Books published by Johns Hopkins University Press

military policy from the end of the Cold War through the beginning of the Obama presidency provides a clear picture of why the United States is militarily powerful but "otherwise insecure."

Chesney used Helen Thom's definitive biography, Johns Hopkins: A Silhouette, as a source and wrote the play to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

With more than 150 exercises, Regression Estimators is a valuable resource for graduate students and professional statisticians.

Her study extends into Prohibition and discusses the various effects that scattering vice and banning alcohol had on commercial nightlife.

The contributors, while recognizing the important differences and potential clashes between participatory and representative forms of democracy, ultimately favor participation, emphasizing its capacity to enhance and strengthen representative democracy.

Such grappling, Rawls concludes, results in a nuanced, durable machine, producing better laws that have benefited from minority input.

Kathryn Allamong Jacob's engaging account shows how the "kingearned his crown through cookery and conversation and how this son of wealth and privilege helped to create a questionable profession in a city that then, as now, rested on power and influence.

Nundy's simple preventive health guidelines will keep your motor running longer and stronger.

Humorous, sometimes acerbic, and always well informed, Sommer's thought-provoking book will change the way you look at health care in America.

No woman will read the book without experiencing at least one big wake-up call about how to live a happier, healthier life.

Professionals and students involved in gerontology, psychiatry, and bioethics will find the discussion both enlightening and practical.

American historians and anyone interested in the history of labor or Las Vegas will find this account highly original, insightful, and even-handed.

This expanded and updated edition will appeal to residents, both new and old, as well as to visitors eager to deepen their experience in the nation's capital.

It is a valuable tool for social workers, nurses, and family therapists.

Cinematic Illuminations offers medievalists, literary and cultural theorists, and film theorists and buffs a fresh approach to understanding how popular culture interprets and makes use of the past through the medium of film.

The book encourages parents to modify their own behavior, teaching them to shift their focus away from battling with their kids and to use their energy to help their children develop winning habits and attitudes for life.

It will engage bioethicists and philosophers as well as inform policy and law regarding issues at the beginning and end of life.

case is a unique reference point for students of American political development and comparative democratization.

Roessler, Andreas Schedler, Jan Teorell, Nicolas van de Walle, Sharon L. Wolchik

American historians will find this study both enlightening and surprising.

Drawing on newly unearthed documents, including a series of letters from Einstein to his sons, Neffe presents a rich psychological portrait of a man whose character has too often been lost in the bright glow of celebrity.

Harvey, Strolling Players in Albany, Montreal, and Quebec City, 1797 and 1810: Performance, Class, and EmpireWoodruff D. Smith, Corruption and Eighteenth-Century Social Science: Mapping the Space of Political Economy

Bush administration.

Special attention is given to the challenges and opportunities presented by our aging and increasingly diverse population.

Cautioning Western leaders against an anti-terrorist tunnel vision that could ultimately backfire, Shore proposes bold, creative, and controversial solutions for attracting the hearts and minds of moderate Muslims living in the West.

The volume editors conclude with an assessment of the current state of realism and suggest ways for the debate to progress.

It fills the persistent need to document women's poetic expression during the long eighteenth century and to rewrite the literary history of the period, a history from which women have largely been excluded.

It fills the persistent need to document women's poetic expression during the long eighteenth century and to rewrite the literary history of the period, a history from which women have largely been excluded.

This volume will help readers develop theoretically grounded classroom practices informed by the advice and experience of fellow practitioners and feminist scholars.