"By 1943, the war was lost, and most German officers knew it. Three quarters of a century later, the question persists: What kept the German army going in an increasingly hopeless situation? Where som
During World War II, moderate lawmakers in the US Congress, positioned in the middle of the vituperative partisanship dividing hardcore conservatives and liberal New Dealers, successfully worked to co
"Tort reform is a favorite cause for many business leaders and right-leaning politicians, who contend that out-of-control lawsuits throttle growth and inflate costs, particularly in healthcare. Less i
In a book that spans the whole Civil War, the author examines how, despite infighting, the Union generals formed a cohesive unit of leadership to defeat the Confederate Army.
The author of The War Everyone Lost-and Won presents a more personal account of his wartime experiences that describes his two tours of duty as an intelligence officer and son of missionaries, recount
An analysis of the "single girl" pop-culture prototype of the 1960s and 1970s evaluates a wide range of source material against a backdrop of social and sexual issues to explain how controversial fema
Taking in the broad sweep of social policy in the last half-century, Fisk (philosophy, Indiana University) describes the shift from welfare toward competitiveness as a key factor in the rise of corpor
