The first biography of Rodrigo Duterte, the murderous, unpredictable president of the Philippines, whose war on drugs has seen thousands of people killed in cold blood.
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2016 GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS, BEST NONFICTIONA LITHUB BOOK OF THE DECADEThe US is one of the largest democracies in the world or is it?
From an acclaimed British author, a sharply focused, riveting account - told from inside the White House - of the crucial days, hours, and moments when the Watergate conspiracy consumed, and ultimately toppled, a president.
A startling investigation of how some of Australia's best-known companies have abused their power to systematically underpay their workers in recent years.
The Presidentialization of Politics shows that the politics of democratic societies is moving towards a presidentialized working mode, even in the absence of formal institutional changes.
In our modern world of propaganda, social media enclaves, misinformation, and manipulation, the connection between 'the will of the people' and political action has broken down, political divisions are becoming increasingly intractable, and democracies are growing ever more ungovernable.
This book is the first to draw together the various strands of Irish national security policy and practice in a single chronological study, from independence in 1922 right up to the present day.
A stellar group of America's leading political thinkers explore how to reboot our democracyThe presidential election of 2016 highlighted some long-standing flaws in American democracy and added a few new ones.
A comprehensive and authoritative introduction to China's political history, contemporary political system, and key policy areas, such as the environment, population management, and public health.
A behind-the-scenes account of how a rural community found its own voice, elected its own independent representatives, and inspired a national movement that is transforming Australian politics.
Tanzania's 2025 Pre-Election Crisis: Enforced Disappearances, Judicial Deference, Digital Repression, and the Architecture of FearThis book provides a comprehensive, real-time analysis of Tanzania's political environment during the lead-up to the October 29, 2025 general election.
The first-ever biography of the most pivotal Justice on the Supreme Court whose decisions, like the overturning of Roe, will drive the reshaping of America, by prize-winning journalist Peter Canellos.
Declassified Intelligence Failures: Missions That Went Wrong and Why They Were HiddenNot every covert operation succeeds — and some failures are hidden for decades.
Tanzania 2025 Contested Elections: The Handcuffed Election, Volume 6 examines the political, legal, and institutional dynamics shaping Tanzania's pre-election environment ahead of the October 2025 general election.
Tanzania at the Crossroads: Essays on Democracy, Justice, and Electoral PoliticsThis compilation presents twenty-nine analytical essays examining the legal, institutional, and political dynamics shaping Tanzania's 2025 electoral cycle.
This book investigates allegations of politically targeted abductions, torture, enforced disappearances, and extrajudicial detention in Tanzania between 2023 and 2026.
This book examines the conduct of Tanzania's legal profession during the 2025 electoral cycle, with particular focus on the Public Bar Association (PBA) and its institutional rivalry with the Tanganyika Law Society (TLS).
This book presents a comprehensive analysis of Tanzania's 2025 election cycle, examining the intersecting crises of democratic backsliding, electoral governance failure, resource corruption, digital repression, institutional bias, and political violence.
Glory, Grief, and the Gavel takes readers deep into the high-stakes world of Capitol Hill, pulling back the curtain on what it takes to lead one of the most complex and unruly institutions in America: the U.
A bestseller in hardback, this is a highly-praised and much-needed biography of the first Duke of Wellington, concentrating on the personal life of the victor of Waterloo, and based on the fruits of modern research.
This book offers a comprehensive political and institutional analysis of Tanzania's 2025 electoral cycle, examining the intersection of party nomination processes, electoral administration, legal contestation, and campaign rhetoric.
Volume Two analyzes Tanzania's 2025 electoral environment through 26 interlinked case studies covering opposition fragmentation, ruling-party strategy, legal governance, media control, campaign economics, and political symbolism.
How Wars EndSettlements, Stalemates, and the Politics of the ExitDr Naim Tahir Baig,About the BookIn the spring of 2026, the world confronts a constellation of unended wars unlike any since 1945.
From the veteran US legal analyst and leading Robert Mueller prosecutor, Andrew Weissmann issues an urgent summons to tackle the scourge of political lies - and prevent a figure like Donald Trump from ever rising again"e;The 2020 election was a total FRAUD!
A Telegraph Greatest Book of the YearA deeply personal account of life as a carer and a call to support those who care for others'Ed Davey wants to rewrite British politics - not with the language of crisis, but that of care.
Just after ten o clock on Thursday, 7 May 2015 Nick Robinson stared down the lens of camera 5 in the BBC s Election Night Studio to explain to millions the significance of an exit poll that shocked the country and heralded an earthquake in British politics.
