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Drug Control Policy

Essays in Historical and Comparative Perspective

By: William O. Walker

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Drug Control Policy

Essays in Historical and Comparative Perspective

By: William O. Walker

A detailed look at drug control policy as it has been shaped historically in the United States and other countries, most notably in China and East Asia. Drug policy has emphasized suppressing drugs at their source by curtailing their distribution, but few policy makers have considered legalization as a remedy. On the other hand, much of drug policy has been a record of bureaucratic infighting and aggrandizement. At the same time, it has reflected nativistic and racial biases. These essays suggest, however, that alternative strategies would not necessarily be any more successful. David Courtwright argues that legalization of drugs would create its own problems. Given the nature of federal policy, institutional structures, and social mores, the authors question whether drug policy could have been otherwise constructed. William O. Walker has brought together leading scholars writing in the field to contribute essays that offer broad perspectives on the history of drug policy. They provide a comparative and historical lens through which to view the current debate over drug policy in the United States.

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192

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Penn State Press

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ISBN 10

0271025603

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9780271025605

Drugs in the Western Hemisphere

An Odyssey of Cultures in Conflict

By: William O. Walker (III)

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Drugs in the Western Hemisphere

An Odyssey of Cultures in Conflict

By: William O. Walker (III)

Argues that a history of drugs is a study of cultures in competition.

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300

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0842024263

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9780842024266

The Rise and Decline of the American Century

By: William O. Walker III

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The Rise and Decline of the American Century

By: William O. Walker III

In 1941 the magazine publishing titan Henry R. Luce urged the nation’s leaders to create an American Century. But in the post-World-War-II era proponents of the American Century faced a daunting task. Even so, Luce had articulated an animating idea that, as William O. Walker III skillfully shows in The Rise and Decline of the American Century, would guide United States foreign policy through the years of hot and cold war. The American Century was, Walker argues, the counter-balance to defensive war during World War II and the containment of communism during the Cold War. American policymakers pursued an aggressive agenda to extend U.S. influence around the globe through control of economic markets, reliance on nation-building, and, where necessary, provision of arms to allied forces. This positive program for the expansion of American power, Walker deftly demonstrates, came in for widespread criticism by the late 1950s. A changing world, epitomized by the nonaligned movement, challenged U.S. leadership and denigrated the market democracy at the heart of the ideal of the American Century. Walker analyzes the international crises and monetary troubles that further curtailed the reach of the American Century in the early 1960s and brought it to a halt by the end of that decade. By 1968, it seemed that all the United States had to offer to allies and non-hostile nations was convenient military might, nuclear deterrence, and the uncertainty of détente. Once the dust had fallen on Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency and Richard M. Nixon had taken office, what remained was, The Rise and Decline of the American Century shows, an adulterated, strategically-based version of Luce’s American Century.

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212

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Cornell University Press

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1501726153

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9781501726156

National Security and Core Values in American History

By: William O. Walker III,William O. Walker

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National Security and Core Values in American History

By: William O. Walker III,William O. Walker

Drawing upon themes from the nation's past, William O. Walker III presents a new interpretation of the history of American exceptionalism.

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366

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Cambridge University Press

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0521518598

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9780521518598

The Law of Limitation

By: William Brown

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The Law of Limitation

By: William Brown

Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.

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894

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3846057835

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9783846057834

Interpolations in the Pauline Letters

By: William Walker, Jr.

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Interpolations in the Pauline Letters

By: William Walker, Jr.

In this fundamental and at times provocative study, Walker demonstrates that Paul's letters contain later, non-Pauline additions or interpolations and that such interpolations can sometimes be identified with relative confidence. He begins by establishing that interpolations are to be assumed simply on a priori grounds, that direct text-critical evidence is not essential for their recognition, that the burden of proof in their identification is lighter than most have assumed, and that specific evidence for interpolation is often available.Successive chapters then argue that 1 Cor. 11.3-16, 1 Cor. 2.6-16, 1 Cor. 12.31b-14.1a, and Rom. 1.18-2.29 are in fact non-Pauline interpolations, and Walker goes on to summarize arguments for the same conclusion regarding five additional passages. A brief epilogue addresses the question of interpolations and the canonical authority of scripture.

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273

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A&C Black

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0567145085

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9780567145086

The Works of William Shakespeare

Vol. VII

By: William Shakespeare

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The Works of William Shakespeare

Vol. VII

By: William Shakespeare

Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.

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3752557966

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9783752557961

Book's by William O. Walker

Drug Control Policy

Drug Control Policy

Drugs in the Western Hemisphere

Drugs in the Western Hemisphere

The Rise and Decline of the American Century

The Rise and Decline of the American Century

National Security and Core Values in American History

National Security and Core Values in American History

The Law of Limitation

The Law of Limitation

Interpolations in the Pauline Letters

Interpolations in the Pauline Letters

The Works of William Shakespeare

The Works of William Shakespeare

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