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👑 Empire Criticism

Scholarly and polemical challenges to imperial power, dissecting how empires extract, dominate, and justify themselves. For readers who want history told from the perspective of the colonized and the skeptical.
The New Rulers of the World
by John Pilger • 2002
The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.
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1k+
🏴 Anti-Imperialism🔍 Investigative Journalism📰 Media Criticism
The New Rulers of the World Summary
The New Rulers of the World 91%
The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.
by John Pilger 2002
4.14
1k+ ratings
🏴 Anti-Imperialism🔍 Investigative Journalism📰 Media Criticism
American Exceptionalism and American Innocence
by Roberto Sirvent • 2019
American history is the original fake news: a cover story for genocide, slavery, and endless war.
4.08
287
🏛️ American Empire🪓 Settler Colonialism📜 National Myths
American Exceptionalism and American Innocence Summary
American Exceptionalism and American Innocence 91%
American history is the original fake news: a cover story for genocide, slavery, and endless war.
by Roberto Sirvent 2019
4.08
287 ratings
🏛️ American Empire🪓 Settler Colonialism📜 National Myths
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
by Omar El Akkad • 2025
The liberal West is counterfeit: rules bend for power, and empathy is a weapon.
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🏛️ Western Liberalism🎭 Liberal Complicity📰 Media Critique
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Summary
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This 91%
The liberal West is counterfeit: rules bend for power, and empathy is a weapon.
by Omar El Akkad 2025
4.57
67k+ ratings
🏛️ Western Liberalism🎭 Liberal Complicity📰 Media Critique
Colonialism
by Nigel Biggar • 2023
The British Empire spent a century and 1.8% of its income on abolition. Critics skip that.
3.97
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🏛️ British Empire📜 Imperial History🔍 Historical Revisionism
Colonialism Summary
Colonialism 90%
The British Empire spent a century and 1.8% of its income on abolition. Critics skip that.
by Nigel Biggar 2023
3.97
786 ratings
🏛️ British Empire📜 Imperial History🔍 Historical Revisionism
Power Systems
by Noam Chomsky • 2012
The American empire playbook: erase the natives, crush foreign democracy, silence the home front.
4.12
3k+
🗽 American Empire📢 Propaganda Studies🛠️ Labor History
Power Systems Summary
Power Systems 90%
The American empire playbook: erase the natives, crush foreign democracy, silence the home front.
by Noam Chomsky 2012
4.12
3k+ ratings
🗽 American Empire📢 Propaganda Studies🛠️ Labor History
History of Modern India
by Bipan Chandra • 2009
From Mughal collapse to British conquest: how a trading company remade a subcontinent.
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🏛️ Colonial India🇬🇧 British Empire💰 Economic Imperialism
History of Modern India Summary
History of Modern India 90%
From Mughal collapse to British conquest: how a trading company remade a subcontinent.
by Bipan Chandra 2009
4.08
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Colonial India🇬🇧 British Empire💰 Economic Imperialism
Power, Politics and Culture
by Edward W. Said • 2001
The scholar who revealed how Western learning became a tool of empire, in his own words.
4.26
613
🏛️ Postcolonial Theory🕌 Middle Eastern Politics🗺️ Cultural Imperialism
Power, Politics and Culture Summary
Power, Politics and Culture 90%
The scholar who revealed how Western learning became a tool of empire, in his own words.
by Edward W. Said 2001
4.26
613 ratings
🏛️ Postcolonial Theory🕌 Middle Eastern Politics🗺️ Cultural Imperialism
Arguably
by Christopher Hitchens • 2011
Tyranny, religion, empire, sentimentality: what remains after clarity and history have their say.
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🎙️ Political Commentary📖 Literary Criticism⛪ Religious Critique
Arguably Summary
Arguably 90%
Tyranny, religion, empire, sentimentality: what remains after clarity and history have their say.
by Christopher Hitchens 2011
4.20
10k+ ratings
🎙️ Political Commentary📖 Literary Criticism⛪ Religious Critique
Empire
by Niall Ferguson • 2003
Piracy, sugar, and debt built the largest empire ever. The collapse outpaced the climb.
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10k+
🏛️ Imperial History📉 Imperial Decline💰 Financial History
Empire Summary
Empire 90%
Piracy, sugar, and debt built the largest empire ever. The collapse outpaced the climb.
by Niall Ferguson 2003
3.93
10k+ ratings
🏛️ Imperial History📉 Imperial Decline💰 Financial History
Orientalism
by Edward W. Said • 1978
Western knowledge of the East was never innocent: it invented the Orient to justify imperial rule.
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📚 Postcolonial Theory🏛️ Cultural Imperialism👤 Othering
Orientalism Summary
Orientalism 90%
Western knowledge of the East was never innocent: it invented the Orient to justify imperial rule.
by Edward W. Said 1978
4.14
30k+ ratings
📚 Postcolonial Theory🏛️ Cultural Imperialism👤 Othering
The Two Faces of American Freedom
by Aziz Rana • 2010
American freedom depends on subjugation: a hidden bargain that shaped the republic from the start.
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🌾 Settler Colonialism🇺🇸 American Empire📜 Constitutional History
The Two Faces of American Freedom Summary
The Two Faces of American Freedom 90%
American freedom depends on subjugation: a hidden bargain that shaped the republic from the start.
by Aziz Rana 2010
4.03
90 ratings
🌾 Settler Colonialism🇺🇸 American Empire📜 Constitutional History
Inglorious Empire
by Shashi Tharoor • 2016
India's economy shrank from 23% of the world to 3% under British rule.
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🏴 British Colonialism🇮🇳 Indian History⛓️ Colonial Exploitation
Inglorious Empire Summary
Inglorious Empire 90%
India's economy shrank from 23% of the world to 3% under British rule.
by Shashi Tharoor 2016
4.17
13k+ ratings
🏴 British Colonialism🇮🇳 Indian History⛓️ Colonial Exploitation
Uncommon Wealth
by Kojo Koram • 2022
Offshore finance and debt traps: empire's playbook, tested abroad, now returned to reshape Britain.
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508
🏛️ British Empire🌍 Global Inequality🏦 Offshore Finance
Uncommon Wealth Summary
Uncommon Wealth 90%
Offshore finance and debt traps: empire's playbook, tested abroad, now returned to reshape Britain.
by Kojo Koram 2022
4.29
508 ratings
🏛️ British Empire🌍 Global Inequality🏦 Offshore Finance
Who Rules the World?
by Noam Chomsky • 2014
A superpower that tortures, invades, and sabotages democracy while the world calls it humanitarian.
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🏛️ American Empire🕊️ Israel-Palestine📢 Propaganda Analysis
Who Rules the World? Summary
Who Rules the World? 90%
A superpower that tortures, invades, and sabotages democracy while the world calls it humanitarian.
by Noam Chomsky 2014
4.05
13k+ ratings
🏛️ American Empire🕊️ Israel-Palestine📢 Propaganda Analysis
Imaginary Homelands
by Salman Rushdie • 1991
After empire, the migrant's double vision and a stolen tongue remake what home and freedom mean.
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📖 Postcolonial Literature🗳️ Indian Politics🧳 Migrant Perspectives
Imaginary Homelands Summary
Imaginary Homelands 90%
After empire, the migrant's double vision and a stolen tongue remake what home and freedom mean.
by Salman Rushdie 1991
3.99
2k+ ratings
📖 Postcolonial Literature🗳️ Indian Politics🧳 Migrant Perspectives
The Story of the Malakand Field Force
by Winston S. Churchill • 1898
It took a frontier war for a young Churchill to understand the brutal logic of empire.
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358
🎖️ Colonial Warfare⛰️ Mountain Warfare🔥 Punitive Expeditions
The Story of the Malakand Field Force Summary
The Story of the Malakand Field Force 90%
It took a frontier war for a young Churchill to understand the brutal logic of empire.
by Winston S. Churchill 1898
3.99
358 ratings
🎖️ Colonial Warfare⛰️ Mountain Warfare🔥 Punitive Expeditions
Glimpses of World History
by Jawaharlal Nehru • 1934
From a British prison cell, a jailed father teaches his daughter all of world history.
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✊ Anti-Imperialist History🌍 World History Survey🏛️ Comparative Civilizations
Glimpses of World History Summary
Glimpses of World History 89%
From a British prison cell, a jailed father teaches his daughter all of world history.
by Jawaharlal Nehru 1934
4.32
2k+ ratings
✊ Anti-Imperialist History🌍 World History Survey🏛️ Comparative Civilizations
Blowback
by Chalmers Johnson • 2000
Covert empire: why policies hidden from the American public keep producing violent retaliation.
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3k+
🏛️ Foreign Policy🇺🇸 American Empire🕵️ Covert Operations
Blowback Summary
Blowback 89%
Covert empire: why policies hidden from the American public keep producing violent retaliation.
by Chalmers Johnson 2000
4.06
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Foreign Policy🇺🇸 American Empire🕵️ Covert Operations
Imperialism
by Vladimir Lenin • 1917
Capitalism outgrew free competition, building monopolies that needed colonies to survive.
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🧮 Marxist Economics🏛️ Political Economy✊ Anti-Imperialism
Imperialism Summary
Imperialism 89%
Capitalism outgrew free competition, building monopolies that needed colonies to survive.
by Vladimir Lenin 1917
4.27
11k+ ratings
🧮 Marxist Economics🏛️ Political Economy✊ Anti-Imperialism
The Case for Colonialism
by Bruce Gilley • 2023
Start new colonies from scratch. The controversial solution to a century of post-colonial disaster.
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📚 Revisionist History🏗️ State Building👑 Imperial History
The Case for Colonialism Summary
The Case for Colonialism 89%
Start new colonies from scratch. The controversial solution to a century of post-colonial disaster.
by Bruce Gilley 2023
4.32
191 ratings
📚 Revisionist History🏗️ State Building👑 Imperial History
Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal
by Mohammed El-Kurd • 2025
The sympathy economy demands Palestinians be broken, blameless, and silent about who broke them.
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🕊️ Palestinian Liberation✊ Anti-Colonial Thought📺 Media Criticism
Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal Summary
Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal 89%
The sympathy economy demands Palestinians be broken, blameless, and silent about who broke them.
by Mohammed El-Kurd 2025
4.77
6k+ ratings
🕊️ Palestinian Liberation✊ Anti-Colonial Thought📺 Media Criticism
Spoilt Rotten
by dalrymple-theodore • 2010
Sentiment now governs law, schools, and foreign aid. The cruelty that follows is no accident.
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🏛️ Cultural Criticism🗣️ Political Polemics🔍 Rational Inquiry
Spoilt Rotten Summary
Spoilt Rotten 89%
Sentiment now governs law, schools, and foreign aid. The cruelty that follows is no accident.
by dalrymple-theodore 2010
3.96
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Cultural Criticism🗣️ Political Polemics🔍 Rational Inquiry
Nemesis
by Chalmers Johnson • 2007
Empire and democracy cannot coexist. America chose empire; the bill is coming due.
4.07
968
🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy⚙️ Military-Industrial Complex🕵️ Covert Operations
Nemesis Summary
Nemesis 89%
Empire and democracy cannot coexist. America chose empire; the bill is coming due.
by Chalmers Johnson 2007
4.07
968 ratings
🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy⚙️ Military-Industrial Complex🕵️ Covert Operations
Culture and Resistance
by Edward W. Said • 2003
Peace rebranded, occupation maintained: dismantling the language hiding Palestinian dispossession.
4.10
419
🇵🇸 Palestinian History⚔️ Israel Palestine🗣️ Language And Power
Culture and Resistance Summary
Culture and Resistance 89%
Peace rebranded, occupation maintained: dismantling the language hiding Palestinian dispossession.
by Edward W. Said 2003
4.10
419 ratings
🇵🇸 Palestinian History⚔️ Israel Palestine🗣️ Language And Power
On Palestine
by Noam Chomsky • 2015
The peace process masks land theft; only a democratic single state can break the cycle.
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🇵🇸 Israel Palestine🏘️ Settler Colonialism🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy
On Palestine Summary
On Palestine 89%
The peace process masks land theft; only a democratic single state can break the cycle.
by Noam Chomsky 2015
4.26
13k+ ratings
🇵🇸 Israel Palestine🏘️ Settler Colonialism🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy
India that is Bharat
by J. Sai Deepak • 2021
Independence did not end colonialism. It just moved inside the constitution.
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📚 Postcolonial Theory🇮🇳 Indian Politics🌍 Decolonial Thought
India that is Bharat Summary
India that is Bharat 89%
Independence did not end colonialism. It just moved inside the constitution.
by J. Sai Deepak 2021
4.42
2k+ ratings
📚 Postcolonial Theory🇮🇳 Indian Politics🌍 Decolonial Thought
Wars and Capital (Semiotext
by Éric Alliez • 2016
Capitalism is a war system that uses markets, not an economic system that uses war.
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29
🧠 Continental Philosophy📊 Political Economy⚔️ War And Capitalism
Wars and Capital (Semiotext Summary
Wars and Capital (Semiotext 89%
Capitalism is a war system that uses markets, not an economic system that uses war.
by Éric Alliez 2016
3.93
29 ratings
🧠 Continental Philosophy📊 Political Economy⚔️ War And Capitalism
The Management of Savagery
by Max Blumenthal • 2019
Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Trump: three products of the same American national security machine.
4.29
807
🏛️ American Empire↩️ Blowback🔄 Regime Change
The Management of Savagery Summary
The Management of Savagery 89%
Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Trump: three products of the same American national security machine.
by Max Blumenthal 2019
4.29
807 ratings
🏛️ American Empire↩️ Blowback🔄 Regime Change
Latter-Day Pamphlets
by Thomas Carlyle • 1850
An 1850 diagnosis: democracy is anarchy, philanthropy coddles scoundrels, and talk rules everything.
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99
👑 Victorian Social Criticism📜 Political Pamphlets🗳️ Critique Of Democracy
Latter-Day Pamphlets Summary
Latter-Day Pamphlets 89%
An 1850 diagnosis: democracy is anarchy, philanthropy coddles scoundrels, and talk rules everything.
by Thomas Carlyle 1850
3.89
99 ratings
👑 Victorian Social Criticism📜 Political Pamphlets🗳️ Critique Of Democracy
A People’s History of the United States
by Howard Zinn • 1980
The history you learned in school is a cover story for class war, genocide, and slave revolts.
4.09
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📖 Revisionist History🔍 History From Below🦅 American Empire
A People’s History of the United States Summary
A People’s History of the United States 89%
The history you learned in school is a cover story for class war, genocide, and slave revolts.
by Howard Zinn 1980
4.09
268k+ ratings
📖 Revisionist History🔍 History From Below🦅 American Empire
Red Skin, White Masks
by Glen Sean Coulthard • 2014
State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.
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🌍 Settler Colonialism🗳 Indigenous Politics📖 Decolonial Theory
Red Skin, White Masks Summary
Red Skin, White Masks 89%
State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.
by Glen Sean Coulthard 2014
4.46
941 ratings
🌍 Settler Colonialism🗳 Indigenous Politics📖 Decolonial Theory
The Wretched of the Earth
by Frantz Fanon • 1961
Colonialism can only be overthrown by violence that destroys oppressor and oppressed self at once.
4.35
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🎓 Postcolonial Theory🔨 Decolonization🧠 Colonial Psychology
The Wretched of the Earth Summary
The Wretched of the Earth 89%
Colonialism can only be overthrown by violence that destroys oppressor and oppressed self at once.
by Frantz Fanon 1961
4.35
33k+ ratings
🎓 Postcolonial Theory🔨 Decolonization🧠 Colonial Psychology
Rogue State
by William Blum • 2000
The world's leading democracy has overthrown forty governments since 1945, calling it freedom.
3.97
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🏛️ U.S. Foreign Policy🦅 American Imperialism🕵️ Covert Operations
Rogue State Summary
Rogue State 89%
The world's leading democracy has overthrown forty governments since 1945, calling it freedom.
by William Blum 2000
3.97
926 ratings
🏛️ U.S. Foreign Policy🦅 American Imperialism🕵️ Covert Operations
Decline and Fall
by John Michael Greer • 2014
Empires are wealth pumps. America's runs on oil, nearly dry. The collapse cycle is inevitable.
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156
🏛️ American Empire📉 Imperial Decline🔄 Cyclical History
Decline and Fall Summary
Decline and Fall 89%
Empires are wealth pumps. America's runs on oil, nearly dry. The collapse cycle is inevitable.
by John Michael Greer 2014
4.29
156 ratings
🏛️ American Empire📉 Imperial Decline🔄 Cyclical History
The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival
by John Bagot Glubb • 1978
Ten generations: energy, conquest, affluence, decay. The West is running out of time.
4.21
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🏛️ Imperial Decay🔄 Cyclical History🌍 Geopolitics
The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival Summary
The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival 89%
Ten generations: energy, conquest, affluence, decay. The West is running out of time.
by John Bagot Glubb 1978
4.21
751 ratings
🏛️ Imperial Decay🔄 Cyclical History🌍 Geopolitics
Day of Empire
by Amy Chua • 2007
Dominating the world has always required one thing: taking in the talent everyone else rejects.
3.77
999
🏛️ Comparative History👑 Empire Studies📉 Rise And Fall
Day of Empire Summary
Day of Empire 89%
Dominating the world has always required one thing: taking in the talent everyone else rejects.
by Amy Chua 2007
3.77
999 ratings
🏛️ Comparative History👑 Empire Studies📉 Rise And Fall
A True History of the United States
by Daniel A. Sjursen • 2021
Genocide, slavery, and concentrated wealth: an unblinking history from the bottom up.
4.43
707
📜 Revisionist History🌍 Settler Colonialism🏛️ American Empire
A True History of the United States Summary
A True History of the United States 89%
Genocide, slavery, and concentrated wealth: an unblinking history from the bottom up.
by Daniel A. Sjursen 2021
4.43
707 ratings
📜 Revisionist History🌍 Settler Colonialism🏛️ American Empire
The Least of All Possible Evils
by Eyal Weizman • 2012
When humanitarian law calculates acceptable civilian deaths, it also makes them thinkable.
4.19
224
🩸 Aid And Complicity🤷 Lesser Evil Logic📊 Proportionality In War
The Least of All Possible Evils Summary
The Least of All Possible Evils 89%
When humanitarian law calculates acceptable civilian deaths, it also makes them thinkable.
by Eyal Weizman 2012
4.19
224 ratings
🩸 Aid And Complicity🤷 Lesser Evil Logic📊 Proportionality In War
A Peace to End All Peace
by David Fromkin • 1989
The modern Middle East was drawn in European offices; a century of instability is the result.
4.22
10k+
🕌 Ottoman Empire🌍 Middle Eastern History✍️ Diplomatic History
A Peace to End All Peace Summary
A Peace to End All Peace 89%
The modern Middle East was drawn in European offices; a century of instability is the result.
by David Fromkin 1989
4.22
10k+ ratings
🕌 Ottoman Empire🌍 Middle Eastern History✍️ Diplomatic History
Natives
by Akala • 2018
Britain's empire never ended. It just learned to call itself meritocracy.
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🇬🇧 British Empire🏛️ Structural Racism👮 Police And Race
Natives Summary
Natives 89%
Britain's empire never ended. It just learned to call itself meritocracy.
by Akala 2018
4.53
23k+ ratings
🇬🇧 British Empire🏛️ Structural Racism👮 Police And Race
How the World Works
by Noam Chomsky • 2011
The declassified reason the US overthrows democracies has nothing to do with freedom.
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🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🏛️ Political Economy🎯 Interventionism
How the World Works Summary
How the World Works 89%
The declassified reason the US overthrows democracies has nothing to do with freedom.
by Noam Chomsky 2011
4.13
5k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🏛️ Political Economy🎯 Interventionism
The Utopia of Rules
by David Graeber • 2013
Every market reform increases paperwork. The violence, stupidity, and secret appeal of bureaucracy.
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🌍 Political Anthropology🗄️ Bureaucratic Critique⚡ Structural Violence
The Utopia of Rules Summary
The Utopia of Rules 89%
Every market reform increases paperwork. The violence, stupidity, and secret appeal of bureaucracy.
by David Graeber 2013
4.02
7k+ ratings
🌍 Political Anthropology🗄️ Bureaucratic Critique⚡ Structural Violence
On Settler Colonialism
by Adam Kirsch • 2024
The settler-colonial ideology that justifies violence went mainstream. Here is its anatomy.
3.98
664
🌍 Settler Colonialism🇮🇱 Israel-Palestine⛔ Anti-Zionism
On Settler Colonialism Summary
On Settler Colonialism 89%
The settler-colonial ideology that justifies violence went mainstream. Here is its anatomy.
by Adam Kirsch 2024
3.98
664 ratings
🌍 Settler Colonialism🇮🇱 Israel-Palestine⛔ Anti-Zionism
We Need New Stories
by Nesrine Malik • 2021
The stories we tell about free speech, gender, and national virtue protect power, not truth.
4.02
996
🎭 Political Myths📰 Media Criticism🌐 Cultural Myths
We Need New Stories Summary
We Need New Stories 89%
The stories we tell about free speech, gender, and national virtue protect power, not truth.
by Nesrine Malik 2021
4.02
996 ratings
🎭 Political Myths📰 Media Criticism🌐 Cultural Myths
Except for Palestine
by Marc Lamont Hill • 2021
Why American progressives, fierce on injustice everywhere, stay quiet when it comes to Palestine.
4.19
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🌍 Middle East Policy🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy🏚️ Settler Colonialism
Except for Palestine Summary
Except for Palestine 89%
Why American progressives, fierce on injustice everywhere, stay quiet when it comes to Palestine.
by Marc Lamont Hill 2021
4.19
4k+ ratings
🌍 Middle East Policy🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy🏚️ Settler Colonialism
Colossus
by Niall Ferguson • 2004
America has always been an empire. Refusing to admit it is the root of its failures.
3.58
2k+
🇺🇸 American Hegemony🏛️ Comparative Empires🏗️ Nation-Building
Colossus Summary
Colossus 89%
America has always been an empire. Refusing to admit it is the root of its failures.
by Niall Ferguson 2004
3.58
2k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Hegemony🏛️ Comparative Empires🏗️ Nation-Building
The Loom of Time
by Robert D. Kaplan • 2023
The Middle East was shaped for empire, not democracy. The West still refuses to believe it.
4.27
553
🌍 Middle East Politics🏛️ Imperial History🗺️ Political Geography
The Loom of Time Summary
The Loom of Time 89%
The Middle East was shaped for empire, not democracy. The West still refuses to believe it.
by Robert D. Kaplan 2023
4.27
553 ratings
🌍 Middle East Politics🏛️ Imperial History🗺️ Political Geography
The Invention of Tradition
by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 1983
Most timeless rituals were built recently, assembled when rapid change broke old social bonds.
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🏛️ Manufactured Heritage🏗️ Nation Building🎭 Political Ritual
The Invention of Tradition Summary
The Invention of Tradition 89%
Most timeless rituals were built recently, assembled when rapid change broke old social bonds.
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1983
3.95
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Manufactured Heritage🏗️ Nation Building🎭 Political Ritual
By Peter B. Evans - Bringing the State Back In
by Ted Rall • 2002
The War on Terror was never justice; it was a 50-billion-barrel pipeline through Afghanistan.
3.58
170
🛢️ Oil Geopolitics🇦🇫 Afghan War💰 War Economy
By Peter B. Evans - Bringing the State Back In Summary
By Peter B. Evans - Bringing the State Back In 89%
The War on Terror was never justice; it was a 50-billion-barrel pipeline through Afghanistan.
by Ted Rall 2002
3.58
170 ratings
🛢️ Oil Geopolitics🇦🇫 Afghan War💰 War Economy
The Great War for Civilisation
by Robert Fisk • 2005
One reporter's fifty-year witness to the West's century-long war on the Middle East.
4.41
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🌍 Modern Middle East🎤 Conflict Reporting🎯 Western Intervention
The Great War for Civilisation Summary
The Great War for Civilisation 89%
One reporter's fifty-year witness to the West's century-long war on the Middle East.
by Robert Fisk 2005
4.41
6k+ ratings
🌍 Modern Middle East🎤 Conflict Reporting🎯 Western Intervention
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