Reinhold Niebuhr - Moral Man And Immoral Society: A Study In Ethics And Politics

Reinhold Niebuhr basically explores the idea of Marxism 'taking off' in countries and nations that had an existing monarchy class, and not in the existing liberal democracies like the USA who actually tried to contain Marxism for large periods of time in the last 100 years or so. When there is a long-suffering impoverished class who are being severely punished in quality of life by a class of monarchy, who basically think it is their divine right to govern with privilege because they were born into a family, then there is an environment and breeding ground for radical change. Marx basically inspired people to cast off the shackles. Whereas in a liberal democracy if someone was given the choice in an election, part of democracy and it's a natural process, given the choice between strong personal wealth, or a strong state, man's basic state will reveal itself and that it is one of greed. 

Alistair Moffat - Scotland: A History From Earliest Times

Alistair Moffat is a DNA expert and some of his studies looked at tracing the lineage of some of the people from the far western isles of Scotland. What he found was remarkable, Scots can trace their ancestry back to ancient Mesopotamia. Most of the clans have a single ancestor and progenitor which the clan was named after. For example, Clan Donald can trace their ancestry to Somerled who was a Viking. There are many septs of a clan which can usually all trace their ancestry to the clan. Scottish historians really can trace the first known Scot in the history books was Calgacus who fought the Romans in the Caledonian Confederacy, and some historians like Magnus Magnusson assert that the Scottish nation died at Culloden, whereas some like Tom Devine trace modern Scotland and its diaspora abroad.

Thomas Hobbes - Behemoth Or The Long Parliament

This book by English philosopher Thomas Hobbes is another example of his attempt at fusing political commentary into fiction. This book is basically his own version of Machiavelli's The Art of War because of it consisting of a sort of dialogue between two people. He showcases fusing political science with fiction in his most famous work Leviathan, showcasing his skills not only as a great writer but a political commentator. His work was based around reflections from the English Civil War, and his argument still holds some credibility today because many people still in these colonies with monarchs and have a huge religious class. His works still hold its own to this day, and even though the language that he uses is a tad archaic, his findings hold their own because our society is still structured as it was when he was writing in 16th and 17th century England.

John Prebble - The Highland Clearances

Following the events of Culloden where a completely legitimate king and his family were denied the right to govern and their supporters ferociously butchered akin to the kind of brutality found in the Nazi Party, there was a ban on cultural dress and other things like banning of playing highland pipes. After Culloden the people were abandoned by their chiefs and were cleared from their land for farming. The people of the highlands of Scotland were in fact indigenous to North-western Europe; this was the start of a ferocious colonial power of the British Empire to exploit diverse peoples throughout the world. It was also detrimental to the British Empire, because the highlands boasted many positions and volunteers within the British Army, but were let down by the greed of their clan chiefs. 

Mary G. Deitz - Thomas Hobbes & Political Theory

Thomas Hobbes was a philosopher from England and born in the 16th century and his life coincided with the English Civil War which probably had a profound influence on his many writings. His basic argument is that people are innately selfish, which is an argument that stands the test of time. Hobbes also stated that people are violent in a natural sense, and without furiously upheld law people will continue to be violent. Basically his premise invokes the questions and arguments, at what cost will mankind burden upon them self in order to pillage every possible resource till there is nothing left? Selfishness will eventually destroy the world, and people will suffer from greed. At what cost will war be on the world, when there is a continued emphasis on racial and western European superiority over the many other nations that inhabit the world? War and pillaging resources only helps the rich who live in safety, and grossly damages the innocent working class who fight the wars or are on the receiving end of conflict. In this sense Hobbes could be viewed as somewhat as a peace activist.

Robert Burns - Collected Poems Of Robert Burns

This a collection of poetry by the famous Scottish poet Robert Burns, who was renowned for his poetic and song writing abilities and is often regarded as one of the pivotal, figures in Scottish literature. Burns wrote many of his works in the Scots dialect which has its origins in the Scottish Lowlands. It is a Germanic language with elements of Dutch thanks to the trade links in Edinburgh. Burns wrote in Scots and he also wrote in English. He is known for having one of the biggest vocabularies of any poet. He swore his allegiance to the Jacobite cause and was a noted Scottish nationalist and is a well quoted figure as well as having penned the song that people all over the world sing at New Year's, the famous song ''Auld Lang Syne''. 

Thomas Hobbes - On The Citizen (De Cive)

Thomas Hobbes' main concepts were that people in the ''State of Nature'', were without law and rowdy and violent. He was himself writing in very violent times also and this needs to be taken into account. His theory is identified by having emphasis on a strong state, and that man in his nature cannot be trusted, and that man is selfish. Hobbes also had a belief in what he calls the ''Self Preservation Theory'', which he believes every person, man and woman is defined by the idea that they do everything and anything to preserve their own life from the consequence of death. De Cive was published by Hobbes when he was aged 54. He had a lot of his work published later on in his life, and he himself lived to a fine age of 91.