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

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Woven through Perret's exploration of Grant as soldier and president is the author's portrait of the American hero as a person, including his frustrating studies at West Point and his days of poverty.

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International scholars from different disciplines examine the experiences of unaccompanied migrant children before, throughout, and after their journeys and analyze US and European policy changes in national and international law. Several theologians explore new approaches to a Catholic social ethics of child migration.

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It is a long-held perception that America is a nation where the government typically stays out of day-to-day business activities. Yet the U.S. federal government is in many ways the biggest and most influential financial institution in the world, with $10 trillion in federal guarantees and loans going to the private sector.

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The third edition of a trusted text book for A level students and first-year undergraduates. Provides a high-quality, fully up-to-date, accessible guide to American government and politics. -- .

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Brings together some of the US's most knowledgeable tax experts and analysts to address the question: How should lawmakers grapple with the problems that arise from the side-by-side existence of principles of consumption taxation with principles of income taxation

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This volume, the second of a multi-volume reference work, presents county and district demographic data and the geographical location of American congressional districts between 1789 and 1942.

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United States Congressional Districts and Data, 1883-1913 is an atlas of U.S. congressional districts and almost 10 times the size of Rosenbach's effort and half a century longer in scope.

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Written for social scientists who study the judiciary, legal scholars, judges, and others who are interested in the workings of the federal courts, this volume offers a comprehensive examination of the role of U.S. magistrates--the relatively invisible subordinate judicial officers within the federal district courts.

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Urban Crisis, Urban Hope is an urgent, informed, and passionate critique at the crisis that has been allowed to develop in our cities, and a wide-ranging agenda for change to challenge all political and government institutions.

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Urban Crisis, Urban Hope is an urgent, informed, and passionate critique at the crisis that has been allowed to develop in our cities, and a wide-ranging agenda for change to challenge all political and government institutions.

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A compilation of over 150 primary-source Web sites covering American government from pre-colonial times to the present day, as well as economics and world issues. Questions and activities for the student are included, encouraging critical thinking skills.

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Vital Statistics on Congress remains the quintessential source of authoritative information on America's legislature. This important series tracks the elements that define and describe Congress in the postWorld War II era, and in this new edition, three of America's most esteemed political analysts extend their examination through the 109th Congress.

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Voluntarism, Planning, and the State presents a series of case studies of the planning process in the context of modern American history in the period between World War I and World War II.

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Watergate and Afterward includes a final assessment of the Nixon Presidency by a group of biographers who have written extensively about the man and his politics, as well as appraisals of Nixon's accomplishments and failures by both administration figures and outside historians.

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Written by noted experts in the field, Wealth After Work presents proposals to show how policymakers can help all Americans gain access to retirement savings accounts, obtain better information about their savings choices, and better manage their wealth in retirement.

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Defends the positive or "welfarist" view of Abraham Lincoln and the Federalist Papers. This book challenges conventional scholarship by arguing that the government has a constitutional duty to pursue the well-being of all the people.

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These thought-provoking analyses and policy implementations will interest scholars and students of European History and Politics, Comparative Politics, United States Foreign Policy and Defense, as well as government policy makers and decision makers in international business.

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The period from Election Day to Inauguration Day in America seems impossibly short. Newly elected U.S. presidents have less than eleven weeks to construct a new government composed of supporters and strangers, hailing from all parts of the nation.

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Drawing on past presidencies and how they have led to today's political climate, What in the World Is Going On Here takes a look at the social, political, and economic highlights--and lowlights--of the 21st century.

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This book examines ways in which communities can affect change by providing strategies on creating and developing communities that enables people to live their lives.

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Constitutional scholars have long debated whether the American political system, which was so influenced by the thinking of James Madison, has in fact grown outmoded. But if Madison himself could peer at the present, what would he think of the state of key political institutions Contribotors to this study explore the contemporary performance of Madison's constitutional legacy.

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Lemieux shows how free trade improves the lives of American consumers, especially the poor. The narrow agenda of the protectioniststo protect a small minority of producers at the expense of millions of their fellow Americansis the wrong path for an increasingly diverse and complex economy. This concise primer shows you why.