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Who Is a European?

via Hoover Digest
Friday, October 9, 2009

There are simple, intuitive answers, but the deeper response is still evolving, says Hoover fellow Timothy Garton Ash.

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Former president Theodore Roosevelt and Kaiser Wilhelm II

War and Peace: Clash of the Nobels

by Bertrand M. Patenaudevia Hoover Digest
Friday, October 9, 2009

The controversy over President Obama’s peace award is nothing new. The history of the prize has been anything but peaceful. By Bertrand M. Patenaude.

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This Familiar Battleground

by H. R. McMastervia Hoover Digest
Friday, October 9, 2009

Policy makers, in their haste to forget the Vietnam War, also forgot to learn from it. By H. R. McMaster.

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The Power of the Ought

by George P. Shultzvia Hoover Digest
Friday, October 9, 2009

Having a vision for the future—and being held accountable for it. By George P. Shultz.

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Reagan’s Secret War

by Martin Anderson, Annelise Andersonvia Hoover Digest
Friday, October 9, 2009

This president played against type, pursuing a low-profile crusade to avoid nuclear Armageddon. An excerpt from a new book by Hoover fellows Martin and Annelise Anderson.

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Lenin Leading a Revolutionary Worker

Setting History’s Course

by Ken Jowittvia Policy Review
Thursday, October 1, 2009

Nations, identities, and influence

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Reagan’s Candid Way

by Peter Berkowitzvia Policy Review
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Peter Berkowitz on The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counterrevolution 1980–1989 by Steven F. Hayward

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Property Rights: A Practical Guide to Freedom and Prosperity

by Terry Anderson, Laura E. Hugginsvia Hoover Institution Press
Thursday, August 6, 2009

Drawing on the thoughts of various professionals, a blueprint for the nonexpert is presented on how societies can encourage or discourage freedom and prosperity through their property rights institutions. It details step-by-step what property rights are, how they evolve, how they can be protected, and how they promote freedom and prosperity.

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Authoritarianism in Pakistan

by Zoltan Baranyvia Policy Review
Monday, August 3, 2009

The historical roots of dysfunctional politics

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Conserving

by Peter Berkowitzvia Policy Review
Friday, July 24, 2009

Peter Berkowitz on The Conservatives: Ideas and Personalities Throughout American History by Patrick Allitt

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Military History Working Group


The Working Group on the Role of Military History in Contemporary Conflict examines how knowledge of past military operations can influence contemporary public policy decisions concerning current conflicts.