Títulos em Política e Ativismo

When Richard Nixon battled for the presidency in 1968, he did so with the knowledge that, should he win, he would face the looming question of how to extract the United States from its disastrous war in Vietnam. It was on a beach that summer that Nixon disclosed to his chief aide, HR Haldeman, one of his most notorious, risky gambits: the madman theory. In On Nixon's Madness, Zachary Jonathan Jacobson examines the enigmatic president through this theory of Nixon's own invention.

Pardon of Innocence tells the remarkable true story of Michael Flynn, a retired three-star general and former National Security Advisor who rose from humble beginnings to serve at the highest levels of US government. Flynn’s memoir chronicles his journey from a New England hometown to military service in Iraq and Afghanistan, emphasizing his dedication to protecting Americans. Faced with challenges from a network of Deep State operatives who perceived him as a threat, Flynn fought against false accusations and a corrupt justice system.

Andrew Mellon, one of the most accomplished businessmen of his era, is almost unknown today. To this shy, diffident (but brilliant) man fell the daunting task of collecting the war debts from European governments still devastated by WWI and struggling to recover economically. Dealing with the US Congress and the heads of foreign governments on the world stage became one of the great adventures of his life. Mellon vs. Churchill presents Winston Churchill through a different lens, focusing on his service as Chancellor of the Exchequer when Great Britain was the largest debtor to the US.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Acclaimed Nishnaabeg writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson takes a revolutionary look at that most elemental force, water, and suggests a powerful path for the future. For many years, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson has found refuge in skiing—in all kinds of weather across...

In the world of Black radical politics, the name Audley Moore commands unquestioned respect. Across the nine decades of her life, Queen Mother Moore distinguished herself as a leading progenitor of Black Nationalism, the founder of the modern reparations movement, and, from her Philadelphia and Harlem homes, a mentor to some of America's most influential Black activists.

The Wayfinder tells the story of the life of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founding President of the United Arab Emirates, and explores the key relationships, challenges and events that shaped his outlook on the world.

In "Disrupted: The Trump Era in American Politics," author Vandi Lynnae Enzor offers a detailed examination of one of the most transformative periods in modern American history. From the shocking upset of the 2016 election to the tumultuous events of Donald Trump's presidency, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of the seismic shifts, controversies, and enduring legacies that defined this unprecedented era in American politics.

We are living in dangerous times. The election of Donald Trump in the United States represents just the latest far right electoral victory across the world. Far right-led governments are in place in Italy, Hungary, the Netherlands and Austria. Parties from the far right also triumphed in recent elections in Sweden and France. The far right is in power in Argentina and could well make a return in Brazil in the coming years. Nativist, anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim narratives are increasingly the norm, while action against climate change is being reduced or even reversed.

The government is a vast, complex system that citizens pay for, rebel against, rely upon, dismiss, and celebrate. It’s also our shared resource for addressing the biggest problems of society. And it’s made up of people, mostly unrecognized and uncelebrated, doing work that can be deeply consequential and beneficial to everyone. Michael Lewis invited his favourite writers to find someone doing an interesting job for the government and write about them.

Una biografía imprescindible para acercar al lector del siglo XXI una de las figuras centrales de la historia española. Nadie ha condicionado tanto la historia contemporánea de España como Francisco Franco Bahamonde (1892-1975). Sin embargo y a pesar de su omnipresencia –de las monedas a las aulas, del NODO al debate público—, el dictador sigue siendo un desconocido, oculto tras una maraña de apriorismos y de tópicos, de maniqueísmos y de mentiras.

From Pulitzer Prize finalist John Fabian Witt comes the captivating secret history of an epic experiment to remake American democracy. Before the dark money of the Koch Brothers, before the billions of the Ford Foundation, there was the Garland Fund. In 1922, a young idealist named Charles...

DER MANN, DER HITLER TÖTEN WOLLTE - DAS LEBEN DES GEORG ELSER. Am 8. November 1939 explodierte im Münchner Bürgerbräukeller eine Bombe. Eigentlich hätte ...

Auf der Grundlage bisher nie veröffentlichter Dokumente erzählt der amerikanische Wissenschaftsjournalist Jack El-Hai von der Begegnung des amerikanischen Militärpsychiaters Douglas M.Kelley mit der Elite des Naziregimes – unter ihnen "Reichsmarschall" Hermann Göring. In Vorbereitung auf den am 20. November 1945 eröffneten "Nürnberger Prozess" vor dem Internationalen Militärgerichtshof untersuchten amerikanische Ärzte die inhaftierten 52 Nazigrößen auf ihre psychische Verfassung.

This book takes listeners into the life and legacy of a man who became a symbol of resistance against imperialism. Through gripping narratives and accounts, it explores Albizu Campos's intellectual development, his influences from global anti-colonial movements, and his fiery leadership. The examination of his speeches, political actions, and the devastating consequences of his stance, such as the Ponce Massacre, captivates listeners with the emotional and political stakes involved.

Lawrence Perelman, an eighteen-year-old aspiring pianist and son of Soviet Jewish immigrants, wrote a letter to William F. Buckley, Jr., the conservative icon, in 1994. A remarkable cross-generational friendship was sparked by Buckley's response. During their friendship Perelman would go on to learn of the timeless elements of Buckley's character and the central role of classical music in Buckley's American vision.

How Not To Be a Political wife is an instructive and honest account of high hopes and dirty tricks, a story of broken friendships and divided loyalties, of heartache and regret. Recollections, as a great woman once said, may of course vary, but this is my story, the way I remember it, written with no fear, no favour – and no fucks left to give.

El 4 de junio de 1972, el tribunal de San José, California, tras trece horas de deliberación, trece semanas de proceso y un jurado compuesto íntegramente por blancos, declara inocente a ANGELA YVONNE DAVIS (1944), acusada dos años antes de participación en homicidio, secuestro y conspiración. Terminaba así el proceso judicial de la activista y filósofa afroamericana, discípula de Herbert Marcuse y una de las figuras más destacadas e influyentes del llamado Black Power.

A través del análisis de más de quince encuestas realizadas entre 2021 y 2023 y diversos estudios de campo, Javier Balsa nos lleva más allá de la figura excéntrica del presidente, para revelar cómo las realidades económica, social y cultural han configurado la política argentina reciente. Explora, asimismo, de manera detallada las corrientes subterráneas que dieron forma a estas transformaciones, desde el desencanto social hasta las dinámicas del poder y la ideología.

Catherine Tsalikis traces Chrystia Freeland's remarkable journey from the northwestern Alberta town of Peace River to Moscow, London, and New York, where she spent two decades as a journalist, to the halls of Parliament Hill as deputy prime minister and finance minister in Justin Trudeau's Liberal government.

Founded by James Oglethorpe on February 12, 1733, the Georgia colony was envisioned as a unique social welfare experiment. Administered by twenty-one original trustees, the Georgia Plan offered England's "worthy poor" and persecuted Christians an opportunity to achieve financial security in the New World by exporting goods produced on small farms. Most significantly, Oglethorpe and his fellow Trustees were convinced that economic vitality could not be achieved through the exploitation of enslaved Black laborers.