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How Fascism Works - The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley
Category: History
"Reveals how the liberties of the people wither when voters embrace politicians who promote the divisive politics of us versus them."--David Cay Johnston, author of The Making of Donald Trump and It's Even Worse Than You Think "This is an important and essential book."--Errol Morris, filmmaker and ...Show more
How Fascism Works - The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley
Category: History
As a scholar of philosophy and propaganda and the child of refugees of WWII Europe, Jason Stanley has a deep understanding that democratic societies, including the United States, can be vulnerable to fascism. In How Fascism Works, he focuses on fascist politics-the language and beliefs that separate peo ...Show more
How Propaganda Works by Jason Stanley
Category: History
Our democracy today is fraught with political campaigns, lobbyists, liberal media, and Fox News commentators, all using language to influence the way we think and reason about public issues. Even so, many of us believe that propaganda and manipulation aren't problems for us--not in the way they were for ...Show more
Know How by Jason Stanley
Category: Reference
The goal of inquiry is to acquire knowledge of truths about the world. In this book, Jason Stanley argues that knowing how to do something amounts to knowing a truth about the world. When you learned how to swim, what happened is that you learned some truths about swimming. Knowledge of thesetruths is w ...Show more
Leaders: Myth and Reality by General Stanley McChrystal, Jeff Eggers, Jason Mangone
Category: Business
Retired four-star general Stan McChrystal has studied leadership his whole adult life, from his first day at West Point to his most recent work with the corporate clients of the McChrystal Group. In this follow-up to his bestsellers My Share of the Task andTeam of Teams, McChrystal explores what leaders ...Show more
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