Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam. Gordon M. Goldstein. New York: Times Books, 2008.
With questions pressing about American involvement in Afghanistan, the Vietnam-war decision making chronicled in Lessons in Disaster has become a hot topic. The book’s author, Gordon M. Goldstein, wrote one of two op-ed pieces on Vietnam-Afghanistan [...]
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The Short Bus: a journey beyond normal Jonathan Mooney. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 2007
Mr. Mooney takes a journey across the country in a “short bus,” the little buses used by schools to transport special needs students. This is his attempt to come to terms with his student years of riding on one [...]
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The Supreme Court Compendium: Data, Decisions & Developments. Lee Epstein, Jeffrey A. Segal, Harold J. Spaeth, Thomas G Walker. CQ Press (4th Ed. 2007).
The Supreme Court Compendium provides important background information for one of the United States’ most vital and interesting institutions: The Supreme Court. The Compendium includes, for instance, chronologies of important events in [...]
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The United States Code Annotated is one of the essential resources found in academic libraries. The USCA contains the complete text of the Constitution of the United States of America and of all the codified federal statutes currently in force. The laws—broken out by clauses or by sections—are accompanied by historical notes, references [...]
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