Hitler's American Friends by Bradley W. Hart
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More than just a a thinly veiled historical warning about the present.
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Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death by Lillian Faderman
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This biography provides both a novel and substantive introduction to an extraordinary figure.
Read MoreReagan: An American Journey by Bob Spitz
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An extensively researched biography of Reagan with solid scholarly underpinnings and very little mythologizing.
Read MoreLikeWar by P.W. Singer & Emerson T. Brooking
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Technology, politics, and war have merged into a new battlefield where strategies are played out on smartphones.
Read MoreFuture Politics by Jamie Susskind
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Outlines how emerging technologies shape our democracy and culture, and how this might look in the future.
Read MoreThe Improbable Wendell Willkie by David Levering Lewis
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A portrait of the lawyer, businessman, and unconventional US presidential candidate Wendell Willkie who caught an unexpected wave of popular support in the lead-up to the 1940 election.
Read MoreFear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward
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Investigative journalist Bob Woodward documents the inside story of President Trump’s administration.
Read MoreThe Man in the Arena by Rodger McDaniel
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McDaniel follows McGee into the arena of his long public service, vividly dramatizing the debates, alliances, compromises.
Read MoreCrashed by Adam Tooze
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The details of the financial meltdown are pursued in these pages with amazing energy and rigor.
Read MoreFirst in Line by Kate Andersen Brower
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An engaging run-down of what is in many ways the least-enviable job in America.
Read MoreMessing with the Enemy by Clint Watts
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The author is uniquely qualified to show how misinformation campaigns, social media trolling, and electronic espionage have become tools of modern warfare.
Read MoreHow Democracy Ends by David Runciman
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The author examines the past, present, and future of what is now an endangered political philosophy.
Read MoreWhen the Center Held by Donald Rumsfeld
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This biography is based in large part on the thousands of memoranda Rumsfeld took in real time as the Ford administration was unfolding.
Read MoreYoung Washington by Peter Stark
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Stark brings a welcome bit of balance to the story of Washington’s early years.
Read MoreTop Incomes in France in the Twentieth Century by Thomas Piketty
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A study of the ways incomes fluctuate and the factors that determine what widens and narrows income inequality.
Read MoreThe Moralist by Patricia O'Toole
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A biography of one of the most consequential and controversial US presidents.
Read MorePresident Carter: The White House Years by Stuart E. Eizenstat
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A firsthand account and comprehensive history of one of our most underappreciated Presidents.
Read MoreEisenhower vs Warren: The Battle for Civil Rights and Liberties by James Simon
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A chronicle of the 1950s battle that would shape the legal future of the civil rights movement.
Read MoreChristian: The Politics of a Word in America by Matthew Bowman
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This book delves into the ongoing struggle over the word “Christian” and its centrality to American politics.
Read MoreThe Death of Democracy by Benjamin Carter Hett
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A clear, fast-paced history heavily laden with implicit warnings.
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