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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).
Recommended RAND Titles
2012 Guide
Awarded "Outstanding" by the Committee
"Outstanding" titles are defined by the committee as having exceptional editorial content and subject matter, and as essential additions to most library collections.
Coping with a Nuclearizing Iran
Some time in the coming decade, Iran will probably acquire nuclear weapons or the capacity to quickly produce them. This book provides a midterm strategy for dealing with Iran in light of a variety of policy alternatives.
Effects of Soldiers' Deployment on Children's Academic Performance and Behavioral Health
With regard to Army families, the study examines the effects of long and frequent parental deployments on children's academic performance as well as their emotional and behavioral well-being in the school setting.
Dilemmas of Intervention: Social Science for Stabilization and Reconstruction
Reviews and integrates the scholarly social-science literature relevant to stabilization and reconstruction, with the goal of informing strategic planning at the whole-of-government level.
Iran's Nuclear Future: Critical U.S. Policy Choices
As Iran's nuclear program evolves, U.S. decisionmakers will confront a series of critical policy choices involving complex considerations and trade-offs. The U.S. Air Force will need to prepare to carry out whatever policies are chosen.
Global Demographic Change and Its Implications for Military Power
Analyzes the impact of demographics on the prospective production of military power and the causes of war by projecting working-age populations through 2050 and assessing effects on manpower, national income and expenditures, and human capital.
Building Community Resilience to Disasters: A Way Forward to Enhance National Health Security
Provides a roadmap for federal, state, and local leaders who are developing plans to enhance community resilience for health security threats and describes options for building community resilience in key areas.
The War Within: Preventing Suicide in the U.S. Military
The increase in suicides among military personnel has raised concern. This book reviews suicide epidemiology in the military, catalogs military suicide-prevention activities, and recommends relevant best practices.
The Long Shadow of 9/11: America's Response to Terrorism
In a series of essays, this book addresses the question of how America has responded in the ten years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks and suggests options for more effectively dealing with the terrorist threat in the future.
Continuing Challenges and Potential for Collaborative Approaches to Education Reform
The Collaborating for Education Reform Initiative (CERI) provided grantees with funds, guidance, and technical assistance to develop collaboratives and carry out activities to improve teaching and learning.
Making Summer Count: How Summer Programs Can Boost Children's Learning
Students typically lose knowledge and skills during the summer, particularly low-income students. Districts and private providers can benefit from the evidence on summer programming to maximize program effectiveness, quality, reach, and funding.
Highway Infrastructure and the Economy: Implications for Federal Policy
To inform debate on a new transportation bill being considered, the authors review the literature on the economic outcomes of highway infrastructure spending, which constitutes the largest share of federal spending on transportation infrastructure.
2011 Guide
Awarded "Outstanding" by the Committee
"Outstanding" titles are defined by the committee as having exceptional editorial content and subject matter, and as essential additions to most library collections.
Counterinsurgency in Pakistan
Pakistan has undertaken a number of operations against militant and terrorist groups since 2001, but success has been limited, in part because Pakistan has still not adopted a counterinsurgency strategy that focuses on securing the local population.
Mullahs, Guards, and Bonyads: An Exploration of Iranian Leadership Dynamics
The authors describe Iran's strategic culture; investigate the Iranian political system's informal networks, formal institutions, and personalities; assess the impact of elite behavior on Iranian policy; and summarize key trends.
The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in HIV Prevention and Care in Central America
Provides an overview of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras, describes the role that faith-based organizations play in addressing HIV in these countries, and discusses how this role might be expanded.
Police Recruitment and Retention for the New Millennium: The State of Knowledge
This book summarizes lessons on recruiting and retaining effective police workforces.
Victory Has a Thousand Fathers: Sources of Success in Counterinsurgency
An examination of approaches to counterinsurgency from 30 recent resolved campaigns reveals that good COIN practices tend to ''run in packs'' and that the balance of selected good and bad practices perfectly predicts the outcome of a conflict.
How Insurgencies End
This book tests conventional wisdom about how insurgencies end using 89 case studies. Findings provide insight on tactics and strategy to policymakers and analysts, concluding that there are no counterinsurgency shortcuts.
Evaluating the Reliability of Emergency Response Systems for Large-Scale Incident Operations
Describes a method, based on the concept of system reliability, for evaluating the preparedness of emergency response systems, particularly for large-scale incidents.
Toward a Culture of Consequences: Performance-Based Accountability Systems for Public Services
Performance-based accountability systems (PBASs) link incentives to measured performance to improve services to the public. This book discusses PBASs' effectiveness in child care, education, health care, emergency preparedness, and transportation.
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
The first in this three-volume series describes the early work of cities that received a grant from The Wallace Foundation to increase collaboration, access, quality, information sharing, and sustainability in their out-of-school-time systems.
Building a More Resilient Haitian State
Haiti's future prosperity and peace require building a more effective, resilient state. This report sifts through Haiti's many challenges and reform plans to identify the state-building priorities that are most necessary, feasible, and sustainable.
Deradicalizing Islamist Extremists
Just as there are processes of radicalization, there are processes through which extremists come to renounce a radical worldview. This monograph analyzes individual and group deradicalization programs and proposes steps to accelerate these processes.
Sexual Orientation and U.S. Military Personnel Policy: An Update of RAND's 1993 Study
Shares results of a study on sexual orientation and U.S. military policy, requested by the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Secretary of Defense in order to weigh the repeal of the law known as ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell.''
2010 Guide
Charter Schools in Eight States: Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration, and Competition
This book examines charter schools in eight states, assessing student characteristics; their effectiveness in raising student achievement, graduation, and college entry; and their competitive effects on achievement in traditional public schools.
China's International Behavior: Activism, Opportunism, and Diversification
China's international activism is one of the newest and most important trends in global affairs. This monograph analyzes how China defines its international objectives, how it is pursuing them, and what it means for U.S. interests.
Cyberdeterrence and Cyberwar
In wrestling with how to defend a nation's information infrastructure in what appears to be a new medium of warfare, it is tempting to apply the historic tenets of deterrence and defense -- but doing so is quite misleading.
Dangerous But Not Omnipotent: Exploring the Reach and Limitations of Iranian Power in the Middle East
Although Iranian power projection in the Middle East is marked by strengths, it also has serious liabilities and limitations. This report surveys the nature of both in four critical areas and offers a new U.S. policy paradigm for Iran.
Ending Social Promotion Without Leaving Children Behind: The Case of New York City
The New York City Department of Education asked RAND to conduct a longitudinal evaluation of its 5th-grade promotion policy. The findings provide a comprehensive view of the policy's implementation and its impact on student outcomes.
The Evolving Terrorist Threat to Southeast Asia: A Net Assessment
Building on prior RAND research, this study examined the historical roots of militancy in the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia; the development of extremist ideological frameworks; and national and international government response efforts.
Imported Oil and U.S. National Security
The United States imports three-fifths of the oil it consumes. This book evaluates possible links between these imports and U.S. national security and assesses related potential policies.
Improving School Leadership: The Promise of Cohesive Leadership Systems
Creating more-cohesive policies and initiatives to improve instructional leadership in schools appears to be a promising approach to developing school principals who are engaged in improving instruction.
Occupying Iraq: A History of the Coalition Provisional Authority
This book, based on a review of nearly 100,000 never-before-released documents from the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and interviews with its key officials, examines and evaluates the activities of the CPA from May 2003 to June 2004.
Reparable Harm: Assessing and Addressing Disparities Faced by Boys and Men of Color in California
The study identifies some of the greatest socioeconomic, health, safety, and school readiness disparities for boys and men of color in California and reviews strategies to reduce the disparities, including effective programs, practices, and policies.
The Rise of the Pasdaran: Assessing the Domestic Roles of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps
Examines the broad-ranging domestic roles of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, assessing its influence over Iran's political culture, economy, and society and its ability to shape the political future of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Security in Mexico: Implications for U.S. Policy Options
The security situation in Mexico has deteriorated in recent years. To help inform debate on the future of U.S.-Mexico relations, this study examined a set of U.S. policy options and potential policy priorities that hold promise for Mexico's security.
Social Science for Counterterrorism: Putting the Pieces Together
Why does terrorism arise and decline? Why do people become terrorists or disengage? How do terrorists generate, maintain, or lose public support? How do terrorists make decisions? These are the questions that the authors address.
2009 Guide
Awarded "Outstanding" by the Committee
"Outstanding" titles are defined by the committee as having exceptional editorial content and subject matter, and as essential additions to most library collections.
In Their Own Words: Voices of Jihad, was also selected as a “The Best of the Best from the University Presses” selection.
In Their Own Words: Voices of Jihad -- Compilation and Commentary
The actual statements and writings of jihadi terrorists paint a revealing self-portrait of their motives, plans, and mind-set, and offer more profound insights into the jihadi threat.
After the War: Nation-Building from FDR to George W. Bush
This volume assesses the impact of U.S. presidential decisionmaking style and administrative structure on nation-building, from the post--World War II era through the Cold War, post--Cold War era, and current war on terrorism.
Cultivating Demand for the Arts: Arts Learning, Arts Engagement, and State Arts Policy
Examines what it means to cultivate demand for the arts, why it is important to do so, how it can be done though broad-based arts learning, and what state arts agencies and other policymakers in both the arts and education can do to make it happen.
Deterrence -- From Cold War to Long War: Lessons from Six Decades of RAND Research
This book examines six decades of RAND Corporation research on deterrence for lessons relevant to the current and future strategic environments.
Europe's Role in Nation-Building: From the Balkans to the Congo
This volume compares and contrasts European experiences in nation-building with those of the U.S. and the UN based on six case studies of European-led nation-building missions in Albania, Sierra Leone, Macedonia, Côte d'Ivoire, the Congo, and Bosnia.
How Terrorist Groups End: Lessons for Countering al Qa'ida
All terrorist groups end. But how do they end? Most groups since 1968 have ended because they joined the political process or are defeated by police and intelligence services. This has significant implications for countering al Qa'ida.
Human Trafficking in Ohio: Markets, Responses, and Considerations
Explores the extent and characteristics of human trafficking in Columbus and Toledo, Ohio, and the responses of the justice system and social service community to it.
Invisible Wounds of War: Psychological and Cognitive Injuries, Their Consequences, and Services to Assist Recovery
A comprehensive study of the post-deployment health-related needs associated with post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression, and traumatic brain injury among servicemembers returning from Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
Iran's Political, Demographic, and Economic Vulnerabilities
Because Iran's current regime is entrenched, U.S. policies should focus on long-run changes in Iran by cultivating favorable political, demographic, and economic trends.
More Freedom, Less Terror? Liberalization and Political Violence in the Arab World
Examines the effects that liberalization processes and democracy promotion have had on terrorism and political violence in six Arab countries.
Moving Los Angeles: Short-Term Policy Options for Improving Transportation
The authors of this book recommend strategies for reducing traffic congestion in the Los Angeles area that could significantly enhance quality of life, reduce economic and environmental costs, and improve social justice within about five years.
Pacific Currents: The Responses of U.S. Allies and Security Partners in East Asia to China's Rise
The six U.S. allies and partners examined here view China's rise primarily as an economic opportunity, if a mixed one. Its involvement in the region is welcome, but domination is not. Comprehensive U.S. engagement remains essential to them.
2008 Guide
Arts and Culture in the Metropolis: Strategies for Sustainability
Introduces two novel ways of examining arts sectors in a range of communities and applies them to an analysis of the arts in Philadelphia.
The Beginner’s Guide to Nation-Building
This volume presents a comprehensive compilation of best practices in nation-building and serves as an indispensable reference for planning future interventions.
Building Moderate Muslim Networks
Drawing on the U.S. and allied experience during the Cold War building democratic networks, this study develops a ''road map'' for building moderate Muslim networks to counter the message of Islamist radicals in the war of ideas within Islam.
Chinese Economic Coercion Against Taiwan: A Tricky Weapon to Use
Analyzes the political impact of the rapidly growing economic relationship between mainland China and Taiwan and evaluates the prospects of Beijing exploiting the relationship by employing economic coercion against Taiwan.
Education for a New Era: Design and Implementation of K-12 Education Reform in Qatar
Describes the first phase of Qatar's bold K-12 education reform initiative, Education for a New Era, based on RAND's experiences as part of this ambitious, multi-participant effort to build a world-class standards- and choice-based education system.
Enlisting Madison Avenue: The Marketing Approach to Earning Popular Support in Theaters of Operation
Enlisting Madison Avenue extracts lessons from business marketing practices and adapts them to U.S. military operations in a unique approach that will potentially maximize the impact and improve the outcome of civilian-focused influence efforts.
Human Trafficking in Ohio: Markets, Responses, and Considerations
Explores the extent and characteristics of human trafficking in Columbus and Toledo, Ohio, and the responses of the justice system and social service community to it.
Learning Large Lessons: The Evolving Roles of Ground Power and Air Power in the Post-Cold War Era
Analyzes the post-Cold War shift in the relative roles of ground and air power in major operations and their joint implications. This revised edition includes updates and an index.
Sharing the Dragon's Teeth: Terrorist Groups and the Exchange of New Technologies
This work details efforts of 11 terrorist groups to improve their operational capabilities through the exchange of technologies and knowledge and suggests ways that government policies can create barriers to terrorists' adoption of new technologies.
Standards-Based Accountability Under No Child Left Behind: Experiences of Teachers and Administrators in Three States
Standards-based accountability provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act have influenced U.S. public schools. This book sheds light on teachers' and administrators' attitudes and actions in response to these accountability policies.
Stealing the Sword: Limiting Terrorist Use of Advanced Conventional Weapons
Examines how terrorists make technology choices and how the United States can use that knowledge to discourage terrorists' use of advanced conventional weapons.
Talking to the Enemy: Track Two Diplomacy in the Middle East and South Asia
This monograph examines unofficial cooperative-security dialogues in the Middle East and South Asia, assessing their effects and limits as well as the lessons they provide for future track two efforts.
Ungoverned Territories: Understanding and Reducing Terrorism Risks
Examines the sources and types of ungoverned territories and the security challenges that they present and proposes mitigating strategies.
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