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Or order by calling our customer-service representatives at (800) 621-2736. NEW TITLE Sleepwalking with the Bomb John C. Wohlstetter March 2013 Discovery Institute $19.95 G paper G 226 pp G 6 x 9 G isbn 9781936599066 current affairs / science Sleepwalking with the Bomb shows how we can forestall nuclear catastrophe. It offers familiar faces, cases, and places to illustrate how the civilized world can face the most pressing nuclear dangers. Drawing from both history and current events, John Wohlstetter assembles in one place an integrated, coherent, and concise picture that explains how best to avoid the “apocalyp- tic trinity”—suicide, genocide, and surrender—in confronting emerging nuclear threats. John C. Wohlstetter is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute, a trustee of the Hudson Institute, author of The Long War Ahead and the Short War Upon Us, and founder of the issues blog Letter From the Capitol. He has published numerous articles in a variety of publications and is a regular radio commenta- tor. 2 www.amppubgroup.com NEW TITLE Imprimis A Fortieth-Anniversary Collection Edited by Douglas A. Jeffrey April 2013 Hillsdale College Press $30.00 G cloth G 275 pp G 6 x 9 G isbn 9780916308421 politics In 1972, Hillsdale College began mailing Imprimis—a speech digest pro- moting the principles of individual rights, limited government, free market economics, civic morality, and strong national defense. Marking 40 years of Imprimis publication, this volume includes several talks addressing the radi- cal difference between the limited constitutional government established by America’s founders and the bureaucratic or administrative state that exists in Washington and many state capitals today—and how the change came about. With contributions from: Larry P. Arnn, Mark Steyn, Charles R. Kessler, Ron- ald Reagan, Friedrich A. Hayek, Milton Friedman, William J. Bennett, Dinesh D’Souza, Robert P. George, David McCullough, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Victor Davis Hanson, and Clarence Thomas. www.amppubgroup.com 3 RECENTLY RELEASED The Crisis of Christendom Volume VI G 1815–2005 Warren H. Carroll and Anne Carroll Christendom Press $80.00 G cloth G 700 pp G 6 x 9 G isbn 9780931888908 history / Christianity How would a historical narrative read if the author began with the first principles that truth exists and the Incarnation happened? The long- awaited, sixth and final volume to the late Warren Carroll’s highly regarded history of Christendom covers the years 1815 through 2005. This series is the only in-print, comprehensive narration of Western history written from an orthodox Catholic perspective. See page 15 for other volumes in this extraordinarily popular series. Warren Carroll (1932–2011) was founder of Christendom College, serving as president from 1977–85, and as chairman of the Department of History from 1985–2002. Carroll earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in history from Columbia Uni- versity. The author of numerous books, he has won a well-deserved reputation as one of the foremost Catholic historians of our time. Anne Carroll is the widow of Warren and a well-respected author in her own right. Her books include Christ the King, Lord of History and Christ and the Americas. She is also the founder of Seton Home Study School and Seton School in Manassas, Virginia. 4 www.amppubgroup.com RECENTLY RELEASED The U.S. Constitution A Reader Edited by Hillsdale College Politics Department Hillsdale College Press $40.00 G paper G 790 pp G 6 x 9 G isbn 9780916308360 politics Featuring 113 primary source documents, this reader was developed for teaching the core course on the U.S. Constitution at Hillsdale College. Divided into eleven sections with introductions by members of Hillsdale’s Politics Department faculty, readings cover: the principles of the Ameri- can founding, the framing and structure of the Constitution, the seces- sion crisis and the Civil War, the Progressive rejection of the Constitution, and the building of the administrative state based on Progressive principles. This extraordinary textbook is not only perfect for classroom use—it will provide interested readers with a traditional educational experience that en- larges their understanding of the American tradition. The Hillsdale College Politics Faculty has painstakingly assembled this volume in order to provide their students with a deeper understanding of the American political order. They are now making this collection available for the first time to readers everywhere. www.amppubgroup.com 5 POLITICS To Protect and Maintain Individual Rights A Citizen’s Guide to the Washington Constitution, Article I Jonathan Bechtle and Michael J. Reitz A section-by-section analysis of the Wash- ington state constitution’s Declaration of Rights. Bechtle and Reitz review the state’s $16.95 G paper G 1889 constitutional debates, contemporary 160 pp accounts of the convention, and significant legal cases. They urge citizens to become fa- Freedom miliar with their state constitutions. With a Foundation G foreword by Chief Justice Charles Johnson. isbn 9780983544005 The Washington State Constitution and the Constitution of the United States of America This leatherette-bound edition of the Wash- ington Constitution begins with a foreword by Chief Justice Barbara Madsen of the Washington State Supreme Court. Madsen explains the importance of the state consti- tution and why its protections of individual $6.95 G paper G rights and liberty are more important to- 216 pp day than ever before. Also included are an introduction and history of the document Freedom and the delegates who authored it, as well as Foundation G the full text of the U.S. Constitution. isbn 9780983544029 6 www.amppubgroup.com POLITICS The New Jacobinism America as Revolutionary State Claes G. Ryn A revised edition of a modern classic. Ryn gave early warning of a spreading move- ment which claims that America represents universal principles and should establish armed global hegemony. This new Jaco- $15.00 G paper G binism manifests a precipitous decline of 163 pp American civilization and poses a serious threat to traditional American constitution- National Humanities alism and liberty. With a new afterword. Institute G isbn 9780932783042 The Long War Ahead and the Short War Upon Us Imperfect Civilization, Perfect Barbarism, and WMD Terror John C. Wohlstetter The Long War Ahead analyzes the multiple wars against terrorist groups that ensued after September 11 and their roots. Topics $16.95 G paper G include the rise of Islamic communities in 240 pp the West, the debate in the West over civil liberties versus security, the status of related Discovery Institute G battlefield conflicts around the globe, and isbn 9780979014116 challenges in defending the homeland and fighting overseas. www.amppubgroup.com 7 POLITICS Obama: The Dream and the Reality Selected National Review Essays G Victor Davis Hanson Obama: The Dream and the Reality collects the National Review writings of one of today’s most provocative political commentators: Victor Davis Hanson. In pungent prose, Hanson skewers modern pieties with the eye of a realist who is deeply grounded in wide knowledge of human history—and human nature. $19.95 / paper / 408 pp / National Review / isbn 9780984765003 An Evening with national review G Some Memorable Articles from the First Five Years First published in 1960, An Evening with National Review has been faithful- ly reissued for the enjoyment of today’s conservatives. Now readers of today will see why the great writers who made National Review their journalistic home in the late 1950s—writers such as Whittaker Chambers, Russell Kirk, Morrie Ryskind, and others, along with renowned cartoonists C. D. Batch- elor and John Kreuttner—remain worthwhile, entertaining,