Department of Education

Know Your Government

by Stephen J. Sniegoski, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (Introduction)

Traces the history of the Department of Education, examines the Reagan administration's attempt to reduce federal involvement in education, and discusses the department's current mission.

93 pages, Library Binding

First published October 1, 1987

About the author

Stephen J. Sniegoski, Ph.D. earned his doctorate in American history,with a focus on American foreign policy, at the University of Maryland. His focus on the neoconservative involvement in American foreign policy antedates September 11,and his first major work on the subject, "The War on Iraq: Conceived in Israel" was published February 10, 2003, more than a month before the American attack. He is the author of "The Transparent Cabal: The Neoconservative Agenda, War in the Middle East, and the National Interest of Israel".