Political Science
Shall It Be Again?
While we now view America’s entry into World War I as a necessary step to save Europe from German domination, it was actually one of the mos…
State of the Union Addresses
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…
Imperialism and World Politics
Moon’s Iᴍᴘᴇʀɪᴀʟɪsᴍ ᴀɴᴅ Wᴏʀʟᴅ Pᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄs is perhaps the best-known work of the Columbia University professor and political scientist; It was pu…
Karl Marx
Born in Manchester in 1893, Harold Laski was a leading figure in the left-wing of British socialism in the first half of the 20th century. A…
Russian Realities and Problems
This book is a compilation of scholarly lectures by distinguished experts delivered at Cambridge in August 1916. The titles of the lectures…
What is Industrial Democracy
An explanation of the concept of industrial democracy and its relation to capitalism. (Summary by progressingamerica)
Madame de Staël
Madame Germaine de Staël (1766-1817) was the daughter of the Swiss banker and statesman, Jacques Necker. Her mother hosted a popular Pa…
Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke
There can be no hesitation in according to him a station among the most extraordinary men that ever appeared; and we think there is now but …
Offences Against One's Self
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was an English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. He was a political radical and a leading theor…
Lives of Greek Statesmen
In the darkest days of the Persian War when the armies of Xerxes were overrunning northern Greece, Athens faced destruction. The desperate A…
The English Constitution
The English Constitution is an extremely accessible work of political and legal science by Walter Bagehot, first published in serialized for…
America's Retreat from Victory
Senator Joseph McCarthy examines the life of General George Catlett Marshall, particularly his role in government beginning in 1945 as Unite…
The Masque of Anarchy
The Masque of Anarchy was Shelley's response to the Peterloo massacre at St Peter's Fields, Manchester, where 18 died and hundreds were inju…
Modern England
This short survey opens with the accession of that portly spendthrift, King George IV. With British support, Greece becomes independent. The…
The New Freedom
The New Freedom is a profound exploration of the evolving spirit of American politics, penned by Woodrow Wilson. In this work, Wilson articu…
Finland and the Tsars
Fisher’s treatment of the history of Finland, in the context of its relations with Russia, was released in 1899—at the start of the first at…
Norway and the Union with Sweden
A History of the politics surrounding The Union of Norway with Sweden, from 1814-1905, from the Norwegian perspective - Summary by Æri…
The World’s Famous Orations
In 1906, William Jennings Bryan, himself a famous American orator, and Francis Whiting Halsey published a series of the most famous orations…
Coningsby, or The New Generation
Coningsby is the first of trilogy of political novels that Disraeli published in the 1840s, and gives an insight into his views of the polit…
The Naked Communist
Published initially in 1958, the book is an ideological analysis of Communism and how it has impacted the world and is an important book, kn…