With Brexit complete, the European Union unbalanced, and populist national conservatism on the march across the continent, winds of rebellion continue to blow from Central Europe, where Hungary's dynamic leader Viktor Orban has been building a political alternative to neoliberal statism. Prime Minister of Hungary from 1998 to 2002, Orban's ......
Long relegated to the shadows of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, the role of James Madison in shaping America, its ideals, and its institutions resonates in the very soul of our nation. A lifelong public servant, Madison was a critical - if underappreciated - architect of the American Republic. Gary L. Rose's James Madison, Public Servant ......
Inspectors General and the Battle for Honest and Accountable Government
The last line of defense for our institutions, and our democracy Inspectors general may be the most important public servants you've never heard of. In Watchdogs, Glenn Fine-who served as the inspector general of the Department of Justice from 2000 to 2011 and the acting inspector general of the Department of Defense from 2016 to 2020-explains ......
At turns eloquent and earthy, Abraham Lincoln's rhetoric played a vital role in his success as a politician and statesman. D. Leigh Henson examines Lincoln's pre-presidential development as a rhetorician, the purposes and methods behind his speeches and writings, and how the works contributed to his political rise. Lincoln's close study of the ......
The Multiple Presidencies and Congresses of American Foreign and Domestic Policy Construction
Issue Areas and Political Time: The Multiple Presidencies and Congresses of American Foreign and Domestic Policy Construction explores the complexities of executive-legislative relations in American policy construction. Anchored in empirical political science, the book scrutinizes the differing dynamics between the presidency and Congress across ......
Abraham Lincoln drew upon history in his political career and particularly when crafting the rhetorical masterpieces that still resonate in the present day. Jesse Derber explores how Lincoln's views of the limits of human understanding drove a belief in--and untiring pursuit of--historical truth. Lincoln embraced the traditional ideas that good ......
A Senior Journalist's Story of Covering the President-and Why It Matters
Going behind the scenes with a veteran member of the White House press corpsSteven L Herman, chief national correspondent for the nonpartisan, government-funded Voice of America (VOA), weaves together memoir and history to pull back the curtain on the inner workings of the White House press corps, giving readers a rare glimpse into the historic ......
At turns eloquent and earthy, Abraham Lincoln's rhetoric played a vital role in his success as a politician and statesman. D. Leigh Henson examines Lincoln's pre-presidential development as a rhetorician, the purposes and methods behind his speeches and writings, and how the works contributed to his political rise. Lincoln's close study of the ......
William A. A. Carsey and the Shaping of American Reform Politics
Confidence man and canny operative, charlatan and manipulator--William A. A. Carsey emerged from the shadow of Tammany Hall to build a career undermining working-class political organizations on behalf of the Democratic Party. Mark A. Lause's biography of Carsey takes readers inside the bare-knuckle era of Gilded Age politics. An astroturfing ......
