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The advent of the all-volunteer force and the evolving nature of modern warfare have transformed our military, changing it in serious if subtle ways that few Americans are aware of. Edited by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David M. Kennedy, this...

This book examines the political thought of China, Greece, Israel, Rome, India, Iran, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and also early Christianity, from prehistory to c. 200 CE. Each of these had its own priorities, based on a religious and philosophical perspective...

The French Constitutional Council, a quasi-judicial body created at the dawn of the Fifth Republic, functioned in relative obscurity for almost two decades before emerging in the 1980s as a pivotal actor in the French policymaking process. Alec Stone...

These boldly argued essays describe and analyze key developments in American politics and government during an era when political parties commanded mass loyalties and wielded unprecedented power over government affairs. McCormick follows the major...

. - . EN:The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 jeopardizes the country's independence and its chances for Western-style development. However, the heroic attitude of the Ukrainian people, combined with a solidifying national identity, makes the...

30th January 1948; 31st October 1984; 21st May 1991.These three days bear significant importance in the history of independent India. The nation witnessed the assassination of the Father of the Nation, the Prime Minister of India and an ex-Prime Minister...

In 1957, the Russians launched the first satellite into space, marking the first time a man-made object broke through nature's limitations. In her iconic book The Human Condition, Hannah Arendt made the attempt to figure out the political implications of...

Ce livre classique a été initialement publié il y a plusieurs décennies sous le titre "My Own Story". Il a maintenant été traduit par Writat en langue française pour ses lecteurs francophones. Chez Writat, nous sommes passionnés par la préservation du...

Dieses klassische Buch wurde ursprünglich vor Jahrzehnten unter dem Titel "My Own Story". Es wurde jetzt von Writat für seine französischsprachigen Leser in die französische Sprache übersetzt. Bei Writat liegt uns die Bewahrung des literarischen Erbes...

Wenn im späten Herbst, kurz bevor der Frost des Winters alles erfrieren läßt, die Blätter gefallen sind, geht der Landmann noch gelegentlich über seine mageren Streuobstwiesen und sammelt die letzten Äpfel auf, die von den Bäumen gefallen sind. Die...

Obra que refleja acontecimientos que aún su luz dispersan: la revolución, los efectos fundamentales que la merodean e integran, verbigracia, el heroísmo y su antípoda, más que la cobardía: la traición. Participantes cuyo peso histórico se palpa a miradas...

Le 27 avril 1340, Frère François, de l'ordre des Prêcheurs, évêque de Bisaccia dans la province de Naples, chapelain du roi Robert d'Anjou et pour l'instant ambassadeur du roi d'Angleterre Edouard III, se présenta devant le Doge de Venise. Entre la...

Le 27 avril 1340, Frère François, de l'ordre des Prêcheurs, évêque de Bisaccia dans la province de Naples, chapelain du roi Robert d'Anjou et pour l'instant ambassadeur du roi d'Angleterre Edouard III, se présenta devant le Doge de Venise. Entre la...

Il n'y a guère plus de deux siècles qu'en s'intitulant La Société féodale, un livre peut espérer donner par avance une idée de son contenu. Non que l'adjectif, en lui-même, ne soit fort ancien. Sous son vêtement latin - feodalis -, il date du moyen âge...

Il n'y a guère plus de deux siècles qu'en s'intitulant La Société féodale, un livre peut espérer donner par avance une idée de son contenu. Non que l'adjectif, en lui-même, ne soit fort ancien. Sous son vêtement latin - feodalis -, il date du moyen âge...

WORK IS IN FRENCHThis book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to...

Terror and War provides the reader with contemporary insights into military strategy, radicalization and the challenges associated with countering the rising influence of terrorism. Twenty Essays is a cautionary and timely collection of works given...

This book reconstructs the dissemination of the characteristic ideas and traits of the New Left in the 1960s and 1970s by analysing its most prominent magazines and journals

Central to discussions of multiculturalism and minority rights in modern liberal societies is the idea that the particular demands of minority groups contradict the requirements of equality, anonymity, and universality for citizenship and belonging. The...

Las elites tienen una gran cantidad de control cultural: producen tergiversaciones, mitos, interpretaciones sesgadas y ocultamiento de informacion. Buscan desacreditar las ideas del socialismo marxista y conformar una opinion publica que no cuestione su...

Are all governments--east and west, Muslim and secular, authoritarian and constitutional, Republican and Democratic--fundamentally the same, all of them under the extraordinary, growing power of ""technique"" and bureaucracy? Is all politics, then, just...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

The book ""Memoirs of Marmontel, Written by Himself V1: Containing His Literary and Political Life, and Anecdotes of the Principal Characters of the Eighteenth Century"" is an autobiography written by Jean Francois Marmontel. The book was first published...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...