Work Provides Important, Quality, Independent and Objective  Information on Science, Technical and Policies

Strategic issues in science, technology, healthcare, environment, national security and defense are the focus of the Potomac Institute Press, which publishes original books and reports on these topics and more.

A subsidiary of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, the Potomac Institute Press addresses significant topics of interest to the academic community, government sector and general public alike. In this way, the Potomac Institute Press enables the Institute’s philosophy of providing important scientific, technical and policy information that is of high quality and remains independent and objective.

The Institute’s Press supports the overall mission of the Potomac Institute by identifying and aggressively shepherding discussion on key science, technology, and national security issues facing our society, providing an academic forum for the study of related policy issues.

Some of the latest reports published by the Press include “Combating Hizballah’s Global Network,” “Canada and Terrorism,” “Terrorism: An Electronic Journal and Knowledge Base,” and “Terrorism in North Africa & the Sahel,” to name a few.  In addition, the Press has published reports on the Institute’s Center for Revolutionary Scientific Thought and recent seminars, such as “Ethical Issues in Neuroscience,” “Climate Change in the Pacific,” and “The Future Golden Age.”

Recent books from the Press include topics of military biography, terrorism, and cyber issues.  They are available on Amazon.com:

·      Al Gray, Marine: The Early Years, 1950-1967 Vol. 1.  Most people know General Al Gray as the 29th Commandant of the Marine Corps. His achievements as a transformational Commandant are legendary within the Marine Corps and the military services. However, little is generally known about his years as an enlisted Marine, junior officer and field grade officer.  In this book, author Scott Laidig tells us the compelling story of those early years in the life of a unique, charismatic Marine who rose through the ranks to the pinnacle of Marine Corps leadership.

·      Al-Qa'ida: Ten Years After 9/11 and Beyond follows the authors' 2001 book, Usama bin Laden's al-Qa'ida: Profile of a Terrorist Network, which came out just months before the 9/11 attacks.  The new volume offers comprehensive coverage of the group’s history, leadership, financing, propaganda, ideology, and future outlook.

·      CyberDoc: No Borders – No Boundaries, Editors:  Michael Swetnam and Tim Sample.  This volume was assembled as a preliminary framework for the development of a national doctrine for the cyber era. The goal is to raise and debate the issues that a doctrine should consider, and to begin identifying a broad framework from which a doctrine might be developed. It is intended to be the start of a critically important discussion on this topic, one that will inform and guide the development of a useful and enduring doctrine, as well as subsequent policies and strategies, for the United States.

·      Bureaucratic Nirvana:  Life in the Center of the Box, by Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow Hugh Montgomery, who draws on his four decades of experience to present a "how-to" primer for Pentagon contractors, administrators and researchers seeking a better understanding of the R&D bureaucracy.