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"In the middle of the night, ex-Special Forces operative Sam Dryden gets a urgent call from an old colleague, desperate for his help in a last-minute secret mission.".

"... argues that the story of Christian America begins with the Great Depression, when a coalition of businessmen and religious leaders united in opposition to the New Deal. As Kruse shows, corporations from General Motors and Kraft Foods to J.C. Penney and Hilton Hotels poured money into the coffers of conservative religious leaders, who in turn used those funds to attack FDR's New Deal administration as a program of 'pagan statism' that perverted the central tenet of Christianity: the salvation of the individual"--Provided by publisher.

Offers a comprehensive analysis of the financial scandals that arose in the wake of the market downturn that took place in 2000 and examines the legislation adopted in response to those scandals.

Contains a collection of articles that offers various viewpoints on topics related to the issue of corporate social responsibility.

Examines the tactics religious entities use to avoid the law and harm others, and argues that religious groups should not be immune to the laws that govern everyone else.

Analyzes what went wrong in corporate America in 2000, looking at how stock price per share came to be the indicator of a company's health, showing how those numbers were manipulated by corporations, and explaining some of the reasons why the Securities and Exchange Commission failed to see what was going on.

A portrait of the Intel corporation and its chairman Andrew Grove, examining the company's business practices, its efforts to dominate the market through innovation, the early history of the company, and how Grove has influenced the semiconductor industry.

Includes a wide range of opinions surrounding Super PACs.

Focuses on two themes: the history of the business firm and the history of government-business relations.

Studious, socially conscious Emerson Watts learns startling news about the family of Nikki Howard, the teen supermodel into whose body Emerson's brain was transplanted by the nefarious Stark corporation.