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By Subject > History, Political Science Works on Tudor England, Ancient Rome, the medieval tournament, the writings of Gandhi, Lenin, Lincoln, and Machiavelli — books for the scholar and general reader, including many reprints of hard-to-find classics.   Interested in receiving a copy of the Dover Literature & Humanities Catalog? Click here to sign up for our catalog mailing list. Recommendations... Reform or Revolution and Other Writings  by Rosa Luxemburg A refutation of revisionist interpretations of Marxist doctrine, the title essay (1899) explains why capitalism can never overcome its internal contradictions and defines the character of the proletarian revolution. 3 other essays. all books in History, Political Science General Idea of the Revolution in the Nineteenth Century  by P.-J. 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