18 books like The life of Niccolò Machiavelli

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The Southern Sudan Dunstan M. Wai · 1972 · 255p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Published in 1973: This thoroughgoing collection of informed and incisive essay brings together for the first time between the covers of a single volume a very wide spectrum of views on one of the key conflicts in Africa today. The problems underlying the whole situation are discussed from extremely diverse standpoints, so that the mass of data is constantly reinterpreted by the several authors,… Shares: Government, Political science, Politics and government, Essays

A history of American political theories Charles Edward Merriam · 1903 · 364p · ≈ 12h · Challenging A History of American Political Theories is a comprehensive attempt to understand the full sweep of American political thought since the founding. Working within the liberal-progressive tradition, Merriam reviewed American political history in its entirety, from the founding down to his own day. He was not out to reduce political thought to a single element such as economics alone; his aim was to… Shares: Government, Political science, Politics and government, Essays

Tunisia Christopher Alexander · 2010 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate The first edition of Tunisia was released just nine months before the eruption of the Arab Spring. The most substantial period of political unrest felt by the Arab world in a half century originated in Tunisia, a fact that confounded expectations about Tunisian politics. This new edition builds upon the first edition’s overview of Tunisia’s political and economic development to examine how one of… Shares: Government, Political science, Politics and government, Essays

Abraham Lincoln Carl Sandburg · 1926 · ★ 4.3 · 762p · ≈ 25h · Challenging This definitive, single-volume edition of the Pulitzer Prize–winning biography delivers “a Lincoln whom no other man . . . could have given us” (New York Herald Tribune Book Review). Celebrated for his vivid depictions of the nineteenth-century American Midwest, Carl Sandburg brings unique insight to the life of Abraham Lincoln in this distinguished biography. He captures both the man who grew… Shares: Hommes d'État, Statesmen, Government, Biography & Memoir

An autobiography Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi · 1927 · ★ 4.4 · 455p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Gandhi's non-violent struggles against racism, violence, and colonialism in South Africa and India had brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation that when asked to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took it as an opportunity to explain himself. He feared the enthusiasm for his ideas tended to exceed a deeper understanding of his quest for truth rooted in devotion to… Shares: Hommes d'État, Statesmen, Biography & Memoir

Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Democratization William Case · 2014 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate "Southeast Asia offers unique opportunities for the comparative analysis of democratization. The Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Democratization provides a comprehensive overview of the development of democracy in the region and shows that political and structural factors differ strikingly across countries. Combining theory and case studies, it is structured in three major sections: Social… Shares: Government, Political science, Politics and government, Essays

Political Thinking, Political Theory, And Civil Society Steven M. DeLue · 2015 · 458p · ≈ 15h · Moderate This new edition of Political Thinking, Political Theory, and Civil Society presents a comprehensive overview of the Western tradition of political thought that approaches concepts with the aim of helping readers develop their own political thinking and critical thinking skills. This text is uniquely organized around the theme of civil society - What is the nature of a civil society? Why is it… Shares: Government, Political science, Essays

Moi︠a︡ zhiznʹ Leon Trotsky · 1930 · 602p · ≈ 20h · Challenging Shares: Statesmen, Politics and government, Biography & Memoir

State and local politics David R. Berman · 1975 · 386p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "In our "devolutionary" era, politics at the state and local levels is more interesting than ever. This popular text is the most concise, readable, and current introduction to the field. Now in its ninth edition, the book keeps its focus on the varied and changing political and economic environments in which state and local governments function and their strengths and weaknesses in key areas of… Shares: Government, Political science, Essays

Iraq Philip Willard Ireland · 1937 · 510p · ≈ 17h · Challenging This book, first published in 1937, is being re-issued now in response to recent events in the Middle East - events which have left many specialists trying to discern the region's future by looking to its past. The book explores the process by which Iraq was transformed from a 'remote' and neglected portion of the Ottoman Empire in 1914 to a political unit possessing all the machinery of a modern… Shares: Government, Political science, Politics and government, Essays

Ghana in transition David Ernest Apter · 1963 · 450p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Shares: Government, Politics and government, Essays

My Early Life Winston S. Churchill · 1900 · ★ 4.2 · 392p · ≈ 13h · Challenging American edition (New York, C. Scribner's sons) has title: A roving commission; my early life. Shares: Hommes d'État, Statesmen, Biography & Memoir

The modern state Christopher Pierson · 1996 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate 'The Modern State' offers a clear, comprehensive and provocative introduction to one of the most important phenomena of contemporary life. Topics covered include the nation state and its historical context. Shares: Government, Political science, Essays

Illustrations of universal progress Herbert Spencer · 1864 · 451p · ≈ 15h · Challenging 15 works of Herbert Spencer English philosopher, biologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist of the Victorian era (1820-1903) This ebook presents a collection of 15 works of Herbert Spencer. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Illustrations of Universal Progress - A… Shares: Political science, Essays

Julius Caesar Jacob Abbott · 1849 · ★ 4.4 · 103p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Jacob Abbott was a prolific author, writing juvenile fiction, brief histories, biographies, religious books for the general reader, and a few works in popular science. Check out the following list of books to take and exciting, informative, and easy to understand stroll through history. Alexander the Great, Alfred the Great, Charles I, Charles II, Cleopatra, Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great,… Shares: Hommes d'État, Biography & Memoir

Mémoires Jean Monnet · 1976 · 642p · ≈ 21h · Moderate L'Histoire place désormais Jean Monnet parmi les quelques hommes du XXe siècle qui, par leur action, ont infléchi le destin du monde et transformé nos conditions de vie.En fait, ses Mémoires, devenus aujourd'hui l'ouvrage de référence d'un nombre croissant de décideurs, révèlent la prodigieuse aventure d'un homme dont l'action a été déterminante à chaque grand carrefour de l'histoire… Shares: Statesmen, Biography & Memoir

Lone Star Tarnished Calvin C. Jillson · 2012 · 298p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Texas pride, like everything else in the state, is larger than life. So, too, perhaps, are the state's challenges. Lone Star Tarnished, Third Edition approaches public policy in the nation's most populous "red state" from historical, comparative, and critical perspectives. The historical perspective provides the scope for asking how various policy domains have developed in Texas history,… Shares: Government, Political science, Politics and government, Essays

Political Thought of Hume and His Contemporaries Frederick G. Whelan · 2014 · 238p · ≈ 7h · Moderate "Intended for scholars in the fields of political theory, and the history of political thought, this two-volume examines David Hume's Political Thought (1711-1776) and that of his contemporaries, including Smith, Blackstone, Burke and Robertson. This book is unified by its temporal focus on the middle and later decades of the eighteenth century and hence on what is usually taken to be the core… Shares: Government, Political science, Essays

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