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201007 Obiter Dicta: Wintry-Mix In February 2010, Steven Samson Feb 2010

201007 Obiter Dicta: Wintry-Mix In February 2010, Steven Samson

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201008 Obiter Dicta: Late February 2010, Steven Samson Feb 2010

201008 Obiter Dicta: Late February 2010, Steven Samson

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201008 Obiter Dicta: Late February 2010, Steven Alan Samson Feb 2010

201008 Obiter Dicta: Late February 2010, Steven Alan Samson

Steven Alan Samson

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201007 Obiter Dicta: Wintry-Mix In February 2010, Steven Alan Samson Feb 2010

201007 Obiter Dicta: Wintry-Mix In February 2010, Steven Alan Samson

Steven Alan Samson

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201006 Obiter Dicta: Frigorific February 2010, Steven Alan Samson Feb 2010

201006 Obiter Dicta: Frigorific February 2010, Steven Alan Samson

Steven Alan Samson

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Brian P. Janiskee And Ken Masugi: Democracy In California Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2010

Brian P. Janiskee And Ken Masugi: Democracy In California Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

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Richard Jackson And Neil Howe: The Graying Of The Great Powers: Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2010

Richard Jackson And Neil Howe: The Graying Of The Great Powers: Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

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Why will religious conflict become an even more serious global problem? Why are the 2020s likely to emerge as the decade of maximum geopolitical danger for the developed world? Why is a “youth echo boom” likely to be a problem during that period? What light is shed on the situation by the “power transition” theories of global conflict? What chronic shortages are likely to be faced by aging develop countries? What will render many developed countries “permanent free riders on their allies?”


David Gress: From Plato To Nato Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2010

David Gress: From Plato To Nato Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

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Besides being an essay on the concept of the West and the teaching of western civilization, this is a critique of what M. Stanton Evans called “the liberal history lesson” and what David Gress calls “the Grand Narrative.” The ironic title of the book (see page 1) may refer to a 1984 BBC radio series, later published as From Plato to NATO: Studies on Political Thought (1995), by the late British journalist and BBC announcer Brian Redhead. In preparing this study, Dr. Gress acknowledges the influence of Ernest Gellner’s The Conditions of Liberty, Paul Rahe’s Republics Ancient and Modern, and …


Wilhelm Roepke: Robbing Peter To Pay Paul Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2010

Wilhelm Roepke: Robbing Peter To Pay Paul Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

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American Constitutional History: Selected Bibliography, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2010

American Constitutional History: Selected Bibliography, Steven Alan Samson

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Yitzhak Rabin And The Price Of Peace, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2010

Yitzhak Rabin And The Price Of Peace, Steven Alan Samson

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A society that wishes to remain free and self-governing must learn to recognize that endemic political violence, including the symbolic violence of character assassination, is an invitation to either tyranny from without or conquest from without. As Edmund Burke put it: ‘Men of intemperate minds cannot be free; their passions forge their fetters.” As a general rule, we might conclude that a fixation on the purity of political outcomes at the expense of the integrity of the political process leads people away from politics to the realm of ideology, from civility to fanaticism. This is the way nations and civilizations …


E Pluribus Unum? (Geopolitica), Steven Alan Samson Jan 2010

E Pluribus Unum? (Geopolitica), Steven Alan Samson

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John R. Bolton: How Barack Obama Is Endangering Our National Sovereignty: A Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2010

John R. Bolton: How Barack Obama Is Endangering Our National Sovereignty: A Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

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Angelo M. Codevilla: A Student’S Guide To International Relations Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2010

Angelo M. Codevilla: A Student’S Guide To International Relations Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

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International Relations Fall 2010 Syllabus, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2010

International Relations Fall 2010 Syllabus, Steven Alan Samson

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Roy W. Spencer: The Bad Science And Bad Policy Of Obama’S Global Warming Agenda Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2010

Roy W. Spencer: The Bad Science And Bad Policy Of Obama’S Global Warming Agenda Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

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201002 Obiter Dicta: Winter Break 2010, Steven Samson Jan 2010

201002 Obiter Dicta: Winter Break 2010, Steven Samson

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201001 Obiter Dicta: New Year 2010, Steven Samson Jan 2010

201001 Obiter Dicta: New Year 2010, Steven Samson

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201003 Obiter Dicta: Mid-January 2010, Steven Samson Jan 2010

201003 Obiter Dicta: Mid-January 2010, Steven Samson

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2010004 Obiter Dicta: Winter Thaw 2010, Steven Samson Jan 2010

2010004 Obiter Dicta: Winter Thaw 2010, Steven Samson

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201005 Obiter Dicta: Late January 2010, Steven Samson Jan 2010

201005 Obiter Dicta: Late January 2010, Steven Samson

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201023 Obiter Dicta: September Via Late August 2010, Steven Samson Jan 2010

201023 Obiter Dicta: September Via Late August 2010, Steven Samson

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201002 Obiter Dicta: Winter Break 2010, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2010

201002 Obiter Dicta: Winter Break 2010, Steven Alan Samson

Steven Alan Samson

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201023 Obiter Dicta: September Via Late August 2010, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2010

201023 Obiter Dicta: September Via Late August 2010, Steven Alan Samson

Steven Alan Samson

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201003 Obiter Dicta: Mid-January 2010, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2010

201003 Obiter Dicta: Mid-January 2010, Steven Alan Samson

Steven Alan Samson

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2010004 Obiter Dicta: Winter Thaw 2010, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2010

2010004 Obiter Dicta: Winter Thaw 2010, Steven Alan Samson

Steven Alan Samson

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201005 Obiter Dicta: Late January 2010, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2010

201005 Obiter Dicta: Late January 2010, Steven Alan Samson

Steven Alan Samson

No abstract provided.


201001 Obiter Dicta: New Year 2010, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2010

201001 Obiter Dicta: New Year 2010, Steven Alan Samson

Steven Alan Samson

No abstract provided.