The Rage for Equality in the Election of 1800-1801
The final work by late historian Thomas N. Ingersoll on the political crisis posed by the presidential election of 1800-the reverberations of which are still felt today. Written by the late Thomas Ingersoll before his death in December 2021, this book examines the fourteen-month struggle to control the identity and future of the United States ......
Gouverneur Morris and the Creation of America's Basic Charter
Strikingly few Americans know who wrote the Constitution. Even fewer know that he was a peg-legged ladies' man with a wicked sense of humor, a staunch opponent of slavery, and an unabashed elitist. Gouverneur Morris, who has been described as "the most colorful man in North America" at the time of the founding, was a dominant figure at the ......
How the Supreme Court Undermines the Separation of Powers
A bold and timely proposal for rethinking the role of the Supreme Court in the separation of powers. There is a widespread sense today that the separation-of-powers system is broken or dysfunctional and has become an obstacle to effective government. The Constitution of Conflict demonstrates that much of the problem comes from attempts to find ......
This innovative approach to the history of World War I looks at ways in which military actors saw and perceived war, and how that exerted a significant influence over the decisions they made and the actions they took. The character of the conflict that erupted in 1914 defied the expectations of many political leaders and military analysts. ......
A bold message of political hope in a time of cynicism and despair, Mending the Nation uses lessons from the past to chart a new way forward. The United States is as divided as ever, torn apart by deeply held stories that separate a righteous "us" from an evil and corrupt "them"-often along partisan, religious, and racial lines. Many point to ......
After Ross Benes left Nebraska for New York, he witnessed his polite home state become synonymous with "Trump country." Long dismissed as "flyover" land, the area where he was born and raised suddenly became the subject of TV features and frequent opinion columns. With the rural-urban divide overtaking the national conversation, Benes knew what he ......
The Modern Presidency and the Politics of Warfare and Welfare
An illuminating study of how foreign and domestic policies have reinforced each other in post-New Deal presidencies. Studies of presidential leadership tend to separate foreign and domestic policymaking as discrete avenues of inquiry, both empirically and analytically. This "two presidencies" syndrome has especially afflicted the study of the ......
British Empire Special Forces and Defeat in Malaya in World War II
Of all the Allied strategic defensive campaigns in the first half of World War II, the fight to defend Malaya and Singapore provided perhaps the best chance to use special forces to wider effect. In December 1941 the issue in the East during World War II was whether or not the Japanese could drive the Western Allies out of Southeast Asia before ......
A bold new look at Watergate from a member of the Senate Watergate Committee who argues that the received wisdom about Nixon's resignation is inaccurate. Written by assistant chief counsel of the Senate Watergate Committee, Reopening Watergate is an eye-opening reassessment of the Watergate scandal and an essential text for understanding this ......
