Michael Lempert: 3 books
Creatures of Politics
Media, Message, and the American Presidency
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2012
It’s a common complaint that a presidential candidate's style matters more than substance and that the issues have been eclipsed by mass-media-fueled obsession with a candidate’s every slip, gaffe, and peccadillo. This book explores political communication in American presidential politics, focusing...
Discipline and Debate
The Language of Violence in a Tibetan Buddhist Monastery
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
The Dalai Lama has represented Buddhism as a religion of non-violence, compassion, and world peace, but this does not reflect how monks learn their vocation. This book shows how monasteries use harsh methods to make monks of men, and how this tradition is changing as modernist reformers—like the...
Choices for America in a Turbulent World
Strategic Rethink
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2015
The first in a series exploring the elements of a national strategy for U.S. foreign policy, this book examines the most critical decisions likely to face the next president. The book covers global and regional issues and spotlights the long-term policy issues and organizational, financial, and diplomatic challenges that will confront senior U.S. officials in 2017 and beyond.