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These related essays deal with contemporary American politics and the crises it faced in the 1960s and 1970s. "Lying in Politics" looks for an explanation behind the administration's deception regarding the Vietnam War, as revealed in the Pentagon Papers. "Civil Disobedience" examines the opposition movements, while the final "Thoughts on ...
Dinesh Joseph D'Souza (/ d ɪ ˈ n ɛ ʃ d ə ˈ s uː z ə /; born April 25, 1961) is an Indian-American right-wing [1] [2] [3] political commentator, conspiracy theorist, author, filmmaker and convicted felon who received a Presidential pardon by Donald Trump for his crimes.
v. t. e. De la démocratie en Amérique ( French pronunciation: [dəla demɔkʁasi ɑ̃n‿ameˈʁik]; published in two volumes, the first in 1835 [1] and the second in 1840) [2] is a classic French work by Alexis de Tocqueville. Its title can be translated literally as Of Democracy in America. In the book, Tocqueville examines the democratic ...
Einstein receiving his certificate of American citizenship from Judge Phillip Forman in 1940. He retained his Swiss citizenship. [5]Einstein moved to the United States in December 1932, where he worked at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California, [6] and lectured at Abraham Flexner's newly founded Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. [7]
9781984801340. Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History is a nonfiction book by Kurt Andersen, published in August 2020. It entered The New York Times Best Seller list for nonfiction at number 7, [ 1] The Washington Post list at number 9, [ 2] and the Los Angeles Times list at number 5. [ 3] In January 2021, Evil Geniuses was ...
The Paranoid Style in American Politics. First book edition published by Alfred A. Knopf. " The Paranoid Style in American Politics " is an essay by American historian Richard Hofstadter, first published in Harper's Magazine in November 1964. It was the title essay in a book by the author the following year. Published soon after Arizona senator ...
Populism is a range of political stances that emphasize the idea of "the people" and often juxtapose this group with "the elite". [ 1] It is frequently associated with anti-establishment and anti-political sentiment. [ 2] The term developed in the late 19th century and has been applied to various politicians, parties and movements since that ...
Pacifism covers a spectrum of views, including the belief that international disputes can and should be peacefully resolved, calls for the abolition of the institutions of the military and war, opposition to any organization of society through governmental force (anarchist or libertarian pacifism), rejection of the use of physical violence to obtain political, economic or social goals, the ...