Books from Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University
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Learning from No Child Left Behind: How and why the Nation's Most Important But Controversial Education Law Should be Renewed
By John E. ChubbThe author, writing on behalf of Hoover's Koret task Force on K-12 Education, presents a convincing case that, despite the controversy it has ignited, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB)...
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The Struggle Across the Taiwan Strait: The Divided China Problem
By Ramon Hawley Myers, Jialin ZhangIn 1949, China divided into two regimes, with People's Republic of China controlling the mainland and Taiwan, or the Republic of China, controlling a group of offshore islands. This book...
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A History of the Romanian Communist Party
By Robert R. KingA History of the Romanian Communist Party
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Understanding Herbert Hoover: Ten Perspectives
By Lee Nash"This volume is a collection of essays from the biennial Herbert Hoover symposia begun at George Fox College, Newberg, Oregon, in 1977. That year marked the dedication of the Herbert...
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The North Korean Economy: Structure and Development
By Joseph Sang-hoon ChungThe North Korean Economy: Structure and Development
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The Birth of a Transfer Society
By Terry Lee Anderson, Peter Jensen HillThe Birth of a Transfer Society
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Education and Social Change in China: The Beginnings of the Modern Era
By Sally BorthwickEducation and Social Change in China: The Beginnings of the Modern Era
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Politics in Western Europe
By Peter Duignan, Gerald Allen DorfmanThe close of the twentieth century has brought changes to Europe of such magnitude that some predict the return of the Age of Europe. In this timely update of Politics...
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What's Gone Wrong in America's Classrooms
By Williamson M. EversAmerica is, at present, a world leader in business, science, medicine, and technology. At the same time, children in America's public schools lag well behind children in other industrial countries....
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The Red Orchestra: Instruments of Soviet policy in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Red Orchestra: Instruments of Soviet policy in Latin America and the Caribbean
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The Red Orchestra: The case of Africa
By Dennis L. BarkThe Red Orchestra: The case of Africa
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The Essence of Stigler
By George Joseph StiglerThe twenty-four essays that appear in this volume exemplify the scholarly brilliance and intellectual curiosity that has marked the world of Nobel laureate George J. Stigler, who has been acknowledged...
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The Soviet Union and Revolutionary Warfare: Principles, Practices, and Regional Comparisons
By Richard H. ShultzThe Soviet Union and Revolutionary Warfare: Principles, Practices, and Regional Comparisons
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Understanding Communist China: Communist China Studies in the United States and the Republic of China, 1949-1978
By Tai-Chun Kuo, Ramon Hawley MyersIn the 1960s and 1970s American private foundations and government agencies spent over $40 million to support contemporary Chinese studies and train Americans to become experts on Communist China. How...
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Herbert Hoover, President of the United States
By Vaughn Davis Bornet, Edgar Eugene RobinsonIn the long life of Herbert Hoover, the four years as president of the United States, 1929-1933, sometimes appear as only an interlude in a fruitful public career. Yet those...
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The Latvians: A Short History
By Andrejs PlakansThis is the first English-language volume that brings the history of Latvia to the threshold of the twenty-first century. Until the re-establishment of Latvian independence in 1991, Soviet dominance served...
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Foreign Policies of the Soviet Union
By Richard Felix StaarIn Foreign Policies of the Soviet Union, Richard F. Staar places revolutionary contemporary events into historical perspective. Citing Russian-language sources, he charts the recent structural changes within the USSR and...
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The Great Transition: Political and Social Change in the Republic of China
By Hung-mao TienThe author treats Taiwan as a case study of how an authoritarian regime may become more democratic. He addresses the complex issue of how the Kuomintang was able to sustain...
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Drug War Deadlock: The Policy Battle Continues
By Laura E. HugginsA diverse collection of readings from scholarly journals, government reports, think tank studies, newspapers, and books that offers a comprehensive look at the drug debate. With each section featuring opposing...
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USSR Foreign Policies After Detente
By Richard Felix StaarBased largely on primary sources in the Russian language, this succinct volume covers the following aspects of Soviet foreign policy: world outlook, personalities and structures of the decisionmaking process, implementation...