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Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassiePeter the Great by Robert K. MassieGulag by Anne Applebaum
Best Russian History Books
550 books — 385 voters
Ghost Wars by Steve CollThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightDiplomacy by Henry KissingerLegacy of Ashes by Tim WeinerThe Cold War by John Lewis Gaddis
American Foreign Policy
462 books — 273 voters

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderDark Money by Jane MayerManufacturing Consent by Edward S. HermanUnderstanding Power by Noam Chomsky
Corruption, Plutocracy, Oligarchy, Kleptocracy, Corporatocracy — The Problem (nonfiction)
711 books — 175 voters
All the President’s Men by Carl BernsteinMaster of the Senate by Robert A. CaroThe Path to Power by Robert A. CaroMeans of Ascent by Robert A. CaroTruman by David McCullough
American Politics
480 books — 127 voters

The 231 Club by J. BartellThe Spy and the Traitor by Ben MacintyreA Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreAgent Zigzag by Ben MacintyreThe Ghost by Jefferson Morley
Best Espionage Books (nonfiction)
158 books — 109 voters
A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreIron Curtain by Anne ApplebaumThe Triumph of Improvisation by James Graham WilsonThe Billion Dollar Spy by David E. HoffmanThe Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
The Cold War (nonfiction)
364 books — 106 voters

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XThe Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos CastanedaLakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog
1968 - The year that rocked the world (fiction and nonfiction)
235 books — 76 voters
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinManufacturing Consent by Edward S. HermanSet the Night on Fire by Mike DavisThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderThe Divide by Matt Taibbi
Hegemony, militarism and systematic inequality in the United States
104 books — 62 voters

America's Great Depression by Murray N. RothbardAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard BailynThe Real Lincoln by Thomas J. DiLorenzoThe March of Folly by Barbara W. Tuchman
Libertarian Guide to American History (fiction and nonfiction)
80 books — 42 voters
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund MorrisTheodore Rex by Edmund MorrisThe River of Doubt by Candice MillardMornings on Horseback by David McCulloughColonel Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
Theodore Roosevelt Books (nonfiction)
62 books — 33 voters

Set the Night on Fire by Mike DavisMy Whirlwind Lives by Dee Charles KnightReckless by Robert K. Brigham1968 by Mark KurlanskyVietnam by Stanley Karnow
The Politics of the Vietnam War (nonfiction)
134 books — 26 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezColombiano by Rusty YoungOpen Veins of Latin America by Eduardo GaleanoThe Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel VásquezFootprint Colombia Handbook by Peter Pollard
Books you should read before coming to Colombia
23 books — 23 voters

The Secret Man by Bob WoodwardThe Road to Jonestown by Jeff GuinnStayin’ Alive by Jefferson R. CowieGame, Set, Match by Susan WareThe Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's by Steven Lee Beeber
The 1970s in the United States (nonfiction)
228 books — 21 voters
Nixonland by Rick PerlsteinThe Final Days by Bob WoodwardNixon and Kissinger by Robert DallekAll the President’s Men by Carl BernsteinBag Man by Rachel Maddow
Richard Nixon (fiction and nonfiction)
136 books — 19 voters

The Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiThe Education of an Idealist by Samantha PowerTough Love by Susan RiceWith All Due Respect by Nikki R. HaleyMadam Secretary by Madeleine K. Albright
Women in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
55 books — 19 voters
Pro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyPrimary Colors by AnonymousAmerica (The Book) by Jon StewartThe Residence by Kate Andersen BrowerJeremy Thorpe by Michael Bloch
Best Political Books
33 books — 18 voters

Blowback by Chalmers JohnsonConfronting Imperialism by Jim ZwickEmpire of Illusion by Chris HedgesThe True Flag by Stephen KinzerTo the Person Sitting in Darkness by Mark Twain
American Empire: Imperialist vs Anti-Imperialist
87 books — 14 voters
Accidental Presidents by Jared CohenLet the People Pick the President by Jesse WegmanHow to Get Rid of a President by David PriessWashington by Ron ChernowThe American Vice Presidency by Jules Witcover
The US Presidency (nonfiction)
114 books — 14 voters

What Hath God Wrought by Daniel Walker HoweThe Weight of Vengeance by Troy BickhamFrom Colony to Superpower by George C. HerringAmerican Machiavelli by John Lamberton HarperCastlereagh and Adams by Bradford Perkins
Foreign Policy in the Early Republic
44 books — 11 voters
Nixonland by Rick PerlsteinThe Nixon Defense by John W. DeanAll the President’s Men by Carl BernsteinOne Man Against the World by Tim WeinerBeing Nixon by Evan Thomas
US Presidents: Richard Nixon (nonfiction)
182 books — 9 voters

Master of the Senate by Robert A. CaroThe Path to Power by Robert A. CaroMeans of Ascent by Robert A. CaroThe Passage of Power by Robert A. CaroLyndon Johnson and the American Dream by Doris Kearns Goodwin
US Presidents: Lyndon Johnson (nonfiction)
94 books — 8 voters
I Love My Doctor, But... by Lawrence W. GoldPerestroika by Harpal BrarAnother View of Stalin by Ludo MartensEconomic Problems of Socialism in the U.S.S.R. by Joseph StalinSoviet Democracy by Pat Sloan
The Stalin Society
14 books — 8 voters

The Banana Wars by Ivan MusicantEmpire by Default by Ivan MusicantMark Twain's Weapons of Satire by Mark TwainThe War Lovers by Evan ThomasFighting for American Manhood by Kristin L. Hoganson
The Spanish-American War, 1898 (nonfiction)
74 books — 6 voters
The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns GoodwinWilliam Howard Taft by Jeffrey RosenChief Executive to Chief Justice by Lewis L. GouldWilliam Howard Taft by Jonathan LurieThe Chief Justiceship of William Howard Taft, 1921-1930 by Jonathan Lurie
US Presidents: William Taft (nonfiction)
28 books — 5 voters

Eisenhower vs. Warren by James F. SimonIke and McCarthy by David A. NicholsEisenhower in War and Peace by Jean Edward SmithEisenhower's Guerillas by Benjamin F. JonesBlood and Sand by Alex von Tunzelmann
US Presidents: Dwight Eisenhower (nonfiction)
122 books — 4 voters
On Desperate Ground by Hampton SidesThe General vs. the President by H.W. BrandsThe Korean War by Max HastingsThe Korean War by Bruce CumingsThe Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot by Blaine Harden
The Korean War (nonfiction)
93 books — 4 voters

The President and the Assassin by Scott MillerPresident McKinley by Robert W. MerryThe Triumph of William McKinley by Karl RoveMurdering McKinley by Eric RauchwayPresident McKinley's Killer and the America He Left Behind by Jessica S. Gunderson
US Presidents: William McKinley (nonfiction)
10 books — 4 voters
The Sleepwalkers by Christopher ClarkThe Splendid and the Vile by Erik LarsonNot One Inch by Mary Elise SarotteJayber Crow by Wendell BerryWhereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri
War on the Rocks 2021 Recommendations
83 books — 3 voters

My Brother, My Executioner by F. Sionil JoséOut of the Mountains by David KilcullenCrowds and Power by Elias CanettiAncient Anger by Susanna Morton BraundThe World's Most Dangerous Place by James Fergusson
How To Get Away With (Neocolonialism)
21 books — 1 voter
Say It Louder! by Tiffany CrossAfrican American Political Thought by Melvin L. RogersWhy Didn't We Riot? by Issac J. BaileyFrom Here to Equality by William A. Darity Jr.The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power by Jared A. Ball
Politics by African-Americans Published in Decade: 2020s
7 books — 1 voter

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