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As a response to the Great Depression and an expression of executive power, President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal is widely understood as a turning point in American history. In How Public Policy Became War, David Davenport and Gordon Lloyd go even further, calling the New Deal ""America's French Revolution, "" refashioning American government and public policy in ways that have grown to epic proportions today. Roosevelt's decisions of 1933 were truly revolutionary. They reset the balance of power away from Congress and the states toward a strong executive branch. They shifted the federal government away from the Founders' vision of deliberation and moderation toward war and action. Succeeding presidents seized on the language of war to exert their will and extend their power into matters previously thought to be the province of Congress or state and local governments. Having learned that a sense of crisis is helpful in moving forward a domestic agenda, modern-day presidents have declared war on everything from poverty and drugs to crime and terror. Exploring the consequences of these ill-defined (and never-ending) wars, How Public Policy Became War calls for a re-examination of this destructive approach to governance and a return to the deliberative vision of the Founders. ""If we are constantly at war, "" the authors write, ""America becomes a nation under siege.
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• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Accountability. A more accountable world? (2001)
• Chapter 2: Trust. The United States and Israel: partners for peace and freedom (1985). What I learned about Israel (2017)
• Chapter 3: A changing world. America can ride the 21st Century's waves of change (2018). Automation: a new dimension to old problems (1955)
• Chapter 4: The drug issue. Gary Becker and the War on Drugs (2011). The failed War on Drugs (2018)
• Chapter 5: Force and strength. The ethics of power (1984). Discerning strength from force (2017). Power and diplomacy (1984)
• Chapter 6: Practicing theories of governance. The new federalism (1970). Prescription for economic policy: steady as you go (1971)
• Chapter 7: America in the world. Resources are needed for effective foreign policy (1987). Proposed refugee admissions for FY 1989 (1988)
• Chapter 8: A balanced approach to climate change. A Reagan approach to climate change (2015). A conservative answer to climate change (2017)
• Chapter 9: Nuclear security, past and future. US-Soviet relations in the context of US foreign policy (1983). A world free of nuclear weapons (2007). Deterrence in the age of nuclear proliferation (2011). Lenten nukes, by the Rt. Rev. William E. Swing (2018)
• Acknowledgements
• Notes
• About the author
• Index.

In a rich and varied career, George P. Shultz has aided presidents, confronted national and international crises, and argued passionately that the United States has a vital stake in promoting democratic values and institutions. In speeches, articles, congressional testimony, and conversations with world leaders, he has helped shape policy and public opinion on topics ranging from technology and terrorism to drugs and climate change. The result is a body of work that has influenced the decisions of nations and leaders, as well as the lives of ordinary people. In Thinking About the Future, Shultz has collected and revisited key writings, applying his past thinking to America's most pressing contemporary problems. Each chapter includes new commentary from the author, providing context, color, and behind-the-scenes glimpses of how decisions are made in the halls of power. In the more than half a century since Shultz entered public life, the world has changed dramatically. But he remains guided by the belief that ""you can learn about the future-or at least relate to it-by studying the past and identifying principles that have continuing application to our lives and our world.
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• 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.
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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.
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• 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. .
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• 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.
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• 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.
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"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.