Nation Building

In this absorbing, smart, and accessible blend of economic and cultural history in the vein of the works of Michael Lewis and Andrew Ross Sorkin, a financial executive and CNBC contributor examines the five most significant stock market crashes in the United States over the past century, revealing how they have defined the nation today.

Russia is a country with no natural borders, no single ethnic group, no true central identity. At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, it has been subject to invasion by outsiders, from Vikings to Mongols, from Napoleon’s French to Hitler’s Germans. In order to forge an identity, it has mythologized its past to unite its people and to signal strength to outsiders. In A Short History of Russia, Mark Galeotti explores the history of this fascinating, glorious, desperate, and exasperating country.

In Institution Building in Weak States, Andrew Radin argues that the international community's approach to building state institutions needs its own reform. This innovative book proposes a new strategy, rooted in a rigorous analysis of recent missions.

Building a New Nation chronicles the development of the new government following the signing of the Constitution. It explores the political views of the young nation’s leaders as they struggled to form a strong nation, despite the foreign and domestic dilemmas that they faced. The authors describe the beginnings of the two-party system, the administrations of the first three presidents, and key decisions by each branch of the government that shaped the future of the country.

In life and in death, slaves were commodities, their monetary value assigned based on their age, gender, health, and the demands of the market. The Price for Their Pound of Flesh is the first book to explore the economic value of enslaved people through every phase of their lives—including preconception, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, the senior years, and death—in the early American domestic slave trade.

In June 1846, General Stephen Watts Kearny rode out of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with two thousand soldiers, bound for California. At the time, the nation was hell-bent on expansion: James K. Polk had lately won the presidency by threatening England over the borders in Oregon, while Congress had just voted to annex Texas. After Mexico declared war on the United States, Kearny’s Army of the West was sent out, carrying orders to occupy Mexican territory. Winston Groom recounts the amazing adventure and danger that Kearny and his troops encountered on the trail.

In 1993 Greg Mortenson was the exhausted survivor of a failed attempt to ascend K2, an American climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram Himalaya. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of an impoverished Pakistani village, Mortenson promised to return one day and build them a school. From that rash, earnest promise grew one of the most incredible humanitarian campaigns of our time: Greg Mortenson's one-man mission to counteract extremism by building schools, especially for girls, throughout the breeding ground of the Taliban.

In "Diverse Medicine: Building a Stronger and Healthier Nation," esteemed author and award-winning physician, Dr. Dale Okorodudu, presents a powerful and compelling call to action. With unwavering conviction, Dr. Okorodudu champions the transformative impact of racial diversity in medicine, revealing its potential to revolutionize healthcare for all Americans. Drawing upon personal experience as a physician and advocate, Dr. Okorodudu uncovers the deeply rooted disparities within our healthcare system and explores the profound implications of a lack of diversity. With captivating ...

After meeting with the highest levels of government in several developing nations plagued by corruption, I engaged in discussions focused on planning steps to bring corruption to its knees. After these discussions, I was asked to prepare a plan of action that had the possibility of being a valuable resource in helping developing and, so-called, “Third World Nations” as they continued to move forward in the struggle to take on this battle, and bring about a victorious end to the stronghold that corruption seemed to have in these governmental institutions.

Rashid examines Central Asia, and the corridors of power in Washington and Europe, to see how the promised nation building in the region has progressed. His conclusions are devastating.

Why do so many farm businesses struggle to survive, let alone thrive? It’s because they don’t make clear strategic choices that reward them with a competitive advantage. Instead, most entrepreneurs start with a boilerplate business because they think they're supposed to. Boilerplate business plans offer little help in guiding strategic choices that determine if your business thrives or dies.

Women experience money differently than men do. In the United States, women have only 55 cents for every dollar held by men, are more likely to end up in poverty following a divorce, and are less likely to retire with the resources they need. But what can women do to build wealth and claim financial power in a system that wasn’t designed for them? Katie Gatti Tassin, personal finance blogger and podcast host, has built an energized following by diving deep into the broader social issues that impact women’s everyday financial experiences and sharing practical solutions to tackle them.

"Conquer the Building Inspector Exam: Your Guide to Structural, Architectural, and Safety Inspections" is a comprehensive study guide designed to help candidates excel in the building inspector exam. The book is divided into meticulously structured chapters that cover a wide range of topics, ensuring a thorough understanding of the key areas required for the exam. The guide begins with an introduction to the role of a building inspector, emphasizing the importance of building codes, standards, and key skills necessary for the job. It then delves into specific codes and regulations, ...

The author of Lincoln's Boys takes us inside Lyndon Johnson's White House to show how the legendary Great Society programs were actually put into practice: Team of Rivals for LBJ. The personalities behind every burst of 1960s liberal reform - from civil rights and immigration reform, to Medicare and Head Start - and what we'll lose if those programs are dismantled.

Major General Joseph P. Franklin (ret.) believes almost everything that he is as an adult can be traced back to his days at West Point, where he was not only a cadet but an instructor, football coach, and eventually Commandant of Cadets. U.S. Military Academy graduates are found at the highest levels in every walk of life: military, education, business, medicine, law, and government. However, you don't have to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy to embrace its ideals or to benefit from the wisdom that is taught there.

Discover the ins and outs of the news advertising industry with the trailblazing eBook, "Monetizing News." This comprehensive guide unravels the complexities of advertising partnerships, placing its focus on a multitude of players, from national media corporations to emerging news platforms. In its succinct and intelligible chapters, "Monetizing News" covers a comprehensive spectrum of topics such as understanding national advertising partnerships, evaluating potential partners, formulating effective pitches, and building enduring relationships. Beyond this, it delves into profiles of ...

With a nation seemingly more divided than ever, many worry that Americans risk losing ground on solving the complex, interrelated problems the country faces - including rising inequality, the specter of climate change, astronomical health care costs, and economic stagnation. The renowned economist Jeffrey D. Sachs offers a practical approach to move America toward a new consensus: sustainable development.

For a people that lost more than half a million lives in a liberation struggle for the independence and reunification of their country yet failed to shake off the oppressive external forces who allowed self-rule and reunification of British Cameroons and former French Cameroun but put their puppets in power in a so-called independent Cameroon, this country known as “Africa in Miniature” is an Orwellian reality. It is hard for a non-Cameroonian mind to imagine that there are tidy solutions or pithy fixes to the big challenges in overcoming the reactionary forces responsible for ...

However, what matters most to Tim is meeting his wife, Dr. Dana Yeoman. Seeing his wife's frustration with the complexity of running a dental practice, he saw that he could have a big impact on Dana’s business, so he set out to make things simple. Since meeting Dana, Tim has helped many dental entrepreneurs optimize their financial world even more so that they can decrease taxes, increase impact, and leave their thriving legacy!

Volumes 1 and 2 of Combat Veterans’ Stories of Small Wars and Nation Building present 20 autobiographical stories of men and women that were in fire fights, raids, and other dangerous situations that exposed them to enemy ordnance. Their stories give listeners an understanding of warfare, as the US military has experienced it since the Vietnam War.