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If you asked a passerby on the street what anarchism is, they may answer that it is an ideology based on chaos, disorder, and violence. But is this true? What exactly is anarchism? This Very Short Introduction provides a new point of departure for our understanding of anarchism. Prichard...

The Republic We Share examines one of the enduring challenges of American democracy: how a pluralistic society can protect freedom of conscience while maintaining a common constitutional order. Drawing on constitutional law, political philosophy, history, and religious thought, Armin J. Jezari explores the boundaries between religious liberty and governmental authority, the meaning of church-state separation, and the difficult conflicts that arise when deeply held convictions encounter competing rights and public obligations.

An introduction to the philosophy of revolution that Thomas Jefferson expressed in the Declaration of Independence, tracing key ideas to John Locke and other influences. Even in Thomas Jefferson’s lifetime comparisons were being drawn between the Declaration of Independence and John Locke's...

Through an investigation of political leaders' decision-making on the path to war, this timely book addresses one of the most important and misunderstood issues of our time: the preference for war over peace. “Suicide for fear of death” is how the first chancellor of the German empire Otto...

The U.S. government's response to the onset of World War II represented something of a constitutional gold standard. Congress declared war almost unanimously, and the president executed that war. This clear division of powers and the near universal support of the citizenry helped expedite allied victory. In the years since, the U.S. has improvised its way through the launch of myriad military engagements, none with the precision of December 1941. This book will examine how the U.S. government has varied from this standard and why.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. «El príncipe», de Nicolás Maquiavelo, es una obra fundamental del pensamiento político que explora con crudeza y realismo cómo se adquiere, se ejerce y se conserva el poder. A través de ejemplos históricos y reflexiones agudas, el autor analiza...

"El hombre ha nacido libre, y sin embargo, vive en todas partes entre cadenas." Estas son las famosas palabras de apertura de un libro que no ha dejado de suscitar debates desde su primera publicación en 1762. Rousseau desaprueba que algunos hombre se sientan con el derecho natural de ejercer autoridad sobre otros, y defiende un pacto o "contrato social", que debería existir y ser la fuente del poder soberano.

The Berlin Wall was erected in 1961 to end all traffic between the city’s two halves: the democratic west and the communist east. The iconic symbol of a divided Europe, the Wall became a focus of western political pressure on East Germany; as Ronald Reagan’s famously said in a 1987 speech in Berlin, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”

Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post and NPR “We come to see in FDR the magisterial, central figure in the greatest and richest political tapestry of our nation’s entire history” —Nigel Hamilton, Boston Globe “Meticulously researched and authoritative” —Douglas...

From one of Barack Obama’s closest aides comes a revelatory behind-the-scenes account of his presidency—and how idealism can confront harsh reality and still survive—in the tradition of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.’s A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House. For nearly ten years...

Afghanistan traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world, from the Mughal Empire in the 16th century to the Taliban resurgence today. Thomas Barfield introduces listeners to the bewildering diversity of tribal and ethnic groups in Afghanistan, explaining what unites them as Afghans despite the regional, cultural, and political differences that divide them.

In The English and their History, the first full-length account to appear in one volume for many decades, Robert Tombs gives us the history of the English people and of how the stories they have told about themselves have shaped them, from the prehistoric 'dreamtime' through to the present day.

Delving into a world once shrouded in mystery, this investigative report provides a fascinating account of the annual meetings of the world's most powerful people, The Bilderberg Group. Since first meeting in 1954 at the Bilderberg Hotel in the Netherlands, The Bilderberg Group has been comprised of prime ministers, presidents and the wealthiest CEOs of the world, all deliberating the economic and political future of humanity.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With unparalleled reporting, a Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times reporter chronicles the clash between a president and the officials of his own government who tried to stop him. “A meticulously reported volume that clearly benefits from the author’s...

当不可一世的全球霸权最终走向解体，历史周期律中隐藏的制度僵化与财政危机，究竟是如何将早期扩张的绝对优势转化为致命的生存负担？置身于信息碎片化与地缘情绪交织的当下，我们迫切需要一种冷峻客观的宏大视角，...

当极端野心与权力结构碰撞，那些改变历史走向的暴君、叛徒与狂热分子，究竟是如何将世界推向灾难深渊的？沉浸在充满张力与深度解析的犯罪心理与历史叙述中，你将跳出枯燥的年代记事，直击人性中最幽暗的欲望。无论...

当曾经辉煌的古典共和国在财富狂欢与政治极化中走向崩溃，民众究竟会为了秩序与安全感，甘愿交出多少政治自由？如果你正试图从沉重的历史回音中理解当下的体制困境，这场关于权力分配、制度瓦解与人性贪婪的沉浸式...

Ontdek de historische cyclus van geopolitieke grootmachten en waarom elk dominant wereldrijk onvermijdelijk instort. Tijdens je dagelijkse reis of momenten van opperste concentratie neemt deze nuchtere, meeslepende analyse je mee terug in de tijd. De ogenschijnlijke onoverwinnelijkheid van...

تفكيك تاريخي دقيق لآليات الهيمنة يكشف كيف تنحدر أعظم القوى من قمة المجد إلى حتمية الانهيار. عبر رحلة صوتية تحليلية وموضوعية، نستكشف البنية المعقدة للسلطة وندرس...

当无与伦比的古代扩张带来无尽财富时，共和体制与权力制衡却在阶级撕裂中一步步滑向血腥内战与崩溃。对于渴望在沉浸式通勤中寻求智慧启迪的听众而言，这是一次极具震撼力的政治史硬核探索。它不仅重现了地中海霸主...