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American Political Thought

Benjamin Franklin Unmasked: On the Unity of His Moral, Religious, and Political Thought. Jerry Weinberger. New in paperback 2008. xvi, 336 pages. Paper ISBN 978-0-7006-1584-1 $17.95

Frederick Douglass: Race and the Rebirth of American Liberalism. Peter C. Myers. 2008. 272 pages. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1572-8 $34.95

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American Presidency Series

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American Presidential Elections

By One Vote: The Disputed Presidential Election of 1876. Michael F. Holt. 2008. 304 pages, illus. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1608-4 $34.95

Four Hats in the Ring: The 1912 Election and the Birth of Modern American Politics. Lewis L. Gould. 2008. 256 pages, illus. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1564-3 $29.95

Minority Victory: Gilded Age Politics and the Front Porch Campaign of 1888. Charles W. Calhoun. 2008. 240 pages, illus. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1596-4 $29.95

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CultureAmerica

Are We There Yet? The Golden Age of American Family Vacations. Susan Sessions Rugh. 2008. 240 pages, illus. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1588-9 $29.95

From Greenwich Village to Taos: Primitivism and Place at Mabel Dodge Luhan’s. Flannery Burke. 2008. 232 pages, illus. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1579-7 $34.95

Indian-Made: Navajo Culture in the Marketplace, 1868–1940. Erika Marie Bsumek. 2008. 304 pages, illus. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1595-7 $29.95

It’s Our Day: America’s Love Affair with the White Wedding, 1945–2005. Katherine Jellison. 2008. 312 pages, illus. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1559-9, $29.95

Reinventing Richard Nixon: A Cultural History of an American Obsession. Daniel Frick. 2008. 344 pages, illus. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1599-5 $34.95

Weather Matters: An American Cultural History since 1900. Bernard Mergen. 2008. 448 pages, illus. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1611-4 $34.95

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Landmark Law Cases and American Society

Little Rock on Trial: Cooper v. Aaron and School Desegregation. Tony A. Freyer. 2007. 274 pages. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1535-3 $35.00. Paper ISBN 978-0-7006-1536-0 $17.95

Michigan Affirmative Action Cases. Barbara A. Perry. 2007. 232 pages. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006- 1548-3 $35.00. Paper ISBN 978-0-7006-1549-0 $16.95

Miracle Case: Film Censorship and the Supreme Court. Laura Wittern-Keller and Raymond J. Haberski Jr.. 2008. 256. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1618-3 $35.00. Paper ISBN 978-0-7006-1619-0 $16.95

One Man Out: Curt Flood versus Baseball. Robert M. Goldman. 2008. 200 pages. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1602-2 $35.00. Paper ISBN 978-0-7006-1603-9 $16.95

Treason Trials of Aaron Burr. Peter Charles Hoffer. 2008. 224 pages. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1591-9 $35.00. Paper ISBN 978-0-7006-1592-6 $16.95

Zoning of America: Euclid v. Ambler. Michael Allan Wolf. 2008. 208 pages. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1620-6 $35.00. Paper ISBN 978-0-7006-1621-3 $16.95

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Modern First Ladies

Barbara Bush: Presidential Matriarch. Myra G. Gutin. 2008. 208 pages, illus. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1583-4 $29.95

Grace Coolidge: The People’s Lady in Silent Cal’s White House. Robert H. Ferrell. 2008. 184 pages, illus. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1563-6 $29.95

Hillary Rodham Clinton: Polarizing First Lady. Gil Troy. New in paperback 2008. xiv, 264 pages, illus. Paper ISBN 978-0-7006-1585-8 $16.95

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Modern War Studies

Abandoning Vietnam: How America Left and South Vietnam Lost Its War. James H. Willbanks. With a new preface by the author. New in Paperback 2008. xii, 378 pages. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1331-1 $39.95. Paper ISBN 978-0-7006-1623-7 $24.95

Cold War U.S. Army: Building Deterrence for Limited War. Ingo Trauschweizer. 2008. 416 pages, illus. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1578-0 $39.95

Decoding Clausewitz: A New Approach to On War. Jon Tetsuro Sumida. 2008. 224 pages. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1616-9 $29.95

From Stalingrad to Pillau: A Red Army Artillery Officer Remembers the Great Patriotic War. Isaak Kobylyanskiy. Edited by Stuart Britton. 2008. 328 pages, illus. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1566-7 $29.95

German Way of War: From the Thirty Years’ War to the Third Reich. Citino, Robert M. New in Paperback 2008. xx, 428 pages, illus. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1410-3 $34.95. Paper ISBN 978-0-7006-1624-4 $24.95

Grant’s Lieutenants: From Chattanooga to Appomattox. Steven E. Woodworth, ed. 2008. 256 pages. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1589-6, $34.95

Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat: Reality and Myth. Earl J. Hess. 2008. 288 pages, illus. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1607-7 $29.95

Rumsfeld’s Wars: The Arrogance of Power. Dale R. Herspring. 2008. 288 pages. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1587-2 $34.95

Through the Maelstrom: A Red Army Soldier’s War on the Eastern Front, 1942–1945. Boris Gorbachevsky. Translated and edited by Stuart Britton. 2008. 496 pages, illus. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1605-3 $36.95

Wolfram von Richthofen: Master of the German Air War. James S. Corum. 2008. 416 pages, illus. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1598-8 $34.95

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Studies in Government and Public Policy

Attack Politics: Negativity in Presidential Campaigns since 1960. Emmett H. Buell Jr. and Lee Sigelman. 2008. 336 pages. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1561-2 $34.95

Power in the City: Clarence Stone and the Politics of Inequality. Marion Orr and Valerie C. Johnson, eds. 2008. 352 pages. Paper ISBN 978-0-7006-1573-5 $24.95

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U.S. Army War College Guides to Civil War Battles

Guide to the Atlanta Campaign: Rocky Face Ridge to Kennesaw Mountain. Jay Luvaas and Harold W. Nelson, eds. 2008. 384 pages, illus. Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1569-8 $39.95. Paper ISBN 978-0-7006-1570-4 $17.95

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