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The Hoover Digest view detail comment email this

"The quarterly Hoover Digest presents informative pieces on a wide range of public policy issues. Published by the Hoover Institution, a public policy research center at Stanford University, the Digest consists of short articles and opinion pieces written by the Institution's scholars." Topics include the war on terror, international relations, politics, economics, and more. Archive of complete issues goes back to 1998. Searchable, or browsable by issue.
http://www.hoover.org/publications/digest
Topics: Education, Federal (U.S.) Government, Terrorism

Last updated Oct 18, 2009


Hoover Institution: Milton Friedman view detail comment email this

Biography of economist Milton Friedman, "recipient of the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize for economic science [and] a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution from 1977 to 2006. He passed away on Nov. 16, 2006." Discusses Friedman's work on monetary economics, his writing on public policy, and other accomplishments. Also includes transcripts, audio, and video from talks and interviews. From the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University.
http://www.hoover.org/bios/friedman.html
Topics: Economics, Notable People

Last updated Mar 25, 2007


Chiang Kai-shek Diaries view detail comment email this

"The Hoover Institution has been helping preserve the handwritten diaries of Chiang Kai-shek and his son Chiang Ching-kuo since Chiang family members deposited them at Hoover in 2005. Those diaries of the former presidents of the Republic of China are on deposit at the Hoover Institution pending the creation of a suitable repository on Chinese territory." Features a brief description of the diaries (1917-1945) and an illustrated essay. From the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
http://www.hoover.org/hila/collections/19400629.html
Topics: History, History By Place

Last updated May 28, 2009


Hoover Institution: Firing Line Television Program Collection view detail comment email this

Website for the archive of the 1966-1999 "Firing Line" public-affairs interview television program, which was hosted by William F. Buckley Jr. "The Preface to the program catalogue explains the program's broadcast history, format, and numbering system." The searchable and browsable database includes brief program descriptions and video of selected programs. From the Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford University.
http://hoohila.stanford.edu/firingline/
Topics: Political Parties & Theories, Television

Last updated Mar 13, 2008





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