《政党学研究丛书：政党和政党制度比较研究》讲述了政党是近代政治的产物。人类社会进入近代以后，政党政治便逐渐成为近代政治体系的主流。政党是作为封建专制君主的对立物，伴随着民主的潮流而出现的。从政治体系而言，政党的出现是由于民主政治发展的需要。现代政治与传统政治的一个重要区别在于政党的出现和政党政治的发展，如果马基雅弗里时代政治舞台的主角是君主，那么当今世界各国政治舞台的主角是政党。从18世纪政党在英国议会出现以来，世界上许多国家的发展都是在各种各样的政党直接或间接指导下展开的。在人类社会跨入21世纪的当今世界，政党的存在几乎是各国普遍的政治现象，据目前全世界二百多个国家和地区的统计，除二十多个国家和地区是严格的君主制或政教合一无政党外，绝大多数国家都存在着政党，实行政党政治。政党的

In this the first book ever written about the CIA's Office of Technical Service, former director Robert Wallace (a real-life Q, straight out of the James Bond films) and internationally renowned intelligence historian H. Keith Melton offer an unprecedented look at the CIA's most secretive operations and the devices that made them possible. Against a backdrop of geopolitical tensions- including the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the current War on Terror-the authors show how the CIA carries out its missions employing amazingly inventive tools. Illustrated with images never before seen by the public-and featuring everything from micro cameras to wired kitties to exploding pancakes-Spycraft is both a fantastic encyclopedia of gadgetry and a revealing primer on the fundamentals of high-tech espionage.

Tying into the official theme for the 2009 Inauguration, “A NewBirth of Freedom” from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, Penguinpresents a keepsake edition commemorating the inauguration ofPresident-elect Barack Obama with words of the two great thinkersand writers who have helped shape him politically, philosophically,and personally: Abraham Lincoln and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Having Lincoln and Emerson’s most influential, memorable, andeloquent words along with Obama’s much-anticipated historicalinaugural address will be a gift of inspiration for every Americanand a keepsake for generations. Includes: * Barack Obama, Inaugural Address, 2009 * Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, 1865 * Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, 1863 * Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, 1861 * Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance, 1841

Cooper Ramo is Managing Director and a partner at Kissinger Associates, one of the world's leading strategic advisory firms. Prior to joining Kissinger Associates, he was Assistant Managing Editor of Time and worked in the advisory and banking business in China.

Reinaldo Arenas was born in Cuba in 1943. In 1980, he was oneof 120,000 Cubans who arrived in the United States on the Marielboatlift. Arenas settled in New York where he lived until hisdeath from AIDS ten years later. Andrew Hurley is a translator of numerous works of literature,criticism, history, and memoir. He is professor emeritus at theUniversity of Puerto Rico. Thomas Colchie is an acclaimed translator, editor, and literaryagent for international authors. He is the editor of A HammockBeneath the Mangoes. He has written for the Village Voice and TheWashington Post. His translations include Manuel Puig's Kiss of theSpider Woman and (with Elizabeth Bishop, Gregory Rabassa, and MarkStrand) Carlos Drummond de Andrade's Travelling in the Family.

What foreign country has the power to send America crashinginto a recession? Why is the USA still dangerously dependent onoil, when viable energy alternatives have existed for decades? Whomade the call that we should return to nuclear energy-and then tooka high-paying position with a nuclear company? Which youth groupwas a spawning ground for many contemporary power mongers? Whatlobbyists and special-interest groups are running the show onCapitol Hill-and exactly what tools of persuasion are theyusing? Melissa Rossi answers these questions and more in this timely andtopical guide to who's pulling the strings behind the scenes ofAmerican politics. This latest edition of Rossi's popular WhatEvery American Should Know. . . shows Americans what is going onbehind the scenes and how they can counterbalance the influence ofa small, powerful elite to put the power back where it should be-inthe hands of the people.

Burke's seminal work was written during the early months ofthe French Revolution, and it predicted with uncanny accuracy manyof its worst excesses, including the Reign of Terror. A scathingattack on the revolution's attitudes to existing institutions,property and religion, it makes a cogent case for upholdinginherited rights and established customs, argues for piecemealreform rather than revolutionary change - and deplores theinfluence Burke feared the revolution might have in Britain."Reflections on the Revolution in France" is now widely regarded asa classic statement of conservative political thought, and is oneof the eighteenth century's great works of political rhetoric.

Since delivering his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama has been hailed as the clear savior of not only the Democratic party, but of the integrity of American politics. Despite the fact that he burst onto the national scene seemingly overnight, his name recognition has grown by leaps and bounds ever since. Barack Obama in His Own Words, a book of quotes from the Illinois Senator, allows those who aren't as familiar with his politics to learn quickly where he stands on abortion, religion, AIDS, his critics, foreign policy, Iraq, the War on Terror, unemployment, gay marriage, and a host of other important issues facing America and the world. 作者简介： Lisa Rogak is the author of In His Own Words: Colin Powell and Howard Dean In His Own Words. Her works have been reviewed and otherwise mentioned in the Wall Street Journal, Parade Magazine, USA Today, Family Circle, and hundreds of other publications. She lives in Lebanon, New Hampshire.

On the South Branch of the Raritan River in New Jersey, BillPlummer casts his line in the hope that fly-fishing will fortifyhim in the face of a failed marriage, his father's death, and afaltering career. With the discovery of his father's fly-fishingdiary, Bill has set his mind to understanding his father's devotionto the sport and fathoming the depths of what he thought was adistant and enigmatic man. He comes to delight in the peculiarpleasures of the pastime, finding in it points of tangency to hisown son, while developing the strength for a second marriage. Wishing My Father Well is a moving intergenerational memoirwhich will remind readers of James Prosek's Joe and Me, JamesDodson's Faithful Travelers, and Mitch Albom's Tuesdays WithMorrie.

In Brown's Britain, award-winning journalist Robert Peston explains for the first time the REAL nature of the relationship between Blair and Brown. With the ease of a born storyteller, he gives the first truly authoritative account of the extraordinary deal they did back in 1994, the subsequent collapse of trust between them, and the growing crisis as they became completely alienated from each other in the run-up to the 2005 election. This book, for which Peston was granted unprecedented access to the Chancellor and his friends and colleagues, draws back the veil on the brooding man who has been Britain's longest serving and arguably most powerful Chancellor in more than 100 years Filled with telling quotes and unexpected insights, it takes you right to the heart of the secret power games that go on behind the gates of Downing Street, and looks ahead to what Brown will do when he becomes Prime Minister in name as well as deed.

Barack Obama's first book, Dreams from My Father, was a compelling and moving memoir focusing on personal issues of race, identity, and community. With his second book The Audacity of Hope, Obama engages themes raised in his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, shares personal views on faith and values and offers a vision of the future that involves repairing a "political process that is broken" and restoring a government that has fallen out of touch with the people. We had the opportunity to ask Senator Obama a few questions about writing, reading, and politics, see his responses below. --Daphne Durham

Describes and assesses the activities of the National SecurityAgency, the nation's most secret government agency--established insecrecy, many times larger than the CIA, and in control of a hugebudget and a vast technology.

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Like it or not, George W. Bush has launched a revolution in American foreign policy. He has redefined how America engages the world, shedding the constraints that friends, allies, and international institutions once imposed on its freedom of action. In America Unbound, Ivo Daalder and James Lindsay caution that the Bush revolution comes with serious risks–and, at some point, we may find that America’s friends and allies will refuse to follow his lead, leaving the U.S. unable to achieve its goals. This edition has been extensively revised and updated to include major policy changes and developments since the book’s original publication.

One overcast April morning in 1943, a fisherman notices a corpsefloating in the sea off the coast of Spain. When the body isbrought ashore, it is identified as a British soldier, MajorWilliam Martin of the Royal Marines. A leather attache case,secured to his belt,reveals an intelligence gold mine: top-secretAllied invasion plans.

这是作者公开出版的第二部文集，包含了作者对世界事务的看法和对一些关于中国的问题的回答。 全书共分 9 章，包括世界秩序、全球变化与中国角色、中美关系、中俄关系和亚洲问题等。鉴于当前国际形势的深刻变化，她希望这本书能让读者更多地了解中国人如何看待世界。 This is the second anthology by the author. It contains her views on world affairs, including her response to some of the questions raised about China. The anthology is divided into nine chapters that include: world order, global changes and China s role, China-US relations, China-Russia relations and Asian issues. Given the profound changes in the current international situation, she hopes this book will give readers more insights about how people in China see the world.

In July 1917, when the Provisional Government issued a warrantfor his arrest, Lenin fled from Petrograd; later that year, theOctober Revolution swept him to supreme power. In the shortintervening period he spent in Finland, he wrote his impassioned,never-completed masterwork "The State and Revolution". Thispowerfully argued book offers both the rationale for the new regimeand a wealth of insights into Leninist politics. It was here thatLenin justified his personal interpretation of Marxism, savaged hisopponents and set out his trenchant views on class conflict, thelessons of earlier revolutions, the dismantling of the bourgeoisstate and the replacement of capitalism by the dictatorship of theproletariat. As both historical document and political statement,its importance can hardly be exaggerated. This title is translatedand edited with an introduction by Robert Service.

In this distillation of frontline experiences and culturalinsights, Anita Pratap, one of the finest journalists India hasever produced, faithfully reports on the consequences of war,ethnic conflict, earthquakes, cyclones, prejudices, and themindless hatred and fear that has hurt so much of the world.Wherever there was a story to be told-from her native India toAfghanistan and Sri Lanka-Pratap braved the odds to send in reportsfrom the front, managing to track down elusive stories and makeheadlines. With determined diligence she exposed the terrors insidesuch frightening regimes as the Taliban, returning home each timewith a renewed determination to appreciate and celebrate theordinary.

Uranium occurs naturally in theearth s crust-yet holds the power to end all life on theplanet. This is its fundamental paradox, and its story is afascinating window into the valor, greed, genius, and folly ofhumanity. A problem for miners in the Middle Ages, an inspirationto novelists and a boon to medicine, a devastat?ing weapon at theend of World War II, and eventually a polluter, killer, excuse forwar with Iraq, potential deliverer of Armageddon and a possiblelast defense against global warming- Uranium is the rivetingstory of the most powerful element on earth, and one which willshape our future, for better or worse.

The Prince and Other Writings, by Niccolo Machiavelli, is partof the Barnes Noble Classics series, which offers qualityeditions at affordable prices to the student and the generalreader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages ofcarefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable featuresof Barnes Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers andscholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporaryhistorical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes andendnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems,books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired bythe work Comments by other famous authors Study questions tochallenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographiesfor further reading Indices Glossaries, when appropriateAlleditions are beautifully designed and are printed to superiorspecifications; some include illustrations of historical interest.Barnes Noble Classics pulls together a constell

The former editor in chief of the Economist returns to theterritory of his bestselling book The Sun Also Sets to lay out anentirely fresh analysis of the growing rivalry between China,India, and Japan and what it will mean for America, the globaleconomy, and the twenty-first-century world. Though books such asThe World Is Flat and China Shakes the World consider them only asindividual actors, Emmott argues that these three political andeconomic giants are closely intertwined by their fierce competitionfor influence, markets, resources, and strategic advantage. Rivalsexplains and explores the ways in which this sometimes bitterrivalry will play out over the next decade—in business, globalpolitics, military competition, and the environment—and reveals theefforts of the United States to manipulate and benefit from thisrivalry. Identifying the biggest risks born of these struggles,Rivals also outlines the ways these risks can and should be managedby all of us.

The achievements of cryptography--the art of writing anddeciphering coded messages--have become a part of everyday life,especially in our age of electronic banking and the Internet. Inthis provocative work, Rudolf Kippenhahn offers readers both anexciting chronicle of cryptography and a lively exploration of thecryptographer's craft. Rich with vivid anecdotes from a history ofcoding and decoding, Code Breaking brings the often abstruse art ofdeciphering coded messages to the general reader and reveals therelevance of codes to our everyday high-tech society. A stylishlywritten, meticulously researched adventure, it will enthralleveryone who wants to know more about the ways in whichcommunication can be obscured and, like magic, made clearagain. A Selection of Doubleday's Library of Science Book Club A Choice Academic Book of the Year

One of the most celebrated units in the military for more thana century, by 1990, New York City's Fighting 69th Infantry Regimentof the Army National Guard was scarcely fit for duty. Its equipmentwas derelict, its discipline nonexistent, many of its leadersinept, and its ranks filled with kids barely out of high school whohad little intention of serving their country for any longer thanit took to get their paycheck, college credit, or job training.Then came the attacks of September 11 and the invasion of Iraq. InThe Fighting 69th, Sean Michael Flynn, himself a member of theunit, chronicles the extraordinary transformation of this band ofamateur soldiers into a battle-hardened troop at one of the mostlethal sites of war.

As a former star reporter for NPR, Sarah Chayes developed adevoted listenership for her on-site reports on conflicts aroundthe world. In The Punishment of Virtue , she reveals themisguided U.S. policy in Afghanistan in the wake of the defeat ofthe Taliban, which has severely undermined the effort to builddemocracy and allowed corrupt tribal warlords back into positionsof power and the Taliban to re-infiltrate the country. This is aneyeopening chronicle that highlights the often infuriatingrealities of a vital front in the war on terror, exposing deeper,fundamental problems with current U.S. strategy.

"Jeffery's book is perhaps the most authentic account one willever read about how intelligence really works." --The WashingtonTimes Britain 's Special Intelligence Service, commonly called MI6, isnot only the oldest and most storied foreign intelligence unit inthe world-it is also the only one to open its archives to anoutside researcher. The result, in this authorized history, is anunprecedented and revelatory look at an organization thatessentially created, over the course of two world wars, the moderncraft of spying. Examining innovations from invisible ink andindustrial-scale cryptography to dramatic setbacks like the Nazisting operations to bag British operatives, this groundbreakinghistory is as engrossing as any thriller-and much morerevealing.