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Books by Charles Ries
  | | The Fathers We Find The making of a pleasant, humble boy by Charles P. Ries Paperback, 306 Pages, Published 2015 by Bad Monk Productions ISBN-13: 978-0-692-48138-7, ISBN: 0-692-48138-9 "Set amidst the farm fields and rolling hills of Southeastern Wisconsin, THE FATHERS WE FIND is a coming-of-age story that takes place between 1950 and 1971. This novel based on memory closely parallels the experiences of its author who grew up on a mink farm just outside of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Drowning in a sea of nuns, priests, and hard-working church-goers, "Chuck," our narrator, stumbles his way to enlightenment with help from a se ..." |
 | | Girl Friend & Other Mysteries of Love(1st Edition) by Charles P. Ries Paperback, 72 Pages, Published 2013 by Propaganda Press ISBN-13: 978-0-615-76434-4, ISBN: 0-615-76434-7 "“They’re complex,these things webuild our hearts around.”Times change. People change. Places change. The good and the bad comes and goes. We move in circles; we move in lines; we move in slow motion. The more things change, the more they remain the same. But one thing remains constant through all of time and place:Love.This book is a meditation on the ebb and flow of love in these changing times. The screw-ups, suck-ups, epiphanies, bla ..." |
 | | The Costs of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by C. Ross Anthony, Charles P. Ries, Daniel Egel, Craig A. Bond, Andrew M. Liepman, Jeffrey Martini, Steven Simon, Shira Efron, Bradley D. Stein, Lynsay Ayer, Mary E. Vaiana Paperback, 290 Pages, Published 2015 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-9033-1, ISBN: 0-8330-9033-X "This study estimates the net costs and benefits if the long-standing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians follows its current trajectory over the next ten years, relative to five other possible trajectories that the conflict could take. The goal of the analysis is to give all parties comprehensive, reliable information about available choices and their expected costs and consequences." |
 | | The Costs of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Executive Summary by C. Ross Anthony, Daniel Egel, Charles P. Ries, Mary E. Vaiana, Vaiana/Ries/Anthony/ Paperback, 50 Pages, Published 2015 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-9034-8, ISBN: 0-8330-9034-8 "This executive summary highlights findings from a study that estimates the net costs and benefits if the long-standing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians follows its current trajectory over the next ten years, relative to five other possible trajectories that the conflict could take. The goal of the analysis is to give all parties comprehensive, reliable information about available choices and their expected costs and consequenc ..." |
 | | Alternatives in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Paperback or Softback) by Daniel Egel, C. Ross Anthony, Shira Efron, Rita T. Karam, Mary E. Vaiana, Charles P. Ries Paperback, 188 Pages, Published 2021 by Rand, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-977406-48-4, ISBN: 1-977406-48-3 "RAND researchers used a novel focus group approach to assess which, if any, of five possible alternative futures in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would be supported by Israelis and Palestinians." |
 | | Ending the U.S. War in Iraq The Final Transition, Operational Maneuver, and Disestablishment of United States Forces-Iraq by Charles P. Ries, Larry Hanauer, Terrence K. Kelly, Ben Connable, Richard R. Brennan, Stephanie Young, Michael J. Mcnerney, Jason Campbell, K. Scott Mcmahon, James F. Jeffrey Paperback, 606 Pages, Published 2013 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-8047-9, ISBN: 0-8330-8047-4 "Ending the U.S. war in Iraq required redeploying 100,000 military and civilian personnel; handing off responsibility for 431 activities to the Iraqi government, U.S. embassy, USCENTCOM, or other U.S. government entities; and moving or transferring ownership of over a million pieces of property in accordance with U.S. and Iraqi laws, national policy, and DoD requirements. This book examines the planning and execution of this transition." |
 | | Building a More Resilient Haitian State by Keith Crane, James Dobbins, Laurel E. Miller, Charles P. Ries, Christopher S. Chivvis, Marla C. Haims, Marco Overhaus, Heather Lee Schwartz, Elizabeth Wilke, Crane/Dobbins/Miller Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2010 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-5043-4, ISBN: 0-8330-5043-5 "Hope for a prosperous and peaceful future for Haiti lies in building a more effective, resilient state. This report identifies the main challenges to more capable governance, evaluates existing plans for improving the delivery of public services, and proposes a realistic set of critical actions. The proposed state-building priorities merit the greatest degree of Haiti's and international donors' policy attention and financial commitment ..." |
 | | Improving the Energy Performance of Buildings Learning from the European Union and Australia (Technical Report (RAND)) by Charles P. Ries, Joseph Jenkins, Oliver Wise, Rand Environment, And Economic Development Paperback, 60 Pages, Published 2009 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-4787-8, ISBN: 0-8330-4787-6 "This study examines how policies to increase energy efficiency in buildings in the European Union and Australia have worked and draws implications for the design of similar public policies for the United States. It appears that effective policies to promote energy efficiency can be devised using information disclosure, building codes, financial incentives, and benchmarking. Insights are presented to help designers of analogous U.S. poli ..." |
 | | Investing in the Fight Assessing the Use of the Commander’s Emergency Response Program in Afghanistan by Daniel Egel, Charles P. Ries, Ben Connable, Todd C. Helmus, Eric Robinson, Isaac Baruffi, Melissa A. Bradley, Kurt Card, Kathleen Loa, Sean Mann, Fernando Sedano, Stephan B. Seabrook, Dr Robert Stewart Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2017 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-9669-2, ISBN: 0-8330-9669-9 "This report examines the use of the Commander’s Emergency Response Program (CERP) in Afghanistan. It explores the effectiveness of CERP in supporting tactical operations in Afghanistan during the counterinsurgency-focused 2010–2013 time frame using both qualitative and quantitative methods and describes CERP’s origins, history, and existing research on the effectiveness of CERP in Iraq and Afghanistan." |
 | | Ending the U.S. War in Iraq The Final Transition, Operational Maneuver, and Disestablishment of the United States Forces--Iraq by Richard Brennan, Charles P. Ries, Larry Hanauer, Terrence K. Kelly, Ben Connable, Michael J. Mcnerney, Stephanie Young, Jason H. Campbell, K. Scott Mcmahon Hardcover, 606 Pages, Published 2013 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-8245-9, ISBN: 0-8330-8245-0 "Ending the U.S. war in Iraq required redeploying 100,000 military and civilian personnel; handing off responsibility for 431 activities to the Iraqi government, U.S. embassy, USCENTCOM, or other U.S. government entities; and moving or transferring ownership of over a million pieces of property in accordance with U.S. and Iraqi laws, national policy, and DoD requirements. This book examines the planning and execution of this transition." |
 | | The Foreign Service and American Public Opinion Dynamics and Prospects by Pollard, Michael S., Ries, Charles P., Amiri, Sohaela Paperback, 116 Pages, Published 2022 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-1-977409-00-3, ISBN: 1-977409-00-8 "In May 2020, the authors fielded a series of questions on attitudes about recruitment, priorities, and challenges affecting American diplomats to a nationally representative, probability-based sample of 2,026 Americans ages 24 and older." |
 | | Reconstructing Ukraine Creating a Freer, More Prosperous, and Secure Future by Shatz, Howard J., Tarini, Gabrielle, Ries, Charles P., Dobbins, James Paperback, 124 Pages, Published 2023 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-1-977411-42-6, ISBN: 1-977411-42-8 |
 | | Improving Decisionmaking in a Turbulent World Strategic Rethink by Charles P. Ries 68 Pages, Published 2016 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-9453-7, ISBN: 0-8330-9453-X "2 Linda Robinson, Paul D. Miller, John Gordon IV, Jeffrey Decker, Michael Schwille, and Raphael S. Cohen, Improving Strategic Competence: Lessons from 13 Years of War, Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND Corporation, RR816-A, 2014, p. 44; Peter D. Feaver and Christopher Gelpi, Choosing Your Battles: American Civil- Military Relations and the Use of Force, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2011; Nora Bensahel, Olga Oliker, Keith Cr ..." |
 | | Improving Decisionmaking in a Turbulent World Strategic Rethink by Charles P. Ries 68 Pages, Published 2016 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-9433-9, ISBN: 0-8330-9433-5 "... and the Project on National Security Reform, remarks at the World Future Society, Washington, D.C., Chapter, January 17, 2013. ... David J., Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power, New York, Public Affairs, 2005. ——— ... As of January 11, 2015: http://www.virginia.edu/cnsl/pdf/national-security-policy-process-2011.pdf White House, ..." |
 | | Ending the U.S. War in Iraq The Final Transition, Operational Maneuver, and Disestablishment of United States Forces-Iraq by Charles P. Ries, Larry Hanauer, Ben Connable, Terrence K. Kelly 606 Pages, Published 2013 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-8048-6, ISBN: 0-8330-8048-2 "The Final Transition, Operational Maneuver, and Disestablishment of United States Forces-Iraq Richard R. Jr. Brennan, Charles P. Ries, Larry Hanauer, Ben Connable, Terrence K. Kelly ... 133 SIGIR, Quarterly Report to the United States Congress, April 30, 2011c, p. ... 138 Odierno, 2010, p.100. ... Forces–Iraq,”Iraq: The Challenging Transition to a Civilian Mission, hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate, 112 ..." |
 | | Improving the Energy Performance of Buildings Learning from the European Union and Australia by Joseph Jenkins, Oliver Wise, Charles P. Ries 60 Pages, Published 2009 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-4872-1, ISBN: 0-8330-4872-4 "Learning from the European Union and Australia Charles P. Ries, Joseph Jenkins, Oliver Wise ... Energy Certificates The requirement to present an appraisal of a building's energy characteristics on a certificate at the time of settlement of ..." |
 | | Go-Kart Rush Maddox, Jake and Tiffany, Sean by Jake Maddox, Sean Tiffany, Charles P. Ries, Anastasia Suen 72 Pages, Published 2007 by Stone Arch Books ISBN-13: 978-1-59889-320-5, ISBN: 1-59889-320-3 "Go-kart Rush / by Jake Maddox; illustrated by Sean Tiffany. p. cm. — (Impact Books. A Jake Maddox sports story) ... 1-59889-320-3 (library binding) ISBN-13: 978-1-59889-415-8 (paperback) ISBN-10: 1-59889-415-3 (paperback) [1. Karting — Fiction.] I. Tiffany, Sean, ill. II. Title. PZ7.M25643GO 2007 [Fie]— |
 | | Poiesis Review #1-5 A Literary Journal Archive (Paperback) by T. Kilgore Splake, Ferruccio Brugnaro, Gary Every, Jack Hirschman, Michael Kriesel, Charles P. Ries, Rebecca Schumejda, Julie Buffaloe-Yoder, Robert Schuler Paperback, Published 2020 by Alternating Current, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-946580-18-4, ISBN: 1-946580-18-X |
 | | Poiesis Review #6(1st Edition) by Alternating Current, Sean Brendan-Brown, Harry Calhoun, Alan Catlin, Christina Elaine Collins, Doug Draime, Lawrence Gladeview, William Taylor Jr., Nathan Graziano, Kevin M. Hibshman, Justin Hyde, Merilyn Jackson, Hosho Mccreesh, Shauna Osborn, David S. Pointer, Misti Rainwater-Lites, Charles P. Ries, Robert James Russell, Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal, Leah Angstman, Terry Fan Paperback, 198 Pages, Published 2013 by Alternating Current ISBN-13: 978-0-615-92786-2, ISBN: 0-615-92786-6 "Welcome to the first issue of Alternating Current Press’ annual Poiesis Review that contains fiction and creative nonfiction right alongside the poetry you’ve always loved. We’ve expanded the journal to contain prose, and now this beast of a journal sits pretty at 200 pages of writing by some of the best writers in the independent press today. There are lots of literary journals out there, so why take a chance on this one? Because, afte ..." |
 | | The Long-Term U.S. Security Relationship with Iraq by Charles P. Ries, Stuart E. Johnson, Jeffrey Martini, F.Stephen Larrabee, K. Scott Mcmahon, Laurel E. Miller, Camille A. Sawak, Ghassan Schbley, Harun Dogo Paperback, 216 Pages, Published 2012 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-5845-4, ISBN: 0-8330-5845-2 " .cs2654AE3A{text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt} .csB5751EE9{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Georgia; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; } .cs566403DE{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; } The security agreement under which U.S. forces operate in support of Iraqi security expires Dec ..." |