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The Great Delusion Summary
The Great Delusion
Liberal Dreams and International Realities
by John J. Mearsheimer 2018 328 pages
4.1
1.2K ratings
Politics
International Relations
History
Republican Gomorrah Summary
Republican Gomorrah
Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party
by Max Blumenthal 2010 432 pages
3.88
1.4K ratings
Politics
Religion
History
Empires in World History Summary
Empires in World History
Power and the Politics of Difference
by Jane Burbank 2010 528 pages
3.99
428 ratings
History
World History
Politics
In the Ruins of Neoliberalism Summary
In the Ruins of Neoliberalism
The Rise of Antidemocratic Politics in the West
by Wendy Brown 2019 264 pages
4.11
473 ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
It Didn't Happen Here Summary
It Didn't Happen Here
Why Socialism Failed in the United States
by Seymour Martin Lipset 2001 374 pages
3.62
104 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Separate and Unequal Summary
Separate and Unequal
The Kerner Commission and the Unraveling of American Liberalism
by Steven M. Gillon 2018 400 pages
3.97
95 ratings
Politics
History
Race
The Two Faces of American Freedom Summary
The Two Faces of American Freedom
by Aziz Rana 2010 432 pages
4.03
90 ratings
History
Politics
American History
From Politics to the Pews Summary
From Politics to the Pews
How Partisanship and the Political Environment Shape Religious Identity
by Michele F. Margolis 2018 336 pages
3.85
34 ratings
Politics
Religion
Political Science
Uneasy Alliances Summary
Uneasy Alliances
Race and Party Competition in America
by Paul Frymer 1999 224 pages
3.88
32 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Social Justice
The Populist Persuasion Summary
The Populist Persuasion
An American History
by Michael Kazin 1998 387 pages
3.75
134 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Making Race and Nation Summary
Making Race and Nation
A Comparison of South Africa, the United States, and Brazil
by Anthony W. Marx 1998 412 pages
3.89
109 ratings
History
Politics
Political Science
A Nation by Design Summary
A Nation by Design
Immigration Policy in the Fashioning of America
by Aristide R. Zolberg 2006 672 pages
3.82
55 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Identity Crisis Summary
Identity Crisis
The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America
by John Sides 2018 352 pages
4.1
501 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
Why Leaders Lie Summary
Why Leaders Lie
The Truth About Lying in International Politics
by John J. Mearsheimer 2011 160 pages
3.47
881 ratings
Politics
International Relations
History
Waves of War Summary
Waves of War
Nationalism, State Formation, and Ethnic Exclusion in the Modern World
by Andreas Wimmer 2012 384 pages
3.48
23 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
Electoral Systems and Party Systems Summary
Electoral Systems and Party Systems
A Study of Twenty-Seven Democracies, 1945-1990
by Arend Lijphart 1995 228 pages
3.35
37 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Reference
Relic Summary
Relic
How Our Constitution Undermines Effective Government--and Why We Need a More Powerful Presidency
by William G. Howell 2016 256 pages
3.41
101 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Government
Nations Apart Summary
Nations Apart
How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America
by Colin Woodard 2025 368 pages
4.08
178 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Polarized Summary
Polarized
Making Sense of a Divided America
by James E. Campbell 2016 336 pages
3.7
23 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Tomorrow Is Yesterday Summary
Tomorrow Is Yesterday
Life, Death, and the Pursuit of Peace in Israel/Palestine
by Hussein Agha 2025 250 pages
4
316 ratings
History
Politics
Middle East
Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy Summary
Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy
by Kishore Mahbubani 2020 320 pages
4.07
2.1K ratings
China
Politics
History
Nationalism Summary
Nationalism
A Short History
by Liah Greenfeld 2019 160 pages
3.5
48 ratings
History
Politics
Political Science
Nationalism Summary
Nationalism
Five Roads to Modernity
by Liah Greenfeld 1993 596 pages
3.77
66 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
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