McCaffrey Takes Command (Epilogue)

Publication Date: September 01, 1997

In late 1995, General Barry McCaffrey--a hero of the Persian Gulf and Vietnam Wars and head of the US Army's Southern Command--was approached by the Clinton Administration to "consider" the job of "drug czar"--officially known as the head of the...

A Czar Among Bureaucrats: General Barry McCaffrey Considers a Role in the War on Drugs

Publication Date: September 01, 1997

In late 1995, General Barry McCaffrey--a hero of the Persian Gulf and Vietnam Wars and head of the US Army's Southern Command--was approached by the Clinton Administration to "consider" the job of "drug czar"--officially known as the head of the...

Mano Dura Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 02, 1997

Chaos and disorder in the public housing system of San Juan, Puerto Rico (second largest in the US) prompt the newly-elected governor Pedro Rosello to consider an unprecedented new approach: using the island's national guard troops to patrol the...

Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico

Publication Date: January 02, 1997

Chaos and disorder in the public housing system of San Juan, Puerto Rico (second largest in the US) prompt the newly-elected governor Pedro Rosello to consider an unprecedented new approach: using the island's national guard troops to patrol the...

Taking on Big Tobacco: David Kessler and the FDA (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

Food and Drug Commissioner David Kessler's landmark 1996 decision to propose regulation of tobacco as a drug marked him as one of the most prominent appointees in the first Clinton Administration -- one both revered and reviled. Kessler's...

Elks Clubs, Settlement Houses, Labor Unions and the Anti-Saloon League: Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century America Copes with Change

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

The mid- to late 19th century saw dramatic changes in American society, with the coming of industrialization and immigration. A relatively rural, culturally homogeneous society was swamped by economic and social upheaval. And yet the nation was...

Case of Missing Shoe-Import Option: 1977 Footwear Import Decision

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

This description by Washington Post columnist David Broder, chosen to be paired with The 1976 Footwear Import Decision case, describes the decision-making process of the Carter Administration as related to the same issue described in the...

Low Emission Vehicles: the Pursuit of a Regional Program (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

This pair of cases tells the story of how a group of Northeastern states, U.S. carmakers, and the federal Environmental Protection Agency struggled over how to implement a landmark federal clean air mandate: the introduction of low and...

Low Emission Vehicles (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

This pair of cases tells the story of how a group of Northeastern states, U.S. carmakers, and the federal Environmental Protection Agency struggled over how to implement a landmark federal clean air mandate: the introduction of low and...

Bre-X: The Battle for Busang (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

This case tells the incredible story of what may be viewed as one of the century's most infamous stock scams: the rise and collapse of the Canadian mining firm Bre-X, based on doctored reports of a gold strike in Indonesia said to have been...

Bre-X: The Battle for Busang (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

This case tells the incredible story of what may be viewed as one of the century's most infamous stock scams: the rise and collapse of the Canadian mining firm Bre-X, based on doctored reports of a gold strike in Indonesia said to have been...

Targeted Jobs Tax Credit

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

This case describes the 1994 debate over whether to extend the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit, a provision of the U.S. tax code designed to provide an incentive for employers to hire "disadvantaged" workers. It invites discussion of both the issue...