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  • The Civil War in America

    by John Acton ...
    The Civil War in America is a brief but classic overview of the civil war's place in history. ... Read more

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  • The Franco-German War

    by John Acton ...
    The Franco-German War (also called Franco-Prussian War) was a famous conflict between the French Second Empire and German states led by Prussia. It was caused by Prussian expansions ambition and marked the end of French hegemony. ... Read more

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  • The History of Freedom, and Other Essays (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Essays on Liberty, Conscience, Power, and the Moral Foundations of Liberal History

    by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron Acton, Verity Eastmere ...
    The History of Freedom, and Other Essays gathers Lord Acton's major reflections on liberty as a historical achievement rather than an abstract slogan. Moving from antiquity and Christianity to nationalism, revolution, and religious persecution, the essays combine Victorian moral seriousness with a dense, aphoristic, and comparative historical style. Acton situates freedom within the long conflict ... Read more

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  • The History of Freedom and Other Essays

    by John Dalberg-Acton ...
    The two volumes here published contain but a small selection from the numerous writings of Acton on a variety of topics, which are to be found scattered through many periodicals of the last half-century. The result here displayed is therefore not complete. A further selection of nearly equal quantity might be made, and still much that is valuable in Acton's work would remain buried. Here, for ... Read more

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  • Historical Essays and Studies

    by John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton ...
    This volume must be regarded not as the support of an existing reputation, or as a bid for the establishment of posthumous renown, but as the record and memorial of a rare and attractive personality. The accurate, insatiable, and broad-minded student is revealed ; the generous champion of a noble cause which has suffered temporary defeat is seen on the field of his eager endeavour in controversy ... Read more

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  • A Lecture on the Study of History

    by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron Acton ...
    I look back to-day to a time before the middle of the century, when I wasUNITY OF MODERN HISTORY reading at Edinburgh, and fervently wishing to come to this University. At three colleges I applied for admission, and, as things then were, I was refused by all. Here, from the first, I vainly fixed my hopes, and here, in a happier hour, after five-and-forty years, they are at last fulfilled. ... Read more

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  • Mapping the Nation

    by Lord Acton, Otto Bauer, John Breuilly ...
    Series series Mappings Series
    In nearly two decades since Samuel P. Huntingdon proposed his influential and troubling ‘clash of civilizations’ thesis, nationalism has only continued to puzzle and frustrate commentators, policy analysts, and political theorists. No consensus exists concerning its identity, genesis, or future. Are we reverting to the petty nationalisms of the nineteenth century or evolving into a globalized, ... Read more

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  • Lectures on the French Revolution

    by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron Acton, Reginald Vere Laurence, John Neville Figgis ...
    The revenue of France was near twenty millions when Lewis XVI., finding it inadequate, called upon the nation for supply. In a single lifetime it rose to far more than one hundred millions, while the national income grew still more rapidly; and this increase was wrought by a class to whom the ancient monarchy denied its best rewards, and whom it deprived of power in the country they enriched. As ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Understanding Cyber Conflict

    Fourteen Analogies

    by Ariel E. Levite, George Perkovich, James M. Acton, John Arquilla, Stephen Blank, Dorothy Denning, Bradley J. Strawser, Florian Egloff, Peter D. Feaver0, Kenneth Geers1, Francis J. Gavin2, Emily Goldman3, Michael Warner4, Nicholas Lambert5, Steven E. Miller6, David E. Sanger7, Robert Schmidle Jr.8, Michael Sulmeyer9, Ben Buchanan0 ...
    Cyber weapons and the possibility of cyber conflict—including interference in foreign political campaigns, industrial sabotage, attacks on infrastructure, and combined military campaigns—require policymakers, scholars, and citizens to rethink twenty-first-century warfare. Yet because cyber capabilities are so new and continually developing, there is little agreement about how they will be deployed ... Read more

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  • Cambridge Modern HistoryVolume III: The Wars of Religion

    by John Acton, Charles River Editors ...
    *Includes Table of ContentsCambridge Modern History Volume 3: The Wars of Religion compiled by John Acton, is an expansive history of the religious wars in Europe during the 16th century. Curated by the famous historian John Acton, this classic is an excellent reference for anyone studying Western Civilization during the 16th century. A table of contents is included for easier navigation through ... Read more

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    Human Sacrifice (Unabridged)

    by JOHN EMERICH EDWARD DALBERG ACTON ...
    Narrated by Diane Cinotti ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 55 min

    This was one of Lord Acton's essays, that was in response to the publication of the letters between Sir Robert Peel and Lord Macaulay. Lord Acton hoped to refute the common prejudice that the religious practice of sacrificing human victims was not always carried out by unfeeling and uncivilized people, but was in some cases the development of an advanced theology. At the insistence of Lord ... Read more

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    Human Sacrifice (Unabridged)

    by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton ...
    Narrated by Jason Whelan ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 55 min

    In the annals of history, human sacrifice stands as a chilling testament to the depths of human depravity. From the ancient Aztecs to the medieval Crusaders, countless lives have been extinguished in the name of appeasing gods or securing victory. In this gripping and thought-provoking work, Lord Acton delves into the dark recesses of human sacrifice, exploring its origins, motivations, and ... Read more

    $5.99 USD