Based on a decade of research, and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who have never talked before - and everyone outside China who had significant dealings with him, this book is the story of the life of Mao. It is full of revelations, exploding the myth of the Long March, and showing completely unknown Mao.

Republic is the central work of the Western world's most famous philosopher. Essentially an inquiry into morality, Republic also contains crucial arguments and insights into many other areas of philosophy. It is also a literary masterpiece: the philosophy is presented for the most part for the ordinary reader, who is carried along by the wit and intensity of the dialogue and by Plato's ...

Our conventional view of history and human progress is wrong. It is founded on a pernicious myth of an achievable utopia that in the last century alone caused the murder of tens of millions. This book shows us how a misplaced faith in our ability to improve the world has actually made it far worse.

The left and right in America are now divided by politically irreconcilable worldviews, and the root of that divide is authoritarianism.

Traces the spread of American constitutionalism - from Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean region, to Asia and Africa - beginning chronologically with the American Revolution and the fateful 'shot heard round the world' and ending with the conclusion of the Cold War in 1989.

This book demonstrates that low and uneven voter turnout leads to disadvantages for racial and ethnic minorities and proposes a practical and cost-effective solution to the problem.

This book demonstrates that low and uneven voter turnout leads to disadvantages for racial and ethnic minorities and proposes a practical and cost-effective solution to the problem.

Vladimir Putin's presidency of Russia, 2000-2008, sought to overcome Boris Yeltsin's chaotic legacy by rebuilding the authority of the Russian state, in the process winning popularity, but provoking alarm among liberals and democrats and in the wider world. This book offers a wide array of views and interpretations of the Putin phenomenon.

This book analyzes the conflict between two rising powers - direct democracy and the courts.

The left and right in America are now divided by politically irreconcilable worldviews, and the root of that divide is authoritarianism.

This book analyzes the conflict between two rising powers - direct democracy and the courts.

This provocative study of federalism identifies a pattern of intergovernmental relations in Australia.

Explores wireless technologies which are essential in supporting Federal agency missions that are crucial to the nation and enable commercial and non-Federal public safety operations which support economic growth and safeguard lives and property.

The US House of Representatives considered 104 contested election cases. The vast majority of these cases were resolved in favour of the contestee, a term referring to a Member or Member-elect of the House of Representatives whose election was challenged. This book contains summaries of contested election cases.

Discusses historical national-security related presidential transition activities in America. This book offers a representative sampling of national security issues that the next administration may encounter, and offers considerations and options relevant to each of the five phases of the presidential transition period.

God and the Founders explains the church-state political philosophies of James Madison, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson.

The American Congress is an up-to-date, well-informed undergraduate textbook on congressional politics.

The Myth of Presidential Representation evaluates the nature of American presidential representation, questioning the commonly held belief that presidents represent the community at large.

The New Dynamics of American Political Parties examines the process of gradual change that inexorably shapes and reshapes American politics.

The study of the constitutional powers of the presidency has advanced considerably. Introducing and identifying the main approaches to the study of the constitutional presidency and the nature of executive power, this title covers a wide range of topics.