support his claims. BestsellerNo place for a woman: a life of Senator Margaret Chase Smith (Rutgers series on women and politics)
Par Janann Sherman. 2000
Biography based on interviews with the former politician from Maine, the first woman U.S. senator. Recalls Smith's thirty-three years in…
Washington that began after a special election to complete her late husband's term as representative. Delves into her often-controversial views, including her reluctance to be labeled a feminist even while supporting equal rights. 2000Fulbright: a biography
Par Randall Woods. 1995
A portrait of the internationalist senator from Arkansas and staunch opponent of the Vietnam war. Traces his Arkansas roots, Oxford…
education, and distinguished academic and political careers. Follows his thirty years of service in the senate, where he made a lasting imprint on cold war foreign policyThis noble land: my vision for America
Par James Michener. 1996
A celebrated author assesses the state of America and identifies nine major problems that threaten the nation's survival in the…
twenty-first century. Laments social fragmentation, educational decline, unfair distribution of wealth, and other adverse trends. Calls for a return to traditional values combined with increased social spendingResurrection: the struggle for a new Russia
Par David Remnick. 1997
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist describes the post-Cold War struggle to establish a new Russian state. He provides close-up portraits and detailed…
reporting on war-torn Chechnya, the return of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and the reelection of Boris Yeltsin in 1996. He argues for greater Western involvement in Moscow's haphazard efforts to control corruption and entrench democratic freedomsThe social contract
Par Jean-Jacques Rousseau. 1947
Portrays the life of Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr. During his thirty-three years on the bench, Brennan used…
his penchant for persuasion and compromise to advance his progressive views on civil rights and liberties. Eisler argues that by 1990, Brennan had become the most influential justice of his eraThe irony of free speech
Par Owen Fiss. 1996
Explores the meaning and implications of the First Amendment principle of free speech. Contrasts the libertarian ethic of "self expression"…
with the democratic aim "to broaden the terms of public discussion." Advocates an active state role "to ensure free and open public debate" of issuesThe trumpet of conscience (Massey lectures #1967)
Par Martin King. 1967
These five essays, delivered as radio lectures by King in November and December 1967, portray a nightmarish America of reality…
and the egalitarian America of his visions. They express his hopes for the future of nonviolence as a means to social revolution even in a climate of riot