Best of
Politics

1960

Resistance, Rebellion and Death: Essays


Albert Camus - 1960
    Resistance, Rebellion and Death displays Camus's rigorous moral intelligence addressing issues that range from colonial warfare in Algeria to the social cancer of capital punishment. But this stirring book is above all a reflection on the problem of freedom, and, as such, belongs in the same tradition as the works that gave Camus his reputation as the conscience of our century: The Stranger, The Rebel and The Myth of Sisyphus.

The Naked Communist


W. Cleon Skousen - 1960
    It found its way into the libraries of the CIA, the FBI, the White House, and homes all across America and overseas in Spanish and excerpted in other languages. In this hard-hitting book an urgent need is finally fulfilled. In one exciting, readable volume, the incredible story of Communism is graphically told. We believe this to be the most vivid and comprehensive book on the subject ever published. It contains a distillation of more than a hundred books and treatises on Communism, many written by Marxist authors. We see the Communist the way he sees himself---stripped of propaganda and pretense. Hence the title, "The Naked Communist." Here is explained Communism's amazing appeal, its history, and its basic and unchanging concepts---even its secret time-table of conquest! Vital questions are clearly answered---Who gave Russia the A-bomb? How did the FBI fight the battle of the underground? Why did the West lose 600 million allies after World War II? What really happened in Korea? What is Communism's great secret weapon? Is there an answer to Communism? What lies ahead?

The Constitution of Liberty


Friedrich A. Hayek - 1960
    Hayek's book, first published in 1960, urges us to clarify our beliefs in today's struggle of political ideologies.

Introduction To The Constitution Of India


Durga Das Basu - 1960
    Meets the requirements of the various Universities of India for the LL.B., LL.M., B.A. and M.A. (Political Science) and Competitive examinations held by the Union and State Public Service Commissions. Also indispensable for politicians, journalists, statesmen and administrative authorities. Prescribed in several Universities even for under-graduate courses in Civics. Incorporates all amendments to the Constitution upto 83rd Constitutional Amendment Act 2000. Contains materials, figures and charts not included in any publication so far on the subject. Elaborate comments on separatism in Punjab, Assam & elsewhere.Salient features:* While the Author's Commentary on the Constitution of India and the Shorter Constitution annotate the Constitution Article by Article, primarily from the legal standpoint, the present work offers systematic exposition of the constitutional document in the form of a narrative, properly arranged under logical chapters and topical headings.* It will supply the long felt need for an introductory study on the Constitution for the general readers, politicians as well as students and candidates for the Public Service Commission and other competitive examinations.* It traces the constitutional history of India since the Government of India Act, 1935; analyses the provisions of the present Constitution and explains the inter-relation between its diverse contents. * It gives an account of the working of each of the provisions of the Constitution during its first decade with reference to statutes and decisions wherever necessary, together with a critical estimate of its trends, in a concluding chapter.* The analytical Table of Contents, marginal notes, index and the graphic Tables at the end of the book will serve as admirable aids.* The three Legislative lists have been printed side by side for the convenience of reference.* The change made by the different Constitution Amendment Acts upto the 83rd Amendment and the reorganisation of the States made by various statutes may be seen at a glance.* Without going into excessive detail the footnotes and references have been printed at the end of each Chapter so that the advanced student and the researcher may profit by pursuing those references, after his study of the contents of each chapter.* The status of Jammu and Kashmir and the provisions of its State Constitution have been fully dealt with.

Politics and Vision: Continuity and Innovation in Western Political Thought - Expanded Edition


Sheldon S. Wolin - 1960
    Sheldon Wolin's Politics and Vision inspired and instructed two generations of political theorists after its appearance in 1960. This new edition retains intact the original ten chapters about political thinkers from Plato to Mill, and adds seven chapters about theorists from Marx and Nietzsche to Rawls and the postmodernists. The new chapters, which show how thinkers have grappled with the immense possibilities and dangers of modern power, are themselves a major theoretical statement. They culminate in Wolin's remarkable argument that the United States has invented a new political form, inverted totalitarianism, in which economic rather than political power is dangerously dominant. In this new edition, the book that helped to define political theory in the late twentieth century should energize, enlighten, and provoke generations of scholars to come.Wolin originally wrote Politics and Vision to challenge the idea that political analysis should consist simply of the neutral observation of objective reality. He argues that political thinkers must also rely on creative vision. Wolin shows that great theorists have been driven to shape politics to some vision of the Good that lies outside the existing political order. As he tells it, the history of theory is thus, in part, the story of changing assumptions about the Good.In the new chapters, Wolin displays all the energy and flair, the command of detail and of grand historical developments, that he brought to this story forty years ago. This is a work of immense talent and intense thought, an intellectual achievement that will endure.

Crowds and Power


Elias Canetti - 1960
    Breathtaking in its range and erudition, it explores Shiite festivals and the English Civil war, the finger exercises of monkeys and the effects of inflation in Weimar Germany. In this study of the interplay of crowds, Canetti offers one of the most profound and startling portraits of the human condition.

Why I am Not a Conservative


Friedrich A. Hayek - 1960
    

On Thermonuclear War


Herman Kahn - 1960
    It is iconoclastic, crosses disciplinary boundaries, and finally it is calm and compellingly reasonable. The book was widely read on both sides of the Iron Curtain and the result was serious revision in both Western and Soviet strategy and doctrine. As a result, both sides were better able to avoid disaster during the Cold War.The strategic concepts still apply: defense, local animosities, and the usual balance-of-power issues are still very much with us. Kahn's stated purpose in writing this book was simply: "avoiding disaster and buying time, without specifying the use of this time." By the late 1950s, with both sides H-bomb-armed, reason and time were in short supply.Kahn, a military analyst at Rand since 1948, understood that a defense based only on thermonuclear arnaments was inconceivable, morally questionable, and not credible.The book was the first to make sense of nuclear weapons. Originally created from a series of lectures, it provides insight into how policymakers consider such issues. One may agree with Kahn or disagree with him on specific issues, but he clearly defined the terrain of the argument. He also looks at other weapons of mass destruction such as biological and chemical, and the history of their use.The Cold War is over, but the nuclear genie is out of the bottle, and the lessons and principles developed in On Thermonuclear War apply as much to today's China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea as they did to the Soviets.

The Strategy of Conflict


Thomas C. Schelling - 1960
    It proposes enlightening similarities between, for instance, maneuvering in limited war and in a traffic jam; deterring the Russians and one's own children; the modern strategy of terror and the ancient institution of hostages.

The Historic Reality of Christian Culture: A Way to the Renewal of Human Life


Christopher Henry Dawson - 1960
    There is no doubt that the world is on the move again and that the pace is faster and more furious than anything that man has known before. But there is nothing in this situation which should cause Christians to despair>" -- from the book.Contents:The Outlook for Christian Culture.What is a Christian Civilization.The Six Ages of the Church.Christian Culture as a Culture of Hope.The Institutional Forms of Christian Culture.Civilization in Crisis.Christianity and Western Culture.Is the Church Too Western?Publisher's Note:This Torchbook paperback edition reprints Volume I of the RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES SERIES, which is planned and edited by Ruth Nanda Anshen. Dr. Anshen's Epilogue to this reprint appears on page 127 ff.

Socialism and the American Negro


W.E.B. Du Bois - 1960
    One of the worst blows to American democracy was the rise of Senator McCarthy's campaign of fear against communism. Du Bois says that his career has been a long struggle to increase social and political equality for African Americans. This campaign has succeeded in expanding opportunity for African Americans to the extent that some successful African Americans have been able "to join the forces of monopoly and exploitation and help victimize their own lower classes." The next step in eliminating discrimination against African Americans must consist of an economic program that provides opportunities for their employment and social welfare. He speaks of his travels abroad, including his experience receiving medical care under Britain's socialized medicine system. Du Bois sees socialism as spreading inevitably, and predicts that by the 21st century most countries will have communist governments. African Americans must be invested in learning the truth about socialism; in reading, studying and witnessing firsthand socialist societies. This is the only way that they may "preserve their culture, get rid of poverty, ignorance and disease, and help America live up at least to a shadow of its vain boast as the land of the free and the home of the brave."

Unreliable Sources


Martin A. Lee - 1960
    It should help build a national constituency for liberating media from all major constraints-- corporate as well as governmental." --George Gerbner, Dean Emeritus and Professor of Communications, The Annenberg School for Communications"You gotta love these guys. Not only have Lee and Solomon written a timely consumer primer on conservative bias in reporting, they've done it with humor." --Washington Journalism ReviewA vital handbook for deciphering widespread media bias. "Unreliable Sources" dissects news coverage of a wide range of issues-- taxes, the Persian Gulf, social security, abortion, drugs, environmental pollution, U.S.-Soviet relations, terrorism, the Third World-- and exposes the key stories that have been censored or glossed over by major media.

The Purpose of American Politics


Hans J. Morgenthau - 1960
    With a new introduction by the author. (from the cover)

The Challenges We Face


Richard M. Nixon - 1960
    

Full Employment in a Free Society


William Henry Beveridge - 1960
    This book discusses how this goal might be achieved, beginning with the thesis that because individual employers are not capable of creating full employment, it must be the responsibility of the state. Beveridge claimed that the upward pressure on wages, due to the increased bargaining strength of labour, would be eased by rising productivity, and kept in check by a system of wage arbitration. The cooperation of workers would be secured by the common interest in the ideal of full employment. Alternative measures for achieving full employment included Keynesian-style fiscal regulation, direct control of manpower, and state control of the means of production. The impetus behind Beveridge's thinking was social justice and the creation of an ideal new society after the war.The book was written in the context of an economy which would have to transfer from wartime direction to peace time. It was then updated in 1960, following a decade where the average unemployment rate in Britain was in fact nearly 1.5%.

The One-eyed Man


Larry L. King - 1960
    One of his opponents is "Bayonet Bill" Wooster, an ex-marine general who bases his campaign on fear of racial integration, fear of Communists, and fear of the federal government; he presents himself as the leader in a holy war against the incumbent infidel. The other candidate is Poppa Posey, a former governor who raises hound dogs, quotes Shakespeare, and hopes to use Wooster's money to split support for Blanton.Only Blanton understands that integration is inevitable and that his task must be to make the transition as painless and bloodless as possible. That he fails may be due in part to his freewheeling, power-driven personality. But Blanton is also defeated by inertia, tradition, and demagoguery. He is, as he once describes himself, someone "who just got in the way of goddamn history".Is the state Texas and the governor Lyndon B. Johnson? King denies it, arguing that there are equal parts of Huey Long, Herman Talmadge, and Alfalfa Bill Murray. But, as Erisman says in his foreword, "Blanton, in his wheeling and dealing, his crudities and profanity, his ruthlessness and his compassion, is a dead-on portrait of LBJ in full cry".The One-Eyed Man presents a hauntingly clear picture of the 1960s in the South -- the national grief over the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the racial turmoil, the human dilemma faced by North and South alike. And it poses haunting questions for the reader: what separates the demagogue from the leader? What injustices are acceptable in the name of a largerjustice? Who determines the greatest good for the greatest number?

The Life of John Birch


Robert W. Welch Jr. - 1960
    John Birch has been called the first casualty of World War III. "With his death and in his death the battle lines were drawn, in a struggle from which either communism or Christian-style civilization must emerge with one completely triumphant, the other completely destroyed."

Imperialism and Social Reform: English Social-Imperial Thought, 1895-1914


Bernard Semmel - 1960
    Two rival imperialist programmes contended for support: that of the Liberal-Imperialists-Rosebery, Asqueth and Haldane; and that of Joseph Chamberlain and the Tariff Reform League. The author discusses the development of these programmes, as well as individual formulations of social-imperial concepts by, most surprisingly, the Fabian Socialists, Sidney Webb and Bernard Shaw; the Social-Darwinists, Karl Pearson and Benjamin Kidd; the economic historians, W J Ashley and William Cunningham; and by the later developments of these concepts in Britain after World War I.

The Intellectual Originas of Egyptian Nationlaism


J.M. Ahmed - 1960
    She has also had a cultural pre-eminence for many centuries since Cairo became the home of the traditional religion and language of Islam. Then, in the nineteenth century, she was the first Arab country and one of the first Muslim countries to begin adopting institutions characterises of the modern world.On the one hand were those who regarded any reforms as irreconcilable with the teaching of Islam about the asocial order; on the other stood a more powerful group anxious to accept the whole of modern Western civilisation. But between these two extremes was another and more important school of thought and it is with this group of thinkers and practical reformers, particularly Muhammad Abdu, the founder of the group, that this book is chiefly concerned. When Egyptian nationalism suddenly emerged as a mass movement in 1918, it drew its intellectuals inspiration from the ideas of Muhammad Abdu. Much has happened since then, and the alliance between liberalism and nationalism has broken down. But the questions posed by Abdu are still relevant to modern Egypt and his answers still go on working beneath the surface.