Faculty Publications
The publications listed here represent the individual work of our
scholars. This is by no means a complete listing of their
publications and credits. For more information, please refer to
our Scholars and Staff page or to personal
pages linked below.
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A Government out of Sight: The Mystery of National Authority in Nineteenth-Century America, Cambridge University Press, 2009. |
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Integrating the Sixties, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996. |
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Chain Reaction: Expert Debate and Public Participation in American Commercial Nuclear Power, 1945-1975,
Cambridge University Press, 1991. |
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At Reagan's Side: Insiders' Recollections from Sacramento to the White House, with Stephen Knott, Rowman and Littlefield, 2009. |
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The Reagan Years., with Stephen Knott, Checkmark Books, 2005. |
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Real-World Nuclear Deterrence: The Making of International Strategy, with Joseph Siracusa, Praeger, 2006. |
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Depression to Cold War: A History of America from Herbert Hoover to Ronald Reagan, with Joseph Siracusa, Praeger, 2002. |
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Democratic Processes and Financial Markets: Pricing Politics, with William Bernhard, Cambridge University Press, 2006. |
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In Uncertain Times: American Foreign Policy after the Berlin Wall and 9/11, Cornell University Press, with Jeffrey Legro, 2011. |
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The Cambridge History of the Cold War , with Odd Arne Westad, Cambridge University, 2010. |
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For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War, Hill and Wang, 2008. |
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To Lead the World: American Strategy after the Bush Doctrine, with Jeffrey Legro, Oxford University Press, 2008. |
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A Preponderance of Power: National Security, the Truman Administration, and the Cold War, Stanford University Press, 1992. |
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The Specter of Communism: The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1917-1953, Hill and Wang, 1994. |
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Elusive Quest: America's Pursuit of European Stability and French Security, 1919-1933, University of North Carolina Press, 1979. |
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In Uncertain Times: American Foreign Policy after the Berlin Wall and 9/11, with Melvyn Leffler, Cornell University Press, 2011. |
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To Lead the World: American Strategy after the Bush Doctrine, with Melvyn Leffler, Oxford University Press, 2008. |
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Rethinking the World: Great Power Strategies and International Order, Cornell University Press, 2005. |
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The Problem of Jobs: Liberalism, Race, and Deindustrialization in Philadelphia, University of Chicago Press, 2008. |
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President Lincoln: The Duty of a Statesman., Knopf, 2008 |
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Lincoln's Virtues, Knopf, 2002. |
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Arguing About Slavery, Vintage Books, 1998. |
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The Business of May Next: James Madison and the Founding, University Press of Virginia, 1992. |
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The First Liberty Religion and the American Republic, Georgetown University Press, 2003. |
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The American Presidency, Origins and Development 1776-2011, with
Michael Nelson, Congressional Quarterly Press, 2011. |
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Theodore Roosevelt, the Progressive Party, and the Transformation of American Democracy
, University Press of Kansas 2009. |
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American Government: Balancing Democracy and Rights
, with Marc Landy, McGraw-Hill 2003. |
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Presidential Greatness, with Marc Landy, University Press of Kansas, 2000. |
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Political Parties and Constitutional Government: Remaking American Democracy, Johns Hopkins
University Press, 1999. |
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Progressivism and the New Democracy, with Jerome M. Mileur, University of Massachusetts Press, 1999. |
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The Supremes, Peter Lang, 2009. |
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Jacqueline Kennedy: First Lady of the New Frontier, University Press of Kansas, 2004. |
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Freedom and the Court: Civil Rights and Liberties in the United States, with Henry Abraham, University Press of Kansas, 2003. |
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The Priestly Tribe: The Supreme Court's Image in the American Mind, Praeger, 1999. |
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Governing at Home: The White House and Domestic Policymaking., University Press of Kansas, 2011. |
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The President's Words: Speeches and Speechwriting in the Modern White House, University Press of Kansas, 2010. |
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Bridging the Constitutional Divide: Inside the White House Office of Legislative Affairs , Texas A&M University, 2010. |
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The Presidency and the Politics of Racial Inequality, Columbia University Press, 1999. |
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Constructing the Monolith: The United States, Great Britain, and International Communism, 1945-1950, Harvard University Press, 2009. |
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Winston Churchill's World View: Statesmanship and Power, Louisiana State University Press, 1983. |
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China among Unequals: Asymmetric Foreign Relations in Asia. Singapore: World Scientific Press, 2010 |
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China’s Rise in Historical Perspective. Editor. Boulder: Rowman and Littlefield, 2010. |
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China and Vietnam: The Politics of Asymmetry. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006 |
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Contemporary Chinese Politics in Historical Perspective, Editor, New York: Cambridge University Press. |
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The Washington Community 1800-1828, Columbia University Press, 1966. |