This book offers an analysis of the United States’ conventional military buildup during the final decade of the Cold War.Departing from a historiography largely focused on strategic arms and summit diplomacy, the work examines how the modernization of non-nuclear forces formed an integral part of Ronald Reagan’s broader Cold War strategy. It shows that the revitalization of conventional forces was not ancillary to diplomacy but a central pillar of a policy that sought to negotiate ...

The Plan presents a layman's perspective of God's Plan for man derived from His Word.The Plan of God for man presents two separate Creations for man's existence: this present Creation and a Creation yet to come, where man inherits the eternal consequences of his choice.The Plan offers details of this divine Plan supported by Scripture references to expand the reader's assessment of their merit. It offers perspectives from the Word of God that the reader ma...

In a world torn by hatred, hope becomes the greatest act of defiance as the lives of three men are forever connected through a series of unforeseen events. Hungry, rejected, and weighed down by responsibility, a young missionary, Elder Gordon, vows to trust God’s hand in the foreign streets of Germany a year before the start of World War I. Violin shop owner, Joseph treasures his family’s Munich shop, but Kristallnacht shatters more than glass. As tension erupts in the streets, Joseph batt...

Traditionalist Christians who oppose same-sex marriage and other cultural developments in the United States wonder why they are being forced to bracket their beliefs in order to participate in public life. This situation is not new, says Steven D. Smith: Christians two thousand years ago faced very similar challenges.Picking up poet T. S. Eliot’s World War II–era thesis that the future of the West would be determined by a contest between Christianity and “modern paganism,” Smith ar...

Across the ancient world, priests and poets tell of a cosmic mountain—the place from which creation is born and where humans encounter the gods. In the Bible, Mount Zion is the abode of the god of Israel. But this mount also sits at the center of modern-day Jerusalem. People live and work across Mount Zion. You can pick up a nice scarf or some great falafel there. Such is the paradox of the cosmic mountain: it is at once sacred and mundane, terrestrial and divine. The cosmic mountain is th...

“A real page turner: a must read for devotees of America’s struggle for Liberty, and for scholars and students of the Military Art of Leadership. Joining history and modern management thought in one volume—illuminating great men in the crucible of crisis and combat: from the strategic to the tactical, from the political to the logistical. Here is a compelling, expert-telling of the Revolutionary War in its critical human dimension: Leadership. Steven Smith and Kevin Dougherty’s col...

In Taught by God, theologian Brandon D. Smith invites modern Christians to rediscover the early church’s approach to biblical interpretation, not just as an historical relic but as a vibrant means of understanding the Bible today. Smith introduces three “sensibilities” that Christians throughout church history have shared: a concern for Scripture’s very words, its theological and Christological unity, and its importance for the church. Through biblical and historical examples,

The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It is of immense importance to the culture of the Indian subcontinent, and is a major text of Hinduism. Its discussion of human goals (artha or 'purpose', kama or 'pleasure', dharma or 'duty', and moksha or 'liberation') takes place in a long-standing tradition, attempting to explain the relationship of the individual to society and the world (the nature of the 'Self') and the workings of karma.

A study of how Francis Marion delivered the leadership and strategy to defeat the British in the South Carolina Lowcountry campaigns."Dougherty and Smith have produced an excellent study of Marion as a commander for history enthusiasts, their work deserves to garner equal attention from those in the business community, business schools, public sector management, and the military."— Journal of the American Revolution

What is hope? A feeling? Something you do? A belief or a cluster of beliefs? A way of perceiving the world? Is hope the same as wishful thinking? Hope is complicated. Nevertheless, hope can make our lives better. In Understanding Hope, Philip Smith combines theology, psychology, philosophy, and his own experience of personal loss to help readers understand and practice hope. Understanding Hope is short, but it requires hard thinking. It's worth the effort.

She signed a contract to pretend she loved him.She never planned to mean it.Vera Morozova does not believe in billionaires. She believes in documentation. As one of the sharpest antiquities attorneys in America, she has spent four years building an airtight legal case around a Byzantine imperial artifact worth millions — a case that could finally clear her grandmother's name after thirty-five years of deliberate erasure.Then Nikolai Sorokin walks into a Manhattan auc...

Leaving Gabe wasn't easy. It's not that I don't love him anymore. A look from him could still make me weak in the knees right up until the day we signed the divorce papers.It turns out, money really can't buy happiness, especially not when all he ever does is work. When things were good they were great—especially when clothes started hitting the floor. Things haven’t been good for a long time, though. I had to do what was right for me. If you love something let it go and all that.....