• Introduction
• The constitutional convention: The president's limited power
• George Washington: A culture of openness
• Woodrow Wilson: A foundation for secret government
• Harry Truman: Institutional secrecy
• Lyndon Johnson: Stealth attacks on openness
• Gerald Ford: A time of reckoning
• George W. Bush: A test of the limits
• Barack Obama: A twenty-first-century bargain?
• Conclusion.

How presidents use secrecy to protect the nation, foster diplomacy, and gain power Ever since the nation's most important secret meeting-the Constitutional Convention-presidents have struggled to balance open, accountable government with necessary secrecy in military affairs and negotiations. For the first one hundred and twenty years, a culture of open government persisted, but new threats and technology have long since shattered the old bargains. Today, presidents neither protect vital information nor provide the open debate Americans expect. Mary Graham tracks the rise in governmental secrecy that began with surveillance and loyalty programs during Woodrow Wilson's administration, explores how it developed during the Cold War, and analyzes efforts to reform the secrecy apparatus and restore oversight in the 1970s. Chronicling the expansion of presidential secrecy in the Bush years, Graham explains what presidents and the American people can learn from earlier crises, why the attempts of Congress to rein in stealth activities don't work, and why presidents cannot hide actions that affect citizens' rights and values.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9780300223743 20170612

Today, American ""rugged individualism"" is in a fight for its life on two battlegrounds: in the policy realm and in the intellectual world of ideas that may lead to new policies. In this book, the authors look at the political context in which rugged individualism flourishes or declines and offer a balanced assessment of its future prospects. They outline its path from its founding-marked by the Declaration of Independence-to today, focusing on different periods in our history when rugged individualism was thriving or was under attack. The authors ultimately look with some optimism toward new frontiers of the twenty-first century that may nourish rugged individualism. They assert that we cannot tip the delicate balance between equality and liberty so heavily in favor of equality that there is no liberty left for individual Americans to enjoy. In considering reasons to be pessimistic as well as reasons to be optimistic about it, they also suggest where supporters of rugged individualism might focus greater encouragement and resources.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9780817920241 20180312

• Introduction
• The landscape of bribery and corruption in the shadows of Stalinism
• "Pick the flowers while they're in bloom: : the contours of bribery in the agencies of law enforcement and criminal justice
• "The word 'bribe' was never mentioned" : everyday practice and the art of the bribe
• "Greetings from the sunny Georgia!" Cultural brokers and the bribe trail
• "A grave evil and danger" : postwar "campaigns" against bribery
• Informers and the state
• Military justice at the intersection of counterrevolution and corruption
• The death of a judge : scandal and the affair of the high courts
• Conclusion : the bribe and its meaning.

The first archive-based study of official corruption under Stalin and a compelling new look at the textures of everyday Soviet life after World War II In the Soviet Union, bribery was a skill with its own practices and culture. James Heinzen's innovative and compelling study examines corruption under Stalin's dictatorship in the wake of World War II, focusing on bribery as an enduring and important presence in many areas of Soviet life. Based on extensive research in recently declassified Soviet archives, The Art of the Bribe offers revealing insights into the Soviet state, its system of law and repression, and everyday life during the years of postwar Stalinism.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9780300175257 20170313

• Preface
• Executive summary
• Introduction
• Three major challenges: China, unconventional threats, Russia
• Conclusion.

The United States is exceptionally secure. Many Americans, however, do not feel secure. This anxiety stems from the fact that the United States faces several long-term threats that may or may not emerge. America must have a national security strategy that acknowledges this uncertainty and hedges as well as engages, acknowledging that resources are not limitless. Three orienting priciples should guide the national secutity strategy of the next president. -- Back cover.

• A great divergence? / Kori Schake and Jim Mattis
• Civil-military paradoxes / Rosa Brooks
• Is civilian control of the military still an issue? / Mackubin Thomas Owens
• Thanks for your service : civilian and veteran attitudes after fifteen years of war / Jim Golby, Lindsay P. Cohn, and Peter D. Feaver
• Public opinion, military justice, and the fight against terrorism overseas / Benjamin Wittes and Cody Poplin
• Public opinion and the making of wartime strategies / Nadia Schadlow
• Testing the "Flournoy hypothesis" : civil-military relations in the post-9/11 era / Thomas Donnelly
• The "very liberal" view of the US military / Tod Lindberg
• Young person's game : connecting with millennials / Matthew Colford and Alec J. Sugarman
• A model for connecting civilians and the military / Jim Hake
• Ensuring a civil-military connection / Kori Schake and Jim Mattis.

A diverse group of contributors offer different perspectives on whether or not the different experiences of our military and the broader society amounts to a "gap"-and if the American public is losing connection to its military. They analyze extensive polling information to identify those gaps between civilian and military attitudes on issues central to the military profession and the professionalism of our military, determine which if any of these gaps are problematic for sustaining the traditionally strong bonds between the American military and its broader public, analyze whether any problematic gaps are amenable to remediation by policy means, and assess potential solutions. The contributors also explore public disengagement and the effect of high levels of public support for the military combined with very low levels of trust in elected political leaders-both recurring themes in their research. And they reflect on whether American society is becoming so divorced from the requirements for success on the battlefield that not only will we fail to comprehend our military, but we also will be unwilling to endure a military so constituted to protect us.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9780817919344 20160725

• pt. I. Constitution
• pt. II. Politics
• pt. III. Race
• pt. IV. Education
• pt. V. Environment and health
• pt. VI. International
• pt. VII. Potpourri.

Throughout history, personal liberty, free markets, and peaceable, voluntary exchanges have been roundly denounced by tyrants and often greeted with suspicion by the general public. Unfortunately, Americans have increasingly accepted the tyrannical ideas of reduced private property rights and reduced rights to profits, and have become enamored with restrictions on personal liberty and control by government. In this latest collection of essays selected from his syndicated newspaper columns, Walter E. Williams takes on a range of controversial issues surrounding race, education, the environment, the Constitution, health care, foreign policy, and more. Skewering the self-righteous and self-important forces throughout society, he makes the case for what he calls the ""the moral superiority of personal liberty and its main ingredient - limited government."" With his usual straightforward insights and honesty, Williams reveals the loss of liberty in nearly every important aspect of our lives, the massive decline in our values, and the moral tragedy that has befallen Americans today: our belief that it is acceptable for the government to forcibly use one American to serve the purposes of another.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9780817918750 20190129

"This booklet is the 'Guide to Exhibits' and provide explanations associated with the organization of permanent exhibits in the JICA Yokohama Japanese Overseas migration Museum that was opened in October of 2002, and introduces primary exhibits with photographs"--Page 4.