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  • Prompt and Utter Destruction, Third Edition

    Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs against Japan

    by J. Samuel Walker ...
    In this concise account of why America used atomic bombs against Japan in 1945, J. Samuel Walker analyzes the reasons behind President Truman’s most controversial decision. Delineating what was known and not known by American leaders at the time, Walker evaluates the options available for ending the war with Japan. In this new edition, Walker incorporates a decade of new research — mostly from ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Day That Shook America

    A Concise History of 9/11

    by J. Samuel Walker ...
    Choice Outstanding Academic TitleOn September 11, 2001, author J. Samuel Walker was far from home when he learned of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Stricken by incredulity and anxiety, he found the phone lines jammed when he tried to call his wife, who worked in downtown Washington, DC. At the time and ever since, Walker, like many of his fellow Americans, was ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • ACC Basketball

    The Story of the Rivalries, Traditions, and Scandals of the First Two Decades of the Atlantic Coast Conference

    by J. Samuel Walker ...
    Since the inception of the Atlantic Coast Conference, intense rivalries, legendary coaches, gifted players, and fervent fans have come to define the league’s basketball history. In ACC Basketball, J. Samuel Walker traces the traditions and the dramatic changes that occurred both on and off the court during the conference’s rise to a preeminent position in college basketball between 1953 and 1972 ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Most of 14th Street Is Gone

    The Washington, DC Riots of 1968

    by J. Samuel Walker ...
    "Left behind were hundreds of burned-out buildings, whole blocks that looked as though they had been bombed into oblivion." These words, written by the *Washington Post'*s Leonard Downie Jr., do not describe a war zone but rather the nation's capital reeling in the wake of the riots of April 1968. In the devastating aftermath of Martin Luther King's assassination, a community already plagued by ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

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    Prompt and Utter Destruction

    Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs against Japan, Third Edition

    by J. Samuel Walker ...
    Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 47 min

    In this concise account of why America used atomic bombs against Japan in 1945, J. Samuel Walker analyzes the reasons behind President Truman's most controversial decision. Delineating what was known and not known by American leaders at the time, Walker evaluates the options available for ending the war with Japan. In this new edition, Walker incorporates a decade of new research—mostly from ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Future of Police Reform

    The U.S. Justice Department and the Promise of Lawful Policing

    by Samuel Walker ...
    The first thorough study of the Justice Department’s pattern or practice program, examining how it works and how court-imposed consent decrees implement needed reformsAmerican society grapples with an enduring crisis in policing which is inextricably intertwined with the nation’s deeply rooted racial issues. While there have been great strides in policing over the past five decades, the United ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • The Road to Madness

    How the 1973-1974 Season Transformed College Basketball

    by J. Samuel Walker, Randy Roberts ...
    The NCAA men’s basketball tournament is one of the iconic events in American sports. In this fast-paced, in-depth account, J. Samuel Walker and Randy Roberts identify the 1973–74 season as pivotal in the making of this now legendary postseason tournament. In an era when only one team per conference could compete, the dramatic defeat of coach John Wooden’s UCLA Bruins by the North Carolina State ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Unity is the Shift

    by Samuel Walker ...
    Unity is the Shift is a spiritual quest memoir that illuminates multiple pathways of self-discovery, resurfacing a more authentic version of self. Each life lesson unraveled utilizes a multi-planed perspective to help readers navigate the seas of inner work and digest the cohesion between spirituality, emotional intelligence, and self-accountability. Unify your heart & mind so you can shift your ... Read more

    $11.11 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Smarter You, Smarter Them

    Proven Steps to Develop a Better You and Pass on the "Wealth" of Knowledge

    by Samuel Walker ...
    Raised in the heart of Columbus, GA, Samuel’s journey began with humble roots. His unwavering determination and desire to make a difference in his life led him to take actions described in Smarter You Smarter Them. These actions were instrumental with his successes in life, a 22-year career as a distinguished and decorated US Marine Corps officer, father of three, post military career as a Senior ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The American Civil Liberties Union

    An Annotated Bibliography

    by Samuel Walker ...
    Series series Organizations and Interest Groups
    Since its founding after World War I, the American Civil Liberties Union has become an integral part of American society. The history of the ACLU parallels the extension of civil rights and liberties in the United States. With a total of 1454 entries spanning almost three quarters of a century, this annotated bibliography provides an important research tool for scholars, attorneys, and policy ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Presidents and Civil Liberties from Wilson to Obama

    A Story of Poor Custodians

    by Samuel Walker ...
    This book is a history of the civil liberties records of American presidents from Woodrow Wilson to Barack Obama. It examines the full range of civil liberties issues: First Amendment rights of freedom of speech, press and assembly; due process; equal protection, including racial justice, women's rights, and lesbian and gay rights; privacy rights, including reproductive freedom; and national ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Embodiment and the Law

    A New Approach to Analysis, Discourse and Reasoning

    by Samuel Walker ...
    Series series Elgar Studies in Legal Theory
    The law currently sees bodies as passive material upon which our values are inscribed rather than as an active part of the production of normative values. Rethinking current legal understandings of embodiment, this book proposes that peoples’ experiences of embodiment play an important role in the development of normative values and that the legal system should adopt an embodied understanding of ... Read more

    $35.99 USD