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The Only Authentic of Persuasion: the Agenda-Spin Model
Man and woman are the persuading animals.
There is no overriding issue more important in most people's daily life, life's pleasures and all of political matters than persuasion.
Many, if not most, matters are largely wholly related to persuasion, defined in this work on the Agenda-Spin theory, as the struggle of people to determine for their chosen audiences: 1. What we talk about and 2. What...
42) Who's Afraid of Frances Fox Piven?: The Essential Writings of the Professor Glenn Beck Loves to Hate
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The sociologist and political scientist Frances Fox Piven and her late husband Richard Cloward have been famously credited by Glenn Beck with devising the "Cloward/Piven Strategy," a world view responsible, according to Beck, for everything from creating a "culture of poverty" and fomenting "violent revolution" to causing global warming and the recent financial crisis. Called an "enemy of the people," over the past year Piven has been subjected to...
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Twelve-term Texas Congressman, Presidential candidate, and #1 New York Times bestselling author Ron Paul returns with a highly provocative treatise about how we need to fundamentally change the way we think about America's broken education system in order to fix it.
Whether or not you have children, you know that education is vital to the prosperity and future of our society. Yet our current system simply doesn't work. Parents feel increasingly powerless,...
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The real threat to the United States is not terrorism. The real threat is the sophisticated forces of Islamism, which have collaborated with the American Left not only to undermine U. S. national security, but to shred the fabric of American constitutional democracy - freedom and individual liberty. In The Grand Jihad: How Islam and the Left Sabotage America, bestselling author Andrew C. McCarthy provides a harrowing account of how the global Islamist...
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Tariq Ramadan is a global phenomenon. A Swiss-born Muslim activist, he is the grandson of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, the radical group credited with inspiring modern Islamic radicalism. Ramadan is fluent in English, French and Arabic. In Europe, he is the most quoted and circulated writer on Islam. His writings are a regular feature of major English-speaking newspapers, but his real message is revealed in his speeches to Muslim groups...
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Summary of Hillary's America by Dinesh D'Souza | Includes Analysis Preview: Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party is a history of the Democratic Party, which author Dinesh D'Souza argues is the source of all evil and iniquity in American history. Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic nominee for president, is a crook who entered politics for personal gain. As such, she is the natural representative of the corrupt Democratic...
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In the riveting exploration, "Taiwan's Political Status," the author delves into the complex, contentious, and highly debated issue of Taiwan's sovereignty and its intricate relationship with mainland China. Grounded in exhaustive research and firsthand accounts, this volume provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of Taiwan's historical trajectory, its present challenges, and the potential paths its future might take.The narrative commences...
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Too often, citizens fail to remember the challenges of government by consent, and fail to appreciate the freedom from authoritarianism that we enjoy in this country because of the wisdom of our founders.
In a quest to uncover why so many proclaim themselves proponents of socialism when the record of that type of government is so dismal, this book explores the myths of socialism, while providing a wealth of diversely-sourced information showing that...
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One of the unspoken assumptions of the Western world is that we are great defenders of human rights,
a free press and the benefits of market economics. Mistakes might be made along the way, perhaps even
tragic errors of judgement such as the 2003 invasion of Iraq. But the prevailing view is that the West is
essentially a force for good in the wider world. Why Are We The Good Guys? is a provocative challenge
of this false ideology. David Cromwell...
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In this book, H. G. Wells wanted to set down as compactly, clearly, as usefully as possible the gist of what he had learned about war and peace in the course of his life. He had no intention of writing peace propaganda, but rather attempted to state the things that must be done and the price that must be paid for world peace if anyone really wanted to achieve it.
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"To Know Machiavelli" is the only book since 1927 that brings together a complete, critical examination of Niccolò Machiavelli's political ideas in the context of his personal and historical circumstance. This volume acquires further relevance on the eve of the 500th anniversary of Machiavelli's "Discorsi Sopra la Prima Deca di Tito Livio," which reflects his realistic spirit, love for his country, and vocation for the republic and freedom.
To...
54) Política exterior, hegemonía y estados pequeños: El caso de los países centroamericanos y bálticos
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La vinculación entre política exterior, hegemonía y Estados pequeños, utilizando un estudio de caso para contrastar la conducta de tres países centroamericanos, con la influencia de Estados Unidos como potencia hegemónica, y la de tres países bálticos, bajo la hegemonía de Rusia, lleva al autor por tres caminos que tradicionalmente las investigaciones sobre las relaciones internacionales han recorrido en forma separada. Carlos Murillo demuestra...
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Son muchas las razones que han hecho de Estudios sobre los orígenes del peronismo una obra clásica de la sociología histórica y un referente insoslayable para quienes buscan examinar las causas sociales de la emergencia del peronismo, incursionar en la historia de la clase obrera o estudiar las características y la evolución de la burguesía argentina durante la primera mitad del siglo XX. Entre esas razones, hay que destacar la capacidad de...
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Politics and sports: they're two of America's greatest passions. And George Allen-former U.S. Senator, former Virginia Governor, and son of the great NFL coach George Allen, Sr.-brings these two worlds together in his new book, What Washington Can Learn From the World of Sports. Having spent his life with one foot in the sports arena and the other in the political arena, Allen brings his unique perspective and experiences to What Washington Can Learn...
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When Millennials Rule offers an optimistic story about how the generation that grew up through 9/11 and the Great Recession will rise above these setbacks to unify around common-sense solutions and take back America's future. China has swallowed our jobs. Social security is going bankrupt. Radical Islamic terrorists threaten our safety. Our planet is on the brink of environmental disaster. Meanwhile, politicians pound their chests in ideological wars...
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In late 1921, then secretary of commerce Herbert Hoover decided to distill from his experiences a coherent understanding of the American experiment he cherished. The result was the 1922 book American Individualism. In it, Hoover expounded and vigorously defended what has come to be called American exceptionalism: the set of beliefs and values that still makes America unique. He argued that America can make steady, sure progress if we preserve our...
60) Courting Disaster: How the CIA Kept America Safe and How Barack Obama Is Inviting the Next Attack
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White House speechwriter Marc Thiessen was locked in a secure room and given access to the most sensitive intelligence when he was tasked to write President George W. Bush's 2006 speech explaining the CIA's interrogation program and why Congress should authorize it. Few know more about these CIA operations than Thiessen. In his new book, Courting Disaster, Thiessen documents just how effective the CIA's interrogations were in foiling attacks on America,...
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