Politics
Power flows through the halls of government and the pages of these books, where visionary leaders, economic forces, and social movements shape our world. Here you'll find penetrating analyses of political systems and ideologies alongside intimate portraits of the brilliant minds who've changed history through revolution, reform, and the relentless pursuit of justice.
Politics Book Summaries
Rural Versus Urban
The Growing Divide That Threatens Democracy
Politics
History
Sociology
Not "A Nation of Immigrants"
Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion
History
Politics
Race
It's Even Worse Than It Looks
How the American Constitutional System Collided with the Politics of Extremism
Politics
History
Political Science
The Undertow
Scenes from a Slow Civil War
Politics
History
Religion
Empire of Cotton
A New History of Global Capitalism
History
Economics
World History
Rise
In Defense of Judeo-Christian Values and Freedom
Politics
History
Christianity
The Age of Abundance
How Prosperity Transformed America's Politics and Culture
Economics
History
Politics
Kaput
The End of the German Miracle
Economics
Politics
History
Red Summer
The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America
History
American History
Race
Lords of the Sea
The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy
History
Ancient History
Military History
Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens
Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Power of the People
History
Politics
Classics
Racial Innocence
Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality
Race
Social Justice
Latinx
Capital and Ideology
Economics
Politics
History
Neither Liberal nor Conservative
Ideological Innocence in the American Public
Politics
Political Science
Read For School
This Vast Southern Empire
Slaveholders at the Helm of American Foreign Policy
History
American History
Politics
Free Gifts
Capitalism and the Politics of Nature
Politics
Theory
Environment
Iran's Grand Strategy
A Political History
History
Politics
Iran
Right-Wing Women
Feminism
Politics
Philosophy
While Justice Sleeps
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Triangle of Power
Rebalancing the New World Order
Politics
History
Economics
What I Saw at the Revolution
A Political Life in the Reagan Era
Politics
History
Biography
The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece
History
Ancient History
Greece
Ill Winds
Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency
Politics
History
International Relations
Liberty and Coercion
The Paradox of American Government from the Founding to the Present
History
Politics
American History
The Rise and Decline of Nations
Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities
Economics
Politics
History
Nemesis
Alcibiades and the Fall of Athens
History
Biography
Ancient History
American Exceptionalism and American Innocence
A People's History of Fake News―From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror
Politics
History
United States
The Instability of Truth
Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyper-Persuasion
Psychology
History
Science
It Was All a Lie
How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump
Politics
History
American History
One Nation, Uninsured
Why the U.S. Has No National Health Insurance
Politics
History
Health Care
War! What Is It Good For?
Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots
History
War
Military Fiction
Young Man in a Hurry
A Memoir of Discovery
Memoir
Politics
Biography
The Myth of Nations
The Medieval Origins of Europe
History
Medieval
Medieval History
The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism
Economics
Sociology
Politics
Eve Was Framed
Women and British Justice
Law
Feminism
Politics
An Enemy of the People
Plays
Classics
Drama
Becoming Madam Secretary
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Hell of Good Intentions
America's Foreign Policy Elite and the Decline of U.S. Primacy
Politics
History
International Relations
2020
One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed
History
Sociology
Politics
The Reactionary Spirit
How America's Most Insidious Political Tradition Swept the World
Politics
History
Essays
Justice on the Brink
The Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Rise of Amy Coney Barrett, and Twelve Months That Transformed the Supreme Court
Politics
History
Law
Mediocre
The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
Feminism
Politics
History
Why Leaders Lie
The Truth About Lying in International Politics
Politics
International Relations
History
The Conservative Sensibility
Politics
Philosophy
History
A Nation Without Borders
The United States and Its World in an Age of Civil Wars, 1830-1910
History
American History
Politics
Slavery's Constitution
From Revolution to Ratification
History
American History
Politics
Klan-destine Relationships
A Black Man's Odyssey in the Ku Klux Klan
Memoir
History
Biography
The Next American Nation
The New Nationalism and the Fourth American Revolution
Politics
History
Cultural
Finks
How the CIA Tricked the World's Best Writers
History
Politics
American History
The Color of Welfare
How Racism Undermined the War on Poverty
Sociology
Politics
History
