Lee H. Hamilton

Martha Derthick

Nationalist and local traditions vie within the American federal system and the American experiment with self-government. Bringing together contributions from history, political science and sociology, this book focuses primarily on the local, seeking to recapture its origins, explain its current impact and assess its worth.

Dilemmas of Scale in America's Federal Democracy

James A. Baker III

Iraq Study Group (U.S.)

Iraq study group (Etats-Unis).

The Iraq Study Group

An important and timely examination of America's involvement in the Iraq War with key recommendations for moving forward.

The Way Forward - A New Approach

The Iraq Study Group Report

Robert B. Westbrook

Richard Wightman Fox

Recently there has been a renewed interest in moral inquiry among American scholars in a variety of disciplines. This collection of accessible essays by scholars in philosophy, political theory, psychology, history, literary studies, sociology, religious studies, anthropology, and legal studies affords a view of the current state of moral inquiry in the American academy, and it offers fresh departures for ethically informed, interdisciplinary scholarship. Seeking neither to reduce values to facts nor facts to values, these essays aim to foster discussion about inquiry and moral judgment, and demonstrate that moral inquiry need not be either dispassionate and value-free or moralistic and preachy.

Moral Inquiry in American Scholarship

In Face of the Facts

Hugh Ragsdale

V. N. Ponomarev

Imperial Russian Foreign Policy aims to demythologise a field hitherto dominated by suspicions of diabolical cunning, inscrutable motives, and international plots using unseen forces of the gigantic, fear-inspiring empire of the tsar. The contributors, leading historians from both Russia and the West, examine Imperial foreign policy from its origins to the October Revolution, revealing a policy that, as in other countries, had a complex of motives - commerce, nationalism, the interests of various social groups - but an unusual origin, coming almost exclusively from the entourage of the tsar. The work is based largely on original research in Soviet archives, which only became possible after Soviet glasnost.

Imperial Russian Foreign Policy

Dermot Keogh

Michael H. Haltzel

Professor Michael H Haltzel

A comprehensive analysis of the issues surrounding the conflict in Norther Ireland by leading academic and political figures.

Northern Ireland and the Politics of Reconciliation

Theodore Taranovski

Peggy McInerny

An historical introduction to the prospects for reform in Russian state and society.

Progress Or Cycle?

Reform in Modern Russian History

Cambridge University Press

Anthony Pagden

Woodrow Wilson Center Press

Discusses how a distinctive 'European' identity has grown over the centuries, especially with the EU.

From Antiquity to the European Union

The Idea of Europe

Thomas H. Kean

Benjamin Rhodes

The chairman and vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission describe the committee's work in investigating the events leading up to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, discussing the conflicting demands of various interest groups, problems in gaining access to classified documents, political polarization, and the creation of the report. Reprint.

The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission

Without Precedent

On March 15, 2006, members from both parties in Congress supported the creation of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group to review the situation on the ground and propose strategies for the way forward. For more than eight months, the Study Group met with military officers, regional experts, academics, journalists, and high-level government officials from America and abroad. Participants included George W. Bush and members of his cabinet; Bill Clinton; Jalal Talabani; Nouri Kamal al-Maliki; Generals John Abizaid, George Casey, and Anthony Zinni; Colin Powell; Thomas Friedman; George Packer; and many others. This official edition contains the Group’s findings and proposals for improving security, strengthening the new government, rebuilding the economy and infrastructure, and maintaining stability in the region. It is a highly anticipated and essential step forward for Iraq, America, and the world.

Daniel K. Inouye

Contents: The Report: executive summary; Central America; the arms sales to Iran; exposure and concealment; the enterprise; conclusions and recommendations. Also contains the Minority report: the foreign affairs powers of the Constitution and the Iran-Contra Affair; Nicaragua; Iran; disclosure and investigations; putting Congress' house in order; and recommendations. Extensive appendices contain additional views of several Representatives and Senators.

Lee H. Hamilton

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