50 Books like The Hidden History of Burma

A Doctor in the House

by Mahathir Mohamad • 2011

A country doctor, expelled by his party, returned to lead Malaysia and told the IMF no.

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🌏 Southeast Asian Politics 🏗️ Nation-Building 📜 Political Memoirs 🏭 Developmental State 💹 Economic Nationalism

A Doctor in the House 92%

A country doctor, expelled by his party, returned to lead Malaysia and told the IMF no.

by Mahathir Mohamad 2011

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1k+ ratings

🌏 Southeast Asian Politics 🏗️ Nation-Building 📜 Political Memoirs 🏭 Developmental State 💹 Economic Nationalism

Pakistan

by Anatol Lieven • 2011

Why Pakistan outlasts every prediction of its collapse: kinship, not government, runs the country.

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🗳️ South Asian Politics 👥 Kinship Politics 💬 Failed State Debate 🪖 Military And Politics 🔬 Political Anthropology

Pakistan 92%

Why Pakistan outlasts every prediction of its collapse: kinship, not government, runs the country.

by Anatol Lieven 2011

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🗳️ South Asian Politics 👥 Kinship Politics 💬 Failed State Debate 🪖 Military And Politics 🔬 Political Anthropology

A History of the Philippines

by Luis H. Francia • 2010

How Spanish friars, American teachers, and Japanese occupiers accidentally created a nation.

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591

📜 Philippine History 🌏 Southeast Asian History 🏴 Imperialism 🇵🇭 National Identity ✊ Nonviolent Revolution

A History of the Philippines 91%

How Spanish friars, American teachers, and Japanese occupiers accidentally created a nation.

by Luis H. Francia 2010

3.93

591 ratings

📜 Philippine History 🌏 Southeast Asian History 🏴 Imperialism 🇵🇭 National Identity ✊ Nonviolent Revolution

The Singapore Story

by Lee Kuan Yew • 1998

To save his island, he merges with a hostile neighbor and purges his own party.

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🌏 Southeast Asia 📜 Decolonization 🏗️ Nation Building 📖 Political Memoir 🛡️ Anti-Communism

The Singapore Story 91%

To save his island, he merges with a hostile neighbor and purges his own party.

by Lee Kuan Yew 1998

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🌏 Southeast Asia 📜 Decolonization 🏗️ Nation Building 📖 Political Memoir 🛡️ Anti-Communism

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 🌍 Post-Colonial States ⏳ Modernization Theory

The Case for Colonialism 91%

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 🌍 Post-Colonial States ⏳ Modernization Theory

A History of Bangladesh

by Willem van Schendel • 2009

A delta shaped by rivers and monsoons, not just by kings: the deep past of Bangladesh.

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🗺️ South Asian History 🌿 Environmental History ✂️ Partition Of India 🏛️ Colonial Legacies 📜 Longue DuréE History

A History of Bangladesh 91%

A delta shaped by rivers and monsoons, not just by kings: the deep past of Bangladesh.

by Willem van Schendel 2009

4.20

250 ratings

🗺️ South Asian History 🌿 Environmental History ✂️ Partition Of India 🏛️ Colonial Legacies 📜 Longue DuréE History

Kashmir

by Tariq Ali • 2011

A 1947 promise of a vote. Sixty years of soldiers. Now a generation demands freedom with stones.

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618

🧭 Kashmir Conflict 🗳️ South Asian Politics 🇮🇳 Partition Of India 🕊️ Self-Determination ⚠️ State Violence

Kashmir 91%

A 1947 promise of a vote. Sixty years of soldiers. Now a generation demands freedom with stones.

by Tariq Ali 2011

3.95

618 ratings

🧭 Kashmir Conflict 🗳️ South Asian Politics 🇮🇳 Partition Of India 🕊️ Self-Determination ⚠️ State Violence

Bangladesh

by Anthony Mascarenhas • 1986

Bangladesh's founders each betrayed the nation. The nation devoured each in turn.

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🗺️ South Asian History 🪖 Military Coups 🏛️ Postcolonial States 🔫 Political Assassinations ✊ Revolution And Aftermath

Bangladesh 91%

Bangladesh's founders each betrayed the nation. The nation devoured each in turn.

by Anthony Mascarenhas 1986

4.12

945 ratings

🗺️ South Asian History 🪖 Military Coups 🏛️ Postcolonial States 🔫 Political Assassinations ✊ Revolution And Aftermath

The Blood Telegram

by Gary J. Bass • 2013

Nixon needed Pakistan for a secret China opening. When genocide began, he looked away.

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🌐 Us Foreign Policy 🌏 South Asian History ❄️ Cold War History ⚖️ Genocide Studies ♟️ Realpolitik

The Blood Telegram 91%

Nixon needed Pakistan for a secret China opening. When genocide began, he looked away.

by Gary J. Bass 2013

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3k+ ratings

🌐 Us Foreign Policy 🌏 South Asian History ❄️ Cold War History ⚖️ Genocide Studies ♟️ Realpolitik

A Brief History of Indonesia

by Tim Hannigan • 2015

An archipelago of 17,000 islands: the improbable 2,000-year story of how it became a single nation.

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🏯 Southeast Asian History 🍂 Spice Trade ⛓️ Colonial Extraction 🕌 Islamic Indonesia 🌏 Postcolonial Nations

A Brief History of Indonesia 91%

An archipelago of 17,000 islands: the improbable 2,000-year story of how it became a single nation.

by Tim Hannigan 2015

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1k+ ratings

🏯 Southeast Asian History 🍂 Spice Trade ⛓️ Colonial Extraction 🕌 Islamic Indonesia 🌏 Postcolonial Nations

Monsoon

by Robert D. Kaplan • 2010

Half the world's oil passes through one ocean; two giants are racing to control it.

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🏝️ Indian Ocean World 🚢 Maritime Geopolitics 📓 Geopolitical Travelogue ⛽ Energy Security ⚔️ China India Rivalry

Monsoon 91%

Half the world's oil passes through one ocean; two giants are racing to control it.

by Robert D. Kaplan 2010

3.96

3k+ ratings

🏝️ Indian Ocean World 🚢 Maritime Geopolitics 📓 Geopolitical Travelogue ⛽ Energy Security ⚔️ China India Rivalry

1971

by Anam Zakaria • 2019

The 1971 war created Bangladesh and left three conflicting histories that still shape South Asia.

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215

🎙️ Oral History 🌏 South Asian History 🕯️ War And Memory 💭 Contested Memory ✂️ Partition Studies

1971 90%

The 1971 war created Bangladesh and left three conflicting histories that still shape South Asia.

by Anam Zakaria 2019

4.13

215 ratings

🎙️ Oral History 🌏 South Asian History 🕯️ War And Memory 💭 Contested Memory ✂️ Partition Studies

Political Tribes

by Amy Chua • 2018

Vietnam, Iraq, and now America: the tribal instinct that loses wars is consuming us at home.

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🏴 Ethnic Conflict ⚡ Failed Interventions 👥 Us Vs Them 🎯 Identity Politics 🧠 Political Psychology

Political Tribes 90%

Vietnam, Iraq, and now America: the tribal instinct that loses wars is consuming us at home.

by Amy Chua 2018

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4k+ ratings

🏴 Ethnic Conflict ⚡ Failed Interventions 👥 Us Vs Them 🎯 Identity Politics 🧠 Political Psychology

Fire in the Lake

by Frances FitzGerald • 1972

The Vietnam War was lost in the chasm between American optimism and Vietnamese reality.

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🪖 Vietnam War 🦅 U.S. Foreign Policy 🇻🇳 Vietnamese History 📜 Postcolonialism 🏗️ Nation Building

Fire in the Lake 90%

The Vietnam War was lost in the chasm between American optimism and Vietnamese reality.

by Frances FitzGerald 1972

4.10

3k+ ratings

🪖 Vietnam War 🦅 U.S. Foreign Policy 🇻🇳 Vietnamese History 📜 Postcolonialism 🏗️ Nation Building

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families

by Philip Gourevitch • 1998

Seven pastors warned they would die tomorrow. The world read their letter and did nothing.

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🖋️ Rwandan Genocide 🌍 African Politics 📜 Colonial Legacy ⚔️ State Violence 🏛️ International Failure

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families Summary

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families 90%

Seven pastors warned they would die tomorrow. The world read their letter and did nothing.

by Philip Gourevitch 1998

4.22

37k+ ratings

🖋️ Rwandan Genocide 🌍 African Politics 📜 Colonial Legacy ⚔️ State Violence 🏛️ International Failure

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.

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🌍 Modern Middle East 🎤 Conflict Reporting 🎯 Western Intervention 👀 War Witnessing 🏛️ Imperial Legacy

The Great War for Civilisation 90%

One reporter's fifty-year witness to the West's century-long war on the Middle East.

by Robert Fisk 2005

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6k+ ratings

🌍 Modern Middle East 🎤 Conflict Reporting 🎯 Western Intervention 👀 War Witnessing 🏛️ Imperial Legacy

Some People Need Killing

by Patricia Evangelista • 2023

The president told police to kill. The crowd cheered. A journalist reports the dead and asks why.

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🇵🇭 Philippine History 💊 Drug War ⚰️ Extrajudicial Killings 👮 Police Violence 🛡️ Impunity

Some People Need Killing 90%

The president told police to kill. The crowd cheered. A journalist reports the dead and asks why.

by Patricia Evangelista 2023

4.20

10k+ ratings

🇵🇭 Philippine History 💊 Drug War ⚰️ Extrajudicial Killings 👮 Police Violence 🛡️ Impunity

Inglorious Empire

by Shashi Tharoor • 2016

From 23% of global GDP to 3%: the extraction Britain called its civilizing mission.

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🇬🇧 British Empire 🇮🇳 Indian History 💰 Economic Extraction ⚔️ Colonial Violence 🌾 Colonial Famine

Inglorious Empire 90%

From 23% of global GDP to 3%: the extraction Britain called its civilizing mission.

by Shashi Tharoor 2016

4.17

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🇬🇧 British Empire 🇮🇳 Indian History 💰 Economic Extraction ⚔️ Colonial Violence 🌾 Colonial Famine

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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🏛️ British Empire 🌍 Global Inequality 🏦 Offshore Finance 🏢 Corporate Power 🔗 Neocolonialism

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 🏢 Corporate Power 🔗 Neocolonialism

From Third World to First

by Lee Kuan Yew • 2000

No resources, no market, no military: the decisions that lifted a nation to prosperity.

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🇧🇧 Nation-Building 🇯🇵 Asian Developmentalism 🇵🇸 Postcolonial States 🇸🇬 Singapore Model 🏆 Meritocracy

From Third World to First 90%

No resources, no market, no military: the decisions that lifted a nation to prosperity.

by Lee Kuan Yew 2000

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🇧🇧 Nation-Building 🇯🇵 Asian Developmentalism 🇵🇸 Postcolonial States 🇸🇬 Singapore Model 🏆 Meritocracy

A Brief History Of Bali

by Willard A. Hanna • 1976

How Bali survived piracy, slavery, and colonialism to become the paradise tourists see today.

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🏝️ Island History 🌏 Southeast Asia 🇳🇱 Dutch Colonialism 💪 Cultural Resilience 🏖️ Tourism's Costs

A Brief History Of Bali 90%

How Bali survived piracy, slavery, and colonialism to become the paradise tourists see today.

by Willard A. Hanna 1976

3.45

128 ratings

🏝️ Island History 🌏 Southeast Asia 🇳🇱 Dutch Colonialism 💪 Cultural Resilience 🏖️ Tourism's Costs

How to Stand Up to a Dictator

by Maria Ressa • 2022

How to fight back when your government weaponizes social media, from the journalist who lived it.

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🗞️ Press Freedom 🔴 Disinformation ⛓️ Authoritarianism 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💻 Big Tech Criticism

How to Stand Up to a Dictator 90%

How to fight back when your government weaponizes social media, from the journalist who lived it.

by Maria Ressa 2022

4.36

7k+ ratings

🗞️ Press Freedom 🔴 Disinformation ⛓️ Authoritarianism 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💻 Big Tech Criticism

Witness to Surrender

by Siddique Salik • 1977

East Pakistan's end: an insider's log of mutiny, guerrilla war, and the birth of Bangladesh.

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246

🪖 Military Memoir 🌏 South Asian History ⚔️ Civil War 🌿 Guerrilla Warfare 🎯 Counterinsurgency

Witness to Surrender 90%

East Pakistan's end: an insider's log of mutiny, guerrilla war, and the birth of Bangladesh.

by Siddique Salik 1977

3.86

246 ratings

🪖 Military Memoir 🌏 South Asian History ⚔️ Civil War 🌿 Guerrilla Warfare 🎯 Counterinsurgency

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.

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

How the South Won the Civil War 90%

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

by Heather Cox Richardson 2020

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

The Anarchy

by William Dalrymple • 2019

A company raised an army, conquered India, and its hunger for profit starved a nation.

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📜 Colonial History 🏢 Corporate History 💰 Economic Plunder ⚔️ Mercenary Armies 📉 Corporate Malfeasance

The Anarchy 90%

A company raised an army, conquered India, and its hunger for profit starved a nation.

by William Dalrymple 2019

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📜 Colonial History 🏢 Corporate History 💰 Economic Plunder ⚔️ Mercenary Armies 📉 Corporate Malfeasance

The Future Is Asian

by Parag Khanna • 2019

The West's two-century dominance was a blip. Asia reclaims the center, with new rules.

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🗺️ Asian Geopolitics 🏛️ Technocratic Governance 🌐 Multipolar World Order 💰 Economic Regionalism 📜 Eurasian History

The Future Is Asian 90%

The West's two-century dominance was a blip. Asia reclaims the center, with new rules.

by Parag Khanna 2019

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🗺️ Asian Geopolitics 🏛️ Technocratic Governance 🌐 Multipolar World Order 💰 Economic Regionalism 📜 Eurasian History

Military Inc.

by Ayesha Siddiqa • 2007

Pakistan's military built a business empire off the books. Leaving power would bankrupt it.

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562

🪖 Military Economy 🏛️ State Capture 💰 Institutional Corruption 🏞️ Land Appropriation ⚔️ Civil-Military Relations

Military Inc. 90%

Pakistan's military built a business empire off the books. Leaving power would bankrupt it.

by Ayesha Siddiqa 2007

3.77

562 ratings

🪖 Military Economy 🏛️ State Capture 💰 Institutional Corruption 🏞️ Land Appropriation ⚔️ Civil-Military Relations

The Ends of the Earth

by Robert D. Kaplan • 1996

Rivers and soil shape nations more than constitutions. A journey to the frontiers where states fail.

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🗺️ Political Travelogue 🌍 Geopolitical Analysis 🌱 Environmental Determinism 🏚️ Fragile States 🏭 Modernization Critique

The Ends of the Earth 90%

Rivers and soil shape nations more than constitutions. A journey to the frontiers where states fail.

by Robert D. Kaplan 1996

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2k+ ratings

🗺️ Political Travelogue 🌍 Geopolitical Analysis 🌱 Environmental Determinism 🏚️ Fragile States 🏭 Modernization Critique

The Jakarta Method

by Vincent Bevins • 2020

Washington's greatest Cold War win killed a million Indonesians. Then the method went global.

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📚 Cold War History 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🔴 Anticommunism ⚡ State Violence 🕵️ Covert Operations

The Jakarta Method 90%

Washington's greatest Cold War win killed a million Indonesians. Then the method went global.

by Vincent Bevins 2020

4.61

18k+ ratings

📚 Cold War History 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🔴 Anticommunism ⚡ State Violence 🕵️ Covert Operations

India Is Broken

by Ashoka Mody • 2023

India chose steel over schools, charisma over accountability: the sixty-year unmaking of a nation.

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282

🇮🇳 Indian Political Economy 📉 Economic Inequality 🗳️ Democratic Backsliding 🕉️ Hindu Nationalism 🏭 State-Led Development

India Is Broken 90%

India chose steel over schools, charisma over accountability: the sixty-year unmaking of a nation.

by Ashoka Mody 2023

4.25

282 ratings

🇮🇳 Indian Political Economy 📉 Economic Inequality 🗳️ Democratic Backsliding 🕉️ Hindu Nationalism 🏭 State-Led Development

The Doctor and the Saint

by Arundhati Roy • 2017

One man wanted reform, the other annihilation. Their clash over caste still defines India.

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🇮🇳 Caste In India ⚖️ Dalit Politics 📜 Historical Revisionism ☸️ Ambedkarite Buddhism 🏛️ Modern Indian History

The Doctor and the Saint 90%

One man wanted reform, the other annihilation. Their clash over caste still defines India.

by Arundhati Roy 2017

4.33

3k+ ratings

🇮🇳 Caste In India ⚖️ Dalit Politics 📜 Historical Revisionism ☸️ Ambedkarite Buddhism 🏛️ Modern Indian History

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 🗺️ Spatial Politics 🌍 Critical Geography

The Least of All Possible Evils 90%

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 🗺️ Spatial Politics 🌍 Critical Geography

India's Wars

by Arjun Subramaniam • 2016

Four wars forged modern India. The military history its own universities still don't teach.

4.19

515

🇮🇳 Modern Indian History 🕌 South Asian History ⚔️ Military Statecraft 🌍 Postcolonial Conflicts 🗺️ Border Wars

India's Wars 90%

Four wars forged modern India. The military history its own universities still don't teach.

by Arjun Subramaniam 2016

4.19

515 ratings

🇮🇳 Modern Indian History 🕌 South Asian History ⚔️ Military Statecraft 🌍 Postcolonial Conflicts 🗺️ Border Wars

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 🏚️ Settler Colonialism ✊ Class Struggle

A People’s History of the United States Summary

A People’s History of the United States 90%

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 🏚️ Settler Colonialism ✊ Class Struggle

There Was a Country

by Chinua Achebe • 2012

A literary witness to Biafra: starvation, secession, and the three-year war that consumed millions.

4.04

3k+

🌍 Postcolonial Africa ⛓️ Colonial Legacy 🪖 Nigerian Civil War 📖 African Memoirs 🚩 Ethnic Conflict

There Was a Country 90%

A literary witness to Biafra: starvation, secession, and the three-year war that consumed millions.

by Chinua Achebe 2012

4.04

3k+ ratings

🌍 Postcolonial Africa ⛓️ Colonial Legacy 🪖 Nigerian Civil War 📖 African Memoirs 🚩 Ethnic Conflict

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 ⛓️ Systemic Inequality 🗣️ Free Speech Debates

We Need New Stories 90%

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 ⛓️ Systemic Inequality 🗣️ Free Speech Debates

Central America's Forgotten History

by Aviva Chomsky • 2021

Central American migration isn't about poverty. It's the legacy of a century of US intervention.

4.06

518

🌎 Latin American History 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🕵️ Cold War Interventions 🏃 Forced Migration ✊ Revolutionary Movements

Central America's Forgotten History Summary

Central America's Forgotten History 90%

Central American migration isn't about poverty. It's the legacy of a century of US intervention.

by Aviva Chomsky 2021

4.06

518 ratings

🌎 Latin American History 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🕵️ Cold War Interventions 🏃 Forced Migration ✊ Revolutionary Movements

Revolusi

by David Van Reybrouck • 2020

One in 27 humans lives there, yet its revolution launched the Third World.

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🗺️ Decolonization 🇮🇩 Indonesian History 🇳🇱 Dutch Colonialism 🌿 Guerrilla Warfare 🌏 Cold War In Asia

Revolusi 90%

One in 27 humans lives there, yet its revolution launched the Third World.

by David Van Reybrouck 2020

4.53

5k+ ratings

🗺️ Decolonization 🇮🇩 Indonesian History 🇳🇱 Dutch Colonialism 🌿 Guerrilla Warfare 🌏 Cold War In Asia

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 🏛️ Cultural Imperialism 🌐 Eurocentrism Critique

India that is Bharat 90%

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 🏛️ Cultural Imperialism 🌐 Eurocentrism Critique

Sovietistan

by Erika Fatland • 2014

Why a country made gas and electricity free, and what happened when it all ran out.

4.27

9k+

🗺️ Post-Soviet States 🏛️ Central Asian History 🚫 Authoritarian Regimes 🎭 Cult Of Personality 🛢️ Resource Curse

Sovietistan 90%

Why a country made gas and electricity free, and what happened when it all ran out.

by Erika Fatland 2014

4.27

9k+ ratings

🗺️ Post-Soviet States 🏛️ Central Asian History 🚫 Authoritarian Regimes 🎭 Cult Of Personality 🛢️ Resource Curse

From Plassey to Partition

by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay • 2004

Imperial greed, local ambition, fractured nationalism: built modern India, broke it at Partition.

4.20

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🇮🇳 Modern Indian History 🇬🇧 British Empire 💰 Colonial Economies ✊ Nationalist Movements 💔 Partition Of India

From Plassey to Partition 90%

Imperial greed, local ambition, fractured nationalism: built modern India, broke it at Partition.

by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay 2004

4.20

1k+ ratings

🇮🇳 Modern Indian History 🇬🇧 British Empire 💰 Colonial Economies ✊ Nationalist Movements 💔 Partition Of India

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 90%

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

Autocracy, Inc.

by Anne Applebaum • 2024

A global network of dictators runs autocracies like for-profit firms. Democracies bankroll them.

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🌐 Global Autocracy 💰 Kleptocracy 🚫 Authoritarianism 📉 Democratic Backsliding 📡 Information Warfare

Autocracy, Inc. 90%

A global network of dictators runs autocracies like for-profit firms. Democracies bankroll them.

by Anne Applebaum 2024

4.16

19k+ ratings

🌐 Global Autocracy 💰 Kleptocracy 🚫 Authoritarianism 📉 Democratic Backsliding 📡 Information Warfare

Nation of Victims

by Vivek Ramaswamy • 2022

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

3.90

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

Nation of Victims 90%

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

White Rage

by Carol Anderson • 2016

Every time Black Americans advance, a calculated policy backlash rolls it back.

4.46

15k+

🌍 African American History 🔥 Racial Backlash 🏗️ Reconstruction 🚫 Jim Crow 🗳️ Voter Suppression

White Rage 90%

Every time Black Americans advance, a calculated policy backlash rolls it back.

by Carol Anderson 2016

4.46

15k+ ratings

🌍 African American History 🔥 Racial Backlash 🏗️ Reconstruction 🚫 Jim Crow 🗳️ Voter Suppression

The Making of Exile

by Nandita Bhavnani • 2014

Sindh's Hindus did not flee a massacre. They were eroded out of their homeland.

4.17

145

📜 Partition Histories 🧳 Forced Migration ⚔️ Communal Violence 🏙️ Cultural Assimilation 🎙️ Oral History

The Making of Exile 90%

Sindh's Hindus did not flee a massacre. They were eroded out of their homeland.

by Nandita Bhavnani 2014

4.17

145 ratings

📜 Partition Histories 🧳 Forced Migration ⚔️ Communal Violence 🏙️ Cultural Assimilation 🎙️ Oral History

Has the West Lost It?

by Kishore Mahbubani • 2018

China and India ran the global economy for 1,800 years. The West's brief interruption is ending.

3.70

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