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Regime Change - Inside The Imperial Presidency Of Donald Trump (Hardcover): Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan Regime Change - Inside The Imperial Presidency Of Donald Trump (Hardcover)
Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan
R693 R560 Discovery Miles 5 600 Save R133 (19%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

A riveting, intimate, and revelatory account of the most radical and consequential presidency of our time.

From the two reporters who have covered him more closely than perhaps anyone else over the past decade comes this definitive portrait of Donald Trump in the White House. Regime Change covers the first year of Trump’s second presidency—a term liberated from every constraint that defined his first. The generals who once told him “no” are gone, and the lawyers who remain have learned to pick their battles. His administration has flouted court orders and he has claimed powers that Congress once checked. What remains is a President willing to take enormous risks that have upended global markets and toppled heads of state; an imperial President operating almost entirely on instinct alone.

Based on hundreds of interviews and unprecedented reporting from deep within the administration’s most closely guarded rooms, Regime Change takes the reader inside the Situation Room and into the secret Oval Office deliberations that have launched a new war in the Middle East and seen Trump seal the border, surge National Guard troops into cities, and send immigration agents into deadly clashes with protestors. Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan bring us behind the scenes of a presidency that has transformed the culture, turned the Justice Department into an agent of retribution against the President’s enemies and the office itself into a brazen vehicle for profit. They reveal a second term propelled by a historical irony that Trump himself has come to understand: that the indictments, the convictions, the assassination attempts, and four years of exile made him not weaker but far more powerful, more vengeful, and more willing to gamble than any President in modern history.

This is the story of how Trump has used that power, who has tried to stop him, and why nearly all of them have failed. It is also the story of something American journalists are more accustomed to chronicling in distant capitals than in their own: a President who has fundamentally altered the nature of the office he holds—and, with it, how the rest of the world understands American power. It is an account of Regime Change right here in America—a landmark real-time history of a modern presidency like no other.

Apprentice In Wonderland - How Donald Trump And Mark Burnett Took America Through The Looking Glass (Hardcover): Ramin Setoodeh Apprentice In Wonderland - How Donald Trump And Mark Burnett Took America Through The Looking Glass (Hardcover)
Ramin Setoodeh
R580 R299 Discovery Miles 2 990 Save R281 (48%) In Stock

From the editor in chief of Variety and author of the New York Times bestseller "Ladies Who Punch", the never-fully-told, behind-the-scenes story of Donald Trump and The Apprentice, the long-running reality series that catapulted him to the White House.

Here for the first time is the definitive untold story of Donald Trump’s years as a reality TV star. Trump himself admits he might not have been president without The Apprentice. Now, just as he uncovered the chaos inside the daytime favorite The View in his bestselling "Ladies Who Punch", Ramin Setoodeh chronicles Trump’s dramatic tenure as New York’s ultimate boss in the boardroom, a mirage created by Survivor producer Mark Burnett and NBC boss Jeff Zucker.

With unprecedented access, including hours of interviews with Trump, his boardroom advisers George Ross and Carolyn Kepcher, Eric Trump, and some of the most memorable contestants, and writing with flair and authority, Setoodeh shares all the untold tales from this legendary show that has left its mark on popular culture, shaped the legend of its star, and ultimately changed American history.

People vs. Donald Trump - An Inside Account (Paperback): Mark Pomerantz People vs. Donald Trump - An Inside Account (Paperback)
Mark Pomerantz
R390 R270 Discovery Miles 2 700 Save R120 (31%) In Stock

A fascinating inside account of the attempt to prosecute former US president Donald Trump.

Mark Pomerantz was a retired lawyer living a calm suburban life when he accepted an offer to join the staff of the district attorney of New York County in February 2021. His brief: to work on the investigation of former president Donald Trump and the Trump Organisation.

Over the next year, Pomerantz interviewed potential witnesses, scrutinised financial records and learned everything he could about Trump's business practices. He finally gathered enough evidence to support the view-held by many of his colleagues on the case-that Trump should be indicted for a number of financial crimes. But that indictment never happened. This book explains why.

In People vs. Donald Trump, Pomerantz tells the story of his unprecedented investigation, why he and his colleague Carey Dunne resigned in protest when Manhattan's district attorney refused to act, and why he believes Donald Trump should be prosecuted. He draws from a lifetime of legal experience to tell a devastating and frequently entertaining story of how prosecutors think, how criminals act, and how the American justice system works-and sometimes doesn't work. It is a cautionary tale that explores how Trump manages to dance between the raindrops of accountability, and how others might bring him to justice.

The Rational Southerner - Black Mobilization, Republican Growth, and the Partisan Transformation of the American South... The Rational Southerner - Black Mobilization, Republican Growth, and the Partisan Transformation of the American South (Hardcover)
M. V. Hood III, Quentin Kidd, Irwin L. Morris
R1,773 Discovery Miles 17 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Since 1950, the South has undergone the most dramatic political transformation of any region in the United States. The once Solid-meaning Democratic-South is now overwhelmingly Republican, and long-disenfranchised African Americans vote at levels comparable to those of whites. In The Rational Southerner, M.V. Hood III, Quentin Kidd, and Irwin L. Morris argue that local strategic dynamics played a decisive and underappreciated role in both the development of the Southern Republican Party and the mobilization of the region's black electorate. Mobilized blacks who supported the Democratic Party made it increasingly difficult for conservative whites to maintain control of the Party's machinery. Also, as local Republican Party organizations became politically viable, the strategic opportunities that such a change provided made the GOP an increasingly attractive alternative for white conservatives. Blacks also found new opportunities within the Democratic Party as whites fled to the GOP, especially in the deep South, where large black populations had the potential to dominate state and local Democratic Parties. As a result, Republican Party viability also led to black mobilization.
Using the theory of relative advantage, Hood, Kidd, and Morris provide a new perspective on party system transformation. Following a theoretically-informed description of recent partisan dynamics in the South, they demonstrate, with decades of state-level, sub-state, and individual-level data, that GOP organizational strength and black electoral mobilization were the primary determinants of political change in the region. The authors' finding that race was, and still is, the primary driver behind political change in the region stands in stark contrast to recent scholarship which points to in-migration, economic growth, or religious factors as the locus of transition. The Rational Southerner contributes not only to the study of Southern politics, but to our understanding of party system change, racial politics, and the role that state and local political dynamics play in the larger context of national politics and policymaking.

Conservative Century - The Conservative Party since 1900 (Hardcover): Anthony Seldon, Stuart Ball Conservative Century - The Conservative Party since 1900 (Hardcover)
Anthony Seldon, Stuart Ball
R1,873 Discovery Miles 18 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Conservative Party has been the dominant force in twentieth-century British politics. On its own or as the predominant partner in a coalition it has held power for more than sixty years since 1900. Despite this it has been the most neglected and misunderstood of all the main parties. This book is the first systematic attempt to survey the history and politics of the Conservative Party across the whole of the twentieth century from the `Khaki' election of 1900 to John Major's victory of 1992 and beyond. Traditional boundaries between history and political science have been ignored, with each of the authoritative team of contributors pursuing an important theme within three main areas; the composition and structure of the Party; its ideas, policies and actions in government; and its public image and sources of support in the country. The essays are based upon new research, in particular in the Conservative Party archives. Conservative Century will be essential reading for both students and specialists, and it offers a mine of fascinating information for anyone interested in British politics.

Chain Of Ideas - Great Replacement Theory And The Origins Of Our Authoritarian Age (Hardcover): Ibram X. Kendi Chain Of Ideas - Great Replacement Theory And The Origins Of Our Authoritarian Age (Hardcover)
Ibram X. Kendi
R799 R653 Discovery Miles 6 530 Save R146 (18%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

A revelatory account of the racist conspiracy theory that now pervades global politics – from the prize-winning author of the million-copy bestseller How To Be an Antiracist.

Throughout the world, authoritarian movements are radically reshaping our politics and our lives. At the heart of them all lies ‘great replacement theory’, which insists that peoples of colour, migrants and minorities are being deliberately empowered to displace white majorities.

In Chain of Ideas, Ibram X. Kendi shows how this conspiracy theory has mutated from the extremist fringe into a global ideology, embraced by leaders as varied as Marine Le Pen, Viktor Orbán, Narendra Modi, Jair Bolsonaro, Nigel Farage, Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump. He traces its historic roots in slavery, segregation, colonialism and Nazism, and shows how these age-old prejudices have been dressed in new language for a digital age.

But this is not a book about extremists on the margins. From Anders Breivik’s massacre to the chants of the Charlottesville marchers, from Brexit slogans to the Christchurch shooting, Kendi shows how these ideas have crossed borders, inspired terror and are now re-shaping parties of government. Chain of Ideas is a penetrating history of how reactionary ideas have been repackaged as common sense, and how they shape the globe today.

On the Principles of English University Education (Paperback): William Whewell On the Principles of English University Education (Paperback)
William Whewell
R468 Discovery Miles 4 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Research Agenda for Austrian Economics (Hardcover): Steven Horwitz, Louis Rouanet A Research Agenda for Austrian Economics (Hardcover)
Steven Horwitz, Louis Rouanet
R3,276 Discovery Miles 32 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This thought-provoking Research Agenda examines themes within economic studies that have become active areas of commentary for economists of the Austrian School. Contributors establish their own distinctive interpretations of how an Austrian Research Agenda should appear, clearly demonstrating there is no set dogma within Austrian economics. Chapters provide state-of-the-art dialogues surrounding the many complex dimensions of Austrian economics, including the School’s responses to behavioral economics and the theory of public goods. This book portrays Austrian economics as constantly evolving and its ultimate endeavour is to prompt further contributions and discussions surrounding the Austrian School. This erudite Research Agenda will be highly beneficial for graduate students studying political economics, market processes and economic development, seeking to understand the unique dimensions of Austrian economics. It will also be of great value to academics endeavouring to conduct comparative studies of different economic schools of thought.

Ideology - Conservatives, Liberals and Socialists (Hardcover): David Reisman Ideology - Conservatives, Liberals and Socialists (Hardcover)
David Reisman
R3,583 Discovery Miles 35 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This insightful book sheds light on three competing ideological windows on the world: conservatism, liberalism and socialism. David Reisman explores the importance of these perspectives not only to generating public policy, but also in our capacity to explain the very nature of reality. Surveying the diversity of beliefs that govern and guide contemporary society, Reisman illustrates the pre-eminence of three all-encompassing meta-ideologies that capture heterogenous philosophies. The book traces the history of these meta-ideologies through key figures and moments in their development, illuminating the paradox at the heart of political beings: the conceptual wedding of independence and integration. Refusing a partisan perspective, Reisman argues in favour of a tolerant vision of society that promotes understanding as an avenue by which to achieve the peaceable coexistence of plurality and diversity. Offering a clear, intellectual and unbiased presentation of contemporary political philosophy, this book is crucial reading for researchers and students of social and political thought, particularly those focusing on ideology and the history of philosophy.

In the Arena - Good Citizens, a Great Republic, and How One Speech Can Reinvigorate America (Paperback): Pete Hegseth In the Arena - Good Citizens, a Great Republic, and How One Speech Can Reinvigorate America (Paperback)
Pete Hegseth
R424 R402 Discovery Miles 4 020 Save R22 (5%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Crisis of Conservatism? - The Republican Party, the Conservative Movement and American Politics after Bush (Hardcover): Joel D.... Crisis of Conservatism? - The Republican Party, the Conservative Movement and American Politics after Bush (Hardcover)
Joel D. Aberbach, Gillian Peele
R1,953 Discovery Miles 19 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

To many observers, the 2008 elections augured the end of the conservative era in American politics. Buoyed by a reaction against Great Society liberalism and the Republican Party's shrewd race-based "Southern Strategy, " the modern conservative movement first enjoyed success in the late 1960s. By the 1980s, the movement had captured the White House. And in the early 2000s conservatives scaled the summit as a conservative true believer, George W. Bush, won two presidential elections - and the Republican Party captured both houses of Congress. But currently they have few credible presidential prospects. Today's most recognizable Republican, Sarah Palin, is regarded by most of the electorate as an ill-informed extremist. And the Democrats have commanding majorities in both the Senate and the House. What happened? The Crisis of Conservatism gathers a broad range of leading scholars of conservatism to assess the current state of the movement and where it is most likely headed in the near future. Featuring both empirical essays that analyze the reasons for the movement's current parlous state and more normative essays that offer new directions for the movement, the book is a comprehensive account of contemporary conservatism at its nadir. Throughout, the editors and the contributors focus on three issues. The first is the extent to which the terrain of American politics remains favorable to the Republican Party and conservative causes, notwithstanding the Obama victory of 2008. The second is the strategic ability of the Republicans and the wider conservative movement to renew their strength after the shattering experience of the past few years. The third issue they focus on is the extent to which conservative attitudes and values, policy preferences and impulses of the period since 1980 have in fact created a new consensus, one which the Obama administration will find it difficult to escape, regardless of his "change " rhetoric. They conclude that if conservatism does in fact remain a powerful shaper of the electorate's values, then the American right could very well reconfigure itself and begin the journey back to credibility and power.

The Silenced Majority (Hardcover): Reed Pryor The Silenced Majority (Hardcover)
Reed Pryor
R1,078 Discovery Miles 10 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Little Blue Book - The Essential Guide to Thinking and Talking Democratic (Paperback): George Lakoff, Elisabeth Wehling The Little Blue Book - The Essential Guide to Thinking and Talking Democratic (Paperback)
George Lakoff, Elisabeth Wehling
R369 R347 Discovery Miles 3 470 Save R22 (6%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

"The essential handbook for thinking and talking Democratic--must reading not only for every Democrat but for every responsible citizen" (Robert B. Reich, former Secretary of Labor and author of "Beyond Outrage").
Voters cast their ballots for what they believe is right, for the things that make moral sense. Yet Democrats have too often failed to use language linking their moral values with their policies. The Little Blue Book demonstrates how to make that connection clearly and forcefully, with hands-on advice for discussing the most pressing issues of our time: the economy, health care, women's issues, energy and environmental policy, education, food policy, and more. Dissecting the ways that extreme conservative positions have permeated political discourse, Lakoff and Wehling show how to fight back on moral grounds and in concrete terms. Revelatory, passionate, and deeply practical, The Little Blue Book will forever alter the way Democrats and progressives think and talk about politics.

Our Fight for America - The War Continues (Hardcover, Large type / large print edition): Michael Savage Our Fight for America - The War Continues (Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
Michael Savage
R1,197 R804 Discovery Miles 8 040 Save R393 (33%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the follow-up to the #1 New York Times bestseller Trump's War, Michael Savage makes the case for President Trump in 2020.America rolled into 2020 like a juggernaut, with the strongest economy in its history and a renewed leadership role on the world stage. President Trump was cruising to reelection on the strength of record low unemployment, phase one of a historic trade deal, and a more stable Middle East after the defeat of ISIS.Then, catastrophe struck. A novel coronavirus originating in Wuhan, China, swept the world, taking hundreds of thousands of lives and wreaking economic and social destruction. As America battled to its feet and prepared to reopen its economy, the tragic death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer lit a powder keg of political tension waiting to explode after months of lockdown. As the November elections approach, America is at war with itself to decide if it will remain a land of freedom and opportunity, or whether a radical new vision will emerge.Americans are searching for answers. Was the American lockdown necessary to defeat Covid-19 or was it a politically motivated strategy to harm President Trump's reelection chances? Does the death of George Floyd represent a systemic problem with American police or is the Left exploiting the tragedy for political purposes? Where does legitimate protest end and insurrection begin?A trained scientist who studied epidemiology for his PhD and one of America's most popular conservative radio hosts for the past twenty-six years, Dr. Michael Savage is uniquely positioned to answer these burning questions. In OUR FIGHT FOR AMERICA: THE WAR CONTINUES, Savage cuts through the propaganda and noise to present a clear analysis of the crises and the political and scientific motivations behind them. Michael Savage tells the truth even when nobody wants to hear it and presents a clear vision of what Americans must do to survive our most turbulent period in decades.

The Politics of Deception - Target America (Hardcover): Capt John Pulsinelli Usn (Ret) The Politics of Deception - Target America (Hardcover)
Capt John Pulsinelli Usn (Ret)
R682 R626 Discovery Miles 6 260 Save R56 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
English Uprising - Brexit and the Mainstreaming of the Far-Right (Hardcover): Paul Stocker English Uprising - Brexit and the Mainstreaming of the Far-Right (Hardcover)
Paul Stocker 1
R432 R402 Discovery Miles 4 020 Save R30 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Beyond Tenebrae - Christian Humanism in the Twilight of the West (Hardcover): Bradley J Birzer Beyond Tenebrae - Christian Humanism in the Twilight of the West (Hardcover)
Bradley J Birzer
R824 Discovery Miles 8 240 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Why We're Polarized (Paperback): Ezra Klein Why We're Polarized (Paperback)
Ezra Klein
R417 Discovery Miles 4 170 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Hearts and Minds - The Battle for the Conservative Party from Thatcher to the Present (Hardcover): Oliver Letwin Hearts and Minds - The Battle for the Conservative Party from Thatcher to the Present (Hardcover)
Oliver Letwin
R588 R520 Discovery Miles 5 200 Save R68 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An important new book by one of the Britain's great liberal thinkers, Hearts and Minds is part memoir, part political history and part history of ideas. In it, former Cabinet minister Oliver Letwin explains how the central ideas and policies of the modern Conservative party came into being, how they have played out over the period from Mrs Thatcher to Mrs May, and what needs to happen next in order to make the country a better place to live. Far from being a sugar-coated version of events, Letwin tells a story that he hopes will persuade readers that politicians are capable of recognising their mistakes and learning from them - and will show that social and economic liberalism, if correctly conceived, are capable of addressing the issues that confront us today. The book also describes Letwin's own journey from a remarkable childhood with American academic parents, via Margaret Thatcher's policy unit, into the very centre of first the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition, and then the Cameron government, where, as Minister for Government Policy and then Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, every piece of government policy crossed his desk. It includes Letwin's personal reflections on two devastating electoral events: the EU referendum and the general election of June 2017.

A Liberal's Search for Truth, Justice and the American Way (Hardcover, 3rd ed.): David W. Williams A Liberal's Search for Truth, Justice and the American Way (Hardcover, 3rd ed.)
David W. Williams
R804 Discovery Miles 8 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Thank God For Trump Supporters 2020 (Hardcover): Scott M Flynn Thank God For Trump Supporters 2020 (Hardcover)
Scott M Flynn
R974 Discovery Miles 9 740 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
British Conservative Leaders (Hardcover): Toby James, Charles Clarke British Conservative Leaders (Hardcover)
Toby James, Charles Clarke
R733 R629 Discovery Miles 6 290 Save R104 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As the party that has won wars, reversed recessions and held prime ministerial power more times than any other, the Conservatives have played an undoubtedly crucial role in the shaping of contemporary British society. And yet, the leaders who have stood at its helm - from Sir Robert Peel to David Cameron, via Benjamin Disraeli, Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher - have steered the party vessel with enormously varying degrees of success.;With the widening of the franchise, revolutionary changes to social values and the growing ubiquity of the media, the requirements, techniques and goals of Conservative leadership since the party's nineteenth-century factional breakaway have been forced to evolve almost beyond recognition - and not all its leaders have managed to keep up.;This comprehensive and enlightening book considers the attributes and achievements of each leader in the context of their respective time and diplomatic landscape, offering a compelling analytical framework by which they may be judged, detailed personal biographies from some of the country's foremost political critics, and exclusive interviews with former leaders themselves.; An indispensable contribution to the study of party leadership, British Conservative Leaders is the essential guide to understanding British political history and governance through the prism of those who created it.;Contributing authors include Matthew d'Ancona, Tim Bale, Stuart Ball, Jim Buller, John Campbell, John Charmley, Charles Clarke, Mark Davies, Patrick Diamond, David Dutton, Dr Mark Garnett, Richard A. Gaunt, William Hague, Angus Hawkins, Timothy Heppell, Andrew Holt, Michael Howard, Toby S. James, Nigel Keohane, Jo-Anne Nadler, T. G. Otte, Anne Perkins, Robert Saunders, Anthony Seldon, Andrew Taylor, D. R. Thorpe and Alan Wager.

The Witches Are Coming (Paperback): Lindy West The Witches Are Coming (Paperback)
Lindy West 1
R420 Discovery Miles 4 200 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The New Freedom - A Collection of Woodrow Wilson's Speeches Published in 1913 (Hardcover): Woodrow Wilson The New Freedom - A Collection of Woodrow Wilson's Speeches Published in 1913 (Hardcover)
Woodrow Wilson
R568 Discovery Miles 5 680 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Liars - How Progressives Exploit Our Fears for Power and Control (Paperback): Glenn Beck Liars - How Progressives Exploit Our Fears for Power and Control (Paperback)
Glenn Beck
R376 Discovery Miles 3 760 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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