Hoover Institution Press: 227 books
by Tibor R. Machan
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
This book takes an unflinching look at the difficult, often emotional issues that arise when egalitarianism collies with individual liberties, ultimately showing why the kind of egalitarianism preached by socialists and other sentimentalists is not an option in a free society.
by Lee Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Experts continue to debate one of the most important political questions of the twentieth century—why did Communism collapse so suddenly? These essays suggest that a wide range of forces—political, economic, strategic, religious, add the indispensable role of the principled statesman and the brave dissident—brought about the collapse of communism.
Anti-Americanism in Europe
A Cultural Problem
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
In his analysis of Europe's ambivalence toward jihadist terror and the spread of aggressive Islamism, with particular emphasis on the European responses—or lack thereof—to this violent anti-modernism, Russell A. Berman describes how some European countries opt for appeasement and apologetics,...
The Myth of the Great Satan
A New Look at America's Relations with Iran
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
This critical review of the history of America's relations with Iran shows how little of the two countries' long and complicated relationship is reflected in the foundational axioms of the "Great Satan" myth. The author explains why meaningful and equitable relations can begin only after the two nations have arrived at a common, critical, and accurate reading of the past.
Torn Country
Turkey between Secularism and Islamism
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Zeyno Baran examines the intense struggle between Turkey's secularists and Islamists in their most recent battles over their country's destination. Looking into the fate of both Turkey's secularism and its democratic experiment, she shows that, for all the flaws of its political journey, the modern...
Winning Florida
How the Bush Team Fought the Battle
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
With a reporter's keen eye for detail, award-winning journalist Zelnick conveys every emotion of the key players in this battle, presenting a rich, colorful tale that reads more like a fictional political thriller than the bizarre real-life drama it was—from election night through the U.S. Supreme Court's historic decision.
by Peter Berkowitz
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
The author argues that Israel stands on the frontlines of a new struggle over the international laws of war and exposes abuses of law that have been promulgated by international human rights lawyers, UN bodies, and intellectuals to illegitimately circumscribe the right of liberal democracies to defend...
Taking on Iran
Strength, Diplomacy, and the Iranian Threat
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Abraham D. Sofaer argues that US policy toward Iran cannot safely be restricted to a strategy that considers only the two high-risk, costly, and potentially infeasible options of a preventive attack on Iran's nuclear facilities or containing a nuclear-armed Iran. Instead, the United States should...
Reacting to the Spending Spree
Policy Changes We Can Afford
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
A team of expert contributors analyze the near- and long-term implications of efforts by both the Obama and Bush administrations to fix the current financial crisis. They examine a range of issues affected by the proposed reforms, including health care, "going green," the Employee Free Choice Act, an open world economy, and more.
by Milton Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Friedman discusses a government system that is no longer controlled by "we, the people." Instead of Lincoln's government "of the people, by the people, and for the people," we now have a government "of the people, by the bureaucrats, for the bureaucrats," including the elected representatives who have become bureaucrats.
The Unbearable Heaviness of Governing
The Obama Administration in Historical Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Taking a critical look at the realities that have shaped the first stage of Barack Obama's presidency, Morton Keller offers a history-focused examination of Obama's developing style of governing, with particular attention to his signature policies of the stimulus, financial, and health care reforms....
Americans and Europeans—Dancing in the Dark
On Our Differences and Affinities, Our Interests, and Our Habits of Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Dennis Bark offers an in-depth examination of the deteriorating relationship between America and Europe: our differences and similarities, the reasons behind our conflicts, and the future of our alliance. He shows that, by learning what our essential difference teaches us about ourselves and drawing on our shared affinities, we might repair our fading relationship.
The Modern Uzbeks
From the Fourteenth Century to the Present: A Cultural History
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
In this study of the modern Uzbeks, Professor Edward A. Allworth provides a comprehensive and authoritative survey of an important group of Muslim people who live within the boundaries of the Soviet Union. After the Russians and the Ukranians, the Uzbeks are the largest ethnic group in the Soviet...
Managing American Hegemony
Essays on Power in a Time of Dominance
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Kori Schake examines key questions about the United States' position of power in the world, including, Why is the United States' power so threatening? Is it sustainable? Does military force still matter? How can we revise current practices to reduce the U.S. cost of managing the system? What accounts...