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The Struggle For Sovereignty  The Struggle For Sovereignty

Joyce Lee Malcolm (ed.)

Издател: Liberty Fund

For much of Europe the seventeenth century was, as it has been termed, an "Age of Absolutism" in which single rulers held tremendous power. Yet the English in the same century succeeded in limiting the power of their monarchs. The English Civil War in midcentury and the Glorious Revolution of 1688 were the culmination of a protracted struggle

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The War of the World The War of the World

Niall Ferguson

Издател: Penguin Press

Harvard historian Niall Ferguson offers a significant new perspective on the events of the 20th century, recasting the Cold War and the two World Wars as one continuous, racially motivated "Hundred Years' War." Ferguson also examines a central paradox: With its unparalleled advances in science and communications, why was the 20th century the most

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The War of the World The War of the World

Niall Ferguson

Издател: Penguin Books

The War of the World, published in 2006, had been ten years in the making and is a comprehensive analysis of the savagery of the 20th century. Ferguson shows how a combination of economic volatility, decaying empires, psychopathic dictators, and racially/ethnically motivated (and institutionalized) violence resulted in the wars, and the genocides

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Tyranny Unmasked Tyranny Unmasked

John Taylor

Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.

John Taylor of Caroline (1753–1824) was one of the foremost philosophers of the States' rights Jeffersonians of the early national period. In keeping with his lifelong mission as a ""minority man,"" John Taylor wrote Tyranny Unmasked not only to assault the protective tariff and the mercantilist policies of the times but also ""to examine

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Virtual History Virtual History

Niall Ferguson

Издател: Basic Books

This meaty, scholarly collection of essays by gifted historian Niall Ferguson tackles the controversial topic of counterfactual questions: What if Hitler had invaded Britain in WWII? What if JFK had survived his assassination? What if there had been no Gorbachev to usher in the collapse of Communism? What if there had been no American Revolution?

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War and the Rise of the State War and the Rise of the State

Bruce D. Porter

Издател: The Free Press

Porter, a political scientist at Brigham Young University, demonstrates that wars have been catalysts for increasing the size and power of Western governments since the Renaissance. The state's monopoly of effective violence has diminished not only individual rights and liberties, but also the ability of local communities and private associates to

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Why Conditional Independence?: The Follow-up of the Kosovo Report Why Conditional Independence?: The Follow-up of the Kosovo Report

Independent International Commission on Kosovo, The

Издател: Global Reporting Books

The Independent International Commission on Kosovo launched its much debated report in October 2000. Since then • Miloshevich has gone • Violence has erupted in Macedonia • Constitutional developments have taken place in Kosovo The Commission resolved to update its report and to review its recommendations. The future status of

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Why The West Rules – For Now Why The West Rules – For Now

Ian Morris

Издател: Profile Books

Sometime around 1750, English entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal, and the world was forever changed. The emergence of factories, railroads, and gunboats propelled the West’s rise to power in the nineteenth century, and the development of computers and nuclear weapons in the twentieth century secured its global

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Woodrow Wilson and World Politics Woodrow Wilson and World Politics

N. Gordon Levin, Jr.

Издател: Оxford University Press

Winner of the Bancroft Prize, this incisive book presents an integrated analysis of the theory and practice of Woodrow Wilson's foreign policy from 1917 to 1919.

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Албански перспективи. Теренни проучвания/Albanian Prospects. Fieldwork Албански перспективи. Теренни проучвания/Albanian Prospects. Fieldwork

Антонина Желязкова

Издател: Международен център по проблемите на малцинствата и културните взаимодействия (ИМИР)/International Centre for Minority Studies and Intercultural Relations (IMIR)

Книгата “Албански перспективи” е втори том от поредицата “Спешна антропология” на Международния център за изследване на малцинствата и културните взаимодействия. Тя е тематично

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