![]() The primary villains are either in, or associated with, Hillary Clinton’s team in the Democratic Party. He lists American “progressive” organizations he personally funded on behalf of Moscow, he cites ostensibly patriotic leaders who did the KGB’s dirty work for them-especially when they portrayed America as a racist and imperialist country-and warns that the same kinds of deception are being used against us today by Vladimir Putin’s Russia. ![]() And in case after case, the KGB (or whatever it called itself) systematically took some grain of truth and expanded it to a totally misleading picture of the West, especially of the United States. ![]() Pacepa carefully lays out the historical evidence: no country has survived “socialism,” whether or not it became part of the Soviet Empire. ![]() We are not personally acquainted with Donald Trump, but we firmly believe that the whole of America – Republicans and Democrats and fringe thinkers – should unite behind him in order to defend capitalism and our great country during these existentially dangerous times. ![]()
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In the waning days of the last dynasty, in a quiet, beautiful corner of imperial Peking, a young girl's blissful ignorance is shattered when she learns that she is the illegitimate daughter of an English adventurer and a Chinese courtesan. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Full of pragmatic analyses and recommendations, this enthralling, important book will prove to be compelling and useful across many audiences.” Robert Polito “ Every Day I Write the Book is a persuasive instance of the sort of rare nonfiction performance Amitava Kumar invokes within its pages he at once defines and exemplifies a vital modern nonfiction tradition. ![]() A writing manual as well as a manifesto, Every Day I Write the Book will interest and guide aspiring writers everywhere. Kumar's own voice is present in his essays about the writing process and in his perceptive and witty observations on the academic world. 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