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Civil War Two Summary
Civil War Two
The Coming Breakup of America
by Thomas W. Chittum 1996 201 pages
3.55
112 ratings
Politics
War
EL PRÍNCIPE - Maquiavelo Summary
EL PRÍNCIPE - Maquiavelo
by Nicolás Maquiavelo 2023 125 pages
3.87
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Civilization on Trial Summary
Civilization on Trial
by Arnold Joseph Toynbee 1948
3.83
152 ratings
History
Philosophy
Religion
Shadowplay Summary
Shadowplay
Behind the Lines and Under Fire: The Inside Story of Europe's Last War
by Tim Marshall 2003 320 pages
3.87
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Geography
Mexico Summary
Mexico
A 500-Year History
by Paul Gillingham 2025 752 pages
4.03
276 ratings
History
World History
Latin American History
Great American Hypocrites Summary
Great American Hypocrites
Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics
by Glenn Greenwald 2008 304 pages
3.70
450 ratings
Politics
History
Government
The Capital Order Summary
The Capital Order
How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism
by Clara E. Mattei 2022 480 pages
4.33
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
America's Social Arsonist Summary
America's Social Arsonist
Fred Ross and Grassroots Organizing in the Twentieth Century
by Gabriel Thompson 2016 294 pages
4.54
50 ratings
Labor
History
Politics
The Last American President Summary
The Last American President
A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink
by Thom Hartmann 2025 224 pages
4.48
321 ratings
Politics
History
Presidents
The Longest Line on the Map Summary
The Longest Line on the Map
The United States, the Pan-American Highway, and the Quest to Link the Americas
by Eric Rutkow 2019 448 pages
3.04
258 ratings
History
Travel
Politics
Prisoners of Geography, Children's Ed. Summary
Prisoners of Geography, Children's Ed.
Our World Explained in 12 Simple Maps
by Tim Marshall 2019 80 pages
4.42
500+ ratings
Geography
History
Childrens
All You Can Eat Summary
All You Can Eat
How Hungry is America?
by Joel Berg 2008 352 pages
3.88
137 ratings
Food
Politics
Poverty
Can We Talk About Israel? Summary
Can We Talk About Israel?
A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted
by Daniel Sokatch 2021 384 pages
4.33
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Israel
Why Cities Lose Summary
Why Cities Lose
The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide
by Jonathan A. Rodden 2019 336 pages
3.78
252 ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
The Wrath to Come Summary
The Wrath to Come
Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells
by Sarah Churchwell 2022 464 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
A Study of History, abridged Summary
A Study of History, abridged
by Arnold Joseph Toynbee 1957 576 pages
4.10
224 ratings
History
Classics
Philosophy
White Backlash Summary
White Backlash
Immigration, Race, and American Politics
by Marisa Abrajano 2015 256 pages
3.65
49 ratings
Immigration
Race
Politics
A Brief History of Equality Summary
A Brief History of Equality
by Thomas Piketty 2021 288 pages
3.97
3k+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
How to Hide an Empire Summary
How to Hide an Empire
A History of the Greater United States
by Daniel Immerwahr 2019 513 pages
4.46
22k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Counter-Revolution of 1776 Summary
The Counter-Revolution of 1776
Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America
by Gerald Horne 2014 363 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
History
American History
Race
Chaotic Neutral Summary
Chaotic Neutral
How the Democrats Lost Their Soul in the Center
by Ed Burmila 2022 352 pages
4.43
194 ratings
Politics
History
Londonistan Summary
Londonistan
by Melanie Phillips 2006 200 pages
3.60
500+ ratings
Politics
Islam
Religion
Emperor of Rome Summary
Emperor of Rome
Ruling the Ancient Roman World
by Mary Beard 2023 493 pages
4.08
7k+ ratings
History
Ancient History
Roman History
On Democracy Summary
On Democracy
by Robert A. Dahl 1998 224 pages
3.68
1k+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
Philosophy
Democracy in Chains Summary
Democracy in Chains
The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
by Nancy MacLean 2017 334 pages
4.29
5k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Colonialism Summary
Colonialism
A Moral Reckoning
by Nigel Biggar 2023 480 pages
3.97
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Divided Welfare State Summary
The Divided Welfare State
The Battle over Public and Private Social Benefits in the United States
by Jacob S. Hacker 2002 447 pages
3.70
60 ratings
Politics
Health Care
Government
Stamped from the Beginning Summary
Stamped from the Beginning
The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
by Ibram X. Kendi 2016 592 pages
4.53
38k+ ratings
History
Race
Social Justice
The Logic of Collective Action Summary
The Logic of Collective Action
Public Goods and the Theory of Groups
by Mancur Olson 1965 186 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Political Science
The Unquiet Frontier Summary
The Unquiet Frontier
Rising Rivals, Vulnerable Allies, and the Crisis of American Power
by Jakub J. Grygiel 2016 240 pages
4.01
87 ratings
Politics
Military Fiction
International Relations
Debunking Economics Summary
Debunking Economics
The Naked Emperor Dethroned?
by Steve Keen 2001 554 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Finance
The Framers' Coup Summary
The Framers' Coup
The Making of the United States Constitution
by Michael J. Klarman 2016 880 pages
4.41
422 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Albert Camus Summary
Albert Camus
A Life
by Olivier Todd 1996 448 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
Biography
Philosophy
France
Moral Letters to Lucilius Volume 3 Summary
Moral Letters to Lucilius Volume 3
by Seneca 242 pages
4.50
135 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Why We Kneel, How We Rise Summary
Why We Kneel, How We Rise
by Michael Holding 2021
4.45
1k+ ratings
Sports
History
Politics
Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop Summary
Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop
The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America
by Lee Drutman 2020 368 pages
4.15
450 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
The Flag and the Cross Summary
The Flag and the Cross
White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy
by Philip S. Gorski 2022 176 pages
4.19
1k+ ratings
Politics
Religion
History
Suicidal Empathy Summary
Suicidal Empathy
Dying to Be Kind
by Gad Saad 2026
3.88
56 ratings
Politics
Psychology
Philosophy
Bolívar Summary
Bolívar
American Liberator
by Marie Arana 2013 314 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
History
Biography
Biography Memoir
American Reckoning Summary
American Reckoning
Inside Trump's Trial―and My Own
by Jonathan Alter 2024 256 pages
3.80
90 ratings
Politics
History
Memoir
The Business of America is Lobbying Summary
The Business of America is Lobbying
How Corporations Became Politicized and Politics Became More Corporate
by Lee Drutman 2015 269 pages
3.79
67 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
American Oligarchs Summary
American Oligarchs
The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power
by Andrea Bernstein 2020 496 pages
4.22
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Biography
On Power Summary
On Power
by Robert A. Caro 2017 2 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Biography
Destined for War Summary
Destined for War
Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?
by Graham Allison 2017 364 pages
4.19
7k+ ratings
Politics
History
China
The Law of Blood Summary
The Law of Blood
Thinking and Acting as a Nazi
by Johann Chapoutot 2014 512 pages
4.34
169 ratings
History
Politics
World War II
Ideas with Consequences Summary
Ideas with Consequences
The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution
by Amanda Hollis-Brusky 2014 266 pages
3.84
88 ratings
Politics
Law
History
The Politics of Resentment Summary
The Politics of Resentment
Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker
by Katherine J. Cramer 2016 225 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
Sociology
Stony the Road Summary
Stony the Road
Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
by Henry Louis Gates Jr. 2019 296 pages
4.16
4k+ ratings
History
Race
Politics
Over honderd jaar Summary
Over honderd jaar
De toekomst als politiek idee
by Jonathan White 2024 280 pages
3.76
80 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Rights Talk Summary
Rights Talk
The Impoverishment of Political Discourse
by Mary Ann Glendon 1991 236 pages
4.06
124 ratings
Politics
Law
Philosophy
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