Taking the Helm: Richard Cheney at the Department of Defense

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

Wyoming Congressman Richard Cheney had long been a faithful supporter of Pentagon spending and new weapons systems. But when, in the wake of the failed nomination of Texas Senator John Tower, Cheney almost overnight finds himself appointed...

Building the Baltic

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

When the destruction or conversion of single-room occupancy hotels, or SROs, in San Diego's downtown seemed to lead to an increase in homelessness, a private real estate developer argued that he could build profitable new SROs if the city would...

INF: The Second Zero

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

The 1987 intermediate nuclear forces treaty can be called the first true disarmament treaty of the nuclear age for having eliminated both short- and intermediate-range nuclear weapons from western Europe. This case examines the potential risks...

Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Charleston, South Carolina: The Politics of Preservation (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

A New South mayor's vision of economic development brings him into pitched conflict with preservation groups convinced that a hotel project threatens the integrity of Charleston, South Carolina's famed downtown historic district. Mayor Joseph...

Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Charleston, South Carolina: The Politics of Preservation

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

A New South mayor's vision of economic development brings him into pitched conflict with preservation groups convinced that a hotel project threatens the integrity of Charleston, South Carolina's famed downtown historic district. Mayor Joseph...

Framing a Response to Foreign-Inspired Terrorism: The Chirac Government's 1986 Reforms

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

When a wave of terrorist bombings strikes at the heart of Paris, the newly installed government of Prime Minister Jacques Chirac must balance hard-line campaign promises forswearing negotiations with terrorists groups against a growing need to...

Troubles in Lebanon (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

These cases were written by Robert Murray, a member of the Tower Commission that examined the US policy in Lebanon during the early 1980s. Part A focuses on a September 1982 meeting of the National Security Council which considers a request from...

Troubles in Lebanon (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

These cases were written by Robert Murray, a member of the Tower Commission that examined the US policy in Lebanon during the early 1980s. Part A focuses on a September 1982 meeting of the National Security Council which considers a request from...

Criminal Justice in Guatemala: The Case of the Quetzaltenango Assassinations (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

The disappearance and death of two political activists in the Guatemalan city of Quetzaltenango becomes unusual and dramatic when it leads, seemingly against all odds, to the jail terms for police convicted in the slayings. This case tells the...

Criminal Justice in Guatemala: The Case of the Quetzaltenango Assassinations

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

The disappearance and death of two political activists in the Guatemalan city of Quetzaltenango becomes unusual and dramatic when it leads, seemingly against all odds, to the jail terms for police convicted in the slayings. This case tells the...

Integration Incentives in Suburban Cleveland

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

Should an Ohio state agency provide low-interest loans to home buyers moving into areas in which they are "racially under-represented," even if they are whites in affluent suburbs moving into neighborhoods which might otherwise "tip" to become...

Wastewater Wars: Sequel

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

In 1974, the small city of Arcata, California, learned that a new state policy would soon forbid the release of its treated wastewater into Humboldt Bay unless it could prove that the wastewater "enhanced" the bay. That same year the Humboldt...