Palace of CrystalCurrent affairs and peace politics: the dangers of charismatic leaders to democracy and the peace of the world, and how peace might be achieved for the longer term. |
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... become so well-established as to become normal and even permanent. But each invention was incomplete without the other. A system of cooperative security would always be at risk when it depended upon the compliance of a few powerful ...
... become so well-established as to become normal and even permanent. But each invention was incomplete without the other. A system of cooperative security would always be at risk when it depended upon the compliance of a few powerful ...
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... become very dangerous, as a cursory glance at history confirms. We are here dealing with a universal weakness, a deeply-felt need for heroes that can be exploited and manipulated. The story of the raising of the US flag on Iwo Jima ...
... become very dangerous, as a cursory glance at history confirms. We are here dealing with a universal weakness, a deeply-felt need for heroes that can be exploited and manipulated. The story of the raising of the US flag on Iwo Jima ...
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... become grotesquely powerful, sometimes heading a pack that may run into hundreds of millions of individuals. As ... become so firmly established, where the economic and social links had become so strong and so much a part of ordinary ...
... become grotesquely powerful, sometimes heading a pack that may run into hundreds of millions of individuals. As ... become so firmly established, where the economic and social links had become so strong and so much a part of ordinary ...
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... become leaders of their country. A look at the way in which Stalin, Idi Amin and Hitler all emerged from poverty and obscurity to dominate and control millions of their fellow citizens is instructive. In the second part of Part Two ...
... become leaders of their country. A look at the way in which Stalin, Idi Amin and Hitler all emerged from poverty and obscurity to dominate and control millions of their fellow citizens is instructive. In the second part of Part Two ...
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... become leaders? Taking into account the problems outlined in Part Two, in Part Three (Palace of Crystal, chapters seventeen to twenty-five) some remedies are suggested – practical remedies whose aim is to strengthen our system of ...
... become leaders? Taking into account the problems outlined in Part Two, in Part Three (Palace of Crystal, chapters seventeen to twenty-five) some remedies are suggested – practical remedies whose aim is to strengthen our system of ...
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