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    Well it’s another presidential election year in the good ole US of A! Fun and games; reality TV at its finest! Will the voters choose the Trump card? Will America’s favorite socialist get high Marx on Election Day? Will the Republicans host a broken convention? Uh, sorry – brokered.  Or will it simply be politics as unusual?  Seems like a particularly appropriate time to revisit Democracy’s Beginning, which is the title of Thomas Mitchell’s excellent book. The book tells how far democracy has come in the last 2,500 years, give or take, from its birthplace in Athens. And it has come a long way indeed! To the modern mind, it’s hard to imagine such primitive practices as...

     

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    I would like to enter the competition to win a copy of this book. The answer is KINDLE and HARDBACK editions are available. If someone could confirm I have entered the competition - or instruct me on how to enter, I would be very grateful. Yours, Paul Spittle History Fanatic.
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