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Book Synopsis"The literature of ideas." When author Pamela Sargent used those words to describe science fiction in 1975, the genre had exploded into the literary mainstream. As a literature of ideas, science fiction has proven to be a powerful metaphor for the world around us, offering a rich tapestry of imagination through which to explore how we lead, how we think, and how we interact. To Boldly Go assembles more than thirty writers from around the world - experts in leadership and strategy, senior policy advisors and analysts, professional educators and innovators, experienced storytellers, and ground-level military leaders - to help us better understand ourselves through the lens of science fiction.Each chapter of To Boldly Go draws out the lessons that we can learn from science fiction, drawing on classic examples of the genre in ways that are equally relatable and entertaining. A chapter on the burdens of leadership by Ghost Fleet author August Cole launches readers into cosmos with Captain Avatar aboard the space battleship Yamato. In another chapter, the climactic Battle of the Mutara Nebula from The Wrath of Khan weighs the advantages of experience over intelligence in the pursuit of strategy. What does inter-species conflict in science fiction tell us about our perspectives on social Darwinism? Whether using Star Trek: Deep Space Nine to explore the nuances of maritime strategy or The Expanse to better understand the threat poses by depleted natural resources, To Boldly Go provides thoughtful essays on relevant subjects that will appeal to business leaders, military professionals, and fans of science fiction alike.Trade ReviewThe anthology has a range of sources and topics as impressive as the contributing authors, who have produced 35 essays, organized into six parts, covering themes from individual command responsibility to civil-military relations to the problems sentient machines pose. * Parameters *The authors convey the various nuances of leadership throughout the book’s essays...a must read for all strategists and military leaders at any level as well as State Department personnel who work with a variety of people from different cultures. * Military Review 07/12/2022 *Table of ContentsForeword - Major General Mick Ryan Introduction PART I: THE CAPTAIN’S HAND 1 Space Battleship Yamato and the Burden of Command - August Cole 2 Of X-Wings and Y-Wings - Kera Rolsen 3 Adama’s Unequal Dialogue - Mick Cook 4 Earth Must Come First! - Jo Brick 5 You’re Not Ender Wiggins, and That’s Okay - Will Meddings 6 Princess Leia and the Strategic Art of Métis - Heather S. Gregg 7 Want to Know More? - Jess Ward PART II: THE FINAL FRONTIER 8 Yours is the Superior - Jonathan Klug and Steven Leonard 9 The Empire’s New Hope - James Groves 10 Graff’s Game - Thomas Bruscino 11 From Tactics to Galactic Grand Strategy - Major General Mick Ryan 12 Where No Port Has Gone Before - Timothy Choi 13 Sun Tzu, Ender, and the Old Man - Kathleen J. McInnis PART III: THE PRIME DIRECTIVE 14 All That You Touch You Change - Jacqueline E. Whitt 15 Romulans and Remans - Max Brooks 16 Are We Such Apostles of Mercy? - Janeen Webb 17 Beware the Beast Man-Steven Leonard 18 Flag Follows Trade - Theresa Hitchens 19 The Vice Admiral and the Flyboy-Kelsey Cipolla 20 I Exist Only to Serve - Julie M. Still and Kelly A. Lelito PART IV: THE WAR OF THE WORLDS 21 One Voice in the Night - Clara Engle 22 There’s No Screaming in Space - Jon Niccum 23 The Final Frontier - Erica Iverson 24 Blood Lessons - M. L. Cavanaugh 25 You Rebel Scum! - Jonathan Klug 26 Calm Men Who Deal Death Wholesale - Rebecca Jensen PART V: THE RISE OF THE MACHINES 27 We Don’t Serve Their Kind Here - Margarita Konaev 28 Things We Learned from Captain Trips - Craig and Steve Whiteside 29 Musings on the Murderbot - Elsa B. Kania 30 Man > Machine - Liam Collins 31 You Can’t Hide From the Things You’ve Done - Francis J. H. Park PART VI: THE DARK SIDE 32 The Mark of Locutus - David Calder 33 From Darth Vader to Dark Helmet - Dan Ward 34 To Live and Die at My Command - Jonathan Klug 35 The Mirror Crack’d - Steven Leonard Contributors Index

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Book Synopsis'Very few public figures can claim the level of fame, or infamy, that Pauline does. So much so, her surname isn't needed. Everyone knows her, or knows of her, and nearly everyone has a passionate viewpoint about her; she doesn't engender indifference.'So who is Pauline Hanson, the woman and politician? Does she really stand for the battler, or has it only ever been about her personal pursuit for power and infamy? Has she duped her loyal supporters, who have kept her in the public eye and propelled her back into parliament because she 'speaks for them'? Pulling no punches, and with a finely developed sense of the absurd, Kerry-Anne Walsh's conclusion is an emphatic yes.Through all the ups, the downs, the downs and the ups, Kerry-Anne probes and prods the evidence to uncover the many faces of Pauline Hanson: her time as an accidental local councillor, her emergence as a surprising national figure in 1996 and her resurrection in 2016, her careful profile-building through the media during the intervening years, the friends she's used and discarded, the men who control her, the money trail of her party and her personal finances. And then there's the rise and rise of the disaffected voters who now control political destinies, and the collapse of trust in the system that has allowed chancers such as Hanson to flourish.Perceptive, surprising and revealing, get ready for Hoodwinked to take you on one wild ride.

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Book SynopsisIn August 2013, Australia welcomed Tony Abbott as its new prime minister. This promised to be a marriage between responsible government and a nation tired of the endless drama of the Gillard-Rudd years. But then... Well... Fairfax columnist Andrew P Street details the litany of gaffes, blunders and questionable captain's calls that characterised the subsequent reign of the Abbott government, following the trail from bold promises to questionable realities, unlikely recoveries to inexplicable own goals and Malcolm Turnbull's assurances of support to the day he pushed the Captain off his bike once and for all. And all this comes with a colourful cast of supporting characters and dangerous loons that only a nation unfamiliar with the concept of below-the-line voting could elect. Here is a unique take on politics Australian style. If Game of Thrones was a deeply irreverent book about politics, then the TV series would probably not rate nearly as well. It would, however, look something like this.Trade ReviewA lively and well organised account... Street lays the mockery on thick... with a savage and intelligent wit. * The Australian *Well-researched... Street is very funny... Debunks the dangerous assumption that our politicians are good people who deserve respect. * The Saturday Age *Table of ContentsIntroduction Australia, Stop Hitting Yourself1 The Gathering Storm2 Meet the Motley Crew3 Mandate, Mandate, Mandate!4 The Right to Be a Bigot5 For Those Who've Come Across the Seas...6 Classified On-Water Matters7 Putting the Coal into Coalition8 No Cuts to Health9 Not Your Average Jo(k)e10 Meet the New Senate!11 Someone's Getting a Shirtfrontin'12 We All Live in a Competitively Evaluated Submarine13 The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Spill Motion14 Good Government Starts Today15 I'm a Fixer16 Who's Afraid of Human Rights?17 The Hunt for Team Australia18 Everywhere with Helicopter19 Whither Labor?20 Abandon Ship!Epilogue Is This the Best We Can Do?Acknowledgement Or Who's to Blame for this Book

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Book SynopsisA Voluntary Crucifixion traces the story of 20th century Canada through the MacKinnon clan and David J MacKinnon?s life. Disillusioned with the slow death of the soul promised by life at a major Montreal law firm, MacKinnon ripped himself untimely from the profession, making a personal vow to discover society "from the bottom up". A Voluntary Crucifixion recounts the tale of MacKinnon?s adventures and misadventures from post-Tiananmen Hong Kong to various ports of call in the Indian Ocean, offering MacKinnon?s views on everything from censorship to indigenous issues, all of which reflect his life ethos that the key to life is to refuse to adapt, and to fight tooth-and-nail for every square inch of your freedom before others wrench it from you.

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Book SynopsisWho is Hillary Clinton? is a fascinating time-lapse depiction of the leading Democratic presidential candidate as seen from the left. But it is also much more than that. A carefully-edited anthology of The Nation's coverage of Clinton's career, it's a rigorous and painstaking study of one of our most enigmatic public figures. It is a history of our time, and a must-read for the 2016 election season, providing perspective on the woman who could become the first female President of the United States.Contributors include David Corn, Erica Jong, Christopher Hitchens, Michael Tomasky, William Greider, Ari Berman, Barbara Ehrenreich, Chris Hayes, Jessica Valenti, Richard Kim, Joan Walsh, Jamelle Bouie, Doug Henwood, Heather Digby Parton, Michelle Goldberg, and many more.

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Book SynopsisHillary Rodham Clinton is one of the most powerful women in world politics, and the irrational right-wing hatred of Clinton has fed her progressive appeal, helping turn her into a feminist icon. To get a woman in the White House, it's thought, would be an achievement for all women everywhere, a kind of trickle-down feminism.In the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, the mantle of feminist elect has descended on Hillary Clinton, as a thousand viral memes applaud her, and most mainstream feminist leaders, thinkers, and organizations endorse her. In this atmosphere, dissent seems tantamount to political betrayal.In False Choices, an all-star lineup of feminists contests this simplistic reading of the candidate. A detailed look at Hillary Clinton's track record on welfare, Wall Street, criminal justice, education, and war reveals that she has advanced laws and policies that have done real harm to the lives of women and children across the country and the globe. This well-researched collection of essays restores to feminism its revolutionary meaning, and outlines how it could transform the United States and its relation to the world.FAQThis is a book critical of Hillary Clinton. Is this book sexist?No. The contributors are radical and feminist, and almost all are women. But sometimes even men write things about Hillary that are not sexist. Aren't you helping the Republicans?Only if you think that even one person will read a book by a coven of leftwing feminists, find it convincing, and conclude that she should vote for one of those misogynistic reactionaries.Isn't this the wrong time?No. It's never too late or too soon to criticize someone who is about to become the most powerful individual on earth. If you think there's ever a time to withhold comment on such a person, you might be an authoritarian. Don't you care about feminism?Yes. That's why we did this.Trade ReviewThis book isn't just a feminist indictment of Hillary Clinton . It's an indictment of a left that has failed to reckon with capitalism's dark side. -- Amanda Erickson * Washington Post *This collection of essays deconstructs Hillary's problematic history as a candidate who professes to be a feminist but whose policies have been pretty straight garbage for the nation's vulnerable since the start. -- Holly Wood * Medium *A feminist critique of a feminist candidate . devastating. * Kirkus Reviews *Intensely engrossing for Hillary Clinton's left-wing opponents-and for left-leaning readers still on the fence . The powerfully critical essays reject the 'ruling class feminism' of Clinton in favor of a 'left feminism rooted in an understanding of women's material conditions' . A damning portrait of both Clinton and American politics. * Publishers Weekly *A refreshing read with a defiant tone [that] pulls no punches when it comes to the Clinton record, from the time she entered the corporate and political world up until her work as Obama's secretary of state . This book will give you the confidence to say: not in our name . The authors who contributed to False Choices provide us plenty of good company in the battles ahead. -- Leia Petty * Socialist Worker *False Choices: The Faux Feminism of Hillary Rodham Clinton is a good reminder of all of the ways, through a long political career, Clinton has valued power over justice.As False Choices makes clear, this election is not a progressive advancement, it is simply more of the same. -- Jessa Crispin * The Smart Set *

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Book SynopsisThis volume of over thirty essays is organised around five primary dimensions of Hillary Clinton’s influence: policy, activism, campaigns, women’s ambition and impact on parents and their children. Combining personal narrative with scholarly expertise in political science, this volume looks at American politics through the career of Hillary Clinton in order to illuminate overarching trends related to elections, gender and public policy. Featuring an extraordinarily varied list of contributors working within the field of political science, and a fresh interdisciplinary approach, this book will appeal to broad range of politically engaged audiences, practitioners and scholars.Trade ReviewCargile, Davis, Merolla and VanSickle-Ward assembled an exciting volume of diverse perspectives to commemorate the enduring effects of Hillary Clinton’s career. This volume combines inspiring stories with systematic analyses to reclaim the narrative around Clinton. It elucidates and celebrates the countless ways in which she changed the face of politics, inciting "resilience, recognition, and resistance" among women and girls everywhere. * Tiffany Barnes, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Kentucky, USA *I enthusiastically recommend The Hilary Effect to students of, and participants in, American politics. Taken together, the 42 chapters provide insight into the consequences of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, extensive career in government, domestic and foreign policy-making, and political activism, demonstrating that her contributions are more significant and far-reaching than previously reported. The authors provide much-needed context along with both research-based and personal insight into previously understudied or overlooked positive aspects of Clinton’s leadership, revealing the enduring legacy of Clinton’s career and its effects on the mass public, political activists, women’s candidacies, children and parents, and generations of women and men alike. * Kathryn Pearson, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Minnesota, USA *Table of ContentsI About the Contributors Prologue: The Path Up is Always a Jagged Line, Gloria Steinem II. Introduction, Jennifer L. Merolla and Rachel VanSickle-Ward III. I’m With Her: Clinton’s Impact on Women’s Lives and Ambitions 2. Preface, Jennifer L. Merolla 3. The Stories Not Told: Misrepresenting the Women Who Loved Clinton, Jennifer Piscopo 4. Parallel Lives, Debra Van Sickle 5.Listening Her Way to a Historic Victory: On Hillary Clinton’s 1999-2000 Senate Campaign, Kathleen A. Feeley 6. Recognition, Jennifer Chudy 7. Clarity in the Chaos: A New (and Improved) Vision of Motherhood, Faith & Feminism, Jaclyn Cohen 8. From Fraud to Fighter, Brinda Sarathy IV. Agents of Change, Drivers of Progress: Clinton’s Role in Shaping Activism 9. Preface, Denise S. Davis 10. Clinton Does Inspire: The Narrative about Hillary Clinton’s ‘Enthusiasm Gap’ Silences the Political Voices of Women, Rachel VanSickle-Ward and Jennifer L. Merolla 11. Dolores Speaks: Hillary’s Influence on Activism and Politics, Dolores Huerta and Ivy A.M. Cargile 12. My Personal Hillary Effect, Torie Osborn 13. Pantsuit Nation, Jenn Carson 14. Glass Tumblers, DC Lozano 15. Failure is Impossible, Paulette Hinds-Brown 16. The #Resistance Tips its Pussy Hat to HRC, Casey B.K. Dominguez 17. The Hillary (Counterfactual) Effect: A Peculiar Paradox of Policy History and the Influence of Black Political Activism, Shayla C. Nunnally V. When There Are No Ceilings, the Sky's the Limit: Clinton’s Impact on Campaigns and Elections 18. Preface, Ivy A.M. Cargile 19. Hillary Clinton: The Exception and the Rule, Carrie Skulley 20. Battling Stereotypes of Women as Weak on National Security, Mirya R. Holman, Jennifer L. Merolla, and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister 21. Rethinking Gender as an Electoral Asset, Kelly Dittmar 22. A Mother for President: Motherhood Takes Center Stage at the DNC, Rachel VanSickle-Ward and Jill S. Greenlee 23. Turning Point: Hillary Clinton’s Impact on Latino Politics, Adrian D. Pantoja 24. Latinas and Clinton’s 2016 Campaign, Christina Bejarano 25. Not in ‘Mixed-Company’?: Courageous Conversations about Women and the Race Gap in American Politics, Lorrie Frasure 26. The Year After, A’shanti Gholar 27. Running Because of Hillary, Denise S. Davis 28. Stronger Together: How Hillary Clinton May Have Nudged More Women to Run for Office, Kristin Kanthak VI. Our Children are Watching: Clinton’s Impact on Parents and Kids 29. Preface, Jennifer L. Merolla 30. Even in Defeat, Clinton’s Campaign Could Still Inspire Young Women, Christina Wolbrecht and David Campbell 31. Hillary Clinton, My Daughter, and Me, Abby Wood 32. Drawing Madam President: How Children Imagine Hillary Clinton as a Political Leader, Jill S. Greenlee, Angela L. Bos, Mirya R. Holman, J. Celeste Lay, and Zoe M. Oxley 33. Real Moms of Palo Alto, Real Takeaways from Hillary’s Candidacy, Melissa Michelson 34. Fatherhood, First-daughters and the First Woman Presidential Candidate, Jill S. Greenlee, Tatishe Nteta, Elizabeth (Libby) Sharrow and Jesse Rhodes VII. Deal Me In: Clinton’s Impact on Policy 35. Preface, Rachel VanSickle-Ward 36. Standing Her Ground on Foreign Policy, Roselyn Hsueh 37. Women’s Rights are Human Rights, Celeste Montoya 38. Global Gender Effects: The Impact of Hillary Clinton on American Foreign Policy,Sara Angevine 39. The Backbone of Democracy: Clinton, Women of Color, and the Fight for Voting Rights, Ivy A.M. Cargile 40. The Economic Woman: Why Clinton’s Economic Message still Matters, Rachel VanSickle-Ward and Emma Stephens 41. The Wisdom of a Wonky Woman, Reflecting on Clinton’s Approach to Policy on the Campaign Trail, Rachel VanSickle-Ward VIII. Conclusion, Jennifer L. Merolla and Rachel VanSickle-Ward

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Book SynopsisOne of the most influential intellectuals in the English-speaking world, Michael Ignatieff's story is generally understood to be that of an ambitious, accomplished progressive politician and writer, whose work and thought fit within an enlightened political tradition valuing human rights and diversity. Here, journalist Derrick O'Keefe argues otherwise. In this scrupulous assessment of Ignatieff's life and politics, he reveals that Ignatieff's human rights discourse has served to mask his identification with political and economic elites.Tracing the course of his career over the last thirty years, from his involvement with the battles between Thatcher and the coal miners in the 1980s to the Balkan Wars of the 1990s, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Israel's 2009 invasion of Gaza, O'Keefe proposes that Ignatieff and his political tradition have in fact stood in opposition to the extension of democracy and the pursuit of economic equality. Michael Ignatieff: The Lesser Evil? is a timely assessment of the Ignatieff phenomenon, and of what it tells us about the politics of the English-speaking West today. About the series: Counterblasts is a new Verso series that aims to revive the tradition of polemical writing inaugurated by Puritan and leveller pamphleteers in the seventeenth century, when in the words of one of them, Gerard Winstanley, the old world was "running up like parchment in the fire." From 1640 to 1663, a leading bookseller and publisher, George Thomason, recorded that his collection alone contained over twenty thousand pamphlets. Such polemics reappeared both before and during the French, Russian, Chinese and Cuban revolutions of the last century. In a period of conformity where politicians, media barons and their ideological hirelings rarely challenge the basis of existing society, it's time to revive the tradition. Verso's Counterblasts will challenge the apologists of Empire and Capital.Trade ReviewHighly readable book ... a useful contribution to the public's understanding of the former Liberal leader ... -- Charlie Smith * The Georgia Straight *This is an important book that anyone who cares about Canada's political future should own and read. * The Columbia Journal *[A]n impressive and accessible call for a real alternative to the 'lesser evil' -- Ian Sinclair * The Morning Star *A fascinating look at the politics and history of Ignatieff; quite a few surprises with great quotes from the man himself. -- Libby Davies, NPD Member of Parliament (Vancouver East) * Montreal Gazette *O'Keefe's intellectual biography ... can be read not just as an account of the slippery and self-serving contortions of Ignatieff's thinking, but of the bankruptcy of both Canada's political aristocracy and of the strange beast that passes as North American liberalism. Other lesser evils deserve a similar treatment. * The Public Archive *

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Book SynopsisThis Library of America volume collects 367 letters written by Theodore Roosevelt between 1881 and 1919, as well as four of his most famous speeches, creating a vivid portrait of the public career and the private thoughts of an unparalleled man.Addressed to his family, as well as a wide range of correspondents that includes Jacob Riis, Florence Kelley, Rudyard Kipling, Georges Clemenceau, Henry Cabot Lodge, John Hay, Owen Wister, Upton Sinclair, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s letters demonstrate the astonishing range of his interests and deeds and reveal the personal dimensions of one of our greatest statesmen.Roosevelt describes climbing the Matterhorn, hunting grizzly bears and cougars, reading Anna Karenina while pursuing thieves through the Dakota wilderness, playing with his children, mediating the 1902 anthracite coal strike and the Russo-Japanese War, visiting Panama during the digging of the canal, and being shot while running for president in 1912. The letters records his expert knowledge of birds and wildlife, his fascination with history and historical writing, his changing views on race and the conflict between business and labor, his concerns about declining birth rates and the corrupting influence of luxury, his contempt for impractical reformers and pacifists, and his disappointment and rage at the failings of William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson. And, most poignantly, they reveal the pride and worry Roosevelt felt when his sons went off to battle in World War I, and the profound grief he experienced when his youngest child was killed.Also included are four speeches: “The Strenuous Life,” a defense of American rule in the Philippines (1899); “National Duties,” which popularized the phrase “speak softly, and carry a big stick” (1901); “Citizenship in a Republic,” with its famous praise of “the man in the arena” (1910); and “The New Nationalism,” which signaled Roosevelt’s break with Taft’s conservatism (1910).LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

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Book SynopsisThe #1 New York Times bestsellerFrom Vice President Kamala Harris, one of America's most inspiring political leaders, comes a book about the core truths that unite us and how best to act upon them.  A life story that genuinely entrances. —Los Angeles Times“An engaging read that provides insights into the influences of [Harris’s] life...Revealing and even endearing.” —San Francisco ChronicleThe daughter of immigrants and civil rights activists, Vice President Kamala Harris was raised in an Oakland, California, community that cared deeply about social justice. As she rose to prominence as one of the political leaders of our time, her experiences would become her guiding light as she grappled with an array of complex issues and learned to bring a voice to the voiceless. In The Truths We Hold, she reckons with the big challenges we face together. Drawing on the hard-won wisdom and insight from her own career and the work of those who have most inspired her, she communicates a vision of shared struggle, shared purpose, and shared values as we confront the great work of our day.

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Book SynopsisOne of the most glamorous and successful politicians in Canadian historyIn this masterful and engaging biography, acclaimed journalist Steve Paikin brings to life John Turner (1929-2020), one of the most glamorous and successful politicians in Canadian history. Born in England, raised in BC, Turner was a champion sprinter and a Rhodes scholar who captured the national imagination as escort for Princess Margaret on her 1959 Canadian tour. Elected to Parliament in 1962, he served in Prime Minister Lester Pearson’s cabinet and as Pierre Trudeau’s attorney general, minister of justice, and finance minister. In 1984, he won a hotly-contested Liberal leadership contest and served a brief four months as Canada’s seventeenth prime minister before falling to Brian Mulroney in a Progressive Conservative landslide. In this surprisingly candid and personal book, Paikin draws on unprecedented access to Turner’s personal and public papers to show how he struggled to meet the towering expectations that came with his abundant gifts, and keep his faith in Canadian democracy despite the challenges of his own career.

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Book SynopsisNarin Phasit was one of the most remarkable yet little-known figures in the annals of Thai history, a man who devoted his life to what the seventh king of Siam called "seeking a name for himself in a wildly inappropriate manner," and he himself preferred to describe as "working contentedly for my country, alone and despised by my fellow countrymen." For what reason was Narin so despised? During the period of the absolute monarchy, he insisted that government officials should be held accountable for their actions, and in the years that followed the revolution he spoke out strongly against the rise of the military. He also established the first line of female monks in the history of Siam and fought to abolish capital punishment. The place that he properly belonged, said the leader of his country, Field Marshal Phibul Songkhram, was inside a mental institution. Written as creative nonfiction, this is the engaging story of one man's relentless attempt to build a more humane society. Often told in Narin's own words, it is an unlikely tale of Buddhism, politics, and the creation of modern Thailand.

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Book SynopsisCambodia’s long-time opposition leader and former finance minister Sam Rainsy is committed to establishing democracy in his homeland. He is in exile in France to avoid a twelve-year prison sentence on politically motivated charges and is banned from contesting the July 2013 elections. In this autobiography he recounts his early years in Cambodia, his family’s expulsion, his relationship with Sihanouk, the Khmer Rouge regime, and the Vietnamese occupation, and Hun Sen’s rise to power and his continuous control since 1985. Sam Rainsy also discusses the current economic, social, and political conditions in the country and presents proposals that will provide a long-term roadmap for a new Cambodia. David Whitehouse is a British journalist in Paris.

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