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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. American democracy has entered its terminal phase. Not through a coup or a revolution, but through gradual decay. In The Divine Republic, Alessandro Bruno and Robert Quigley argue that the United States is no longer governed by a living democratic system, but by its institutional remains. Elections persist, laws multiply, and rhetoric flourishes-yet legitimacy, accountability, and civic trust have steadily eroded. The book traces the processes that led to this outcome: the concentration of power, the hollowing-out of representative institutions, the financialization of politics, and the moral shortcuts taken in the name of efficiency, security, and stability. Democracy did not collapse; it was slowly neutralized. This is not a partisan critique and not a nostalgic lament. It is a diagnosis. By examining why reform efforts repeatedly failed, the authors show how democratic forms can survive even as democratic substance disappears. The final section turns to the question of redemption. It explores whether renewal is still possible-and if so, under what conditions. The answers offered are neither comforting nor utopian. They require restraint, institutional limits, and a redefinition of what democracy is meant to protect. Written in a sober, analytical tone, The Divine Republic is a study of democratic death-and a serious inquiry into whether a republic can still be rebuilt once belief in it has faded. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. THE TYRANNY OF CERTAINTY: How Expert Fraud, Therapeutic Wokism, and the Tyranny of Certainty Destroyed the Economic Left and Bankrupted Civilization They were certain they were right. That's what made them dangerous. In 2008, Alan Greenspan sat before Congress and admitted he had found "a flaw" in his worldview. But this was no mere technical error. The global financial crisis was the predictable result of a priesthood that claimed to know the future, built mathematical models that denied the possibility of disaster, and insisted there was no alternative to their policies.This book argues that the tyranny of certainty-the belief that experts have found final answers-has become the defining pathology of our age. From the economics profession's fraudulent claim to predict markets, to NATO's catastrophic expansion eastward despite warnings it would provoke war, to the transformation of the left from a movement for economic justice into a therapeutic cult of privilege discourse, we are living with the consequences of elites who were too certain to admit error and too powerful to be held accountable.The Tyranny of Certainty reveals: - How the economics profession's mathematical models systematically denied the possibility of the crises they caused- Why the left abandoned class solidarity for identity politics-and who benefited from that substitution- How the 1997 decision to expand NATO set in motion the war in Ukraine 25 years later- Why Europe's technocratic elite chose economic suicide over admitting their Russia policy had failed- How therapeutic language and woke capitalism defanged economic radicalism while enriching the professional-managerial classBut this is not a book of cynicism. It is a case for democratic humility: the recognition that we might be wrong, that policy must be subject to revision, and that the freedom to not know is the foundation of both democracy and human dignity.The Grand Inquisitor promised humanity certainty in exchange for freedom. This book explains why we must refuse that bargain-before it's too late.For readers of: Thomas Frank, Adolph Reed Jr., Wolfgang Streeck, Yanis Varoufakis, and anyone who suspects that the experts who broke the world are lying about how to fix it. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. "I told them Libya would become a failed state. I told them Egypt's military would never surrender power. I told them Syria would become a jihadist wasteland. I said this on television in March 2011, while the revolution was spreading. Nobody wanted to hear it." In March 2011, as euphoria swept the Arab world and Western leaders promised a "new Middle East," one analyst stood alone in predicting catastrophe. He had lived in Libya under Qaddafi's surveillance state. He had driven through Saddam's Iraq. He had fled a mob in Karbala after violating a sacred shrine. He knew what the experts didn't: that revolutionary success requires more than Twitter and tear gas. The Arab Spring: Autopsy of a Revolution Betrayed asks the question no one wanted to answer: Why did Iran's 1979 revolution succeed while every Arab Spring uprising failed? The answer lies not in recent politics but in 2,500 years of history-in Carthaginian logistics and Persian plateau geography, in Roman administration and Mamluk fragmentation, in the institutional foundations built over millennia that determine whether societies can transform or only collapse.Through a masterful blend of personal memoir and deep historical analysis, the author traces each country's trajectory from ancient empires to modern revolutions: Tunisia, forced by geography to build institutions because it had no oil I Iran, where Khomeini built a revolutionary state while the Shah partied at Persepolis Egypt, where the military recaptured power with brutal efficiency Libya, where NATO's "humanitarian intervention" produced slave markets and warlords Syria, where the "moderate opposition" was always a fantasy Yemen and Bahrain, the forgotten proxy wars between Saudi Arabia and Iran This is not another book about the Arab Spring. This is an autopsy-a forensic examination of why Western intervention, no matter how well-intentioned, poisons everything it touches. It is a Cassandra's memoir-the personal cost of being right about disasters while everyone else celebrates revolutions that will fail.For readers who loved Roy Mottahedeh's Mantle of the Prophet, this book offers the same intimate understanding of the Middle East-not from academic distance but from lived experience. Like Mottahedeh's masterpiece on Iran, it weaves personal narrative with centuries of history to explain how the past shapes the present. But where Mantle explored one revolution's success, this book examines why five others failed-and offers a framework for understanding which revolutionary movements can survive and which are doomed from the start. "The West still hasn't learned the hardest lesson: that sovereignty matters more than democracy, that institutions matter more than intentions, and that sometimes the most moral act is to do nothing." This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - A world unraveling, a humanity on the edge, a story of survival and resilience. The world as we know it is gone and the race to survive has begun. The gripping tale follows, scientist, activists and ordinary people confronting a world ravaged by climate collapse, scarcity and societal decay. As coastlines disappear, resources dwindle and hope fades humanity must face it's darkest impulses and a glimmering chance of redemption. Through characters like Michael, Amina and Rahim readers witness the failures that lead to this apocalypse and the urgent last ditch innovations to save what remains. Blending stark realism with undying spirit, The Death of Humanity reveals the high stakes decisions facing a species on the brink.The Death of Humanity is essential for readers interested in the intersection of science fiction and environmental reality. If you care about the future of our planet and wonder about the choices humanity will face this book offers a riveting story filled with suspense, hope and a harsh glimpse into what may come.Robert Quigley and Hanan Tayyab bring their shared passion for environmental science and story telling to The Death of Humanity. Quigley's background in speculative fiction meet's Hannan's expertise in climate awareness to create a narrative that is both scientifically grounded and intensely human. Together they weave a cautionary tale that's a thrilling ride and an urgent call to change.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - American democracy has entered its terminal phase. Not through a coup or a revolution, but through gradual decay.In The Divine Republic, Alessandro Bruno and Robert Quigley argue that the United States is no longer governed by a living democratic system, but by its institutional remains. Elections persist, laws multiply, and rhetoric flourishes-yet legitimacy, accountability, and civic trust have steadily eroded.The book traces the processes that led to this outcome: the concentration of power, the hollowing-out of representative institutions, the financialization of politics, and the moral shortcuts taken in the name of efficiency, security, and stability. Democracy did not collapse; it was slowly neutralized.This is not a partisan critique and not a nostalgic lament. It is a diagnosis. By examining why reform efforts repeatedly failed, the authors show how democratic forms can survive even as democratic substance disappears.The final section turns to the question of redemption. It explores whether renewal is still possible-and if so, under what conditions. The answers offered are neither comforting nor utopian. They require restraint, institutional limits, and a redefinition of what democracy is meant to protect.Written in a sober, analytical tone, The Divine Republic is a study of democratic death-and a serious inquiry into whether a republic can still be rebuilt once belief in it has faded.