Enhanced US leadership at the UN serves the US interest and can help strengthen the international system. This report suggests ways to build further support for democratization around the world, promote respect for human rights principles, and co-operate more fully in the war against terrorism.
One of the most popular alternative histories of America is "A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn. This biography of Zinn traces the story of his life, placing special emphasis on his involvement in both the Civil Rights movement and the Viet Nam War protests.
When Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated in March 1933, the White House staff numbered fewer than fifty people. In the ensuing years, as the United States became a world power and both the foreign and domestic duties of the president grew more complex, the White House staff has increased twentyfold.
Political Leadership, National Identity, and the Dilemmas of Diversity
With enormous numbers of new immigrants, America is becoming dramatically more diverse racially, culturally, and ethnically. This title discusses the role of national leadership, especially the presidency, at a time when a fragmented and dysfunctional national identity has become a real possibility.
For over 30 years Hafez al-Asad has ruled Syria, one of the last of the old generation of Arab leaders. This biography examines the array of choices facing Asad and his country in the post-Cold War period, looking at issues of civil liberties, economic liberalization and international allies.
The Clinton scandal consumed the better part of a year of American public life, bitterly dividing the nation and culminating in a constitutional crisis. This book explores the long-reaching constitutional and political implications of the scandal: how it will affect the presidency, the law, and the political process.
Through interviews, eyewitness accounts and new sources, O'Shaughnessy gives the reader insight into the personal life, rise to power and arrest and internment of the former Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet, charged in 1998 for crimes against humanity.
Chronicles the life education of Karl Hess, who became a defiant tester of the prevailing ideas of each decade. He lived by trial and error, and was always willing to acknowledge his mistakes. Hess provides eyewitness accounts, personal observations, insights on leadership and dissent, and leaves behind a path to realising the dream of freedom.
