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Re-issued forty years after the tumultuous events that led to Richard Nixon's historic downfall, a new edition of the legendary Elizabeth Drew's Washington Journal, featuring a brilliant new afterword. Originally published soon after Richard Nixon's resignation, Elizabeth Drew's Washington Journal is a landmark work of political journalism. Keenly observed and hugely insightful, Washington Journal opens in 1973 and follows the deterioration of Richard...
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Total Publishing
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[2021]
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Nikita Khrushchev proudly proclaimed the United States would one day awaken as a full-blown communist country. Americans are gullible, he said, the United States will be, defeated without firing a shot. What did he mean by this? This book will attempt to answer this question by examining the social sciences used to study our behavior for, the purpose of manipulating and changing it. The theories of B.F. Skinner, Cass Sunstein and others will be, looked...
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In 1831, the then twenty-seven year old Alexis de Tocqueville, was sent with Gustave de Beaumont to America by the French Government to study and make a report on the American prison system. Over a period of nine months the two traveled all over America making notes not only on the prison systems but on all aspects of American society and government. From these notes, Tocqueville wrote "Democracy in America", an exhaustive analysis of the successes...
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National Issues Forums Institute
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[2015]
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Political Fix: How Do We Get American Politics Back on Track? The view that something is amiss in American government is now widely shared. "We have been studying Washington politics and Congress for more than 40 years," say scholars Tomas E. Mann and Norman Ornstein, "and never have we seen them this dysfunctional." Even some elected officials acknowledge they have a problem. "We need to change the way we do business," says Tom Udall, a Democratic...
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HarperCollins
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[2021]
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"Greetings from Trumpland explores how an unprecedented presidency changed everything. As we enter a post-Trump era, facts are a matter of opinion, the boundaries of civility have shifted, and populism has re-emerged as a powerful tool for political leaders the world over. In a masterclass on using anger and fear for political gain, Donald Trump harnessed the power of social media to develop blind devotion among his supporters. Now, in the wake of...
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Worth Books
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[2017]
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of No Place to Hide tells you what you need to know--before or after you read Glenn Greenwald's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of No Place to Hide includes: Historical context Chapter-by-chapter overviews Character profiles Detailed timeline of key events Important...
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Trine Day
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[2018]
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On November 8, 2016, the seemingly impossible became real: Donald Trumpbillionaire tycoon with fundamentally xenophobic, savage, and populist speechwon the presidency and began endangering values like democracy and world peace. Author Daniel Estulin argues that nothing about this situation was accidental and that behind this terrifying event many interests are hidden. This volume asks: How did America get here? Was it a truly democratic event? And,...
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Great Britain in the 1970s appeared to be in terminal decline-ungovernable, an economic train wreck, and rapidly headed for global irrelevance. Three decades later, it is the richest and most influential country in Europe, and Margaret Thatcher is the reason. The preternaturally determined Thatcher rose from nothing, seized control of Britain's Conservative party, and took a sledgehammer to the nation's postwar socialist consensus. She proved that...
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In How to Find and Eliminate Illegal Votes: Jackie Nutting gives you methods to not only find current illegal votes, but how to find potential illegal votes and eliminate the opportunity for those to be used in the future. Therefore, the lessons in each chapter teach the reader proactive strategies not just responses. There have been many elections taken to court after illegal votes have been cast, however traditionally judges will ask the losing...
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C. Michael Barry is a highly interested retiree of middle class heritage who possesses college degrees that provide him with a solid foundation to analyze the workings of government. In a quest to understand the true nature of government in the United States, he examines original sources in order to analyze letters of conversations with Thomas Jefferson and other Founding Fathers and scholars. Join Michael as he explores why the world wants to consider...
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The United States is at a crisis point. Dysfunction in Washington is rampant. The economy is crumbling. The country is on the wrong course. Solutions are scarce and appear unwanted by politicians.This book, "20/20: A Clear Vision for America" brings sound solutions to make our nation prosperous again, explains how to reinstate our Constitution, and how to give our children and grandchildren a bright future.The "20/20" book tells what is wrong with...
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NATIONAL CRISIS IN LEADERSHIP Ten years ago, our nation was on the right road to fiscal stability with four years of surpluses totaling $560 billion. Unfortunately, private and public sector senior executives made serious mistakes during the past decade, resulting in our federal government being on the road to a financial meltdown. This could lead to a long-term and deep economic depression like the 1930s. In Educating Voters for Rebuilding America,...
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The book "The Secret of How to PASS Tests" is a product of experimentation that has been very successful. There are a lot of people who could benefit from the information we will share with you. Every time I give adults the information they are so impressed they ask me, "Why didn't anyone tell me this when I was in school?"
My hope is that the information we will give you will motivate you, educate you, get you thinking, and take the fear out of...
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Sobre la obraInternet y Redes Sociales en campañas electorales es un documento de trabajo para los clientes, consultores y franquiciados de RED Consultores Marketing Político, dentro de su serie Manuales. Dibuja un mapa de carreteras suficientemente amplio como para orientarse en el terreno del marketing electoral, profundizando en cinco aspectos básicos en toda campañas: 1) Investigación de mercados, encuestas y estudios, 2) Gestión de las...
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"American Insanity" reflects on the political insanity that has overtaken the United States of America. It addresses American citizen's apathetic view of our governing system, both towards elected officials and the ever controlling Washington bureaucracy. How and why the citizens of this Nation have failed their obligation to keep vigilance over our governing politicians and holding them accountable when they fail to uphold their promises and their...
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A classic resource, now with new 2012 Foreword, from Quid Pro Books: a study of civil rights in the U.S. civil service at a time of tumultuous change and reexamination. Praised widely on its initial publication in 1967, Krislov's book remains an important part of the canon on African American history, labor and civil service, and the political science of federal employment and bureaucracies.
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In this book, he outlines a sustainable community project that seeks to solve social problems that most community planners overlook. The pilot project includes numerous ways to make communities self-sufficient, and while it's geared for those in middle- and lower-income brackets, anyone can use its concepts. He explains how multiple-purpose buildings can be used to house a diversity of people, ways to launch a business within the community by collaborating...
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En este libro, Noam Chomsky expone las causas de la invasión de Ucrania iniciada por Rusia en febrero de 2022, partiendo de dos premisas fundamentales: por un lado, estamos ante «un grave crimen de guerra por el que hay que buscar explicaciones, pero que no tiene ni justificaciones ni atenuantes»; por el otro, estamos asistiendo a un movimiento expansivo de la OTAN hacia el este, que merece ser destacado y analizado.
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If America falters and states secede, what kind of constitution would they use?My belief is that people will want to create a new constitution that attempts to solve all of our problems. That is what I have done. I completely started from scratch. I wrote it from an idealistic perspective that believed anything is possible.I have attempted to create a society that is as close to being perfect as possible. It's my attempt at perfection. So what is...
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