Levin explores the philosophical basis of America's foundations and the crisis that the government faces today.

"A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist explains, with electrifying clarity, why some of her contemporaries have abandoned liberal democratic ideals in favor of strongman cults, nationalist movements, or one-party states. Across the world today, from the U.S. to Europe and beyond, liberal democracy is under siege while different forms of authoritarianism are on the rise. In Twilight of Democracy, prize-winning historian Anne Applebaum argues...

Three of the founding fathers defend their revolutionary charter--the Constitution of the United States--in these essays. Based on the original McLean edition of 1788, this edition includes copies of the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation. Original.

This book provides actionable solutions to many of the problems facing the world today, and it all starts with direct democracy - online voting. This revolutionary system of government aims to take the power away from short-sighted and self-serving politicians and give the final decision making ability to the masses. We can, and must, keep evolving democracy to what is possible in this technological age and truly give the power to the people. The...

"Democrats have conducted a sustained assault on the spirit of compcompromise that binds the union together and set the nation on the path to a one-party state. Final Battle exposes the real threat that Democrats pose to freedom. The rise of socialism and critical race theory, coupled with threats to the Electoral College and Senate, an independent judiciary, and the integrity of the electoral system, now threaten to destroy the traditions that bring...

"From the prophetic author of the now-classic What's the Matter with Kansas? and Listen, Liberal, an eye-opening account of populism, the most important-and misunderstood-movement of our time. Rarely does a work of history contain startling implications for the present, but in The People, No Thomas Frank pulls off that explosive effect by showing us that everything we think we know about populism is wrong. Today "populism" is seen as a frightening...

Is war and conflict ever completely resolved in the discussion of international relations? Why mention the opium epidemic in Afghanistan in a study about the de-escalation of conflict in Iraq? How can relationships with moderate Sunni tribes in Iraq be rebuilt into an alliance for the preservation of the democratic peace? The subject of this American foreign policy for Iraq included an episode of conflict that started in March of 2003 and lasted for...

The impact of war, and the lingering aftereffect it has on both veterans and civilians, is-for myriad reasons-largely invisible to the public. Popular media may create news cycles around horrors or stereotypes, but the effort required to redefine and sustain "normal" lives after war stays below the surface and out of sight. In Retire the Colors, nineteen thought-provoking stories by veterans and civilians consider the residual effects of Iraq and...

During the Nixon administration impeachment process, in August, 1974, the U.S. Department of Justice deemed it necessary to have, for its own use, a document outlining the historical and legal aspects of impeachment; thus this document. Impeachment is a seldom-visited aspect of American political life; encountered only twice in the past, during the administrations of Andrew Johnson and Richard Nixon. (And, 24 years later, Bill Clinton.) This is a...