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Why Jury Duty Matters: A Citizen's Guide to Constitutional Action
Andrew Guthrie Ferguson · NYU Press
Format: Paperback |
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It's easy to forget how important the jury really is to America. The right to be a juror is one of the fundamental rights guaranteed to all eligible citizens. The right to trial by jury helped spark the American Revolution, was quickly adopted at the Constitutional Convention, and is the only... |
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American Statecraft: The Story of the U.S. Foreign Service
J. Robert Moskin · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 932
Format: Hardcover |
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"This magisterial work on American diplomacy by a veteran journalist and historian is the first complete history of the U.S. Foreign Service American Statecraft is a fascinating and comprehensive look at the unsung men and women of the U.S. Foreign Service whose dedication and sacrifices... |
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Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order
Richard N. Haass · Basic Books
Format: Hardcover |
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The biggest threat to the United States comes not from abroad but from within. This is the provocative, timely, and unexpected message of Council on Foreign Relations President Richard N. Haass’s Foreign Policy Begins at Home.A rising China, climate change, terrorism, a nuclear Iran,... |
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The Nixon Tapes: 1971-1972
Ken Hughes · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Kindle Edition |
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From Barnes & NobleDuring his presidency, Richard Nixon recorded more than 3,700 hours of his White House and Camp David conversations and now thanks to his conspicuous self-destruction, he will probably forever remain the most documented chief executive of all-time. Until now, less than... |
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Conform: Exposing the Truth About Common Core and Public Education
Glenn Beck · Threshold editions/Mercury Radio Arts, 2014.
Pages: 272
Format: Print book |
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PUBLIC EDUCATION IS NEVER MENTIONED IN THE CONSTITUTION. WHY? BECAUSE OUR FOUNDERS KNEW THAT IT WAS AN ISSUE FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS--NOT THE FEDERAL ONE. It's not a coincidence that the more the federal government has inserted itself into public education over the years, the worse... |
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Invisible in Austin: Life and Labor in an American City
Javier Auyero · University of Texas Press
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover |
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Austin, Texas, is renowned as a high-tech, fast-growing city for the young and creative, a cool place to live, and the scene of internationally famous events such as SXSW and Formula 1. But as in many American cities, poverty and penury are booming along with wealth and material abundance... |
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The Invisible Soldiers: How America Outsourced Our Security
Ann Hagedorn · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover |
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The urgent truth about the privatization of America's national security that exposes where this industry came from, how it operates, where it's heading - and why we should be concerned.Thirty years ago there were no private military and security companies (PMSCs) ; there were only... |
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