In this study of the modern Uzbeks, Professor Edward A. Allworth provides a comprehensive and authoritative survey of an important group of Muslim people who live within the boundaries of the Soviet U
In the papers collected in Education: Assumptions versus History, Thomas Sowell takes a hard look at the state of education in our schools and universities. His imperative is to test the assumptions
The decade that followed James Stockdale's seven and a half years in a North Vietnamese prison saw his life take a number of different turns, from a stay in a navy hospital in San Diego to president o
The twenty-four essays that appear in this volume exemplify the scholarly brilliance and intellectual curiosity that has marked the world of Nobel laureate George J. Stigler, who has been acknowledged
Quotes from the book:"Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good.? In area after area—crime, ed
This is the first English-language volume that brings the history of Latvia to the threshold of the twenty-first century. Until the re-establishment of Latvian independence in 1991, Soviet dominance
Nationally syndicated columnist Walter E. Williams is chairmain of the economic department at George Mason University. This thought-provoking book contains nearly one hundred of Williams's most popul
In describing his seven and a half years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, the late Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale has said: "In that atmosphere of death and hopelessness, stripped of the nice
Eight papers selected from a February 1997 conference at the Hoover Institution identify key failures in modern American education. They make a case for content-rich education and explicit teaching a
The Korean economy has been one of the success stories of the postwar economic development. One of the poorest countries in the 1960s, Korea rose to become, by 1996, the eleventh-largest economy in
The regime in Syria is in league with the theocrats in Iran, facilitating their access to Lebanon and to the Palestinian territories, but hints that it is open to accommodation with Israel and for a s
Christianity may have “won the world,” in the sense of being the most widespread religion in history with the largest number of adherents, but it is steadily losing ground in and around
In the new post–cold war strategic landscape of the Middle East, the United States’ most important Arab ally, Saudi Arabia, plays a key role. The will and the resources of Saudi Arabia are badly neede
How Do We Make Failure Tolerable?The American people are clearly upset about the massive government bailouts of faltering organizations and the consequent commitment of taxpayer dollars-as well as t
In this comprehensive survey of Estonian history, Toivo Raun places recent events into historical perspective with up-to-date information on the era of glasnost and perestroika (1985-1991), analyzi
Eight chapters, penned by house scholars at the right-wing Hoover Institution, promote the party line on American education. Presented by Lazear (human resources, management, and economics, Stanford U
For policymakers and others with a serious interest in getting beyond finger-pointing, Sweeney (management science and engineering, Stanford U.) itemizes the chain of events that led California to res
