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The Straussian Moment
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Richard Condon Thrillers: The Manchurian Candidate, Winter Kills, Prizzi's Honor
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Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Can there be a connection between online universities and the serial insurgencies which, in media noise and human blood, have rocked the Arab Middle East? I contend that there is.
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
But analysts in the Navy’s official think tank came up with a new strategic idea: finite deterrence . All the U.S. needed, they argued, was enough nuclear weapons to destroy the 100 largest cities in the Soviet Union; this could be done with a mere 640 mis -siles in 40 submarines