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Republicans Lose the Edge

What Voters Want

by David Winstonvia Policy Review
Tuesday, June 1, 1999

The politics of personal connection

Why We're Allowed to Hit Back

by Abraham D. Sofaervia Hoover Digest
Friday, April 30, 1999

The legal basis for attacks on terrorists? In a word, self-defense. By Hoover fellow Abraham D. Sofaer.

The Myth of Democratic Pacifism

by Thomas Schwartz, Kiron K. Skinnervia Hoover Digest
Friday, April 30, 1999

Academics and pundits routinely assert that democracies do not wage wars against other democracies. If only it were so. By Thomas Schwartz and Hoover fellow Kiron Skinner.

Guilty as Charged

by Arnold Beichmanvia Hoover Digest
Friday, April 30, 1999

Hoover fellow Arnold Beichman surveys recently declassified Soviet documents. What Hiss and the Rosenbergs didn’t want you to know.

In Celia’s Office

by Robert Conquestvia Hoover Digest
Friday, April 30, 1999

Hoover fellow Robert Conquest on men who fought on opposite sides of the Cold War—George Orwell and Alger Hiss—and on the legacy of their era. “Although the Cold War is over in reality, it is still being waged mentally in certain circles.”

What We Should Have Learned by Now

by John F. Coganvia Hoover Digest
Friday, April 30, 1999

Hoover fellow John F. Cogan looks at sixty years of Social Security—and explains how not to save the system.

Conservatism at Century's End

by Tod Lindbergvia Policy Review
Thursday, April 1, 1999

A Prospectus for the new Policy Review

Gingrich Lost and Found

by Tod Lindbergvia Policy Review
Thursday, April 1, 1999

His “Revolution” and his legacy

Books

More Liberty Means Less Government

by Walter E. Williamsvia Hoover Institution Press
Monday, March 1, 1999

In this collection of thoughtful, hard-hitting essays, Walter E. Williams once again takes on the left wing's most sacred cows with provocative insights, brutal candor, and an uncompromising reverence for personal liberty and the principles laid out in our Declaration of Independence and Constitution.

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The Business of Commerce: Examining an Honorable Profession

by James E. Chesher, Tibor R. Machanvia Hoover Institution Press
Monday, March 1, 1999

Chesher and Machan explore the cultural, philosophical, and theological sources of the bad reputation suffered by business in Western culture. They sample prominent opinion, from Plato to Galbraith, in an examination of the fundamental dichotomies of a society that seeks prosperity, yet disdains the processes by which prosperity is achieved.

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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.