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Machiavelli on Modern Leadership: Why Machiavelli's Iron Rules Are As Timely And Important Today As Five ...

31 reviews
Michael A. Ledeen

St. Martin's Griffin, 2000

A modern introduction to an old topic
I FOUND THE BOOK ENTERTAINING AND INTERESTING. i WENT ON TO READ THE ORGINAL "PRINCE" WHICH IN IT'S TIME ALSO MADE REFERENCE TO PAST EVENTS. THIS DOES THE SAME -- OF COURSE SOME OF THE REVIEWERS TAKE ISSUE WITH SOME OF THE FACTS -- THEY MAY BE CORRECT BUT THAT IS BESIDE THE POINT, IN THAT I USED THE BOOK AS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MUCH MALIGNED MACHIAVELLI.

The War Against the Terror Masters: Why It Happened. Where We Are Now. How We'll Win.

15 reviews
Michael A. Ledeen

St. Martin's Griffin, 2003

Informative for leftists/terrorist supporters
I'm quite familiar with Mr. Ledeen's work on National Review and eagerly anticipated reading this tome. It doesn't disappoint, although some of the details are common knowledge to those intelligent enough to know what the goals of those that have used the "ROP" to justify murdering civilians in order to install a global caliphate (yes, of course, not all Muslims feel this way about the infidels. ...

The Iranian Time Bomb: The Mullah Zealots' Quest for Destruction

20 reviews
Michael A. Ledeen

Truman Talley Books, 2007

must read
Concise, well-written, well-organized so that the situation in the M.E./Iran and its neighbors becomes quite clear. The author has done great research and a complete job. Has sparked my interest in foreign policy. Great job.

Tocqueville on American Character: Why Tocqueville's Brilliant Exploration of the American Spirit is as Vital ...

9 reviews
Michael A. Ledeen

St. Martin's Griffin, 2001

Sloppy Implementation of a Brilliant Book Concept
Many people in America have not read Alexis de Tocqueville's brilliant analysis of the American character, as he experienced on his trip to the United States in 1826. That's too bad, because his work brilliantly defines what is different about American society from any other one on Earth. As an aristocratic Frenchman, perhaps it was easier for him to see us as we are, by seeing how different we ...

Freedom Betrayed: How America led a Global Democratic Revolution, Won the Cold War and Walked Away

1 review
Michael A. Ledeen

AEI Press, 1996

Part of my Summer Education
Despite all of the detractors on the left. The Reagan revolution helped the world overcome the final vestiges of the cold war and began to come together. In spite of this, ALL of his sucessors have neglected to capitalize and continue a realistic and steady march toward the center and a liberalization of thier governments and economies. Countries that are larger more entrenched and there fore a ...

The advance of freedom: US foreign policy and democratic revolution.(PERSPECTIVES)(Column): An article from: ...
Michael A. Ledeen

Harvard International Relations Council, Inc., 2005

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