The United States
David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, shows how President Barack Obama is the latest in a long line of U.S. leaders attempting to cope with problems that become more urgent and less tractable with every passing year.
The extended transition of power between presidential administrations is a unique feature of the U.S. political system -- and, Campbell and Steinberg argue in this comprehensive and useful guide, a serious vulnerability.
In the Shadow of the Oval Office offers a timely retrospective on the role of national security adviser through 50 tumultuous years.
Faust's painstakingly researched account of the Civil War dead details how they died, what happened to their bodies, how families received the news, how they mourned, and how the North and the South memorialized the slain.
This concise and well-organized study offers readers an excellent summary of American popular attitudes toward Islam from the eighteenth century onward.
