Long relegated to the shadows of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, the role of James Madison in shaping America, its ideals, and its institutions resonates in the very soul of our nation. A lifelong public servant, Madison was a critical - if underappreciated - architect of the American Republic. Gary L. Rose's James Madison, Public Servant ......
Inspectors General and the Battle for Honest and Accountable Government
The last line of defense for our institutions, and our democracy Inspectors general may be the most important public servants you've never heard of. In Watchdogs, Glenn Fine-who served as the inspector general of the Department of Justice from 2000 to 2011 and the acting inspector general of the Department of Defense from 2016 to 2020-explains ......
This book is about the late Soviet Union, focusing on the crisis in the ruling structures of the Communist Party, caused by the lack of generational rejuvenation. Author analyzes the case of Volgograd as a typical manifestation of this crisis and explains why Perestroika did not work.
At turns eloquent and earthy, Abraham Lincoln's rhetoric played a vital role in his success as a politician and statesman. D. Leigh Henson examines Lincoln's pre-presidential development as a rhetorician, the purposes and methods behind his speeches and writings, and how the works contributed to his political rise. Lincoln's close study of the ......
The Multiple Presidencies and Congresses of American Foreign and Domestic Policy Construction
Issue Areas and Political Time: The Multiple Presidencies and Congresses of American Foreign and Domestic Policy Construction explores the complexities of executive-legislative relations in American policy construction. Anchored in empirical political science, the book scrutinizes the differing dynamics between the presidency and Congress across ......
This is a dangerous time--the international system is teetering, jolted by a raging pandemic, climate change, income inequality, cyber threats, terrorism, authoritarian regimes, nationalist demagogues, and frightened and impatient publics. But the career and hard-earned wisdom of famed diplomat, Jan Eliasson, offers warnings, guidance, and hope. ......
Abraham Lincoln drew upon history in his political career and particularly when crafting the rhetorical masterpieces that still resonate in the present day. Jesse Derber explores how Lincoln's views of the limits of human understanding drove a belief in--and untiring pursuit of--historical truth. Lincoln embraced the traditional ideas that good ......
A Story of Family, Betrayal, and My Escape from China
Born into the Mao era, the author's education in school and at home by her father, a devoted Communist propaganda officer, was a brainwashing process. She was just seven when her father described how the enemy Nationalists beheaded his parents with a straw cutter during the civil war. Before she was old enough to understand the concept of love, ......
A Senior Journalist's Story of Covering the President-and Why It Matters
Going behind the scenes with a veteran member of the White House press corpsSteven L Herman, chief national correspondent for the nonpartisan, government-funded Voice of America (VOA), weaves together memoir and history to pull back the curtain on the inner workings of the White House press corps, giving readers a rare glimpse into the historic ......
