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| Alger Hiss, Whittaker Chambers, and the Schism in the American Soul
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Patrick A. Swan, ed.
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| Publisher: ISI Books. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781882926855. Daedalus Item Code: 31143 |
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| "In August 1948, Alger Hiss, a former State Department bureaucrat, was accused of being a Soviet spy.... The case quickly became a cause célèbre, the center of the bitter battle between conservatives ... (Read More)
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| The American Republic: Its Constitution, Tendencies and Destiny
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Orestes A. Brownson. Peter Augustine Lawler, intro.
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| Publisher: ISI Books. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781882926862. Daedalus Item Code: 31144 |
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| First published in 1865 in the wake of the Civil War, The American Republic was Orestes Brownson's crowning text. The mature intellectual and political philosopher, having long since wrestled ... (Read More)
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| American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville
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Bernard-Henri Levy.
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| Publisher: Random House. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780812974713. Daedalus Item Code: 31261 |
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| What does it mean to be an American, and what can America be today? Exploring these questions, French philosopher and journalist Bernard-Henri Lévy (author of Who Killed Daniel Pearl?) spent a ... (Read More)
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| Back to Work: Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy
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Bill Clinton.
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| Publisher: Knopf. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780307959751. Daedalus Item Code: 19329 |
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| "I wrote this book because I love my country and I'm concerned about our future," writes Bill Clinton. Arguing that the conflict between government and the private sector has proved to be good ... (Read More)
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| Bertrand de Jouvenel: The Conservative Liberal and the Illusions of Modernity
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Daniel J. Mahoney.
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| Publisher: ISI Books. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781932236408. Daedalus Item Code: 31145 |
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| In his effort to separate the notion of the common good from its historical identification with the homogeneous, largely static societies in existence before the modern era, 20th-century French ... (Read More)
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| The Case for Greatness: Honorable Ambition and Its Critics
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Robert Faulkner.
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| Publisher: Yale. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780300123937. Daedalus Item Code: 31841 |
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| Our modern distrust of ambitious political and military leaders is clouding our assessment of the great leaders of the past, contends Robert Faulkner. Using examples that include Alcibiades, Cyrus ... (Read More)
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| A Century of Horrors: Communism, Nazism, and the Uniqueness of the Shoah
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Alain Besancon.
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| Publisher: ISI Books. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781933859170. Daedalus Item Code: 31148 |
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| The 20th century bears the indelible imprint of both communism and Nazism; today it seems as if the former is all but forgotten, at least among Western elites, while our cultural memory of the latter ... (Read More)
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| The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President
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Taylor Branch.
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| Publisher: S&S/QPB. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9781616641924. Daedalus Item Code: 23475 |
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| A groundbreaking book about the modern presidency, The Clinton Tapes invites readers to witness a private dialogue between a historian and his friend, a gifted, tormented, resilient president ... (Read More)
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| The Conservative Assault on the Constitution
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Erwin Chemerinsky.
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| Publisher: Simon & Schuster. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781416574682. Daedalus Item Code: 32151 |
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| Over the last few decades, the Supreme Court and the federal appellate courts have undergone a dramatic shift to the right, the result of a determined effort by right-wing lawmakers and presidents to ... (Read More)
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| Discourses on Livy
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Niccolo Machiavelli.
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| Publisher: Dover. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780486461892. Daedalus Item Code: 04217 |
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| This influential study contrasts the practices of ancient Rome with those of the author's 16th-century contemporaries. While Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince offers advice on ruling a kingdom, ... (Read More)
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| Disraeli: The Victorian Dandy Who Became Prime Minister
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Christopher Hibbert.
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| Publisher: Palgrave. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9781403978967. Daedalus Item Code: 31477 |
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| To Thomas Carlyle he was "not worth his weight in cold bacon," yet to Queen Victoria, Benjamin Disraeli was "the kindest Minister" she had ever had and a "dear and devoted friend." Joining histories ... (Read More)
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