The Nemesis of Power
Author | : Sir John Wheeler Wheeler-Bennett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 908 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Germany |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Sir John Wheeler Wheeler-Bennett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 908 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Germany |
ISBN | : |
Author | : S. Wheeler-Bennett |
Publisher | : Palgrave Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 864 |
Release | : 2005-03-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781403918123 |
Sir John W. Wheeler-Bennett tells the story of how the German Army, having survived the disaster of 1918, proceeded to dominate the political life of the German Republic, exercising a virtually paramount degree of power and influence by its very withdrawal from the active arena of politics: and of how, when later it was mistaken enough to play politics instead of controlling them, it began a descent which only ended in abject defeat - militarily, politically and spiritually. The author reveals the extent of the Army's responsibility for bringing the Nazi regime to power, for tolerating the infamies of that regime once it had attained power, and for not taking the measures - at a time when only the Army could have taken them - to remove it from power. In this second edition a new foreword by Professor Richard Overy sets Wheeler-Bennett's classic text in context.
Author | : John W. Wheeler-Bennett |
Publisher | : Penguin Books |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1967-01-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780670002061 |
Author | : S. Wheeler-Bennett |
Publisher | : Palgrave Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 830 |
Release | : 1980-06-12 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780333068649 |
Author | : Harald Kleinschmidt |
Publisher | : Reaktion Books |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781861890580 |
The Nemesis of Power is the first book to look at the history of international relations theories. Many theorists have investigated the nature of power, studying it in its social, political, economic, intellectual and physical contexts in order to define it. Rather than present yet another definition, Harald Kleinschmidt shows how the theorists themselves have perceived and handled the concept of power and how conduct in international relations has been evaluated. Taking a broad look at international relations theories from the Roman Empire to the modern transformation of the European world picture, Kleinschmidt bridges the gap between theory and history by subjecting theory to the logic and method of historical inquiry. Drawing on original sources, he reads international relations theories against their social and cultural contexts, placing an emphasis on the ways in which changes in theory are reflections of a wider pattern of changes in culture.
Author | : John Wheeler Wheeler-Bennett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 829 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : James Augustus St. John |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1854 |
Genre | : Revolutions |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John Wheeler Wheeler-Bennett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John W. Wheeler-Bennett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 829 |
Release | : 1984-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780918377180 |
Author | : Dean Reuter |
Publisher | : Encounter Books |
Total Pages | : 579 |
Release | : 2016-02-09 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1594038384 |
If there has been a unifying theme of Barack Obama’s presidency, it is the inexorable growth of the administrative state. Its expansion has followed a pattern: First, expand federal powers beyond their constitutional limits. Second, delegate those powers to agencies and away from elected politicians in Congress. Third, insulate civil servants from politics and accountability. Since its introduction in American life by Woodrow Wilson in the 20th Century, the administrative state’s has steadily undermined democratic self-government, reduced the sphere of individual liberty, and burdened the free market and economic growth. In Liberty’s Nemesis, Dean Reuter and John Yoo collect the brightest political minds in the country to expose this explosive, unchecked growth of power in government agencies ranging from health care to climate change, financial markets to immigration, and more. Many Americans have rightly shared the Founders’ fear of excessive lawmaking, but Liberty’s Nemesis is the first book to explain why the concentration of power in administrative agencies in particular is the greatest – and most overlooked – threat to our liberties today. If we fail to curb it, our constitutional republic might easily devolve into something akin to the statist governments of Europe. President Obama’s ongoing efforts to encourage just such a devolution, and the problems his administration faces as a consequence, present a critical opportunity to defend the original vision of the Constitution.