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  The Hidden Face of Pope Francis

  Paul Ariès

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  Why did Pope Francis canonize a priest responsible for the genocide of the Indians?
  Why does he wish to beatify the anti-Semitic French priest, Leon Dehon?  
  What are the unmentionable reasons for his papal election? 
  Pope Francis is presented as progressive and sensitive to the interests of the people, but underneath his smiles and his good words hides an authoritarian and dogmatic pope. This pope relies on very conservative movements such as Communion and Liberation or the Order of the Knights of Columbus, which are close to Opus Dei. 
  The good Pope Francis is beginning to drop his mask when he declares that Europe is undergoing a new Arab invasion (sic), when he calls on "Catholics with a sense of identity" to take to the streets, when he fights against republican secularism and demonizes atheists.
  After an overview of the financial, political and sexual scandals, Paul Ariès proceeds to a very detailed and documented analysis of the "Church of Francis," particularly in the areas of ecology and sexuality. This clear book offers a surprising insight into the best communicator the Church has known in a long time.

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  The Silent Warriors - How Spies...

  Avery Ramsey

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  History is not just made on battlefields—it is written in whispers, coded messages, and the silent betrayals of spies. From World War II resistance fighters to Cold War double agents, the greatest conflicts of the modern era were fought not only with guns and tanks, but with secrets, deception, and intelligence warfare. 
  The Silent Warriors takes you deep into the world of espionage, covert missions, and psychological warfare, uncovering the real-life stories of the spies, saboteurs, and secret operatives who changed history—often without the world ever knowing their names. 
  Inside This Thrilling Book, You’ll Discover: 
  •	The Unbreakable Code of the Windtalkers – How Native American soldiers helped secure victory in WWII with a language no enemy could decipher. 
  •	Virginia Hall: The Woman the Nazis Feared Most – The incredible story of an American spy with a wooden leg who built one of the most dangerous resistance networks in occupied France. 
  •	Aldrich Ames: The CIA Officer Who Sold His Soul – How one man’s greed led to the deaths of countless U.S. operatives and nearly collapsed American intelligence during the Cold War. 
  •	The Ultimate Double Agent, James Armistead Lafayette – The enslaved man who infiltrated the British army and helped George Washington win the Revolutionary War. 
  •	The Secret Propaganda War – How the CIA and KGB waged a silent battle to control the media, literature, and even art to shape global perception. 
  •	Modern Espionage Exposed – How spies like Anna Chapman and Russian deep-cover agents have adapted espionage for the 21st century. 
  If you love true espionage, untold history, and the thrill of secrets finally revealed, The Silent Warriors is your ultimate guide to the spies, lies, and secret battles that shaped the world. 
  Perfect for fans of real-life spy stories, military history, and intelligence warfare.

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  Race Rights and Rifles - The...

  Alexandra Filindra

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  An eye-opening examination of the ties between American gun culture and white male supremacy from the American Revolution to today. 
   
   
   
  One-third of American adults—approximately 86 million people—own firearms. This is not just for protection or hunting. Although many associate gun-centric ideology with individualist and libertarian traditions in American political culture, Race, Rights, and Rifles shows that it rests on an equally old but different foundation. Instead, Alexandra Frilindra shows that American gun culture can be traced back to the American Revolution when republican notions of civic duty were fused with a belief in white male supremacy and a commitment to maintaining racial and gender hierarchies. 
   
   
   
  Drawing on wide-ranging historical and contemporary evidence, Race, Rights, and Rifles traces how this ideology emerged during the Revolution and became embedded in America's institutions, from state militias to the National Rifle Association (NRA). Utilizing original survey data, Filindra reveals how many white Americans—including those outside of the NRA's direct orbit—embrace these beliefs, and as a result, they are more likely than other Americans to value gun rights over voting rights, embrace antidemocratic norms, and justify political violence.

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  JD Vance and the Future of the...

  Frank DeVito

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  Before 2016, JD Vance was completely unknown to the American public. He 
  had a compelling life story: A poor kid from a dysfunctional family in 
  Middletown, Ohio, encouraged by the loving support of his grandmother and a 
  handful of others within his family and community. He rose from a broken 
  home and a broken community, joined the Marines, went to Yale Law School, 
  and ended up an elite lawyer working in Silicon Valley with some of the 
  richest and smartest people in the world. 
  Now, Vance is one of the most powerful and influential Republicans in the 
  country. But unlike many politicians, Vance is a public intellectual. Years 
  before he ran for public office, Vance was a prolific thinker, writer, and 
  speaker, grappling with some of the most important issues that face the 
  Republican Party and the nation today. 
  Vance has a solid grip on where the Republican Party has come from and 
  where it is heading. He sees the various factions and coalitions that make up 
  the Party and understands them deeply. As the Republican Party works to 
  adapt to the political changes initiated by Trump to truly become the profamily and pro-worker Party of the American middle class, Vance stands alone 
  as the most knowledgeable and capable politician to bring the Republican 
  Party—and the nation—into the post-Donald Trump world.

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  The Curse of Demagogues -...

  Eli Merritt

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  The Curse of Demagogues: Lessons Learned from the Presidency of Donald J. Trump is a collection of 32 essays by 22 writers that make the case that the pathway back to a healthy American democracy is for citizens to understand demagogues and defend against them. 
  More than any other book in print, The Curse of Demagogues makes the story of Donald Trump's rise to the White House coherent and understandable. Trump, a demagogue, gained ascendancy in a laissez-faire political culture wherein neither the Republican Party nor the other gatekeepers of democracy, including the news media, effectively counteracted him. Once in the highest office in the land, Trump devolved into authoritarianism in order to retain power, as demagogues are well-known to do. 
  The book has three overarching aims. First, it constitutes a short history of Trump's years in the White House (and his first two campaigns for president) as told from the perspective of scholars, journalists, and legal experts who specifically warned the public about his dangers as a demagogue in real time. Second, the collection is a detailed primer on demagogues and the multifarious ways they poison the vital organs of constitutional democracy. Third, the book is an urgent call to restore gatekeepers to their essential role as defenders of democracy against demagogues. 
  To revivify our once great democracy, we must defend it against demagogues by strengthening gatekeeping systems within political parties, the media, and the US Congress (powers of impeachment, conviction, and disqualification from future office), and through vigorous civics, ethics, and media literacy education for grades K-12.  
  As Eli Merritt, editor and contributor, writes in the book's introduction: 
  "The enemy of democracy is not a Democrat or Republican. It is a demagogue." 
  ©2022 Eli Merritt (P)2023 Peter Lerman

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  From Warlords to Statelords -...

  Federica Saini Fasanotti,...

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  In Libya and Yemen armed groups play a central role. Pervading weak and contested institutions, they have gradually brought their webs of survival, profit and governance under the state umbrella: warlords have become the new lords of the state. Armed groups control most of the energy revenues, critical infrastructure, smuggling and illicit trafficking. Their leaders are multifaceted: they are simultaneously military commanders, tribal chiefs, politicians and businessmen.
  Combining comparative analysis and case studies, this Report sheds light on the "economic face" of the armed groups and their power trajectories. How do armed groups build networks of profit and loyalty in the territories they hold? How does clientelism mark a continuity trend with former authoritarian regimes?

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