Why does society oscillate between intense interst in public issues and almost total concentration on private goals? In this work, Albert O. Hirschman offers a social, political and economic analysis...
How did the U.S. become bogged down in a seemingly endless Asian conflict? This authoritative book is the first to place the Vietnam War in the perspective of two hundred years of history, and it...
“This is a book about getting, and staying, involved with God-what it takes, what it costs, what it looks and feels like, why anyone would want to do it anyway. It is at the same time a book about...