The narrative portion of this book discusses the nature of the Republican Party and describes an important change by the Eisenhower administration in this country's foreign policy from the containment of communism policy of the...
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
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Author:Burrell, JosephSummary: - Author:Cummings, Stephen D.Summary:
Conservative economic policy has created what investor Warren Buffett has called a Sharecropper Society, a quasi-vassal state indebted to foreign interests. This is the result of a conservative Red State culture. The author contends...
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Author:Hartmann, ThomSummary:America does not need an “upgrade.” For years the Right has been tampering with one of the best political operating systems ever designed. The result has been economic and environmental disaster. In this hard-hitting new book,...
- Author:Avakov, Alexander V.Summary:
The foundations of power politics in the nuclear age, fundamental forces that drive events in the international news, and seldom-discussed factors that can shift whole economies, or trigger wars, may be discerned from the statistical...
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Author:Gabowitsch, MischaSummary:The Russian protests, sparked by the 2011 Duma election, have been widely portrayed as a colourful but inconsequential middle-class rebellion, confined to Moscow and organized by an unpopular opposition. In this sweeping new account of...
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Author:Rowe, Jonathan, Barnes, Peter, McKibben, Bill, Bollier, DavidSummary:A huge part of our economy is invisible, invaluable, and under siege. This is “the commons,” a term that denotes everything we share. Some parts of the commons are gifts of nature: the air and oceans, the web of species, wilderness and...
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Author:Porta, Donatella dellaSummary:The ascendance of austerity policies and the protests they have generated have had a deep impact on the shape of contemporary politics. The stunning electoral successes of SYRIZA in Greece, Podemos in Spain and the Movimento 5 Stelle (...
- Author:Carpenter, LeeSummary:
A defense analyst who served on the front lines of the struggle for military parity, the author was intensely engaged in the efforts of the U.S. technical, military and diplomatic communities to assess, counter and of course to seek to...
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Author:Epstein, Marc J., Yuthas, KristiSummary:The world is beset with enormous problems. And as a nonprofit, NGO, foundation, impact investor, or socially responsible company, your organization is on a mission to solve them. But what exactly should you do? And how will you know...
- Author:Blundell, JohnSummary:
This book is John Blundell's personal portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the woman who was the pivotal point of the rescue of a country, a woman who woke up her nation and made it once again a world leader. It is not only the story of...
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Author:Halpern, Charles, Reich, Robert B.Summary:This book is about working for a more just, compassionate, and sustainable world while cultivating the wisdom that supports and deepens this work. Charles Halpern is a social entrepreneur with a remarkable record of institutional...
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Author:Derber, CharlesSummary:Political parties and elections are increasingly political theatre, with real power hidden behind a smokescreen of propaganda, carefully manipulated cultural and religious wars and voting rituals. But there is another kind of hidden...
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Author:Horn, BernieSummary:Polls consistently show that most Americans are progressives at heart. By margins of at least 2 to 1, we favor affordable healthcare for all, even if it means raising taxes; want federal action to combat global warming; support stricter...
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Author:Turner, William, Lewis, AnthonySummary:Recounting controversial First Amendment cases from the Red Scare era to Citizens United, William Bennett Turner (a Berkeley law professor who has argued three cases before the Supreme Court) shows how we’ve arrived at our contemporary...
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Author:Baker, DeanSummary:Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, recounts the strategies used by the country’s top economic policymakers to conceal their failure to recognize the housing bubble or take steps to rein it in before...
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Author:Dietz, Rob, O’Neill, Daniel W.Summary:It’s time for a new kind of economy. We’re overusing the earth’s finite resources, and yet excessive consumption is failing to improve our lives. In Enough Is Enough, Rob Dietz and Dan O’Neill lay out a visionary but realistic...
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Author:Trudeau, G. B.Summary:Doonesbury.com's The War in Quotes is a startling account of the Iraq War, told entirely in the words of those who conceived, planned, advocated and executed it. Presented in chronological order in thematic groups against a...
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Author:Trudeau, G. B.Summary:Launched as a military blog (or "milblog") by Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau in October 2006, The Sandbox is an online forum through which service members in Afghanistan and Iraq share their stories with readers here at home...
- Author:Fried, JosephSummary:
Are Democrats more tolerant than Republicans? Are they more intelligent? Who spends more time at work, and who spends more time watching T.V.? Why are Republicans happier? Who benefits more from Social Security? All of these questions,...
- Author:Hartmann, ThomSummary:
Millions of working Americans talk, act, and vote as if their economic interests match those of the megawealthy, the multinational corporations, and the politicians who do their bidding. How did this happen? According to Air America...
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