Politics Book Summaries

Democracy Summary
Democracy
The God That Failed
by Hans-Hermann Hoppe 2001 304 pages
4.15
2.4K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
The Best and the Brightest Summary
The Best and the Brightest
by David Halberstam 1969 688 pages
4.27
12.6K ratings
History
Politics
War
Who Owns England? Summary
Who Owns England?
How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take It Back
by Guy Shrubsole 2019 385 pages
4.22
1.3K ratings
Politics
History
Environment
Target Tehran Summary
Target Tehran
How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination – and Secret Diplomacy – to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East
by Yonah Jeremy Bob 2023 432 pages
4.06
316 ratings
Israel
Iran
Politics
The Spy and the Traitor Summary
The Spy and the Traitor
The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
by Ben Macintyre 2018 384 pages
4.52
80.8K ratings
History
Espionage
Biography
Rules for Radicals Summary
Rules for Radicals
A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
by Saul D. Alinsky 1971 196 pages
3.74
8.4K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Activism
Marx Summary
Marx
A Very Short Introduction
by Peter Singer 1980 108 pages
3.70
3.1K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Gaza in Crisis Summary
Gaza in Crisis
Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians
by Noam Chomsky 2010 240 pages
4.14
2.0K ratings
Politics
History
War
The Post-American World Summary
The Post-American World
by Fareed Zakaria 2008 292 pages
3.86
12.8K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
A Nation of Idiots Summary
A Nation of Idiots
by Daksh Tyagi 2019 215 pages
3.92
410 ratings
India
Humor
Politics
The Sword and the Shield Summary
The Sword and the Shield
The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB
by Christopher Andrew 1985 736 pages
3.93
2.1K ratings
History
Espionage
Russia
Food Politics Summary
Food Politics
What Everyone Needs to Know
by Robert Paarlberg 2010 240 pages
3.50
339 ratings
Food
Politics
Agriculture
How the World Works (Real Story Summary
How the World Works (Real Story
by Noam Chomsky 2011 416 pages
4.13
5.0K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Powershift Summary
Powershift
Knowledge, Wealth, and Power at the Edge of the 21st Century
by Alvin Toffler 1990 640 pages
4.00
1.1K ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
The Great Displacement Summary
The Great Displacement
Climate Change and the Next American Migration
by Jake Bittle 2023 368 pages
4.28
3.4K ratings
Science
Climate Change
Politics
Women & Power Summary
Women & Power
A Manifesto
by Mary Beard 2017 115 pages
4.02
38.0K ratings
Feminism
History
Essays
The Philosophy of History Summary
The Philosophy of History
by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1831 480 pages
3.82
3.7K ratings
Philosophy
History
Classics
Bibi Summary
Bibi
My Story
by Benjamin Netanyahu 2022 733 pages
4.46
2.0K ratings
Biography
History
Politics
At the Existentialist Café Summary
At the Existentialist Café
by Sarah Bakewell 2016 440 pages
4.24
18.2K ratings
Philosophy
History
Biography
Without Their Permission Summary
Without Their Permission
How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed
by Alexis Ohanian 2013 272 pages
3.70
2.0K ratings
Business
Technology
Entrepreneurship
The Bill of Obligations Summary
The Bill of Obligations
The Ten Habits of Good Citizens
by Richard N. Haass 2023 240 pages
4.14
1.4K ratings
Politics
History
American History
Edible Economics Summary
Edible Economics
A Hungry Economist Explains the World
by Ha-Joon Chang 2022 224 pages
3.83
2.3K ratings
Economics
Food
Politics
Animal Liberation Now Summary
Animal Liberation Now
The Definitive Classic Renewed
by Peter Singer 2023 368 pages
4.53
964 ratings
Philosophy
Animals
Politics
Finnish Lessons Summary
Finnish Lessons
What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland?
by Pasi Sahlberg 2011 167 pages
3.89
825 ratings
Education
Teaching
Parenting
Nuclear War Summary
Nuclear War
A Scenario
by Annie Jacobsen 2024 400 pages
4.40
33.1K ratings
History
Politics
Science
Team Human Summary
Team Human
by Douglas Rushkoff 2019 256 pages
3.83
1.2K ratings
Technology
Politics
Philosophy
The Situation Room Summary
The Situation Room
The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
by George Stephanopoulos 2024 368 pages
4.36
9.0K ratings
History
Politics
American History
God Is Not Great Summary
God Is Not Great
How Religion Poisons Everything
by Christopher Hitchens 2007 307 pages
3.96
110.3K ratings
Religion
Philosophy
Atheism
Anarchy, State, and Utopia Summary
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
by Robert Nozick 1974 367 pages
3.75
5.9K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
The Technology Trap Summary
The Technology Trap
Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation
by Carl Benedikt Frey 2019 480 pages
4.13
579 ratings
Economics
History
Technology
Win Bigly Summary
Win Bigly
Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter
by Scott Adams 2017 304 pages
3.73
5.0K ratings
Politics
Psychology
Business
The Boy Crisis Summary
The Boy Crisis
Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It
by Warren Farrell 2019 368 pages
3.91
2.2K ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Sociology
The Theory of Money and Credit Summary
The Theory of Money and Credit
by Ludwig von Mises 1912 544 pages
4.21
1.2K ratings
Economics
Finance
Philosophy
Human Action Summary
Human Action
A Treatise on Economics
by Ludwig von Mises 1940 924 pages
4.34
4.2K ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
Where We Stand Summary
Where We Stand
Class Matters
by bell hooks 2000 164 pages
4.23
2.8K ratings
Feminism
Politics
Social Justice
Philosophy Summary
Philosophy
The Basics
by Nigel Warburton 1995 184 pages
3.84
2.8K ratings
Philosophy
Reference
History
What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam & Modernity in the Middle East Summary
What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam & Modernity in the Middle East
by Bernard Lewis 2001 186 pages
3.54
3.9K ratings
History
Islam
Religion
A Field Guide to Lies Summary
A Field Guide to Lies
Critical Thinking in the Information Age
by Daniel J. Levitin 2016 292 pages
3.76
4.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Future of Freedom Summary
The Future of Freedom
Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad
by Fareed Zakaria 2003 295 pages
4.02
3.4K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Theory of Moral Sentiments Summary
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
by Adam Smith 1759 368 pages
4.07
4.5K ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Classics
Life at the Bottom Summary
Life at the Bottom
The Worldview That Makes the Underclass
by Theodore Dalrymple 2001 284 pages
4.23
3.8K ratings
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
The Worldly Philosophers Summary
The Worldly Philosophers
by Robert L. Heilbroner 1953 368 pages
4.16
8.7K ratings
Economics
Philosophy
History
On Tyranny Summary
On Tyranny
Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century - Graphic Edition
by Timothy Snyder 2017 128 pages
4.46
4.4K ratings
History
Graphic Novels
Politics
Dongri To Dubai Summary
Dongri To Dubai
Six Decades of The Mumbai Mafia
by S. Hussain Zaidi 2012 378 pages
3.95
10.5K ratings
Crime
India
History
Lady Justice Summary
Lady Justice
Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America
by Dahlia Lithwick 2022 368 pages
4.39
2.9K ratings
Feminism
Politics
History
Power and Progress Summary
Power and Progress
Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
by Daron Acemoğlu 2023
3.93
1.7K ratings
Economics
History
Politics
The Road to Freedom Summary
The Road to Freedom
Economics and the Good Society
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2024 384 pages
4.03
535 ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Africa Is Not a Country Summary
Africa Is Not a Country
Notes on a Bright Continent
by Dipo Faloyin 2022 385 pages
4.41
8.2K ratings
History
Africa
Politics
How to Win an Argument Summary
How to Win an Argument
An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 2016 288 pages
3.66
811 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
When the Clock Broke Summary
When the Clock Broke
Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
by John Ganz 2024 432 pages
4.09
3.1K ratings
History
Politics
American History
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