Goode, Stephen

Explores violence on the domestic scene in the light of the fact that more people in the U.S. have been killed by shooting since 1900 than were lost in all American wars from the Revolution through Vietnam.

Describes the development of the relationship between the states and the federal government throughout United States history and discusses the present crisis in federalism in which President Reagan seeks to reverse the centralization of power.

Discusses the positive and negative aspects of nuclear energy and the controversy surrounding the use of this type of energy.

A study of the guerrilla revolutionary and the political changes brought about in many countries by guerrilla warfare.

Reviews the history of the Central Intelligence Agency and its role in world events since its creation in 1947. Also discusses recent allegations that it has misused its power and engaged in illegal activities.

Discusses the collection of information about individuals by government agencies, law enforcement officials, credit bureaus, insurance companies, and other investigators, and the threat of personal privacy represented by searches and seizures, eavesdropping, personality tests, polygraphs, and computer technology.

Explains what Eurocommunism is, traces its history, and presents an overview of its existence in Italy, France, and Spain where its doctrines have grown in strength in recent years.

Examines the economic program advanced by the Reagan administration, including its keystone, the theory of supply-side economics.

Examines the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union, the "cold war", and the resultant detente and its problems.