NAFUSA members will find interesting the publication of the Oxford University Press book, coauthored by Brett Curry, Professor of Political Science at Georgia Southern University, and Banks Miller, Associate Professor of Political Science & Public Policy at the University of Texas at Dallas, “U.S. Attorneys, Political Control, and Career Ambition.” Here is the link to the book’s page at Oxford UP: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/us-attorneys-political-control-and-career-ambition-9780190928247?cc=us&lang=en&#

The first book-length treatment of USAs in more than 40 years, this study is accessible, and discusses aspects of the history surrounding the USA position while also offering an empirical investigation of specific issue areas spanning the Reagan-Obama presidencies. It incorporates anecdotes involving more than 50 former USAs throughout the book; Professor (and former AUSA) Dan Richman of Columbia Law School has written an endorsement on the book’s cover.

The last scholarly book devoted to U.S. Attorneys was “Counsel for the United States,” by James Eisenstein.