| Edition |
Paperback edition. |
| Description |
vi, 327 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
50 classics
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Greatest books distilled
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| Note |
First published in 2015. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
"From Abraham Lincoln to Nelson Mandela, and from Aristotle to George Orwell, [this book] distills the essence of the books, pamphlets, and speeches of the major leaders and great thinkers that drive real-world change. Spanning 2,500 years, left and right, thinkers and doers, [the author] covers activists, war strategists, visionary leaders, economists, philosophers of freedom, feminists, conservatives and environmentalists, right up to contemporary classics such as The spirit level and No logo. Whether you consider yourself to be conservative, liberal, socialist, or Marxist, this book gives you greater understanding of the key ideas that matter in our politically charged times."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Essays on freedom and power (1948) / Lord Acton [John Dalberg-Acton] -- Why nations fail : the origins of power, prosperity, and poverty (2012) / Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson -- Rules for radicals : a pragmatic primer for realistic radicals (1971) / Saul Alinsky -- Essence of decision : explaining the Cuban Missile crisis (1971/1999) / Grahm T. Allison, Philip Zelikow -- Great illusion : a study of the relation of military power to national advantage (1910) / Norman Angell -- Origins of totalitarianism (1951) / Hannah Arendt -- Politics (4th century BCE) / Aristotle -- Two concepts of liberty (1958) / Isaiah Berlin -- Propaganda (1928) / Edward Bernays -- All the president's men (1974) / Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward -- Reflections on the revolution in France (1790) / Edmund Burke -- Silent spring (1962) / Rachel Carson -- Gathering storm (1948) / Winston Churchill -- On war (1832) / Carl von Clausewitz -- End of history and the last man (1992) / Francis Fukuyama -- Autobiography : the story of my experiments with truth (1927-29) / Mohandas K. Gandhi -- Anarchism and other essays (1910) / Emma Goldman -- Federalist papers (1788) / Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison -- Road to serfdom (1944) / F.A. Hayek -- Leviathan, or the matter, forme and power of a common wealth ecclesiastical and civil (1651) / Thomas Hobbes -- Clash of civilizations and the remaking of world order (1996) / Samuel P. Huntington -- Rise and fall of the great powers (1987) / Paul Kennedy -- Martin Luther King [ Clayborne Carson edited by] (1998) / Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. -- No logo : taking aim at the brand bullies (1999) / Naomi Kelin -- The Gettysburg address (1863) / Abraham Lincoln -- Two treatises of government (1689) / John Locke -- Discourses on Livy (1531) / Niccolò Machiavelli -- Long walk to freedom (1995) / Nelson Mandela -- The Communist Manifesto (1848) / Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels -- The Mencius (3rd century BCE) / Mencius -- Fourth revolution : the global race to reinvent the state (2014) / John Micklehwait, Adrian Wooldridge -- Subjection of women (1869) / John Stuart Mill -- Politics among nations : the struggle for power and peace (1948) / Hans Morgenthau -- Anarchy, state, and utopia (1974) / Robert Nozick -- Future of power (2011) / Joseph S. Nye -- Rise and decline of nations : economic growth, stagflation, and social rigidities (1982) / Mancur Olson -- Animal farm (1945) / George Orwell -- Common sense (1776) / Thomas Paine -- Crito (4th century BCE) / Plato -- Open society and its enemies (1945) / Karl Popper -- Discourse on the origins and basis of inequality among men (1755) / Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- Jungle (1906) / Upton Sinclair -- Gulag Archipelago, 1918-56 (1974) / Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn -- Three principles of the people (1924) / Sun Yat-sen -- Autobiography (2013) / Margaret Thatcher -- Civil disobedience (1849) / Henry David Thoreau -- Democracy in America (1835) / Alexis de Tocqueville -- Spirit level : why equality is better for everyone (2009) / Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett -- Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) / Mary Wollstonecraft -- POst American world (2008) / Fareed Zakaria. |
| Subject |
Political science.
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Political science. (OCoLC)fst01069781
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| Added Title |
Fifty politics classics |
| ISBN |
9781473655430 paperback |
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1473655439 paperback |
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9781857889529 ebook |
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9781473644465 ebook |
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