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A reference history that describes not only the State Department and Foreign Service of the United States, but also deals with the history of three major State Department functions, namely, the treatymaking process and record, representation in international conferences, and participation in international organizations and other agencies.

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Tracing the antecedents and the creation of the U.S. Department of Transportation, this work assesses its role in both the control of transportation and the encouragement of big businesses in the industry.

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Analyzes and surveys how 182 nongovernmental organizations affect the development of federal U.S. educational policy.

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This book provides an analytical guide to the modern political campaign, chronologically covering key federal, state, and local campaign laws, election commission rules, and the court decisions interpreting them.

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Since the end of the Cold War, there has been a great deal of debate about what U.S. foreign policy should be and how priorities should be reordered.

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A critical tool for the study of U.S. history, this volume offers an analysis of important documents and decisions in U.S. foreign policy from George Washington to Barack Obama.

The study of historical primary documents provides a uniquely beneficial and insightful view into history.

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This newest edition of U.S. Foreign Policy explores three related themes: the essential difference between domestic and foreign policies; the existence of political situations that are both international and domestic, or intermestic; and the hyper-partisanship and political polarization that dominates contemporary American politics.

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A legal scholar details the creation and function of the Department of Homeland Security, placing it in historical context.

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Examines the ""strategic environment"" in which inspectors general work and interact with a variety of stakeholders, inside and outside the government. This book is based on in-depth case studies, a survey of inspectors general, and a review of public documents related to the work of inspectors general.

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This book advances an understanding of cultural diplomacy that examines a single area of government and private sector partnership, and what became in the mid-twentieth century the most prominent manifestation of this alliancethe cultural exhibitions sent abroad to tell Americas story with the goal of winning hearts and minds.

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This work examines and contrasts U.S. decisions concerning military intervention in Lebanon in 1958 and 1982, and how the decisions made by Presidents Eisenhower and Reagan resulted in certain outcomes and avoided others.

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This work is a fascinating overview of Americans' complex and occasionally uneasy relationship with military service, from World War II to the age of global terrorism.

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Examines the external, societal, and governmental sources of change to US national-security policymaking that were begun by 9/11, memorialized by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (2004). This book chronicles the manifold changes and what caused them.

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This work was designed to establish a sense of history and perspective for the study and teaching of national security.

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A thoroughly up-to-date expert analysis of national security issues in the United States, focusing on the dramatic changes brought about by the attacks of September 11, 2001.

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U.S. Nuclear Diplomacy with Iran explores the divergence between the alarmist rhetoric of the Bush Administration's public diplomacy and its actual non-proliferation policy toward Iran. It shows how the two policy directions, the war on terror and negotiations over the nuclear...

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What role should nuclear weapons play in today's world How can the United States promote international security while safeguarding its own interests U.

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Increased fluidity and pluralism in U.S. policy toward China in the postDCold War period have led to growing non-governmental influence as both the administration and Congress have become the target of intense lobbying by organized groups concerned with human rights, trade opp...

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This first systematic critique on the rhetoric of 21 presidents shows how political constraints shaped rhetoric and how oratory shaped politics.

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Warnke, Former Director, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

The first systematic appraisal of the utility of unilateral initiatives in arms control, this study combines theory and case studies to provide important insights and implications for U.S. policy.

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This book emphasizes the importance of cultural development in any development strategy.