As the Imperial Japanese Army swept across China and South Asia at World War II's outset, closing all of China's seaports, more than 200,000 Chinese laborers embarked on a seemingly impossible task: to cut a 700-mile overland route- the Burma Road-from the southwest Chinese city of Kunming to Lashio, Burma. But when Burma fell in 1942, the Burma Road was severed. As the first step of the Allied offensive toward Japan, American general Joseph Stilwell...

John H. Aldrich is the Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science at Duke University. Kathleen M. McGraw is professor of political science at Ohio State University. The American National Election Studies (ANES) is the premier social science survey program devoted to voting and elections. Conducted during the presidential election years and midterm Congressional elections, the survey is based on interviews with voters and delves into...

Bradley A. Smith is Professor of Law at Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio. As of May 2000, he has been serving a six-year term on the Federal Election Commission. At a time when campaign finance reform is widely viewed as synonymous with cleaning up Washington and promoting political equality, Bradley Smith, a nationally recognized expert on campaign finance reform, argues that all restriction on campaign giving should be eliminated....

Get the Summary of Joshua Green's The Rebels in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Rebels" by Joshua Green chronicles the transformation of the Democratic Party from a labor-centric organization to one more aligned with Wall Street and financial interests. The book traces this shift back to President Jimmy Carter's failed tax reform efforts, which signaled a move away from traditional labor support. Carter's administration...

Ever since 1789, Americans have engaged in the time-honored tradition of judging presidential candidates by their personalities. While it may sound unwise to pick the leader of the free world based on personality traits rather than platforms, policies, and ideology, that is exactly what will happen in the 2024 election.In this exploration of U.S. presidential elections, personality expert Merrick Rosenberg and co-author Richard Ellis reveal the pattern...

After one of the closest elections in U.S. history, the attention of American people shifted to Florida, the fourth most populous state in the Union, and one of the most diverse, divided, and fastest growing: its 25 electoral votes could have put either candidate into the White House. The Miami Herald Report finally provides the answers that Americans have been demanding since the night of November 7, 2000. Including: * The inside stories of Florida...

Get the Summary of McKay Coppins's Romney in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Romney" by McKay Coppins chronicles the life and political career of Mitt Romney, from his upbringing in a resilient and devout Mormon fami

The 2000 presidential left the world standing still, but it was no fluke. America is divided right down the middle, the product of a half-century, unique in our country's history, of inconclusive, increasingly heated partisan battle. Tantalizingly close to victory, each party inflames and mobilizes its most loyal supporters and battles to gain even a small edge with some contested groups. Politics has become culture war - a fight about values, faith,...

Top political insider Douglas E. Schoen dissects the failures of modern politics and unveils the practical-minded, citizen-powered solutions that will revive American democracy One of America's foremost political pollsters, Douglas E. Schoen, shows how the electoral system can be mended so that it once again serves and inspires the American people-no matter their party. In The Political Fix, Schoen lays out provocative yet highly achievable solutions-from...

"Winner of the 2005 Best Book on Religion and Politics, Religion and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association" David C. Leege is Professor of Government and International Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He is the principal author of Rediscovering the Religious Factor in American Politics and Political Research Methods. Kenneth D. Wald is Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida and the author of three...