Books published by University Press of Kansas

Mamie Doud Eisenhower was a president's wife who seemed to most Americans like the friend next door. This biography captures the winning personality that made Mrs Eisenhower an important part of both her husband's success and her cultural milieu, and relates how her experience as an army wife better prepared her for the White House.

Offers new insight into the workings of a military giant and also restores Leon Trotsky to his rightful place in Soviet military history by featuring his ideas on building a new army from the ground up. This book is an important look behind the scenes at a military establishment that continues to face leadership challenges in Russia today.

"Rothenberg tells about growing up female in New York City in the 50s and 60s, years when racial and sexual prejudice were the norm.... The stories - especially concerning her parents - are moving." - Washington Post Book World; "Rothenberg unflinchingly uses her own life to teach about the personal, political dangers of accepting the role of exception." - The Women's Review of Books; "Rothenberg writes with refreshing candor." - Publishers Weekly"

In 1989 a female applicant wishing to go to the all-male Viginia Military Institute (VMI) complained of discrimination to the Justice Department, which brought a suit the following year to integrate women into VMI. This text traces the origins of this case back to VMI's founding and evolution.

Although the last half of the 20th century has been called the Age of Democracy, the 21st has already demonstrated the fragility of democratic government. Reassessing the fate of democracy, Ralph Ketcham traces the evolution of this idea over the course of four hundred years.