{"title":"Political Science Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"manhood-the-masculine-virtues-america-needs-hardcover","title":"Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJosh Hawley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNationally best-selling author (\u003ci\u003eThe Tyranny of Big Tech\u003c\/i\u003e), constitutional lawyer, and U.S. senator for the state of Missouri argues that the character of men and the male virtue that goes along with it is a necessary ingredient to a functioning society and a healthy, free republic.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA free society that despises manhood will not remain free.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The American Founders believed that a republic depends on certain masculine virtues. 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Written with wisdom by someone who has not only studied history but helped to shape it, this call to arms teaches us the lessons we must understand and the questions we must answer if we are to save ourselves from repeating the tragic errors of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA personal and urgent examination of Fascism in the twentieth century and how its legacy shapes today's world, written by one of America's most admired public servants, the first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of state.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Fascist, observes Madeleine Albright, \"is someone who claims to speak for a whole nation or group, is utterly unconcerned with the rights of others, and is willing to use violence and whatever other means are necessary to achieve the goals he or she might have.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe twentieth century was defined by the clash between democracy and Fascism, a struggle that created uncertainty about the survival of human freedom and left millions of innocent people dead. 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The coup ushered in a quarter-century of repressive rule under the Shah, stimulated the rise of Muslim fundamentalism and anti-Americanism throughout the Middle East, and exposed the folly of using violence to try to reshape Iran. It's essential reading if you want to place the American invasion of Iraq in context--and prepare for what comes next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An entirely engrossing, often riveting, nearly Homeric tale. . . . For anyone with more than a passing interest in how the United States got into such a pickle in the Middle East, \u003cem\u003eAll the Shah's Men \u003c\/em\u003eis as good as Grisham.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e--THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An exciting narrative. 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All the Shah's Men brings to life the cloak-and-dagger operation that deposed the only democratic regime Iran ever had. The coup ushered in a quarter-century of repressive rule under the Shah, stimulated the rise of Muslim fundamentalism and anti-Americanism throughout the Middle East, and exposed the folly of using violence to try to reshape Iran. Selected as one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post and the Economist, it's essential reading if you want to place the American attack of Iraq in context--and prepare for what comes next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An entirely engrossing, often riveting, nearly Homeric tale. . . . For anyone with more than a passing interest in how the United States got into such a pickle in the Middle East, All the Shah's Men is as good as Grisham.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\"The Washington Post Book World\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An exciting narrative. [Kinzer] questions whether Americans are well served by interventions for regime change abroad, and he reminds us of the long history of Iranian resistance to great power interventions, as well as the unanticipated consequences of intervention.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\"The Los Angeles Times\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A swashbuckling yarn [and] helpful reminder of an oft-neglected piece of Middle Eastern history.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\"The New York Times Book Review\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Kinzer is an award-winning foreign correspondent who has worked in more than fifty countries. He has been New York Times bureau chief in Istanbul, Berlin, and Managua, Nicaragua. 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Mearsheimer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStephen M. Walt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published in 2007, \u003ci\u003eThe Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e, by John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen M. Walt of Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, provoked both howls of outrage and cheers of gratitude for challenging what had been a taboo issue in America: the impact of the Israel lobby on U.S. foreign policy. A work of major importance, it remains as relevant today as it was in the immediate aftermath of the Israel-Lebanon war of 2006. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMearsheimer and Walt describe in clear and bold terms the remarkable level of material and diplomatic support that the United States provides to Israel and argues that this support cannot be fully explained on either strategic or moral grounds. This exceptional relationship is due largely to the political influence of a loose coalition of individuals and organizations that actively work to shape U.S. foreign policy in a pro-Israel direction. They provocatively contend that the lobby has a far-reaching impact on America's posture throughout the Middle East―in Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, and toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict―and the policies it has encouraged are in neither America's national interest nor Israel's long-term interest. The lobby's influence also affects America's relationship with important allies and increases dangers that all states face from global jihadist terror. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy \u003c\/i\u003eled to a sea change in how the U.S-Israel relationship was discussed, and continues to be one of the most talked-about books in foreign policy.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn J. Mearsheimer\u003c\/b\u003e is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science and the co-director of the Program on International Security Policy at the University of Chicago. He has published several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Tragedy of Great Power Politics\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen M. Walt\u003c\/b\u003e is the Belfer Professor of International Affairs at the John F. 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It rapidly realigned political faultlines all over the world and its aftershock resonates to this day. In the many years since its publication, no other social program has inspired such divisive and violent debate. Ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the world's first regime to adopt the \u003ci\u003eManifesto's\u003c\/i\u003e tenets, historians have debated its intent and its impact. In the current era of market democracy in Russia and Eastern Europe, nationalism on every continent, and an ever tightening global economy, does the specter of Communism still haunt the world? Were the seeds of Communism's ultimate destruction already planted in 1848? Is there anything to be learned from Marx's envisioned utopia? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an Introduction by Martin Malia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eand an Afterword by Stephen Kotkin \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarl Marx\u003c\/b\u003e (1818-1883) was born in Trier to a German Jewish family that had converted to Christianity. As a student he was influenced by Hegel's dialectical philosophy but later reacted against his mentor's idealism and turned instead to the then new socialist movement. \u003ci\u003eThe Communist Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e (utilizing drafts by his friend Friedrich Engels) was written in a creative burst in Brussels for a German emigré society, the Communist League. After taking part in the failed revolutions of 1848, Marx fled to London, where he and his family lived in poverty alleviated only by Engels' financial help. For some years, Marx was a London correspondent for a New York newspaper. He spent most of his time, however, researching in the British Museum to document his theories of class struggle and the \"internal contradictions\" undermining capitalism. His works include: \u003ci\u003eThe Poverty of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe German Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eFriedrich Engels\u003c\/b\u003e (1820-1895) was born in Germany, the son of a textile manufacturer. After his military training in Berlin he became an agent of his father's business in Manchester and immersed himself in Chartism and the problems of the new urban proletariat created by the industrial revolution. In 1844, the year he met Karl Marx, he wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Condition of the Working Class in England\u003c\/i\u003e. The pair's ideas were incorporated into \u003ci\u003eThe Communist Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e, although the actual writing was done by Marx. Not only did Engels provide Marx with money, but after 1870 spent much time assisting him in his research. After Marx's death Engels continued his work on \u003ci\u003eDas Kapital\u003c\/i\u003e, and completed it in 1894, a year before his own death. He also wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Peasant War in Germany\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Origin of the Family\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSocialism, Utopian and Scientific\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMartin Malia\u003c\/b\u003e did his undergraduate work at Yale and earned his Ph.D. at Harvard. He has spent most of his teaching career at the University of California at Berkeley. 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Fighting against the Fascists, he described in painfully vivid and occasionally comic detail life in the trenches--with a \"democratic army\" composed of men with no ranks, no titles, and often no weapons--and his near fatal wounding. As the politics became tangled, Orwell was pulled into a heartbreaking conflict between his own personal ideals and the complicated realities of political power struggles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Considered one of the finest works by a man V. S. Pritchett called \"the wintry conscience of a generation,\" \u003cem\u003eHomage to Catalonia\u003c\/em\u003e is both Orwell's memoir of his experiences at the front and his tribute to those who died in what he called a fight for common decency. 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Graduate work at the University of Chicago in criminology introduced him to the Capone gang, and later to Joliet State Prison, where he studied prison life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He founded what is known today as the Alinsky ideology and Alinsky concepts of mass organization for power. His work in organizing the poor to fight for their rights as citizens has been internationally recognized. In the late 1930s he organized the Back of the Yards area in Chicago (the neighborhood made famous in Upton Sinclair's \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e). Subsequently, through the Industrial Areas Foundation which he began in 1940, Mr. Alinsky and his staff helped to organize communities not only in Chicago but throughout the country. He later turned his attentions to the middle class, creating a training institute for organizers. 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Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Tyranny\u003c\/i\u003e is a call to arms and a guide to resistance, with invaluable ideas for how we can preserve our freedoms in the uncertain years to come.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimothy Snyder\u003c\/b\u003e holds the Temerty Chair in Modern European History at the Munk School, University of Toronto, and is a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. His books, which have been published in over forty languages, include \u003ci\u003eBloodlands, Black Earth, On Tyranny, The Road to Unfreedom, Our Malady, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e On Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e. 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He came to organize non-violent demonstrations against discriminatory voting laws. \u003ci\u003eSelma, Lord, Selma\u003c\/i\u003e is their firsthand account of the events from that turbulent winter of 1965--events that changed not only the lives of these two little girls but the lives of all Alabamians and all Americans. From 1975 to 1979, award-winning journalist Frank Sikora conducted interviews with Webb and West, weaving their recollections into this luminous story of fear and courage, struggle and redemption that readers will discover is \u003ci\u003eSelma, Lord, Selma.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank Sikora \u003c\/b\u003eis retired from the Birmingham News, a freelance writer for publications such as Time, and author of seven books, including Selma, Lord, Selma (with Sheyann Webb and Rachel West Nelson) and Until Justice Rolls Down: The Birmingham Church Bombing Case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 164\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52688408346957,"sku":"9780817308988","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/QDxfP7XOGk9780817308988.webp?v=1781230968"},{"product_id":"blueprint-for-revolution-how-to-use-rice-pudding-lego-men-and-other-nonviolent-techniques-to-galvanize-communities-overthrow-dictators-or-simply-paperback","title":"Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSrdja Popovic\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMatthew Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn urgent and accessible handbook for peaceful protesters, activists, and community organizers--anyone trying to defend their rights, hold their government accountable, or change the world\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eBlueprint for Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e will teach you how to\u003cbr\u003e - make oppression backfire by playing your opponents' strongest card against them\u003cbr\u003e - identify the \"almighty pillars of power\" in order to shift the balance of control\u003cbr\u003e - dream big, but start small: learn how to pick battles you can win\u003cbr\u003e - listen to what people actually care about in order to incorporate their needs into your revolutionary vision\u003cbr\u003e - master the art of compromise to bring together even the most disparate groups\u003cbr\u003e - recognize your allies and view your enemies as potential partners\u003cbr\u003e - use humor to make yourself heard, defuse potentially violent situations, and \"laugh your way to victory\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBlueprint for Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The title is no exaggeration. 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