50 Books like The Demon of Unrest

Tried by War

by James M. McPherson • 2008

How a lawyer with zero military training became the most hands-on commander in chief.

4.09

6k+

🎖️ Civil War History 🏛️ Presidential Leadership ⚔️ Military Command 📜 War Powers ⛓️‍💥 Emancipation

Tried by War 94%

How a lawyer with zero military training became the most hands-on commander in chief.

by James M. McPherson 2008

4.09

6k+ ratings

🎖️ Civil War History 🏛️ Presidential Leadership ⚔️ Military Command 📜 War Powers ⛓️‍💥 Emancipation

The South Was Right!

by James Ronald Kennedy • 1991

The South legally seceded. The North invaded for economic gain. The rest is propaganda.

3.93

482

🏴 Lost Cause 🏡 Southern Identity 📜 Historical Revisionism 🏛️ State Sovereignty ✂️ Secession

The South Was Right! 94%

The South legally seceded. The North invaded for economic gain. The rest is propaganda.

by James Ronald Kennedy 1991

3.93

482 ratings

🏴 Lost Cause 🏡 Southern Identity 📜 Historical Revisionism 🏛️ State Sovereignty ✂️ Secession

Attack and Die

by Grady McWhiney • 1982

Honor culture demanded attack. Rifles made attack fatal. The Confederacy bled to death.

3.56

157

⚔️ Military History 🇺🇸 American Civil War 📜 Military Doctrine 🏺 War And Culture 🎩 Southern Honor Culture

Attack and Die 94%

Honor culture demanded attack. Rifles made attack fatal. The Confederacy bled to death.

by Grady McWhiney 1982

3.56

157 ratings

⚔️ Military History 🇺🇸 American Civil War 📜 Military Doctrine 🏺 War And Culture 🎩 Southern Honor Culture

How the South Won the Civil War

by Heather Cox Richardson • 2020

Southern oligarchy lost the war but won the West, rebranding as cowboy individualism.

4.31

5k+

🇺🇸 American Political History 🏛️ Oligarchy Studies 🐎 Frontier Mythology ⛓️ Racial Hierarchy 🗳️ Voter Suppression

How the South Won the Civil War 94%

Southern oligarchy lost the war but won the West, rebranding as cowboy individualism.

by Heather Cox Richardson 2020

4.31

5k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Political History 🏛️ Oligarchy Studies 🐎 Frontier Mythology ⛓️ Racial Hierarchy 🗳️ Voter Suppression

Cape Cod and the Civil War

by Stauffer Miller • 2010

A peninsula voted its morals over its money, then became the Union's lifeline at sea.

4.14

🏛️ Civil War Microhistory 📜 Massachusetts History ⚓ Naval History ✊ Abolitionism 🏠 Home Front Life

Cape Cod and the Civil War 94%

A peninsula voted its morals over its money, then became the Union's lifeline at sea.

by Stauffer Miller 2010

4.14

7 ratings

🏛️ Civil War Microhistory 📜 Massachusetts History ⚓ Naval History ✊ Abolitionism 🏠 Home Front Life

How Civil Wars Start

by Barbara F. Walter • 2022

America is now an anocracy, the regime type three times likelier to fracture into civil war.

4.24

6k+

🔬 Civil War Studies 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🌐 Comparative Politics 🪓 Ethnic Factionalism ⚠️ Domestic Extremism

How Civil Wars Start 93%

America is now an anocracy, the regime type three times likelier to fracture into civil war.

by Barbara F. Walter 2022

4.24

6k+ ratings

🔬 Civil War Studies 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🌐 Comparative Politics 🪓 Ethnic Factionalism ⚠️ Domestic Extremism

The Great Contradiction

by Joseph J. Ellis • 2025

To create a nation, the founders protected slavery. Indian removal was the other price of union.

4.20

1k+

🏛️ Founding Era 📜 Constitutional History ⛓️ Slavery And The Founders 🪶 Indian Removal ⚖️ Liberty And Slavery

The Great Contradiction 93%

To create a nation, the founders protected slavery. Indian removal was the other price of union.

by Joseph J. Ellis 2025

4.20

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Founding Era 📜 Constitutional History ⛓️ Slavery And The Founders 🪶 Indian Removal ⚖️ Liberty And Slavery

Grant

by Ron Chernow • 2017

Failed farmer, rumored drunk. How Ulysses Grant won the Civil War and fought the Klan as president.

4.50

45k+

📖 Civil War History 🏛️ Presidential Biography 📜 Military Strategy 🔄 Revisionist History 🔗 Emancipation

Grant 93%

Failed farmer, rumored drunk. How Ulysses Grant won the Civil War and fought the Klan as president.

by Ron Chernow 2017

4.50

45k+ ratings

📖 Civil War History 🏛️ Presidential Biography 📜 Military Strategy 🔄 Revisionist History 🔗 Emancipation

Team of Rivals

by Doris Kearns Goodwin • 2005

Lincoln beat three famous rivals for president. Then he hired every last one of them.

4.29

201k+

👤 Presidential Biography 🏛️ Political Leadership ⚔️ Civil War Era 📋 Cabinet Politics 🤝 Political Rivalry

Team of Rivals 93%

Lincoln beat three famous rivals for president. Then he hired every last one of them.

by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2005

4.29

201k+ ratings

👤 Presidential Biography 🏛️ Political Leadership ⚔️ Civil War Era 📋 Cabinet Politics 🤝 Political Rivalry

Founding Brothers

by Joseph J. Ellis • 2000

The American founding hung on private dinners, personal feuds, a duel, and one last letter.

3.95

48k+

🏛️ Early American Republic 📜 Founding Fathers 🤝 Political Compromise ⚔️ Political Rivalries 🔗 Slavery And The Founding

Founding Brothers 93%

The American founding hung on private dinners, personal feuds, a duel, and one last letter.

by Joseph J. Ellis 2000

3.95

48k+ ratings

🏛️ Early American Republic 📜 Founding Fathers 🤝 Political Compromise ⚔️ Political Rivalries 🔗 Slavery And The Founding

These Truths

by Jill Lepore • 2018

American politics is a 500-year argument over who counts as a person and whose truth prevails.

4.40

14k+

🇺🇸 American Paradox 📜 National Founding Myths 🔍 Truth In Politics 📰 Media And Democracy ⛓️ Slavery And Freedom

These Truths 93%

American politics is a 500-year argument over who counts as a person and whose truth prevails.

by Jill Lepore 2018

4.40

14k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Paradox 📜 National Founding Myths 🔍 Truth In Politics 📰 Media And Democracy ⛓️ Slavery And Freedom

The Next Civil War

by Stephen Marche • 2022

One in four Americans support secession. A journalist models the scenarios that could tip the rest.

3.68

2k+

🇺🇸 American Decline ⚡ Political Polarization ⚔️ Civil Conflict 🏛️ Institutional Decay 🚨 Domestic Extremism

The Next Civil War 93%

One in four Americans support secession. A journalist models the scenarios that could tip the rest.

by Stephen Marche 2022

3.68

2k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Decline ⚡ Political Polarization ⚔️ Civil Conflict 🏛️ Institutional Decay 🚨 Domestic Extremism

Blood on the Moon

by Edward Steers Jr. • 2001

Lincoln's assassination was the final act of a secret Confederate campaign of targeted killing.

4.17

704

🦅 Civil War History 🔫 Political Assassination 🕸️ Conspiracy Networks ⛓️ Racial Violence ⚖️ Military Tribunals

Blood on the Moon 93%

Lincoln's assassination was the final act of a secret Confederate campaign of targeted killing.

by Edward Steers Jr. 2001

4.17

704 ratings

🦅 Civil War History 🔫 Political Assassination 🕸️ Conspiracy Networks ⛓️ Racial Violence ⚖️ Military Tribunals

Rebellion

by Robert Kagan • 2024

A 250-year rebellion against America's founding promise is closer to victory than ever.

4.39

664

🇺🇸 American Politics 📜 Political History 🔗 White Supremacy ✝️ Christian Nationalism ⚡ Political Polarization

Rebellion 93%

A 250-year rebellion against America's founding promise is closer to victory than ever.

by Robert Kagan 2024

4.39

664 ratings

🇺🇸 American Politics 📜 Political History 🔗 White Supremacy ✝️ Christian Nationalism ⚡ Political Polarization

The Republic for Which It Stands

by Richard White • 2017

America rebuilt itself after 1865 into something no one voted for. A history of broken promises.

4.16

2k+

🏛️ Reconstruction Era 💰 Gilded Age 🔨 Labor History 🌳 Environmental History ⚖️ Jim Crow Origins

The Republic for Which It Stands Summary

The Republic for Which It Stands 93%

America rebuilt itself after 1865 into something no one voted for. A history of broken promises.

by Richard White 2017

4.16

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Reconstruction Era 💰 Gilded Age 🔨 Labor History 🌳 Environmental History ⚖️ Jim Crow Origins

Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman

by Joseph R. Fornieri • 2013

Lincoln's secret: he wrestled with eternal principles before he ever grasped for power.

4.67

🏛️ Statesmanship ⚔️ Civil War Era 🦉 Practical Wisdom ⚖️ Moral Leadership 🗣️ Rhetoric And Persuasion

Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman Summary

Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman 93%

Lincoln's secret: he wrestled with eternal principles before he ever grasped for power.

by Joseph R. Fornieri 2013

4.67

6 ratings

🏛️ Statesmanship ⚔️ Civil War Era 🦉 Practical Wisdom ⚖️ Moral Leadership 🗣️ Rhetoric And Persuasion

The Black History of the White House

by Clarence Lusane • 2011

Enslaved laborers built the White House. The racial reckoning inside its walls has never stopped.

4.15

434

🏛️ White House History ⛓️ Slavery And Resistance 🚋 Jim Crow Era 🏗️ Reconstruction ✊ Civil Rights Movement

The Black History of the White House Summary

The Black History of the White House 92%

Enslaved laborers built the White House. The racial reckoning inside its walls has never stopped.

by Clarence Lusane 2011

4.15

434 ratings

🏛️ White House History ⛓️ Slavery And Resistance 🚋 Jim Crow Era 🏗️ Reconstruction ✊ Civil Rights Movement

Confronting the Presidents

by Bill O'Reilly • 2024

Every president had flaws, some fatal. A blunt survey of who delivered, who failed, and why.

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7k+

🏛️ Presidential History 👤 Character Studies 🗣️ Opinionated History 🇺🇸 American Presidency 📖 Accessible History

Confronting the Presidents 92%

Every president had flaws, some fatal. A blunt survey of who delivered, who failed, and why.

by Bill O'Reilly 2024

4.26

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential History 👤 Character Studies 🗣️ Opinionated History 🇺🇸 American Presidency 📖 Accessible History

The Age of Entitlement

by Christopher Caldwell • 2020

Civil rights built a rival constitution. Debt papered over the conflict. Now the bill is due.

4.04

2k+

⚖️ Civil Rights Law 🇺🇸 Postwar America 🏛️ Constitutional Crisis 🎓 Political Correctness 🏰 Elite Capture

The Age of Entitlement 92%

Civil rights built a rival constitution. Debt papered over the conflict. Now the bill is due.

by Christopher Caldwell 2020

4.04

2k+ ratings

⚖️ Civil Rights Law 🇺🇸 Postwar America 🏛️ Constitutional Crisis 🎓 Political Correctness 🏰 Elite Capture

The Original Black Elite

by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor • 2017

Reconstruction built a Black elite in Washington D.C. Jim Crow buried them and erased their story.

4.03

279

🏛️ Reconstruction Era 📜 Black Elite History 🕊️ Racial Uplift 🔍 Forgotten Histories 🚫 Jim Crow America

The Original Black Elite 92%

Reconstruction built a Black elite in Washington D.C. Jim Crow buried them and erased their story.

by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor 2017

4.03

279 ratings

🏛️ Reconstruction Era 📜 Black Elite History 🕊️ Racial Uplift 🔍 Forgotten Histories 🚫 Jim Crow America

Nation of Victims

by Vivek Ramaswamy • 2022

America turned grievance into social currency, and the bill is coming due.

3.90

1k+

🗳️ Victimhood Culture 🎭 Identity Politics ⚖️ Meritocracy Debates 🏛️ Constitutional Law 📜 Critical Race Theory

Nation of Victims 92%

America turned grievance into social currency, and the bill is coming due.

by Vivek Ramaswamy 2022

3.90

1k+ ratings

🗳️ Victimhood Culture 🎭 Identity Politics ⚖️ Meritocracy Debates 🏛️ Constitutional Law 📜 Critical Race Theory

The Grift

by Clay Cane • 2024

From Reconstruction to Trump, the Black conservatives who enabled racism for a seat at the table.

4.32

951

🏛️ African American History 🐘 Black Conservatism 💰 Political Opportunism 🗳️ Voting Rights 📜 Reconstruction Era

The Grift 92%

From Reconstruction to Trump, the Black conservatives who enabled racism for a seat at the table.

by Clay Cane 2024

4.32

951 ratings

🏛️ African American History 🐘 Black Conservatism 💰 Political Opportunism 🗳️ Voting Rights 📜 Reconstruction Era

How the Word Is Passed

by Clint Smith • 2021

From Monticello to Angola Prison, nine American sites where slavery's past has never really ended.

4.70

41k+

📜 American Slavery 🏛️ Public History 🧠 Collective Memory ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🏚️ Lost Cause Mythology

How the Word Is Passed 92%

From Monticello to Angola Prison, nine American sites where slavery's past has never really ended.

by Clint Smith 2021

4.70

41k+ ratings

📜 American Slavery 🏛️ Public History 🧠 Collective Memory ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🏚️ Lost Cause Mythology

The Second Founding

by Eric Foner • 2019

Reconstruction gave birth to a new Constitution. The Supreme Court spent a century erasing it.

4.23

3k+

📜 Constitutional History 🏛️ Reconstruction Era 🗳️ Voting Rights ⚖️ Equal Protection 🛑 Racial Inequality

The Second Founding 92%

Reconstruction gave birth to a new Constitution. The Supreme Court spent a century erasing it.

by Eric Foner 2019

4.23

3k+ ratings

📜 Constitutional History 🏛️ Reconstruction Era 🗳️ Voting Rights ⚖️ Equal Protection 🛑 Racial Inequality

The Pioneers

by David McCullough • 2019

Before the Constitution, one land deal doubled the country and banned slavery in every future state.

3.82

28k+

🇺🇸 Early American Republic 🪓 Frontier Settlement 🌄 Westward Expansion 🏛️ Nation Building 🏕️ Frontier Life

The Pioneers 92%

Before the Constitution, one land deal doubled the country and banned slavery in every future state.

by David McCullough 2019

3.82

28k+ ratings

🇺🇸 Early American Republic 🪓 Frontier Settlement 🌄 Westward Expansion 🏛️ Nation Building 🏕️ Frontier Life

Butler

by Salena Zito • 2025

One bullet, one Rust Belt town, and the reckoning America's institutions could no longer postpone.

4.32

1k+

🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 🗣️ American Populism 🔫 Political Violence 📰 Media Bias 🏛️ Institutional Failure

Butler 92%

One bullet, one Rust Belt town, and the reckoning America's institutions could no longer postpone.

by Salena Zito 2025

4.32

1k+ ratings

🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 🗣️ American Populism 🔫 Political Violence 📰 Media Bias 🏛️ Institutional Failure

The March of Folly

by Barbara W. Tuchman • 1984

From Troy to Vietnam, power makes governments ignore the warnings right in front of them.

4.03

7k+

📜 Political History ⚔️ Military History 🤦 Political Folly 🎭 Hubris 👥 Groupthink

The March of Folly 92%

From Troy to Vietnam, power makes governments ignore the warnings right in front of them.

by Barbara W. Tuchman 1984

4.03

7k+ ratings

📜 Political History ⚔️ Military History 🤦 Political Folly 🎭 Hubris 👥 Groupthink

End Times

by Peter Turchin • 2023

Ten millennia of data point to two conditions for state collapse. America now meets both.

4.06

3k+

📊 Quantitative History 💥 Political Instability 👑 Elite Theory ✊ Revolution Theory 🏚️ State Collapse

End Times 92%

Ten millennia of data point to two conditions for state collapse. America now meets both.

by Peter Turchin 2023

4.06

3k+ ratings

📊 Quantitative History 💥 Political Instability 👑 Elite Theory ✊ Revolution Theory 🏚️ State Collapse

America's Cultural Revolution

by Christopher F. Rufo • 2023

The bombs stopped. The ideas didn't. How the 1960s left captured every institution you trust.

4.21

1k+

⚔️ Culture Wars 🏛️ American Conservatism 🎓 Academic Politics ✊ Student Radicalism 🏗️ Institutional Capture

America's Cultural Revolution 92%

The bombs stopped. The ideas didn't. How the 1960s left captured every institution you trust.

by Christopher F. Rufo 2023

4.21

1k+ ratings

⚔️ Culture Wars 🏛️ American Conservatism 🎓 Academic Politics ✊ Student Radicalism 🏗️ Institutional Capture

The Storm Before the Calm

by George Friedman • 2020

Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.

4.05

3k+

🏛️ American Political History 🔄 Cyclical History 🌪️ Crisis And Renewal 👥 Demographic Shifts 💾 Technology And Society

The Storm Before the Calm 92%

Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.

by George Friedman 2020

4.05

3k+ ratings

🏛️ American Political History 🔄 Cyclical History 🌪️ Crisis And Renewal 👥 Demographic Shifts 💾 Technology And Society

The Wrath of Cochise

by Terry Mort • 2013

One bungled arrest, five executed hostages, and the single spark that ignited a decade of war.

3.73

217

🏹 Apache History 🪶 American Indian Wars 🌵 Southwest Frontier 🎖️ Counterinsurgency 🗣️ Cultural Ignorance

The Wrath of Cochise 92%

One bungled arrest, five executed hostages, and the single spark that ignited a decade of war.

by Terry Mort 2013

3.73

217 ratings

🏹 Apache History 🪶 American Indian Wars 🌵 Southwest Frontier 🎖️ Counterinsurgency 🗣️ Cultural Ignorance

Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs

by Ulysses S. Grant • 1885

Cancer-ridden and bankrupt, a president writes the war he won, racing death to save his family.

4.14

10k+

🏛️ Civil War Campaigns 🎖️ Military Memoir 🗺️ Strategic Command 🚂 Military Logistics 💡 Military Realism

Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs Summary

Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs 92%

Cancer-ridden and bankrupt, a president writes the war he won, racing death to save his family.

by Ulysses S. Grant 1885

4.14

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Civil War Campaigns 🎖️ Military Memoir 🗺️ Strategic Command 🚂 Military Logistics 💡 Military Realism

The Second

by Carol Anderson • 2021

The Second Amendment was built to control Black Americans, and two centuries later, it still does.

4.31

1k+

🎯 American Gun Politics 📜 Constitutional History 🖤 Anti-Blackness ⚖️ Legal History 💔 Racial Violence

The Second 92%

The Second Amendment was built to control Black Americans, and two centuries later, it still does.

by Carol Anderson 2021

4.31

1k+ ratings

🎯 American Gun Politics 📜 Constitutional History 🖤 Anti-Blackness ⚖️ Legal History 💔 Racial Violence

American Brutus

by Michael W. Kauffman • 2004

An actor shot Lincoln on Good Friday and vanished. What followed was history's most bungled manhunt.

4.16

3k+

🔪 Assassination Plots 🏛️ Civil War America 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 🔍 Flawed Investigations 🎭 Celebrity Criminals

American Brutus 91%

An actor shot Lincoln on Good Friday and vanished. What followed was history's most bungled manhunt.

by Michael W. Kauffman 2004

4.16

3k+ ratings

🔪 Assassination Plots 🏛️ Civil War America 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 🔍 Flawed Investigations 🎭 Celebrity Criminals

The Case for Trump

by Victor Davis Hanson • 2019

Trump was the symptom of an establishment that had failed its own voters for decades.

4.21

2k+

🔨 Populist Movements ⚡ Political Polarization 🏛️ Administrative State 🏭 Economic Nationalism 🏚️ Deindustrialization

The Case for Trump 91%

Trump was the symptom of an establishment that had failed its own voters for decades.

by Victor Davis Hanson 2019

4.21

2k+ ratings

🔨 Populist Movements ⚡ Political Polarization 🏛️ Administrative State 🏭 Economic Nationalism 🏚️ Deindustrialization

The Situation Room

by George Stephanopoulos • 2024

Twelve presidents. One basement room. The crises that revealed who they really were.

4.33

11k+

🏛️ Presidential History 🏠 White House History ⚡ Crisis Decision Making 🌍 American Foreign Policy 🔒 National Security

The Situation Room 91%

Twelve presidents. One basement room. The crises that revealed who they really were.

by George Stephanopoulos 2024

4.33

11k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential History 🏠 White House History ⚡ Crisis Decision Making 🌍 American Foreign Policy 🔒 National Security

The Wrath to Come

by Sarah Churchwell • 2022

Thirty million copies of a single novel taught America to love a lie. The lost cause won.

4.22

528

🏚️ Lost Cause Mythology 💰 Racial Capitalism 📜 Historical Revisionism 🎬 Cultural Criticism 🧠 Collective Memory

The Wrath to Come 91%

Thirty million copies of a single novel taught America to love a lie. The lost cause won.

by Sarah Churchwell 2022

4.22

528 ratings

🏚️ Lost Cause Mythology 💰 Racial Capitalism 📜 Historical Revisionism 🎬 Cultural Criticism 🧠 Collective Memory

We Are Not Yet Equal

by Carol Anderson • 2018

Every Black American victory was met with a legal counterattack designed to undo it.

4.40

798

⚖ Systemic Racism 📚 African American History 🔄 Backlash Politics 🗳 Voter Suppression 🔗 Mass Incarceration

We Are Not Yet Equal 91%

Every Black American victory was met with a legal counterattack designed to undo it.

by Carol Anderson 2018

4.40

798 ratings

⚖ Systemic Racism 📚 African American History 🔄 Backlash Politics 🗳 Voter Suppression 🔗 Mass Incarceration

George Washington

by James MacGregor Burns • 2004

How Washington invented the presidency from scratch, and why his precedents still rule the office.

3.97

1k+

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔔 Founding Era 📜 Constitutional Origins ⚡ Executive Power 🎓 Leadership Studies

George Washington 91%

How Washington invented the presidency from scratch, and why his precedents still rule the office.

by James MacGregor Burns 2004

3.97

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔔 Founding Era 📜 Constitutional Origins ⚡ Executive Power 🎓 Leadership Studies

The Age of Grievance

by Frank Bruni • 2024

Grievance has become America's operating system, powering everything from politics to culture wars.

4.07

2k+

🪞 Victimhood Culture 🥊 Culture Wars 📣 Outrage Culture 📉 American Decline 💰 Income Inequality

The Age of Grievance 91%

Grievance has become America's operating system, powering everything from politics to culture wars.

by Frank Bruni 2024

4.07

2k+ ratings

🪞 Victimhood Culture 🥊 Culture Wars 📣 Outrage Culture 📉 American Decline 💰 Income Inequality

On Fascism

by Matthew C. Macwilliams • 2020

Forty percent of Americans carry latent authoritarianism, waiting for fear to flip the switch.

3.96

738

🏛️ American Politics 📏 Authoritarian Personality 😨 Fear-Based Politics 🏚️ Democratic Erosion ⚖️ Civil Liberties

On Fascism 91%

Forty percent of Americans carry latent authoritarianism, waiting for fear to flip the switch.

by Matthew C. Macwilliams 2020

3.96

738 ratings

🏛️ American Politics 📏 Authoritarian Personality 😨 Fear-Based Politics 🏚️ Democratic Erosion ⚖️ Civil Liberties

Black Rednecks and White Liberals

by Thomas Sowell • 2005

Liberals protect a dysfunctional culture that black communities learned from white Southerners.

4.37

10k+

⚖️ Racial Inequality 🌍 Cultural Persistence 🗣️ Victimhood Culture 📚 Black Education ⛓️‍💥 Abolition History

Black Rednecks and White Liberals Summary

Black Rednecks and White Liberals 91%

Liberals protect a dysfunctional culture that black communities learned from white Southerners.

by Thomas Sowell 2005

4.37

10k+ ratings

⚖️ Racial Inequality 🌍 Cultural Persistence 🗣️ Victimhood Culture 📚 Black Education ⛓️‍💥 Abolition History

The Fourth Turning Is Here

by Neil Howe • 2023

An 80-year cycle pushes America toward a 2030 crisis. The last two ended in total war.

3.93

3k+

🌀 Cyclical History 🧬 Generational Theory ⚠️ Crisis Cycles 🔮 Social Forecasting 🇺🇸 American Crisis

The Fourth Turning Is Here 91%

An 80-year cycle pushes America toward a 2030 crisis. The last two ended in total war.

by Neil Howe 2023

3.93

3k+ ratings

🌀 Cyclical History 🧬 Generational Theory ⚠️ Crisis Cycles 🔮 Social Forecasting 🇺🇸 American Crisis

Crisis and Command

by John Yoo • 2010

America's greatest presidents kept breaking the rules. That was the point.

3.64

132

🏛️ Executive Power 📜 Constitutional History 🇺🇸 Presidential History 🎖️ Wartime Powers ⚖️ Separation Of Powers

Crisis and Command 91%

America's greatest presidents kept breaking the rules. That was the point.

by John Yoo 2010

3.64

132 ratings

🏛️ Executive Power 📜 Constitutional History 🇺🇸 Presidential History 🎖️ Wartime Powers ⚖️ Separation Of Powers

Lincoln on Leadership

by Donald T. Phillips • 1993

He filled his cabinet with rivals and still won the war. Lincoln's playbook for tough times.

4.16

8k+

🏛️ Historical Leadership 💼 Executive Leadership 🚨 Crisis Management ⚔️ Civil War History 📣 Communication Strategy

Lincoln on Leadership 91%

He filled his cabinet with rivals and still won the war. Lincoln's playbook for tough times.

by Donald T. Phillips 1993

4.16

8k+ ratings

🏛️ Historical Leadership 💼 Executive Leadership 🚨 Crisis Management ⚔️ Civil War History 📣 Communication Strategy

Wilmington's Lie

by David Zucchino • 2020

Before Jim Crow there was an 1898 coup that erased a Southern city's black leadership.

4.43

4k+

💀 White Supremacy 🩸 Racial Violence 🏛️ Reconstruction Era 📰 Yellow Journalism 🗳️ Voter Suppression

Wilmington's Lie 91%

Before Jim Crow there was an 1898 coup that erased a Southern city's black leadership.

by David Zucchino 2020

4.43

4k+ ratings

💀 White Supremacy 🩸 Racial Violence 🏛️ Reconstruction Era 📰 Yellow Journalism 🗳️ Voter Suppression

The Price of Greatness

by Jay Cost • 2018

The Constitution's coauthors split over its purpose. That rift still produces American oligarchy.

3.71

245

🔔 Founding Era 📜 Constitutional Debates 💰 Hamiltonian Economics ⚖️ Madisonian Democracy 🐍 Political Corruption

The Price of Greatness 91%

The Constitution's coauthors split over its purpose. That rift still produces American oligarchy.

by Jay Cost 2018

3.71

245 ratings

🔔 Founding Era 📜 Constitutional Debates 💰 Hamiltonian Economics ⚖️ Madisonian Democracy 🐍 Political Corruption

COUNSELOR

by Theodore C. Sorensen • 2008

Kennedy's speechwriter and closest advisor for eleven years tells what the history books leave out.

4.05

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🏛️ Presidential Biography 📝 Political Memoirs 🕯️ Kennedy Administration 🌐 Cold War Politics ✍️ Political Speechwriting

COUNSELOR 91%

Kennedy's speechwriter and closest advisor for eleven years tells what the history books leave out.

by Theodore C. Sorensen 2008

4.05

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biography 📝 Political Memoirs 🕯️ Kennedy Administration 🌐 Cold War Politics ✍️ Political Speechwriting

What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't

by Jessamyn Conrad • 2008

What every voter should know about the issues, explained without the partisan spin.

3.94

2k+

🦅 American Politics 📋 Public Policy 📚 Civic Education ⚡ Political Polarization 🔥 Culture Wars

What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't Summary

What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't 91%

What every voter should know about the issues, explained without the partisan spin.

by Jessamyn Conrad 2008

3.94

2k+ ratings

🦅 American Politics 📋 Public Policy 📚 Civic Education ⚡ Political Polarization 🔥 Culture Wars

Strangers in Their Own Land

by Arlie Russell Hochschild • 2016

Conservative voters do not lack facts. They hold a different story about who cuts the line.

4.12

18k+

🇺🇸 American Conservatism 🧱 Political Polarization 🏭 Environmental Justice 👷 Working Class Politics 🧠 Motivated Reasoning

Strangers in Their Own Land 91%

Conservative voters do not lack facts. They hold a different story about who cuts the line.

by Arlie Russell Hochschild 2016

4.12

18k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Conservatism 🧱 Political Polarization 🏭 Environmental Justice 👷 Working Class Politics 🧠 Motivated Reasoning

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