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A Vietnam Experience: Ten Years of Reflection (Hoover Institution Press Publication No. 315) (Hoover Press ...

5 reviews
James B. Stockdale

Hoover Institution Press, 1984

A remarkable book by a remarkable man
It is an honor to review this book. Vice admiral Stockdale reflects on his personal experience as senior officer in a POW camp in Vietnam during 8 years. This is one of the most remarkable example of human fortitude I have ever heard of told by a man of supreme intelligence and culture.

Bringing in a New Era in Character Education

2 reviews

Hoover Institution Press, 2002

The best essays in support of character education...
I think this edited book is one of William Damon's best, because he brings together nine writers who each take a position on the prospects and future of character education in American schools and universities. The essays are very well written and integrated, and are accessible to upper high school and college-level readers. Damon's position is that character education has been neglected ...

The California Electricity Crisis

2 reviews
James L. Sweeney

Hoover Institution Press, 2002

Great book that misses the cause of energy crisis
This is one of the best books on the California energy crisis of 2000-01, but misses the point about what caused it. Yes, it is true California was paying more for power than other states because the old system created incentives for overcapacity and thus high prices. Yes, it is true Enron and others, including municipal utilities, gamed the system during the crisis as deregulation provided. Yes, ...

The Essence of Hayek

2 reviews
Chiaki Nishiyama, Friedrich A. Von Hayek, ...

Hoover Institution Press, 1984

One of the most important thinkers of the 20th century
This collection of essays by Friedrich Hayek provides a great overview of his thought. The essays include early pieces on economic issues, essays on the history of economic thought, psychology, epistemology, political theory, and personal reflections. Hayek is best known for "The Road to Serfdom," a cold war anti-socialist tract which I consider his least interesting work. In this collection ...

Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

7 reviews
Thomas Sowell

Hoover Institution Press, 1993

Home Run!
Thomas Sowell hits it out of the park on this one. He's thought provoking, succinct, and ideologically on the button. This is a series of 2-3 page writings on a variety of topics that we all think about, but can never articulate in the fresh and clear way that Thomas Sowell does. He just makes sense, period.

Do the Right Thing: The People's Economist Speaks (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

12 reviews
Walter E. Williams

Hoover Institution Press, 1995

Do the Right Thing - Read This Book!
This book is a compilation of columns by America's strongest voice of liberty, Dr. Walter E. Williams. In this book Dr. Williams offers his common sense, freedom-loving take on the vital issues of the day. He fearlessly confronts the many liberal fallacies responsible for eroding our precious liberties. A must read for anyone wanting to expand their base of knowledge and unafraid to confront ...

The Communist Party of China and Marxism 1921-1985: A Self-Portrait

2 reviews
Laszlo Ladany

Hoover Institution Press, 1992

Where Today's China Came From
When I first went to China in the mid-1970's, I was confused as to how Hong Kong, with no resources, could be so rich, and China, with massive resources, could be so poor. Nowhere was the contrast so stark as crossing the bridge at Lo Wu, where we had to disembark the Hong Kong train and stroll across the border to re-embark on a Chinese train to Canton. The Hong Kong border police were sharp, ...

The Bulgarian Communist Party from Blagoev to Zhivkov (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

2 reviews
John D. Bell

Hoover Institution Press, 1985

A must for students of Bulgaria
John D. Bell provides perhaps the best account of the history of the Bulgarian Communist Party available in English. Together with Richard Crampton's history of Bulgaria, it is also the best scholarly source of more general Bulgarian history in the 20th century. A must for anyone studying Bulgaria. The book uses interviews of dissidents who fled Bulgaria during the years of communist ...

Liberal Reform in an Illiberal Regime: The Creation of Private Property in Russia, 1906-1915 (Hoover ...

2 reviews
Stephen F. Williams

Hoover Institution Press, 2006

Russia, Private Property, and the Origins of Liberal Democracy
This book is about far more than Russian land reform in the decade before the 1917 revolution. Judge Williams details that story, to be sure, exquisitely and clearly. But the larger question he examines is whether liberal democracy can be brought about from above, for which the efforts of Prime Minister Petr Stolypin offer unexpectedly useful answers. They do so because throughout his discussion, ...

Capital for Our Time: The Economic, Legal, and Management Challenges of Intellectual Capital (Hoover ...

1 review

Hoover Institution Press, 1998

Intellectual Capital Review
It is interesting in today's world to see books that remond us all the present and future value of intellectual capital. It is unfortunate the book does not focus on the de-valuation of intellectual capital when downsizing occurs in an organisation. The cost of replacing the intellectual capital does never figure in anual reports, it is 'hidden' by other standard costs, such as employee ...

Education: Assumptions Versus History : Collected Papers (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

1 review
Thomas Sowell

Hoover Institution Press, 1986

Bravo to Dr. Sowell
This is a riveting work. Dr. Sowell, again, elucidates his points through thorough historical analyses; not through conjecture or opinion.

Babies and bombers.(Books)(Book Review): An article from: Policy Review

1 review
Claire Berlinski

Hoover Institution Press, 2004

Excellent reviews of two fine books
Claire Berlinski has written a very powerful essay. I was especially impressed with her review of "Babe in Arms" (by Judith Wrubel Levy). As Berlinski explains, the Arab aggression against Israel not only failed to convince Wrubel Levy to flee Israel, it also "cemented her Zionism." Never before had she been so convinced of the necessity of Israel's existence. Sometimes when she heard ...

CNN's Cold War Documentary: Issues and Controversy

1 review

Hoover Institution Press, 2000

Informative, challenging, engaging essays.
CNN's Cold War Documentary: Issues And Controversy is based on the international television news operation's twenty-four part series on the history of the Cold War that generated passionate discussion among scholars and media specialists. This compilation of articles, commentaries, and reviews fairly presents all sides of the debate. The contributors are as impressive and diverse as their ...

Monopoly politics (Hoover Institution Press publication)

2 reviews
James C Miller

Hoover Institution Press, 1999

Monopoly Politics
Conventional wisdom says that America needs tighter campaign finance rules to level the political playing field. A recent book suggests the opposite is true. Existing rules give enormous advantages to certain political players, and proposed campaign finance "reforms" would solidify their grip even further. "Monopoly Politics" (Hoover Press, 1999; 157 pages), by James C. Miller III, ...

Choice With Equity (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

1 review

Hoover Institution Press, 2002

Making School Choice Work for Everyone
School choice can mean many things - from allowing parents to choose among a limited group of existing public schools to giving parents public vouchers that they can redeem for tuition in any private school. The diferent forms of choice inspire hope and fear in different degrees, keeping the controversy going and the real problems unresolved. This Koret Task Force book reviews the furious ...

Education in a Free Society

1 review

Hoover Institution Press, 2000

Multiple Angles
This book attacks the public education system from multiple Libertarian angles. The first article is "touchy-feely libertarianism," arguing that "innate goodness" can be relied upon to create a good education system. Another approach is historic, using the example of New York to show how public ed. wormed it's way into America through deceit and fraud, and how it is designed to promoted ...

The Second Twentieth Century: How the Information Revolution Shapes Business, States And Nations (Hoover ...

2 reviews
Jean-Jacques Rosa

Hoover Institution Press, 2006

A New View of the 20th Century
The collapse of socialism and centralization is the most important and surprsing development of the late 20th Century. The more-of-less authoritarian, state-directed form of organizaion was once considered the only modern, practical approach. Now, it seems quaint. Rosa provides a sweeping explanation of this and the the closely-related resurgence of democracy and poliitcal decentralization, ...

Remaking Domestic Intelligence (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

2 reviews
Richard A. Posner

Hoover Institution Press, 2005

Good Judgment
This monograph makes a compelling case for the creation of a domestic intelligence agency in the manner of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)and placing such an agency under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Its author, Judge Richard A. Posner, is an intelligence outsider who appears to have a keen understanding of how the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) actually works. ...

School Figures: The Data behind the Debate

2 reviews
Hanna Skandera, Richard Sousa

Hoover Institution Press, 2003

Before making changes, need to understand the current state
It is almost impossible to effectly solve a problem without having data. The phrase "Look in the horse's mouth" appears to have come in response to a group of men arguing about how many teeth a horse had. Finally one frustrated person pointed out that they could go get some data about the true state of affairs by looking in the horse's mouth. The authors have gone looking for the true state of ...

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