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In A New History of the American South, W. Fitzhugh Brundage joins a stellar group of accomplished historians in gracefully weaving a new narrative of southern history from its ancient past to the present.
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Paul Tucker lays out principles for a sustainable system of international cooperation, showing how democracies can deal with China and other illiberal states without sacrificing their deepest political values.
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Peter Kuznick discusses prevailing orthodoxies in an evaluation of American imperialism.
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David Haaga discusses the first controlled trial of comprehensive behavioral (ComB) treatment of trichotillomania (TTM). ComB provides individualized treatment based on factors triggering and maintaining hair pulling.
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The Judgment Fund is the mechanism Congress established to pay most settlements and judgments against the federal government. Paul Figley analyzes why it made sense for Congress to create the Judgment Fund, why Congress should require better reporting of payments made, and why it should consider reasserting some control over huge settlements that, in practical effect, create new government claims programs.
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Many studies, yielding mixed results, have examined whether individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) have skills or deficits in facial emotion recognition (FER). Nathaniel R Herr finds evidence for enhanced accuracy for subtle and fully expressed facial emotions among individuals with BPD.
