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by Thomas Hobbes (Author), Christopher Brooke (Editor), Christopher Brooke (Introduction by)"During the time men live without a common Power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called Warre" Written during the turmoil of the English Civil War, Leviathan is an ambitious and highly original work of political philosophy. Claiming that man's essential nature is competitive and selfish, Hobbes formulates the case for a powerful sovereign--or "Leviathan"--to enforce peace a...

Chaos, Kangaroo Courts, and Communism at Koje-Do: POW Riots in the Korean War - Paperback

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by Arthur Sharp (Author)The U.S. Army made some serious mistakes during the almost forgotten, but historically significant, Korean War. One of them was assigning combat officers untrained for prison administration as commanders of the United Nations prisoner of war camps. The communist POWs took full advantage of that and made life miserable for them, their guards, and fellow prisoners who were not committed to their ideology. Riots in the prison camps became deadly on an almost daily basis a...

Trump You: Promises, Lies, and Corruption: My Battle with Donald Trump's Fake University - Hardcover

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by Art Cohen (Author), Dan Good (Author)Trump University was the most expensive legal defeat of Donald Trump's career-but even though he settled for $25 million, he still got off too easy. Years before his White House run, the reality TV star and real estate scion launched a for-profit education initiative-Trump University, or TrumpU for short - in which he promised to share his real estate secrets at seminars held in hotel ballrooms. As it turned out, Trump University wasn't an actual univer...

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by H. G. Wells (Author)In The New World Order - written shortly after the outbreak of World War II - H. G. Wells explores how an international system could be created to prevent future wars and establish permanent world peace. Wells advocates for replacing nation states with a science-based world government, but stresses that, to avoid tyranny, increased collectivisation and centralised control must be balanced with personal liberties, an unrestricted press and freedom of speech. To safeguard...

The Dark Side of the Badge: A Texas Tragedy - Paperback

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by Terry Free (Author), Daphne Free (Author)About the BookThe Dark Side of the Badge: A Texas Tragedy exposes the history of the dark side of policing. Drs. Terry and Daphne Free integrate research combined with personal experiences in policing and bring to light stories that happen in policing that never make it to public light, including those stories behind the scenes.Those who are interested in policing will be able to avoid the pitfalls of agencies, and the public will realize the need t...

The Precipice of Democracy: A Perspective on Hillary Clinton's 2016 Run - Paperback

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by S. R. Ross (Author)Why did the United States of America go through such a traumatic election in 2016? This book traces what led up to the contest between Hillary Clinton and her opponent and how its outcome continues to have repercussions today. The author dares to ask, "How can we ensure our country continues as a thriving democracy?" It also considers questions such as: - Did Trump really attempt to stay in power by assembling a mob on Capitol Hill, and if so, what does that say about hi...

China Goes Global: The Partial Power - Paperback

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by David L. Shambaugh (Author)Most global citizens are well aware of the explosive growth of the Chinese economy. Indeed, China has famously become the "workshop of the world." Yet, while China watchers have shed much light on the country's internal dynamics--China's politics, its vast social changes, and its economic development--few have focused on how this increasingly powerful nation has become more active and assertive throughout the world. In China Goes Global, eminent China scholar Dav...

The Oxford Handbook of Populism - Paperback

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by Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser (Editor), Paul A. Taggart (Editor), Paulina Ochoa Espejo (Editor)Populist forces are becoming increasingly relevant across the world, and studies on populism have entered the mainstream of the political science discipline. However, so far no book has synthesized the ongoing debate on how to study the populist phenomenon. This handbook provides state of the art research and scholarship on populism, and lays out, not only the cumulated knowledge on populism, but a...

The Banks We Deserve: Reclaiming Community Banking for a Just Economy - Paperback

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by Oscar Perry Abello (Author)We've never done anything big in this country without little banks. Yet the number of community banks in the US has been steadily declining for decades, giving way to big banks that have little connection to the communities they claim to serve. The massive, unprecedented shift toward such a highly concentrated banking sector has weakened our ability to take action at a community level and leaves many people, especially those who have been historically marginalize...

Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition - Paperback

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by Silky Shah (Author), Amna A. Akbar (Foreword by)"Those who build walls are their own prisoners. I am going to go fulfill my proper function in the social organism. I'm going to go unbuild walls."--Ursula K. Le Guin, The DispossessedDrawing from over twenty years of activism on local and national levels, this striking book offers an organizer's perspective on the intersections of immigrant rights, racial justice, and prison abolition.In the wake of post-9/11 xenophobia, Obama's record-level...

Worshiping Power: An Anarchist View of Early State Formation - Paperback

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by Peter Gelderloos (Author)According to Worshiping Power, we need to stop thinking of the State as a potential vehicle for emancipation. From its origins, the State has never been anything other than a tool to accumulate power. This inno-vative and partisan study of human social complexity cuts through in-adequate theories of early state formation to uncover social practices and institutions that have stifled egalitarian forms of self-organization throughout history. Just as importantly, it ...

Great LGBTQ+ Speeches: Empowering Voices That Engage and Inspire - Paperback

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by Tea Uglow (Author), Peter Tatchell (Foreword by), Jack Holland (Illustrator)Discover the inspiring voices that have changed our world, and started a new conversation. A sister title to Great Women's Speeches (2021), and the pocket edition of Loud and Proud (2020), Great LGBTQ+ Speeches is a pioneering collection of over 40 empowering and influential speeches that chart the history of the LGBTQ+ movement. Photocollage portraits and enlightening commentaries accompany the words of Audre Lord...

Small-Unit Leaders' Guide to Counterinsurgency: The Official U.S. Marine Corps Manual - Paperback

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by U S Marine Corps (Author), J. N. Mattis (Foreword by)From the introduction: "This handbook provides the tactics, techniques, and procedures that may be applied by small unit leaders engaged in counterinsurgency. It is principally focused at the company and below. It describes the nature of insurgency and counterinsurgency, common insurgent approaches, preparation for counterinsurgency, mobilizing the populace, information and intelligence operations, and operations in a counterinsurgency e...

Anarchy And Anarchists: : A History of The Red Terror and The Social Revolution in America and Europe. Communism, Socialism, and Nihilism - Paperback

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by Michael J. Schaack (Author)Anarchy And Anarchists: A History of The Red Terror and The Social Revolution in America and Europe. Communism, Socialism, and Nihilism Authored by Michael J. Schaack Number of Pages: 698 Dimensions: 1.4 x 9.69 x 7.44 IN Publication Date: January 12, 2010

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by Edward Bernays (Author)"Bernays' honest and practical manual provides much insight into some of the most powerful and influential institutions of contemporary industrial state capitalist democracies."-Noam Chomsky"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country."-Ed...

Propaganda: La mente pública en construcción (Spanish Edition) - Paperback

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by Edward Bernays (Author)Bernays proporciona mucha información sobre algunas de las instituciones más poderosas e influyentes de las democracias capitalistas estatales industriales contemporáneas."-Noam Chomsky"La manipulación consciente e inteligente de los hábitos y opiniones organizados de las masas es un elemento importante en la sociedad democrática. Aquellos que manipulan este mecanismo invisible de la sociedad constituyen un gobierno invisible que es el verdadero poder gobernante de n...

The Outcome of Classical German Philosophy: Friedrich Engels on G. W. F. Hegel and Ludwig Feuerbach - Paperback

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by Thomas Riggins (Author), Friedrich Engels (Author)Friedrich Engels's Ludwig Feuerbach and the Outcome of Classical German Philosophy is one of the most important texts in the classical Marxist canon. Written in 1886, three years after Marx's death, Engels takes up the suggestion from the editors of Die Neue Zeit, the theoretical journal of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, to write a reply to C. N. Starcke's recently published book on Ludwig Feuerbach. Similar to his book Anti-Dührin...

The Mythic Aim of AI: Maiming the Mind - Paperback

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by James Tunney (Author)In recent times we have been bombarded with AI. It has appeared on a mass scale and cast a huge shadow. We are caught between a vision of a promised land and a hellish demon. Sometimes both extremes are painted by the same people. Those who seem the most concerned are often those who released it. What is AI really about? How can we separate spin from substance? When we examine the debate we encounter scientists talking of wizards, demons, genies and magic! There is not...

El Traidor. El Diario Secreto del Hijo del Mayo / The Traitor. the Secret Diary of Mayo's Son - Paperback

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by Anabel Hernandez (Author)El traidor es uno de los trabajos period sticos m s ambiciosos en la trayectoria de Anabel Hern ndez. Su historia se remonta a enero de 2011, cuando la contact uno de los abogados de Vicente Zambada Niebla, mejor conocido como Vicentillo, quien enfrentaba un juicio en una corte de Chicago. La intenci n era compartir con la periodista documentos y hechos que ampliaban y esclarec an varios de los episodios que acababa de dar a conocer en Los se ores del narco. Entre...

A Contribution To The Critique Of The Political Economy: Translated From The Second German Edition By N. I. Stone With An Appendix - Paperback

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by Karl Marx (Author), Nahum Isaac Stone (Translator)A Contribution To The Critique Of The Political Economy: Translated From The Second German Edition By N. I. Stone With An Appendix Containing Marx'S Introduction To The Critique Recently Published Among His Posthumous Papers This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have wo...

The Wind and Beyond: A Documentary Journey into the History of Aerodynamics in America. Volume 1: The Ascent of the Airplane in America (NA - Hardcover

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by James R. Hansen (Author), Stephen Garber (Foreword by), Nasa History Office (Author) Number of Pages: 760 Dimensions: 1.56 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN Publication Date: January 31, 2012

An Unknown Future and a Doubtful Present: Writing the Victory Plan of 1941 - Paperback

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by Charles E. Kirkpatrick (Author)"An Unknown Future and a Doubtful Present: Writing the Victory Plan of 1941"covers the work of then Maj. Albert C. Wedemeyer, the principal author of the Victory Plan. In just forty-eight months America raised and equipped a modern army seemingly overnight, a feat that owed much to sound military planning. As Wedemeyer makes clear, mobilization transcends purely military matters and must be understood to embrace the capacity of nations. His work underscores t...

The World: A Brief Introduction - Paperback

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by Richard Haass (Author)The New York Times Bestseller "A superb introduction to the world and global issues. Richard Haass has written something that is brief, readable, and yet comprehensive--marked throughout by his trademark intelligence and common sense." --Fareed Zakaria An invaluable primer from Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, that will help anyone, expert and non-expert alike, navigate a time in which many of our biggest challenges come from the world bey...

How Organizations Develop Activists: Civic Associations and Leadership in the 21st Century - Paperback

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by Hahrie Han (Author)Why are some civic associations better than others at getting--and keeping--people involved in activism? From MoveOn.org to the National Rifle Association, Health Care for America Now to the Sierra Club, membership-based civic associations constantly seek to engage people in civic and political action. What makes some more effective than others? Using in-person observations, surveys, and field experiments, this book compares organizations with strong records of engaging ...

A People's History of the World: From the Stone Age to the New Millennium - Paperback

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by Chris Harman (Author)Building on A People's History of the United States, this radical world history captures the broad sweep of human history from the perspective of struggling classes. An "indispensable volume" on class and capitalism throughout the ages--for readers reckoning with the history they were taught and history as it truly was (Howard Zinn) From the earliest human societies to the Holy Roman Empire, from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, from the Industrial Revolution to t...

The Outskirts of Hope: A Memoir of the 1960s Deep South - Paperback

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by Jo Ivester (Author)In 1967, when Jo Ivester was ten years old, her father transplanted his young family from a suburb of Boston to a small town in the heart of the Mississippi cotton fields, where he became the medical director of a clinic that served the poor population for miles around. But ultimately it was not Ivester's father but her mother--a stay-at-home mother of four who became a high school English teacher when the family moved to the South--who made the most enduring mark on the...

Gold Rush Stories: 49 Tales of Seekers, Scoundrels, Loss, and Luck - Paperback

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by Gary Noy (Author), Gary F. Kurutz (Foreword by)This volume explores the deeply human stories of the California Gold Rush generation, drawing out all the brutality, tragedy, humor, and prosperity as lived by those who experienced it. In less than ten years, more than 300,000 people made the journey to California, some from as far away as Chile and China. Many of them were dreamers seeking a better life, like Mifflin Wistar Gibbs, who eventually became the first African American judge, and E...

The Shortest History of Japan: From Mythical Origins to Pop Culture Powerhouse - The Global Drama of an Ancient Island Nation - Paperback

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by Lesley Downer (Author)Zen, haiku, martial arts, sushi, anime, manga, film, video games . . . Japanese culture has long enriched our Western way of life. Yet from a Western perspective, Japan remains a remote island country that has long had a complicated relationship with the outside world.Japan--an archipelago strung like a necklace around the Asian mainland--is considerably farther from Asia than Britain is from Europe. The sea has provided an effective barrier against invasion and enabl...

The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power Is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World - Paperback

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by Jeremy Rifkin (Author)The Industrial Revolution, powered by oil and other fossil fuels, is spiraling into a dangerous endgame. The price of gas and food are climbing, unemployment remains high, the housing market has tanked, consumer and government debt is soaring, and the recovery is slowing. Facing the prospect of a second collapse of the global economy, humanity is desperate for a sustainable economic game plan to take us into the future. Here, Jeremy Rifkin explores how Internet techno...

America's New Vision: Our Leaders - Paperback

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by Doris Lee McCoy (Author) Number of Pages: 388 Dimensions: 0.96 x 9.06 x 6.1 IN Publication Date: December 26, 2002

In Praise of Public Life: The Honor and Purpose of Political Science - Paperback

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by Joseph I. Lieberman (Author), Michael D'Orso (With)In a vigorous defense of public life, Senator Joseph Lieberman defines the duty, the honor, and the privilege of the public lives of politicians in the face of perennial American cynicism. Americans have always been suspicious of government and have misunderstood and mistrusted those in public life. This attitude is even more prevalent as the boundaries that once separated public and private have fallen. Lieberman argues that some of the p...

Learn About the United States: Quick Civics Lessons for the Naturalization - Paperback

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by Us Citizenship (Author), Immigration Services Uscis (Author)As you prepare for U.S. citizenship, Learn About the United States: Quick Civics Lessons will help you study for the civics and English portions of the naturalization interview. There are 100 civics (history and government) questions on the naturalization test. During your naturalization interview, you will be asked up to 10 questions from the list of 100 questions. You must answer correctly at least six (6) of the 10 questions to...