This essay unscrambles gross misconceptions that have made rational debates about tax policies virtually impossible for decades.

This essay presents reflections by a historian on the meaning of the Pacific war on the fiftieth anniversary of its termination.

Stephen Uhalley, Jr. reviews the Chinese Communist Party's turbulent history, discusses the obstacles it faced and surmounted, and explores its sweeping economic reforms.

Vitaly Katayev, a designer of nuclear missiles, who later became a government official involved in arms development as well as limitation, offers an insider’s look at Soviet decisions and calculations during the Cold War. From this perspective, he captures the drama of the Soviet system at first racing forward, then reversing course as Gorbachev comes to power and begins the process of negotiating arms control agreements with President Reagan.

The authors of this volume illustrate the extraordinary success of the Taiwan Relations Act in contributing to regional security and a high level of economic and political stability in one of the world's most tactically unpredictable and volatile areas.

Contributing scholars, policymakers and practitioners met simultaneously at the Brookings Institution and the Hoover Institution to offer their analysis of the financial crisis of 2008. They discuss its causes and effects, the role played by the Federal Reserve, the concept of “too big to fail,” and resolution frameworks. Along the way, they highlight the need for policies that can adequately help us avoid and respond to future crises.

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In Advancing Democracy Abroad, Michael McFaul explains how democracy provides a more accountable system of government, greater economic prosperity, and better security compared with other systems of government. He then shows how Americans have benefited from the advance of democracy abroad in the past, and speculates about security, economic, and moral benefits for the United States from potential democratic gains around the world.

A renowned educator-psychologist explains how children learn and how family, classroom, and school practices can help them learn more effectively. In addition to drawing on studies of learning outcomes, the author reveals economic research on teacher education and school choice that challenges many popular assumptions.

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Account of the Afghan communist movement

Survey of the political and strategic importance of Africa to the United States.

In this latest collection of essays selected from his syndicated newspaper columns, Walter E. Williams takes on a range of controversial issues surrounding race, education, the environment, our Constitution, and more. Skewering the self-righteous and self-important forces throughout society, he makes the case for what he calls the “the moral superiority of personal liberty and its main ingredient—limited government.”

Dennis Bark offers an in-depth examination of the deteriorating relationship between America and Europe: our differences and similarities, the reasons behind our conflicts, and the future of our alliance. He shows that, by learning what our essential difference teaches us about ourselves and drawing on our shared affinities, we might repair our fading relationship.

From its begininning, the relationship between Europe and America has been marked by profound ambivalence. The author discusses the Americanization of Europe and the dominance of American culture, technology, business methods, and science.

An examination of recent theoretical and empirical research in China about that country's trade protection policies reveals that an increasing number of leading economists now favor the liberalization of the Chinese market economy and its closer integration with the world economy.

Drawing from a 2014 Hoover Institution conference focused on the life and principles of Andrei Sakharov, this book shows how the work and thinking of this eminent Russian nuclear physicist and courageous human rights campaigner can help find solutions to the nuclear threats of today. The essays tell the compelling story of the metamorphosis of Sakharov—from a distinguished physical scientist into a courageous, outspoken dissident humanitarian voice.