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RAND books recommended in the University Press Books Selected for Public and Secondary School Libraries annual guide

Each year, a committee of librarians from the American Association of School Libraries and the Public Library Association recommended notable books for public and high school libraries. Titles selected for the University Press Books Selected for Public and Secondary School Libraries guide have been examined, reviewed, and recommended by the American University Press Books Publication Selection Committee. The guide is published annually by the Association of American University Presses (AAUP).

RAND Titles Recommended in the 2011 Guide

• Mullahs, Guards, and Bonyads: An Exploration of Iranian Leadership Dynamics
• The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in HIV Prevention and Care in Central America
• Police Recruitment and Retention for the New Millennium: The State of Knowledge
• Victory Has a Thousand Fathers: Sources of Success in Counterinsurgency
• How Insurgencies End
• Counterinsurgency in Pakistan
• Evaluating the Reliability of Emergency Response Systems for Large-Scale Incident Operations
• Toward a Culture of Consequences: Performance-Based Accountability Systems for Public Services
• Hours of Opportunity, Volume 1: Lessons from Five Cities on Building Systems to Improve After-School, Summer School, and Other Out-of-School-Time Programs
• Building a More Resilient Haitian State
• Deradicalizing Islamist Extremists
• Sexual Orientation and U.S. Military Personnel Policy

Counterinsurgency in Pakistan was chosen as “Outstanding” by the committee.

RAND Titles Recommended in the 2010 Guide

• Charter Schools in Eight States: Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration, and Competition
• China's International Behavior: Activism, Opportunism, and Diversification
• Cyberdeterrence and Cyberwar
• Dangerous But Not Omnipotent: Exploring the Reach and Limitations of Iranian Power in the Middle East
• Ending Social Promotion Without Leaving Children Behind: The Case of New York City
• The Evolving Terrorist Threat to Southeast Asia: A Net Assessment
• Imported Oil and U.S. National Security
• Improving School Leadership: The Promise of Cohesive Leadership Systems
• Occupying Iraq: A History of the Coalition Provisional Authority
• Reparable Harm: Assessing and Addressing Disparities Faced by Boys and Men of Color in California
• Rise of the Pasdaran: Assessing the Domestic Roles of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps
• Security in Mexico: Implications for U.S. Policy Options
• Social Science for Counterterrorism: Putting the Pieces Together

RAND Titles Recommended in the 2009 Guide

• After the War: Nation-Building from FDR to George W. Bush
• Cultivating Demand for the Arts: Arts Learning, Arts Engagement, and State Arts Policy
• Deterrence: From Cold War to Long War: Lessons from Six Decades of Rand Deterrence Research
• Europe's Role in Nation-Building: From the Balkans to the Congo
• How Terrorist Groups End: Lessons for Countering al Qa'ida
• In Their Own Words: Voices of Jihad—Compilation and Commentary
• Human Trafficking in Ohio Markets, Responses, and Considerations
• Invisible Wounds of War: Psychological and Cognitive Injuries, Their Consequences, and Services to Assist Recovery
• Iran's Political, Economic, and Demographic Vulnerabilities
• More Freedom, Less Terror? Liberalization and Political Violence in the Arab World
• Moving Los Angeles: Short-Term Policy Options for Improving Transportation
• Pacific Currents: The Responses of U.S. Allies and Security Partners in East Asia to China's Rise

In Their Own Words: Voices of Jihad, was chosen as “Outstanding” and selected as a “The Best of the Best from the University Presses” selection.

RAND Titles Recommended in the 2008 Guide

• Arts and Culture in the Metropolis: Strategies for Sustainability
• Beginner's Guide to Nation-Building
• Building Moderate Muslim Networks
• Chinese Economic Coercion Against Taiwan: A Tricky Weapon to Use
• Education for a New Era Design and Implementation of K-12 Education Reform in Qatar
• Enlisting Madison Avenue The Marketing Approach to Earning Popular Support in Theaters of Operation
• Human Trafficking in Ohio Markets, Responses, and Considerations
• Learning Large Lessons: The Evolving Roles of Ground Power and Air Power in the Post-Cold War Era
• Sharing the Dragon's Teeth: Terrorist Groups and the Exchange of New Technologies
• Standards-Based Accountability Under No Child Left Behind Experiences of Teachers and Administrators in Three States
• Stealing the Sword: Limiting Terrorist Use of Advanced Conventional Weapons
• Talking to the Enemy Track Two Diplomacy in the Middle East and South Asia
• Ungoverned Territories Understanding and Reducing Terrorism Risks

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