Ini adalah studi biografi mendalam tentang Jacques Mallet du Pan (1749–1800), seorang jurnalis dan penulis politik berpengaruh pada periode menjelang dan selama Revolusi Prancis. Frances Acomb menelusuri perkembangan pemikirannya, karier jurnalistiknya, dan perannya dalam mengkritik gerakan revolusioner. Melalui pendekatan historis dan analitis, buku ini menggambarkan bagaimana tulisan-tulisa…
This is an in-depth biographical study of Jacques Mallet du Pan (1749–1800), an influential journalist and political writer in the period leading up to and during the French Revolution. Frances Acomb traces the development of his thought, his journalistic career, and his role in criticizing the revolutionary movement. Through a historical and analytical approach, the book illustrates how Mall…
This book contains the diaries of Pierre Laval, a French politician known for leading the collaborationist Vichy government during the German occupation of World War II. Compiled and introduced by his daughter, Josée Laval, the book offers a firsthand account of Laval's personal views, political decisions, and defense of his actions up until his trial in 1945. The diaries provide important his…
Homeland Insecurity examines how political decisions in Washington weakened the effectiveness of U.S. law enforcement and national security agencies, particularly the FBI. Drawing from their direct experience in counterterrorism, Terry D. Turchie and Kathleen M. Puckett reveal how partisan politics, bureaucratic changes, and misguided reforms undermined efforts to keep America safe. The authors…
Edward Mortimer's France and the Africans 1944–1960: A Political History examines the political relations between France and African countries from the late colonial period through decolonization. The book explores French policy toward its colonies, the dynamics of African internal politics, and the transition to independence. Mortimer provides a thorough analysis of the political negotiation…
This book presents a series of alternate historical scenarios that reimagine pivotal moments in modern American politics. Jeff Greenfield explores how small, often overlooked events—such as a driver’s mistake, a medical decision, or a brief moment of chance—could have profoundly changed the careers of prominent political figures like John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Geral…
Milton E. Osborne's The French Presence in Cochinchina and Cambodia examines French colonial policy in Southeast Asia, particularly in Cochinchina (South Vietnam) and Cambodia, from 1859 to 1905. It examines the occupation process, colonial administration, the political relationship between France and local elites, and the forms of resistance and responses of local communities. Drawing on prima…
The American Left was born in America, not, as some would have it in Europe or the Third World, and the American Left was nurtured by intellectuals and activists who read Jefferson and Whitman before the read Marx or Mao. One lesson this brilliant history teaches us in that the fury of radical innocence and wounded idealism so peculiar to American intellectual history springs from native soil
Thomas Carlyle's The French Revolution: A History is one of the classic works of historiography on the French Revolution. In a dramatic and visceral narrative style, Carlyle depicts the events, figures, and social dynamics that shaped one of the greatest revolutions in world history. The book offers a moral and philosophical interpretation of the radical changes that occurred in France between …
Gaullist Africa: Cameroon under Ahmadou Ahidjo is a scholarly examination of Cameroon’s political evolution during the presidency of Ahmadou Ahidjo, one of Africa’s pivotal post-colonial leaders. Edited by Richard Joseph, the book explores how French Gaullist policies shaped Cameroon’s political structures, governance style, and international relations after independence.