A reflection on the work of John Locke. The text explores the complexity of the Locke's engagement with his philosophical and theological predecessors, his effect on later liberal thinkers, and his success in transforming the political understanding of the Anglo-American world.
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When he first published this text, Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Rhodes helped to launch and legitimate the memoir of abused childhood. In this tenth anniversary... Læs mere
Elected in hard times and serving throughout a catastrophic global war, Franklin Delano Roosevelt confronted crises of epic proportions during his 12-year... Læs mere
This text provides an introduction to conceptions of international justice, spanning 2500 years of intellectual history from Thucydides and... Læs mere
Systematically explores the moral issues surrounding self-deception. While many articles and books have been written on the concept of self-deception in recent years,... Læs mere
The memoir of paratrooper Kurt Gabel - a German Jew who emigrated to the US in 1938, joined the 513th Regiment of the 17th... Læs mere
Provides an analysis of the Russian president's influence on the Russian officer corps, the soldiers... Læs mere
John Lewis Barkley's memoir provides a rare and vivid ground-level look at World War I through the eyes of a soldier whose exploits rivaled those of Sergeant York and won him the Congressional Medal of Honor.
When the US took control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam following the Spanish-American War, it was unclear to what degree these... Læs mere
In 1947 German Field Marshal Albert Kesselring was tried and convicted of war crimes committed during World War II. The... Læs mere