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Jan 1, 2006

Understanding China and India: Security Implications for the United States and the World

Based on over 120 in-depth interviews with government officials and scholars in Beijing and New Delhi, the author's research yields some surprising news about the differences between China and India.

Rollie Lal
Nov 4, 2005

Welfare Reform: Effects of a Decade of Change

Assesses how welfare reform has affected behavior, evaluating the evidence in relation to an economic model of behavior, and reveals the trade-offs that policymakers face in achieving the conflicting goals of promoting work, reducing dependency, and alleviating need among the poor.

Jeffrey Grogger, Lynn A. Karoly
Oct 20, 2005

How Much Is Enough? Shaping the Defense Program, 1961-1969

Originally published in 1971, and now published with a new foreword, thisis a book of enduring value and lasting relevance. The authors detail theapplication, history, and controversies surrounding the Planning,Programming, and Budgeting System (PPBS), used to evaluate military needsand to choose among alternatives for meeting those needs.

Alain C. Enthoven, K. V. Smith
Jan 1, 2004

Sick to Death and Not Going to Take it Anymore! Reforming Health Care for the Last Years of Life

Maintains that health care and community services are not equipped to meet the needs of people who face a prolonged period of progressive illness and disability before death.

Joanne Lynn
Jan 1, 2004

In Pursuit of Prestige: Strategy and Competition in U.S. Higher Education

This volume examines higher education as an industry. The authors focus on how institutions serve four identifiable markets that generate revenue (student enrollment, research funding, public fiscal support, and private giving).

Dominic J. Brewer, Susan M. Gates, Charles A. Goldman
Jan 1, 2003

Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid They'd Ask)

Smart, frank, and occasionally hilarious, this comprehensive guide offers practical and often surprising answers to the questions that bedevil parents at every stage in their children's coming-of-age. Packed with the latest research on parenting tech...

Justin Richardson, Mark A. Schuster
Jan 1, 2003

Cannabis Use and Dependence: Public Health and Public Policy

Exploring the relationship between health policy, public health and the law regarding the controversial use of cannabis, this study assesses the impact of illegality in drug use and compares it with the policies of the U.S., Europe and Australia as well as other developed societies.

Wayne Hall, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula
Jan 1, 2002

Beating Depression: The Journey to Hope

Provides expert advice and guidance on how to find a mental health professional, what pharmacology and therapy approaches are available, and a host of skills that you can use each day to conquer depression.

Maga Jackson-Triche, Kenneth B. Wells, Katy Minnium
Jan 1, 2002

Assumption-Based Planning: A Tool for Reducing Avoidable Surprises

This book presents a variety of techniques for rooting out those vulnerable, crucial assumptions that, through familiarity or other reasons, have become buried in one's thinking.

James A. Dewar
Jan 1, 2002

The Dynamics of Coercion: American Foreign Policy and the Limits of Military Might

Despite the lopsided U.S. edge in raw power, regional foes persist in defying the threats and ultimatums brought by the United States and its allies. This book examines why some attempts to strong-arm an adversary work while others do not.

Daniel Byman, Matthew Waxman
Jan 1, 2001

Drug War Heresies: Learning From Other Vices, Times, & Places

This book provides the first multidisciplinary and nonpartisan analysis of how the United States should decide on the legal status of cocaine, heroin, and marijuana.

Robert J. MacCoun, Peter Reuter
Jan 1, 2001

Reshaping National Intelligence for an Age of Information

In this bold and penetrating study, Gregory Treverton offers his insider's view on how intelligence gathering and analysis must change.

Gregory F. Treverton

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Welfare Reform: Effects of a Decade of Change

How Much Is Enough? Shaping the Defense Program, 1961-1969

Sick to Death and Not Going to Take it Anymore! Reforming Health Care for the Last Years of Life

In Pursuit of Prestige: Strategy and Competition in U.S. Higher Education

Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid They'd Ask)

Cannabis Use and Dependence: Public Health and Public Policy

Beating Depression: The Journey to Hope

Assumption-Based Planning: A Tool for Reducing Avoidable Surprises

The Dynamics of Coercion: American Foreign Policy and the Limits of Military Might

Drug War Heresies: Learning From Other Vices, Times, & Places

Reshaping National Intelligence for an Age of Information

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How Much Is Enough? Shaping the Defense Program, 1961-1969

Sick to Death and Not Going to Take it Anymore! Reforming Health Care for the Last Years of Life

In Pursuit of Prestige: Strategy and Competition in U.S. Higher Education

Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid They'd Ask)

Cannabis Use and Dependence: Public Health and Public Policy

Beating Depression: The Journey to Hope

Assumption-Based Planning: A Tool for Reducing Avoidable Surprises

The Dynamics of Coercion: American Foreign Policy and the Limits of Military Might

Drug War Heresies: Learning From Other Vices, Times, & Places

Reshaping National Intelligence for an Age of Information

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