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Book Synopsis Sovereignty and the Sword by : Arihiro Fukuda
Download or read book Sovereignty and the Sword written by Arihiro Fukuda and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1997-10-16 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The English civil wars of the mid-seventeenth century produced two political thinkers of genius: Thomas Hobbes and James Harrington. They are known today as spokesmen of opposite positions, Hobbes of absolutism, Harrington of republicanism. Yet behind their disagreements, argues Arihiro Fukuda, there lay a common perspective. For both writers, the primary aim was the restoration of peace and order to a divided land. Both men saw the conventional thinking of the time as unequal to that task. Their greatest works — Hobbes's Leviathan of 1651, Harrington's Oceana of 1656 — proposed the reconstruction of the English polity on novel bases. It was not over the principle of sovereignty that the two men differed. Fukuda shows Harrington to have been, no less than Hobbes, a theorist of absolute sovereignty. But where Hobbes repudiated the mixed governments of classical antiquity, Harrington's study of them convinced him that mixed government, far from being the enemy of absolute sovereignty, was its essential foundation.
Book Synopsis Sovereignty and the Sword by : Arihiro Fukuda
Download or read book Sovereignty and the Sword written by Arihiro Fukuda and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hobbes and Harrington are known today as spokesmen of opposite positions. Yet, behind their disagreements, argues Fukuda, there lay a common perspective. For both writers, the primary aim was the restoration of peace and order to a divided land.
Book Synopsis By Sword and Plow by : Jennifer E. Sessions
Download or read book By Sword and Plow written by Jennifer E. Sessions and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1830, with France's colonial empire in ruins, Charles X ordered his army to invade Ottoman Algiers. Victory did not salvage his regime from revolution, but it began the French conquest of Algeria, which was continued and consolidated by the succeeding July Monarchy. In By Sword and Plow, Jennifer E. Sessions explains why France chose first to conquer Algeria and then to transform it into its only large-scale settler colony. Deftly reconstructing the political culture of mid-nineteenth-century France, she also sheds light on policies whose long-term consequences remain a source of social, cultural, and political tensions in France and its former colony. In Sessions's view, French expansion in North Africa was rooted in contests over sovereignty and male citizenship in the wake of the Atlantic revolutions of the eighteenth century. The French monarchy embraced warfare as a means to legitimize new forms of rule, incorporating the Algerian army into royal iconography and public festivals. Colorful broadsides, songs, and plays depicted the men of the Armée d'Afrique as citizen soldiers. Social reformers and colonial theorists formulated plans to settle Algeria with European emigrants. The propaganda used to recruit settlers featured imagery celebrating Algeria's agricultural potential, but the male emigrants who responded were primarily poor, urban laborers who saw the colony as a place to exercise what they saw as their right to work. Generously illustrated with examples of this imperialist iconography, Sessions's work connects a wide-ranging culture of empire to specific policies of colonization during a pivotal period in the genesis of modern France.
Download or read book The Steel of Sapience written by and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over a hundred years ago, members of the ancient Vanari race fled northbound, eluding the conflicts brought to them by mankind. From there they came across the olden city of ash, deciding to take refuge and call it their home. Years later while at full strength, the Vanari re-established their once broken sovereignty, and along with it, forged ancient weapons infused with the cosmic arts, each gifted to renowned warriors for their courage and fidelity. There was once a time where the Vanari were everlasting in their supremacy. Until one particular day, they all vanished in the blink of an eye. Today, the Vanari race, now presumed dead, have been vanquished alongside their empire, and what remains of the ancient weapons have been scattered. Amidst the chaos and conflict which continues to reign throughout the nations across, one of the weapons has finally been unveiled after so long. A sword, saturated with the moonlight artistry, Lunarmancy. And the man who holds it now, an orphan man, named Auden Stray. This is the story of not a hero, but a person, who wields the sword named Sapience.
Book Synopsis The Shield and the Sword by : Ernle Bradford
Download or read book The Shield and the Sword written by Ernle Bradford and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative history of the Knights of St. John, from Jerusalem to Malta, told by the bestselling author of The Great Siege. Known by many names through their centuries-long career, The Knights Hospitaller of Saint John dedicated themselves to defending the poor and sick. First formed in Jerusalem during the Crusades of the eleventh century, the Order of Saint John grew in wealth and power rivaled only by the Knights Templar. They survived exile from the Holy Land, settling first in Rhodes and then in Malta, which they famously defended against the Ottoman Empire’s epic invasion of 1565. Even after losing Malta to Napoleon Bonaparte two centuries later, the Order of Saint John continued its mission. Ernle Bradford, whose bestselling book The Great Siege recounts their historic battle for Malta, follows the Knights of Saint John through centuries of war, politics, rivalry, and perseverance in The Shield and the Sword.
Book Synopsis City of Torment by : Bruce R. Cordell
Download or read book City of Torment written by Bruce R. Cordell and published by Wizards of the Coast. This book was released on 2010-01-26 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lovecraftian horror from award-winning Forgotten Realms® game designer Bruce R. Cordell. Raidon Kane travels to the subterranean fortress of the somnambulant aboleths, bent on killing the Eldest in its sleep. But he isn’t the only one bound for the hidden city. A warlock, an arch fey, a pirate, and a high priestess of the Abolethic Sovereignty all have designs of their own on the Eldest–if they don’t kill each other first.
Book Synopsis Sovereignty by : James Turner Johnson
Download or read book Sovereignty written by James Turner Johnson and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-05 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sovereignty generally refers to a particular national territory, the inviolability of the nation’s borders, and the right of that nation to protect its borders and ensure internal stability. From the Middle Ages until well into the Modern Period, however, another concept of sovereignty held sway: responsibility for the common good. James Turner Johnson argues that these two conceptions—sovereignty as self-defense and sovereignty as acting on behalf of the common good—are in conflict and suggests that international bodies must acknowledge this tension. Johnson explores this earlier concept of sovereignty as moral responsibility in its historical development and expands the concept to the current idea of the Responsibility to Protect. He explores the use of military force in contemporary conflicts, includes a review of radical Islam, and provides a corrective to the idea of sovereignty as territorial integrity in the context of questions regarding humanitarian intervention. Johnson’s new synthesis of sovereignty deepens the possibilities for cross-cultural dialogue on the goods of politics and the use of military force.
Book Synopsis Sovereignty as Inviolability by : Frans-Willem Korsten
Download or read book Sovereignty as Inviolability written by Frans-Willem Korsten and published by Uitgeverij Verloren. This book was released on 2009 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sovereignty was a key issue in the baroque, and especially in the Dutch Republic with its incredibly complicated political organisation. Consequently, sovereignty was explored in and through Joost van den Vondel'S theatre plays. Vondel sensed a fundamental problem in the construction of Europe'S politico-cultural 'House'. The questions he asked with respect to that construction concerned the relationship between theology and politics, including in terms of gender and culture. Because these questions could barely be considered explicitly, let alone actually discussed, they had to be presented through literature theatre. A close reading of a number of plays reveals not only a pivotal discussion that concerns Vondel'S own times, but also an on-going struggle in the European exploration of sovereignty. In that context, power and potency a distinction made by Spinoza determine the status of sovereignty that any body can acquire.
Book Synopsis Peerless Sword Sovereign by : Hun ShiXiaoMoWang
Download or read book Peerless Sword Sovereign written by Hun ShiXiaoMoWang and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 877 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Su Yang was originally the Su Family's lowest-ranked outer disciple. But due to a stroke of luck, nine Primordial Devil Swords appeared within his body. With the help of these nine demon swords, Su Yang's strength had advanced by leaps and bounds. His way of the sword was clear, he had embarked on a legendary path of martial arts!
Book Synopsis Peerless Sword Sovereign by : Hun ShiXiaoMoWang
Download or read book Peerless Sword Sovereign written by Hun ShiXiaoMoWang and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-10-02 with total page 855 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Su Yang was originally the Su Family's lowest-ranked outer disciple. But due to a stroke of luck, nine Primordial Devil Swords appeared within his body. With the help of these nine demon swords, Su Yang's strength had advanced by leaps and bounds. His way of the sword was clear, he had embarked on a legendary path of martial arts!
Download or read book Thinblade written by David Wells and published by . This book was released on 2011-06-10 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When second son Alexander Valentine loses his brother to an assassin's arrow, he discovers that his family protects an ancient secret and reluctantly finds himself at the center of the final battle of a war that was supposed to have ended two thousand years ago. Pursued by the dark minions of an ancient enemy, Alexander flees to the mountain city of Glen Morillian where he discovers that he is the heir to the throne of Ruatha, one of the Seven Isles, but before he can claim the throne he must recover the ancient Thinblade. Seven were forged by the first Sovereign of the Seven Isles and bound to the bloodline of each of the seven Island Kings in exchange for their loyalty to the Old Law. Each sword is as long as a man's arm, as wide as a man's thumb and so thin it can't be seen when viewed from the edge. Thinblade is the story of Alexander's quest to find the ancient sword, claim the throne of Ruatha and raise an army to stand against the enemy that has awoken to claim dominion over all of the Seven Isles.
Book Synopsis Songs Of Blood And Sword by : Fatima Bhutto
Download or read book Songs Of Blood And Sword written by Fatima Bhutto and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2010 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book : In September 1996 a fourteen-year-old Fatima Bhutto hid in a windowless dressing room shielding her baby brother while shots rang out in the streets outside the family home in Karachi. This was the evening that her father, Murtaza, was murdered along with six of his associates. In December 2007 Benazir Bhutto, Fatima's aunt, and the woman she had publicly accused of ordering her father's murder, was assassinated in Rawalpindi. It was the latest in a long line of tragedies for one of the world's best known political dynasties. Songs of Blood and Sword tells the story of the Bhuttos, a family of rich feudal landlords who became powerbrokers in the newly created state of Pakistan; the epic tale of four generations of a family and the political violence that would destroy them. It is the history of a family and nation riven by murder, corruption, conspiracy and division, written by one who has lived it, in the heart of the storm. The history of this extraordinary family mirrors the tumultuous events of Pakistan itself, and the quest to find the truth behind her father's murder has led Fatima to the heart of her country's volatile political establishment. Finally Songs of Blood and Sword is about a daughter's love for her father and her search to uncover, and to understand, the truth of his life and death. About the Author : - Fatima Bhutto was born in Afghanistan in 1982. She studied at Columbia University and the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. She currently writes columns for The Daily Beast, New Statesman and other publications. She lives in Karachi, Pakistan.
Book Synopsis Heavenly Sword Evil Sovereign by : Liu FengHuiXue
Download or read book Heavenly Sword Evil Sovereign written by Liu FengHuiXue and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-09-13 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The path to becoming an immortal, reversing to becoming a devil, that would only take a flick of a finger from time to time. Trampling through the cycle of reincarnation with blood, breaking through life and death on the Vast Expanse Society. Buried love reverses the Road to River Styx, the sword aura shook the nine universe. Wrong me now to create eternal tribulation, who to me read the red candle.
Book Synopsis Sword Sovereign of Chaos by : Ba JiuDongFeng
Download or read book Sword Sovereign of Chaos written by Ba JiuDongFeng and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-06-17 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the vast universe, there were tens of thousands of races, constantly battling! Throughout history, countless races have risen and declined ... At the edge of the universe, in the Star Domain, there was a star covered by an array formation. Its name was Jiu Xiao, and it was the last pure land of humanity's cultivation civilization. A impoverished youth with a chivalrous dream coincidentally came to the Nine Nether Continent through the starry sky and began a miraculous journey that could make one cry ... [Close]
Book Synopsis Captain Clankingsmith and the Sword of Sovereignty by : Earl Brigham
Download or read book Captain Clankingsmith and the Sword of Sovereignty written by Earl Brigham and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-13 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dragons abound in a well-illustrated steampunk version of Victorian-era England. A mechanical man who is an aereonaut, a mermaid and several dragons work to restore a mythical sword to its true heir. The Sword of Sovereignty figures in The Queens of Dragonia trilogy. Captain Clankingsmith, the mechanoid, makes his way into Africa, while the dragons he encounters make their way towards England. A group of pirates also make their way towards England. Stories and characters from parts of the world that had been in the British empire, Arabia, India, part of the Mediterranean and Spain all become part of Captain Clankingsmith's tale as the one true king of free men is sought. Unusual weapons, pieces of technology and steam power abound. A huge variety oif characters roam through the story, both based on real historical figures and pure fantasy. Queen Victoria graces the pages, as does Prince Albert and Kaiser Wilhelm, as well as Napoleon, as a zombie. I currently have three other novels in publication, The Queens of Dragonia, to which Captain Clankingsmith is connected. .
Book Synopsis Forging the Sword by : Benjamin Jensen
Download or read book Forging the Sword written by Benjamin Jensen and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-24 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As entrenched bureaucracies, military organizations might reasonably be expected to be especially resistant to reform and favor only limited, incremental adjustments. Yet, since 1945, the U.S. Army has rewritten its capstone doctrine manual, Operations, fourteen times. While some modifications have been incremental, collectively they reflect a significant evolution in how the Army approaches warfare—making the U.S. Army a crucial and unique case of a modern land power that is capable of change. So what accounts for this anomaly? What institutional processes have professional officers developed over time to escape bureaucracies' iron cage? Forging the Sword conducts a comparative historical process-tracing of doctrinal reform in the U.S. Army. The findings suggest that there are unaccounted-for institutional facilitators of change within military organizations. Thus, it argues that change in military organizations requires "incubators," designated subunits established outside the normal bureaucratic hierarchy, and "advocacy networks" championing new concepts. Incubators, ranging from special study groups to non-Title 10 war games and field exercises, provide a safe space for experimentation and the construction of new operational concepts. Advocacy networks then connect different constituents and inject them with concepts developed in incubators. This injection makes changes elites would have otherwise rejected a contagious narrative.
Download or read book Sovereign written by C. J. Sansom and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-02-26 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger – the highest honor in British crime writing The third Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery by C. J. Sansom, the bestselling author of Winter in Madrid and Dominion C. J . Sansom has garnered a wider audience and increased critical praise with each new novel published. His first book in the Matthew Shardlake series, Dissolution, was selected by P. D. James in The Wall Street Journal as one of her top five all-time favorite books. Now in Sovereign, Shardlake faces the most terrifying threat in the age of Tudor England: imprisonment int he Tower of London. Shardlake and his loyal assistant, Jack Barak, find themselves embroiled in royal intrigue when a plot against King Henry VIII is uncovered in York and a dangerous conspirator they've been charged with transporting to London is connected to the death of a local glazer.
