Product Description: The 14th Amendment is a hot button issue currently. The question of “Anchor Babies” and their right to United States Citizenship has been called into question by Republicans and defended by Democrats. The final arbitration of this debate is sure to be decided by the United States Supreme Court in the near future...read more

Provides the final report of the 9/11 Commission detailing their findings on the September 11 terrorist attacks.

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Product Description: "Bush and Cheney observed before 9/11, that the American people would not support the attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq, and the geo-strategic wars without being shocked by the cataclysmic event of a thermo-nuclear demolition of the World Trade Center (a "new Pearl Harbor") blamed on Osama bin Laden — who did not have the means whatsoever —, and launching their Global War on Terror...read more

Product Description: Gain Valuable Insight into the Government s Project Management Best Practices! Although project management is not new to the federal government, the discipline has taken on renewed importance in the face of the ever-increasing size, complexity, and number of mission-critical projects being undertaken by every branch and agency...read more

Product Description: The financial and economic crisis had a devastating impact on bank profits, with loss-making banks reporting global commercial losses of around USD 400 billion in 2008.  This comprehensive report sets the market context for bank losses and provides an overview of the tax treatment of such losses in 17 OECD countries; describes the tax risks that arise in relation to bank losses from the perspective of both banks and revenue bodies; outlines the incentives that give rise to those risks; and describes the tools revenue bodies have to manage these potential compliance risks...read more

Product Description: After Adlai Stevenson's death in London on July 14, 1965, his friends and family organized to sponsor annual lectures at which men and women of kindred spirit could "talk sense" to the American people about issues which continued to afflict the "fragile spaceship" earth...read more

Accessible to students of political science and public administration who have no legal background, this text provides the clearest and most comprehensive introduction to administrative law available. Taking a case method approach, Administrative Law and Politics uses up-to-date cases and commentary to expound on the principles of administrative law, while providing springboards for classroom debate. The text also provides an excellent balance between law and policy/politics that gives both practicing public administrators and students preparing for a career in public administration important insights into the real world politics behind the rules of administrative law.

With the end of the Cold War, politicians and pundits spoke of a peace dividend as well as a glorious new world order. But now, the United States seems entangled in more international obligations than ever before. Does the U.S. have the resources to maintain its numerous and growing commitments? Or is it bound to suffer from "overstretch"? What choices does a nation burdened with international responsibilities have to avoid becoming over-extended?Mark R. Brawley argues―against the orthodox view―that the problem is not that policymakers fail to recognize overstretch, but that they fail to adjust to it. He details how hegemonic powers respond to overcommitment with "afterglows," maintaining leadership obligations long after such policies have ceased to be rational from a national, or domestic, perspective. Afterglow or Adjustment examines differing responses to overstretch in modern history, focusing mostly on military and economic policies in the U.S. and Britain over the past century. (view table of contents)