Product Description: 'The book takes a stimulating and fresh look at the classical question: Who rules Japan? Seven highly informative analyses explore to what extent the 2001 judicial reforms have already transformed the Japanese state and paved the way for Japan's gradual shift from its (in)famous administrative governance model to a judicial state with the 'rule of law' at its center and a broader participation of citizens in the various spheres of public life...read more

An acclaimed and controversial account of the Vietnam era follows a college student who discovers his own capacity for violence when he becomes a Green Beret during the Vietnam War and is forever changed by the experience. Reprint.

Hanson, a Portland cop and Vietnam vet, is haunted by the ghosts of his past and plagued by the daily violence of a city without hope, and his badge, gun, and code of honor represent the only things keeping Hanson from crossing one final line. Reprint. NYT.

Product Description: Anderson provides an unprecedented probe into the inner workings of the quiz shows. He details their honest beginnings and explains how the practice of supplying answers grew out of a desire to keep popular contestants on the air as long as possible to boost ratings.