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Hugh L. Agnew, Associate Dean of Academic Programs and Associate Professor of History and International Affairs

The Czechs and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown (Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, CA 2004)

Americans have flocked to Prague and the Czech Republic by the thousands since 1989, but the opportunity to become better acquainted with the history of the Czechs and their land has not been as easy. When searching for a complete, up-to-date survey of the history of the Czechs, one has found very little -- until now. The Czechs and the Lands of the Bohemians Crown provides a single-volume introduction to the land and its people that is both scholarly and accessible. Tracing the course of Czech history from the tenth century to the eve of the Czech Republic's entrance into the European Union, The Czechs illuminates the tangled destinies of a people at one of Europe's strategic crossroads.

The author provides a readable guide to the geographic and historical developments that have continually forced the Czechs to answer questions about their position in Europe, figuratively and literally. From their fifteenth-century break with Rome to their destruction by Nazi Germany to the Soviet domination during the cold war, the Czechs have maintained a stubborn nationalist movement, demanding autonomy and eventually independence. Going it alone since 1993, the Czech Republic is now entering the European Union with all that implies for national sovereignty. This book helps explain how, as they approach this new development in a new century, the Czechs' responses to the challenges of their existence will continue to resonate with historical themes and historical images.

Read a transcript of Prof. Agnew's interview with Czech TV.

Steven J. Balla, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs

Bureaucracy and Democracy: Accountability and Performance (Co-authored with William T. Gormley Jr., Professor of Government and Public Policy at Georgetown University, CQ Press, 2004)

With a focus on accountability, Gormley and Balla examine the factors that ultimately lead to bureaucratic successes and shortcomings. Since one theory or approach cannot adequately cover the complexity of bureaucracy, the authors work through four key perspectives to give students more analytic power in answering crucial questions about governance. Each perspective–whether its focus is top-down, bottom-up, lateral, or on an individual player–lives students more complete and real insight into the give-and-take between decision makers, managers, elected officials, organized interests, and citizens.

Reid W. Click, Associate Professor of International Business and International Affairs

Latin American Financial Markets: Developments in Financial Innovations (co-editor with Harvey Arbeláez), (volume 5 of International Finance Review, series edited by J. Jay Choi), Elsevier Ltd., 2004.

This book is a collection of 21 original papers on Latin American finance by prominent researchers in and out of the region. This is an attempt to bring them together under the same umbrella so that the commonality and peculiarity of Latin finance can be more easily discerned across different applications as well as compared across countries. While topics are diverse (encompassing corporate finance, banking, equity and bond markets, dollarization, and pension funds), the papers range from country-specific to comparative and international in perspectives.

Robert M. Dunn, Jr, Professor of Economics

International Economics, 6th ed. (Co-authored with John H. Mutti; Routledge, 2004)

The latest edition of International Economics improves and builds upon the popular features of previous editions. The graphs, tables and statistics are all updated, but also added are improved sections on topics including:

– new developments in international trade agreements and the latest round of international trade talks
– international financial crises
– a new section on current controversies in the international monetary system

With impressive pedagogy, learning objectives and summaries, this clearly written book will be another winner with students of international economics and international business.

Amitai Etzioni, University Professor and Professor of International Affairs and Director, Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies

How Patriotic is the Patriot Act (Routledge, New York, 2004)

In a recent State of the Union Address, President Bush called upon Congress to enact legislation that would extend the time-limited provisions of the controversial anti-terror law known as the Patriot Act (they are scheduled to expire on December 31st, 2005). Championed by Attorney General John Ashcroft and approved by Congress in the fearful aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Patriot Act has been cast by its critics as the greatest threat to our civil liberties since the Alien and Sedition Acts or the suspension of habeas corpus during the Civil War. Yet, as Amitai Etzioni argues, "any reasonable deliberation about our national security is the recognition that we face two profound commitments: protecting our homeland and safeguarding our rights."

Amitai Etzioni, University Professor and Professor of International Affairs and Director, Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies

From Empire to Community (Palgrave, New York, 2004)

Whether one favors the U.S. global projection of force or is horrified by it, the question stands - where do we go from here? What ought to be the new global architecture? Amitai Etzioni follows a third way, drawing on both neoconservative and liberal ideas, in this bold new look at international relations. He argues that a "clash of civilizations" can be avoided and that the new world order need not look like America. Eastern values, including spirituality and moderate Islam, have a legitimate place in the evolving global public philosophy.

Nation-states, Etzioni argues, can no longer attend to rising transnational problems, from SARS to trade in sex slaves to cybercrime. Global civil society does help, but without some kind of global authority, transnational problems will overwhelm us. The building blocks of this new order can be found in the war against terrorism, multilateral attempts at deproliferation, humanitarian interventions and new supranational institutions (e.g., the governance of the Internet). Basic safety, human rights, and global social issues, such as environmental protection, are best solved cooperatively, and Etzioni explores ways of creating global authorities robust enough to handle these issues as he outlines the journey from "empire to community."

Martha Finnemore ,Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Co-authored with Michael Barnett

Rules for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics(Cornell University Press, New York, 2004)

Rules for the World provides an innovative perspective on the behavior of international organizations and their effects on global politics. Arguing against the conventional wisdom that these bodies are little more than instruments of states, Michael Barnett and Martha Finnemore begin with the fundamental insight that international organizations are bureaucracies that have authority to make rules and so exercise power. At the same time, Barnett and Finnemore maintain, such bureaucracies can become obsessed with their own rules, producing unresponsive, inefficient, and self-defeating outcomes. Authority thus gives international organizations autonomy and allows them to evolve and expand in ways unintended by their creators.

Barnett and Finnemore reinterpret three areas of activity that have prompted extensive policy debate: the use of expertise by the IMF to expand its intrusion into national economies; the redefinition of the category “refugees” and decision to repatriate by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; and the UN Secretariat?s failure to recommend an intervention during the first weeks of the Rwandan genocide. By providing theoretical foundations for treating these organizations as autonomous actors in their own right, Rules for the World contributes greatly to our understanding of global politics and global governance.

Harry Harding, University Professor of International Affairs

India-China Relationship: What the United States Needs to Know (Edited with Francine R. Frankel; Copub.: Columbia University Press, 2004)

As we move further into a new century, the two most populous nations on earth, India and China, continue a long and tangled relationship. Given their contested border, their nuclear rivalry, their competition for influence in Asia, their growing economic relations, and their internal problems, interaction between these two powers will deeply affect not only stability and prosperity in the region, but also vital U.S. interests. Yet the dynamics of the Chinese-Indian relationship are little known to Americans.

This volume brings together scholars from political science, history, economics, international relations, and security studies to add depth to our understanding of India-China relations. Throughout, the contributors address three common questions: what are the similarities and differences between the two countries' strategic cultures, domestic circumstances, and international environments? What are the broader international contexts for their bilateral relations? And what parallels and tensions exist between their national interests? U.S. policymakers, the academic community, and the informed public require fresh thinking and greater attention to India-China relations, as both countries promise to be of strategic importance to the United States in the decades ahead.

Ambassador Karl Inderfurth , Professor of the Practice of International Affairs and Director of the International Affairs program

Fateful Decisions: Inside the National Security Council(Oxford University Press, 2004)

This book sheds light on the creation, evolution, and current practice of the nation's most important institution for the making of American foreign and security policy, the National Security Council (NSC), as well as those who have occupied the powerful position of National Security Adviser including Henry Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski and Condoleezza Rice.

Stuart E. Johnson, Adjunct Professor of International Affairs

Transforming for Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations (Edited by Hans Binnendijk and Stuart E. Johnson, NDU: Washington 2004)

A review of the difficulties the US and its coalition partners faced in Iraq in the spring of 2003 after major combat operations were completed. It includes chapters on lessons learned in Iraqi Freedom post conflict operations and force sizing and organization of the active and reserve forces for stabilization and reconstruction operations. The book grew out of a study done by the authors for the Secretary of Defense to identify steps that could be taken to improve planning and preparation for stabilization and reconstruction operations.

Peter F. Klaren, Professor of History and International Affairs

Nacion Y Sociedad En La Historia Del Peru (Instituto de Estudios Peruanos 2004) Translated by Javier Flores from the original text Peru: Society and Nationhood in the Andes (Oxford University Press, 2000)

Ten thousand years of Peru’s history are brilliantly condensed in this volume, written by one of the most prestigious North American historians of Peru. The chapters on the Pre-Hispanic era and the periods of the Spanish conquest and colonial domination synthesize the most recent facts and scholarly interpretations, in an attractive and accessible presentation. The majority of the volume is dedicated, however, to the republican period, whose treatment is enhanced by having been deeply researched by the author himself in various works. The axis of the book rests on the struggle of the country’s popular sectors – based on their ethnic Indian, Black, and mestizo character – to acquire power in a nation governed essentially by an elite of European origin.

The book includes an extensive bibliographic essay of texts not only in English but Spanish, which covers the historical production on Peru over the last twenty-five years. It also contains several illustrations of great testimonial value as well as an extensive index of names and places. The book is one of the most valuable contributions in recent years to higher education and to a greater understanding of our past.

John M. Logsdon, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs and Director, Space Policy Institute

Ray A. Williamson, Research Professor of Space Policy and International Affairs

Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume VI Space and Earth Science (Editors, John M. Logsdon with Stephen J. Garber, Roger D. Launius, and Ray A. Williamson; NASA, 2004).

The civil space program of the United States has been one of the most significant activities of the latter half of the twentieth century. Even in this juncture, only a little more than a generation after the first orbital flights, the compelling nature of space exploration and the activity that it has engendered on the part of many people in government organizations make the U.S. civil space program a significant area of exploration. This multi-volume series contains a selection of key documents in the history of the U.S. civil space program.

Michael Marquardt, Professor of Human Resource Development and International Affairs

Optimizing the Power of Action Learning (Davies-Black, 2004)

With more than 20 best-practices examples, checklists, and other hands-on guidance, Optimizing the Power of Action Learning puts the action in action learning by focusing on the six essential components that make action learning work: the problem, group diversity, a reflective inquiry process, action strategies, a commitment to learning, and the all-important participation of a well-trained action learning coach.

James Millar, Professor Emeritus of Economics and International Affairs

Encyclopedia of Russian History (Macmillan Reference, 2004)

Winston Churchill's well-known description of Russia as a "riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma" has been widely quoted because it has seemed so apt to Western observers. They Cyrillic alphabet appears mysterious to the uninitiated, as does the odd system of dual dates for key historical events. Russia is huge and geographically remote, with over one hundred ethnic groups and as many languages. Historically, Russia stood on the margin of Europe proper, and Russian society experienced the Renaissance and the Reformation, which shaped modern Europe, only partially and belatedly.

The Encyclopedia of Russian History is designed to help dispel the mystery of Russia. It is the first encyclopedia in the English language to comprehend the entirety of Russian history, from ancient Rus to the most recent events in post-Soviet Russia. It is not aimed primarily at specialists in the area but at general readers, students, and scholars who are curious about Russia, have historical events, dates, and persons they wish to explore or papers to write on the widely varying topics and individuals contained herein. Contributors include top scholars in history, Russian studies, military history, economics, social science, literature, philosophy, music, and art history. The 1,500 entries have been composed by over 500 scholars from 16 countries.

In 2004, Millar and The Encyclopedia of Russian History were recognized by the American Library Association as an outstanding reference work.

Jerrold Post, Professor of Psychiatry, Political Psychology and International Affairs and Director of the Political Psychology Program

Leaders and their followers in a dangerous world: the psychology of political behavior (Cornell University Press, 2004)

What impels leaders to lead and followers to follow? How did Osama bin Laden, the son of a multibillionaire construction magnate in Saudi Arabia, become the world’s number one terrorist? What are the psychological foundations of man’s inhumanity to man, ethnic cleansing, and genocide? Jerrold M. Post contends that such questions can be answered only through an understanding of the psychological foundations of leader personality and political behavior.

In this book, he draws on psychological and personality theories, as well as interviews with individual terrorists and those who have interacted with particular leaders, to discuss a range of issues: the effects of illness and age on a leader’s political behavior; narcissism and the relationship between followers and a charismatic leader; the impact of crisis-induced stress on policymakers; the mind of the terrorist, with a consideration of killing in the name of God and the need for enemies and the rise of ethnic conflict and terrorism in the post-Cold War environment. The leaders he discusses include Fidel Castro, Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong Il, and Slobodan Milosevic.

Ambassador David Shinn, Adjunct Professor of International Affairs

Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia Ethiopia (Co-authored with Thomas P. Ofcansky; Scarecrow Press, 2004)

Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia appeals to all levels of readers, providing entries for each of Ethiopia's 85 ethnic groups and covering a broad range of cultural, political, and economic topics. Readers interested in the cultural aspects or who are planning to visit Ethiopia will find a wealth of entries on art, literature, handicrafts, music, dance, bird life, geography, and historic tourist sites. Practitioners in government and non-governmental organizations will find entries on pressing economic, social, and political issues such as HIV/AIDS, female circumcision , debt, human rights, and the environment. The important historical role of missionaries and the combination of conflict and cooperation between Christians and Muslims in the region are also issues reviewed. And, finally, many of the entries highlight relations between Ethiopia and her neighbors Eritrea, Somalia, Somaliland, Djibouti, Kenya, and Sudan.

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