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Why David Sometimes Wins Summary
Why David Sometimes Wins
Leadership, Organization, and Strategy in the California Farm Worker Movement
by Marshall Ganz 2008 368 pages
3.99
177 ratings
History
Labor
Politics
The Jungle Grows Back Summary
The Jungle Grows Back
America and Our Imperiled World
by Robert Kagan 2018 192 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Code Warriors Summary
Code Warriors
NSA's Code Breakers and the Secret Intelligence War Against the Soviet Union
by Stephen Budiansky 2016 416 pages
3.72
500+ ratings
History
Espionage
Politics
Cuba Summary
Cuba
An American History
by Ada Ferrer 2021 560 pages
4.46
5k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival Summary
The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival
by John Bagot Glubb 1978 52 pages
4.21
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Retribution Summary
Retribution
Donald Trump and the Campaign That Changed America
by Jonathan Karl 2025 448 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Historical
The Killing of Gaza Summary
The Killing of Gaza
Reports on a Catastrophe
by Gideon Levy 2024 320 pages
4.21
166 ratings
Politics
History
Israel
Money, Lies, and God Summary
Money, Lies, and God
Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy
by Katherine Stewart 2025 352 pages
4.19
1k+ ratings
Politics
Religion
History
Our Palestine Question Summary
Our Palestine Question
Israel and American Jewish Dissent, 1948-1978
by Geoffrey Phillip Levin 2023 320 pages
4.17
99 ratings
History
Jewish
Judaism
A Genocide Foretold Summary
A Genocide Foretold
Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine
by Chris Hedges 2025 208 pages
4.58
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Middle East
Chimpanzee Politics Summary
Chimpanzee Politics
Power and Sex among Apes
by Frans de Waal 1982 256 pages
4.27
2k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Politics
How to Reform Capitalism Summary
How to Reform Capitalism
by The School of Life 2019 112 pages
3.17
279 ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict Summary
The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
A Very Short Introduction
by Martin Bunton 2013 160 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
Middle East
Affluence and Influence Summary
Affluence and Influence
Economic Inequality and Political Power in America
by Martin Gilens 2010 352 pages
3.79
145 ratings
Politics
Economics
Political Science
System Error Summary
System Error
Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot
by Rob Reich 2021 352 pages
3.82
500+ ratings
Technology
Business
Politics
The Sources of Social Power Summary
The Sources of Social Power
Volume 1, A History of Power from the Beginning to AD 1760
by Michael Mann 1986 560 pages
4.32
158 ratings
History
Sociology
Politics
A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders Summary
A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders
Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps
by Jonn Elledge 2024 368 pages
3.97
2k+ ratings
History
Geography
Politics
An Essay on Economic Theory Summary
An Essay on Economic Theory
by Richard Cantillon 1755 251 pages
4.10
128 ratings
Economics
Politics
France
The Threshold of Dissent Summary
The Threshold of Dissent
A History of American Jewish Critics of Zionism
by Marjorie Feld 2024 288 pages
4.05
62 ratings
Politics
History
Jewish
A Better Life Summary
A Better Life
by Lionel Shriver 2026 304 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Literary Fiction
Book Club
Politics
Unholy Trinity Summary
Unholy Trinity
The IMF, World Bank and WTO
by Richard Peet 2003 272 pages
3.57
147 ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Why the West Rules—for Now Summary
Why the West Rules—for Now
The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future
by Ian Morris 2010 1162 pages
4.11
5k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam Summary
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam
by Robert Spencer 2001 270 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Religion
History
Islam
A Man Called White Summary
A Man Called White
The Autobiography of Walter White
by Walter Francis White 1948 392 pages
4.23
48 ratings
Biography
History
Politics
White Lies Summary
White Lies
The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret
by A.J. Baime 2022 384 pages
4.47
500+ ratings
History
Biography
Race
The Devil's Chessboard Summary
The Devil's Chessboard
Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government
by David Talbot 2015 704 pages
4.35
8k+ ratings
History
Politics
Biography
Day Of Deceit Summary
Day Of Deceit
The Truth About FDR and Pearl Harbor
by Robert B. Stinnett 1999 416 pages
3.68
489 ratings
History
World War II
War
De ce este România altfel? Summary
De ce este România altfel?
by Lucian Boia 2012 128 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
History
Romania
Romanian Literature
Blowback Summary
Blowback
The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
by Chalmers Johnson 2000 268 pages
4.06
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
War
All That Is Solid Summary
All That Is Solid
The Great Housing Disaster
by Danny Dorling 2014
3.55
144 ratings
Politics
Geography
Cities
The War for Ukraine Summary
The War for Ukraine
Strategy and Adaptation Under Fire
by Mick Ryan 2024 354 pages
3.94
83 ratings
History
Military Fiction
Military History
Oligarchy Summary
Oligarchy
by Jeffrey A. Winters 2011 344 pages
4.30
166 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Worth Dying For Summary
Worth Dying For
The Power and Politics of Flags
by Tim Marshall 2016 266 pages
3.65
6k+ ratings
Politics
History
Geography
A Lot of People Are Saying Summary
A Lot of People Are Saying
The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy
by Russell Muirhead 2019 232 pages
3.60
500+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Philosophy
The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution Summary
The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution
Reconstructing the Economic Foundations of American Democracy
by Joseph Fishkin 2022 640 pages
4.10
40 ratings
Politics
Law
History
Toxic Empathy Summary
Toxic Empathy
How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion
by Allie Beth Stuckey 2024 224 pages
4.32
6k+ ratings
Christian
Politics
Christianity
San Fransicko Summary
San Fransicko
Why Progressives Ruin Cities
by Michael Shellenberger 2021 416 pages
4.01
4k+ ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Patterns of Democracy Summary
Patterns of Democracy
Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries
by Arend Lijphart 1999 368 pages
3.68
500+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
Academic
In the Ruins of Neoliberalism Summary
In the Ruins of Neoliberalism
The Rise of Antidemocratic Politics in the West
by Wendy Brown 2019 264 pages
4.11
480 ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Radical Inclusion Summary
Radical Inclusion
What the Post-9/11 World Should Have Taught Us About Leadership
by Martin E. Dempsey 2018 176 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Military Fiction
Connectography Summary
Connectography
Mapping the Future of Global Civilization
by Parag Khanna 2016 496 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Science
Wilful Blindness Summary
Wilful Blindness
How a network of narcos, tycoons and CCP agents infiltrated the West
by Sam Cooper 2021
4.15
500+ ratings
China
Politics
Crime
Making Democracy Work Summary
Making Democracy Work
Civic Traditions in Modern Italy
by Robert D. Putnam 1992 258 pages
3.87
500+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
Che Guevara Reader Summary
Che Guevara Reader
Writings on Politics & Revolution
by Ernesto Che Guevara 1997 420 pages
4.08
359 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Paper Promises Summary
Paper Promises
Debt, Money, and the New World Order
by Philip Coggan 2011 304 pages
3.94
500+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Politics
Arsenals of Folly Summary
Arsenals of Folly
The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race
by Richard Rhodes 2007 400 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
History
War
Science
The Loom of Time Summary
The Loom of Time
Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China
by Robert D. Kaplan 2023 384 pages
4.27
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Middle East
Our Lives in Their Portfolios Summary
Our Lives in Their Portfolios
Why Asset Managers Own the World
by Brett Christophers 2023 389 pages
4.00
303 ratings
Economics
Finance
Politics
The Second Summary
The Second
Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America
by Carol Anderson 2021 272 pages
4.31
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
Fight for Liberty Summary
Fight for Liberty
Defending Democracy in the Age of Trump
by Mark Lasswell 2018 320 pages
3.92
50 ratings
Politics
History
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