The rule of law is the most important political ideal today, yet there is much confusion about what it means and how it works. This book explores the history, politics, and theory surrounding the rule of law ideal, beginning with classical Greek and Roman ideas, elaborating on medieval contributions to the rule of law, and articulating the role played by the rule of law in liberal theory and li…
What is the CIA really up to? What does ita do, and why? No other arm of the United States government is so shrouded in mystery. or so self-willed and independently powerful. There have been other books about the CIA,a but never before has there been one which laid bare the facts so explicitly and with such authority as this. Written from first-handa knowledge by Victor Marchetti, a senior CIA …
Buku Komunikasi Politik ini terbit pada saat maraknya aktivitas politik dalam bentuk unjuk rasa, perdebatan di lembaga legislatif, pembahasan undang-undang politik legislatif dan pre siden, kampanye pemilihan kepala daerah (Pilkada), diskusi politik di kampus-kampus dan warung kopi, pelatihan kader partai dan semacamnya. Semua fenomena ini menunjukkan bahwa politik yang tadinya sebagai area yan…
Book Megatrends (1982) sold more than 8 million copies world wide and remained at the top of the bestseller lists for two years. That book, and Megatrends 2000, established John Naisbitt as one of the world's foremost forecasters of social, economic, political and cultural trends. In those books, he accurately predicted trends ranging from the globalisation of the econo- my to the surging Impac…
The Foundations and Future of British Security (pp.5-16) by The Royal Society of Arts under the auspices of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS); European Security (pp. 17-24) by The Royal Institute of International Relations (IRRI); Transatlantic Relations (pp. 25-33) by The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations; East-West Relations: The British Role (pp.35-43) by The Roy…
This book discusses political science from various theories. Also explained are various ruling classes, systems, social types and legal defenses. Several government sciences are also explained.
In gesprek met Indonesiërs en Nederlanders Toen op 17 augustus 1945 de Republiek Indonesië werd uitgeroe- pen, ontstond een langdurig conflict tussen de jonge republiek en Nederland. Na vijftig jaar is de tijd rijp om terug en vooruit te zien.
From his controversial coverage of Vietnam, which incurred the wrath of President Johnson but won him a Pulitzer Prize, to his unforgettable and daring on-the-ground reporting of the Gulf War during one of the greatest airborne assaults in history, Peter Arnett has established himself as the leading voice of American war reportage. In Live from the Battlefield, one of the most highly celebrated…
This compelling report by a group of eminent persons from 29 countries representing all regions of the world, is not just another appeal to compassion and conscience.
At that time the Soviet Union still existed and the cold wat was very much alive, particularly with Ronald Reagan in the White House, and the Introduction reflects this. It is presented here because it offers a concise history of the cold war and a background to understanding the impetus behind, and the nature of, the many American interventions throughout the world. The actual case histories o…