An investigation of how the idea of a public as a central fiction of modern life informs our literature, politics, and culture.
Presents the history of the development of professional, institutionalized intelligence that examines the implications of the fall of the state monopoly on espionage today and beyond.
This book studies force, the coercive application of power against resistance, building from Thomas Hobbes’ observation that all self-contained political orders have some ultimate authority that uses force to both dispense justice and to defend the polity against its enemies.
The Boys' Club lifts the lid on the scandals, secrets and deals that have shaped AFL, Australia's biggest sport.