President George W. Bush On His Presidency and Life ...

"My mother still tells me what to do..." Bush He may be unpopular at times, but he is simple: he has his beliefs and stand by them...

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Greece versus the Persian Empire

Greece was the inventor of democracy. It generated an enormous number of smart people. The invasion of Persian empire with twice the size of Greek force was met with disaster. ប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រលោកខាងលិចជាច្រើនមិនត្រូវបានលើកឡើងក្នុងការសិក្សានៅប្រទេសកម្ពុជា។ ភាពអស្ចារ្យនៃប្រទេសនានា មិនសូវបានលើកឡើង។ មនុស្សពូកែៗនានាទៅលើពិភពលោកក៏មិនត្រូវបានលើកឡើង។ យើងលើកឡើងតែភាពអស្ចារ្យរបសខ្លួនឯង ហើយក៏ជាមូលហេតុយើងមិនប្រឹងរៀនសូត្រពីគេ។ បើចេះវិញ យើងចេះតែរឿងសាមកុក។...

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WWII Japanese Invasion of China 1937-1944

Human can do more than ones can think: destroying others and preventing others from destroying oneselves. This documentary may be a propaganda video of the US government, but it does shed lights on history, especially the relationship between the big countries China and Japan. ...

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International Relation International Politics នយោបាយអន្តរជាតិ

កាលខ្ញុំនៅសកលវិទ្យាល័យកូបិ ខ្ញុំមាមសំណាងរៀនជាមួយគ្រូម្នាក់គាត់មកពីUN ម៉ោងនយោបាយអន្តរជាតិ. គាត់លើកឧ.ពីការមិនអេីពេីពីសហគមន៍អន្តរជាតិ ពេលមានការប្រល័យពូជសាសន៍ ជាដើម នៅប្រទេសនានា។ គាត់ដាក់សំនួរថា "តើកត្តាអ្វីសំខាន់ជាងគេ ក្នុងការសម្រេចចិត្ត? "  ខ្ញុំនិងសិស្សផ្សេងៗ ឆ្លើយផ្សេងៗតែខុសដូចគ្នា។ ខ្លះថា "មនុស្សធម៍ " ខ្លះថា " ការគោរពច្បាប់អន្តរជាតិ"... គាត់ថា មិនខុសទេ គ្រាន់តែកត្តាសំខាន់ជាងគេគឺផ្សេង។ គាត់សរសេរពាក្យ 国益 ប្រែថា "ប្រយោជន៍"។  ខ្ញុំភ្ញាក់ខ្លួនព្រឺត...

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A Review on The Commanding Height

As its title suggests, in this book the authors attempt to contemplate on who should control your life, who should run the economy, or how laws should be based on. This is the never-ending debate on big government versus small government, Keynesianism versus Classical Economics, liberal democracy versus communism, dictatorship, monarchy you name it. For those who are curious how popular economics can change life, this book is...

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A Note on From Dictatorship to Democracy

In Why Nations Fail or related topics especially those of economic development or political science, we cannot see how to develop a country suppose you were a victim in a failed country. At least you are not the leader of a country [you would not read this piece of writing if you were!]. This book attempts to give guidelines, at least hope, for the victims, the suppressed, of dictatorship to topple dictatorship to set up a lasting...

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The Constitution of Liberty

The book as well as the author are well-known but not as one would expect, although the ideas have changed the world in a great extent. Most students of economics do not even know his name. Some professors do hear his name but never actually read his books. That is my experience while I studied in Japan as well as of today when I asked people around me about that... Of course, if you read only textbooks, you would probably never...

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Cha Ret Khmer (Khmer Characteristics)

Summary It is a rather well-known book by a nationalistic politician name Bun Chan Mol (ប៊ុណ្ណ ចន្ទម៉ុល) who spent his life serving Cambodia under many regimes and at the same time observed the atrocity of committed by Cambodians,...

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