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Alastair Smith

Alastair Smith appears in the following:

George Washington (Denys Wortman, noted cartoonist) takes the oath as the first President of the United States at the opening of the World's Fair, April 30, 1939.

Great President and/or Warmonger

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Did some of the most popular American presidents seek out armed conflict for their own interests?

The Dictator’s Handbook

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith look at politics, starting with a single assertion: Leaders do whatever keeps them in power; they don’t care about the “national interest”—or even their subjects—unless they have to. The Dictator’s Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics shows that the difference between tyrants and democratic leaders isn’t as great as you might think.