PRESIDENT CLINTON'S YEAR OF CRISIS, which began when his affair with Monica Lewinsky hit the front pages in January 1998, engendered a host of important questions of criminal and constitutional law, public and private morality, and political and cultural conflict.<P>In a book written while the events of the year were unfolding, Richard Posner presents a balanced and scholarly understanding of the crisis that also has the freshness and ...

Few American politicians have enjoyed greater popularity than Ronald Reagan. Humor, charm, good looks, an intuitive feel for national concerns, and an extraordinary ability to speak persuasively to millions of people were major assets. But his fundamental appeal went deeper: a blend of Catholic and Protestant, small-town boy and famous entertainer, Horatio Alger and P. T. Barnum, traditional moralist and media celebrity, Reagan spoke for old ...

Gove analyzes promiscuity within American gay culture and the root assumptions and contradictions that contribute to dominant understandings of promiscuous sex and desire. He challenges the normative dichotomy of "bad" gay male promiscuity and "good" heterosexual monogamy and presents a wider overview of American attitudes towards sexual practice and desire. The author draws on the autobiographical fiction and memoirs of three influential ...

A devastating analysis of America's political actions (as opposed to its rhetoric) before, during and after the Cold War. Using secret National Security Council planning documents and taking post-war Europe and Central America as paradigms, the author examines America's aggressive colonialist policy. It draws alarming connections between its repression of information inside the U S and its aggressive empire-building abroad. ...

Contributors: Suzanne Barth, Pamela Berkowsky, Kristin A. Birkness, Stephen Black, W. Russell Byrne, W. Seth Carus, Marie Chevrier, George W. Christopher, Theodore J. Cieslak, Richard Danzig, Edward M. Eitzen, Jr., Charles C. Engel, James R. Ferguson, Laurence R. Foster, David R. Franz, Arthur M. Friedlander, Carol S. Fullerton, Jeanne Guillemin, Charles E. Haley, Harry C. Holloway, David L. Hoover, John M. Horan, Martin Hugh-Jones, Peter B. ...

Rather than being a book about tragedy, One Nation offers a look at how Americans--and the people of the world--were united in feeling after the disaster. Illustrated with photos throughout, the book also includes original essays by authors such as Thomas Keneally and Maya Angelou. ...

One of the preeminent scholars on the subject provides a comprehensive sourcebook on the death penalty and makes the process of informed consideration not only possible, but also fascinating. ...

Berkeley, Berlin, Rom, Paris - dieses Buch bietet einen prägnanten Überblick über den Aufstieg, die Ziele und den Zerfall der 68er Bewegung, deren Aktionen auf dem Weg in eine "andere" Gesellschaft bis heute Debatten über ihre Wirkungen und ihre historische Rolle provozieren. ...

Die bewährte Einführung in das politische System der USA von Emil Hübner liegt nunmehr in einer vollständig überarbeiteten und aktualisierten Neuausgabe vor. Nach einem kurzen Überblick über die Entwicklung der Vereinigten Staaten von den
Urkolonien bis heute beschreibt der Band die Entwicklung des Staatsgebietes und der Immigration, den Föderalismus, die Interessenverbände, die Parteien, das ...

A critique of the intellectual and moral confusions of this age argues that the social/political crisis of twentieth-century America is actually an intellectual crisis, and shows how American democracy has hosted ideas of nihilism, despair, and relativism disguised as tolerance
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