Book Description This accessible paperback introduces readers to the basics of American government, structured around democracy as an ideal toward which we continually strive. It prepares readers to be good citizens, armed with the information they will need to follow politics and make educated choices about leaders, policies, and actions. Thematically organized and comprehensive, it emphasizes a global perspective and offers insight on issues of diversity and the struggles of various groups in the advance toward democracy. Cases and real-world examples reflect current trends and events. For an educated understanding of how to put the concept of democracy into current political context.

Approaching Democracy- Text Only

Politics & Social Sciences

Larry Berman

Politics & Government

Pearson\Prentice Hall

This concise paperback introduces the basics of American government, structured around democracy as an ideal toward which we continually strive. Thematically organized, it prepares readers to review events in the context of this goal. This book prepares readers to be good citizens, armed with the information they will need to follow politics and make educated choices about leaders, policies, and actions.   Cases and real-world examples reflect current trends and events such as: Tom Ridge and the Homeland Security Council, the War on Terrorism and Anti-Terrorism Bill, Anthrax and the US Postal Service, Dick Cheney as the new VP, Census 2000, the Enron scandal, Military tribunals, Senator Jeffords party switch, the Supreme Court and the 2000 Presidential Election, 2002 Congressional elections, governments in the Islamic world, and much more. Topics also address the multiple processes of formulating, implementing, and evaluating public policy and the democratic ideal.   For anyone wanting to arm themselves with the information needed to make educated political decisions and choices.

Approaching Democracy

Bruce Allen Murphy

PRENTICE/HALL

Illuminates the bankruptcy of the campaign against North Vietnam

Lyndon Johnson's War: The Road to Stalemate in Vietnam

History

Americas

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

Approaching Democracy Seventh Edition

Longman

No Peace, No Honor: Nixon, Kissinger, and Betrayal in Vietnam

In this shocking exposé on the betrayal of South Vietnam, premier historian Larry Berman uses never-before-seen North Vietnamese documents to create a sweeping indictment against President Nixon and Henry Kissinger. On April 30, 1975, when U.S. helicopters pulled the last soldiers out of Saigon, the question lingered: Had American and Vietnamese lives been lost in vain? When the city fell shortly thereafter, the answer was clearly yes. The Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam--signed by Henry Kissinger in 1973, and hailed as "peace with honor" by President Nixon--was a travesty. In No Peace, No Honor, Larry Berman reveals the long-hidden truth in secret documents concerning U.S. negotiations that Kissinger had sealed--negotiations that led to his sharing the Nobel Peace Prize. Based on newly declassified information and a complete North Vietnamese transcription of the talks, Berman offers the real story for the first time, proving that there is only one word for Nixon and Kissinger's actions toward the United States' former ally, and the tens of thousands of soldiers who fought and died: betrayal.

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Book by Larry Berman, Bruce Allen Murphy, Mona Field

American Government and California State Governmen

Mona, Field

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