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Rebellion Summary
Rebellion
How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart – Again
by Robert Kagan 2024 258 pages
4.38
607 ratings
Politics
History
American History
The Management of Savagery Summary
The Management of Savagery
How America's National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump
by Max Blumenthal 2019 400 pages
4.29
799 ratings
Politics
History
War
A Man Called White Summary
A Man Called White
The Autobiography of Walter White
by Walter Francis White 1995 392 pages
4.23
48 ratings
Biography
History
Politics
The Invisible Coup Summary
The Invisible Coup
How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon
by Peter Schweizer 2026 288 pages
4.5
371 ratings
Politics
History
Government
V. Summary
V.
by Thomas Pynchon 2001 640 pages
3.97
25.3K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
American Holocaust Summary
American Holocaust
The Conquest of the New World
by David E. Stannard 1993 408 pages
4.35
1.1K ratings
History
Native American
Politics
The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order Summary
The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order
America and the World in the Free Market Era
by Gary Gerstle 2022 432 pages
4.22
1.4K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Jungle Grows Back Summary
The Jungle Grows Back
America and Our Imperiled World
by Robert Kagan 2018 192 pages
4.1
1.4K ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
How to Learn Any Language Summary
How to Learn Any Language
Quickly, Easily, Inexpensively, Enjoyably and on Your Own
by Barry Farber 1991 172 pages
3.81
864 ratings
Language
Linguistics
Self Help
The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution Summary
The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution
Reconstructing the Economic Foundations of American Democracy
by Joseph Fishkin 2022 640 pages
4.08
39 ratings
Politics
Law
History
Reconstruction Summary
Reconstruction
America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877
by Eric Foner 2002 690 pages
4.22
6.3K ratings
History
American History
Civil War
The Convoluted Universe - Book Two Summary
The Convoluted Universe - Book Two
by Dolores Cannon 2005 672 pages
4.66
1.5K ratings
Spirituality
Metaphysics
New Age
America, América Summary
America, América
A New History of the New World
by Greg Grandin 2025 768 pages
4.49
894 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Nemesis Summary
Nemesis
The Last Days of the American Republic
by Chalmers Johnson 2007 354 pages
4.07
968 ratings
Politics
History
War
Great American Hypocrites Summary
Great American Hypocrites
Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics
by Glenn Greenwald 2008 304 pages
3.7
450 ratings
Politics
History
Government
Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men Summary
Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men
The Ideology of the Republican Party Before the Civil War
by Eric Foner 1995 400 pages
4.12
1.4K ratings
History
American History
Politics
Cultural Backlash Summary
Cultural Backlash
Trump, Brexit and Authoritarian Populism
by Pippa Norris 2019 554 pages
3.81
179 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Sociology
Illiberal America Summary
Illiberal America
A History
by Steven Hahn 2024 464 pages
4.18
296 ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Rise and Fall of American Growth Summary
The Rise and Fall of American Growth
The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War
by Robert J. Gordon 2016 784 pages
4.18
2.2K ratings
Economics
History
Business
The Devil Is a Southpaw Summary
The Devil Is a Southpaw
by Brandon Hobson 2025 352 pages
3.11
478 ratings
Indigenous
Literary Fiction
Mystery
The Populist Explosion Summary
The Populist Explosion
How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics
by John B. Judis 2016 182 pages
3.74
1.6K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Democracy in Chains Summary
Democracy in Chains
The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
by Nancy MacLean 2017 334 pages
4.29
5.0K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Next American Nation Summary
The Next American Nation
The New Nationalism and the Fourth American Revolution
by Michael Lind 1996 448 pages
3.95
86 ratings
Politics
History
Cultural
Bring the War Home Summary
Bring the War Home
The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America
by Kathleen Belew 2018 352 pages
4.21
3.4K ratings
History
Politics
Race
Liberty and Coercion Summary
Liberty and Coercion
The Paradox of American Government from the Founding to the Present
by Gary Gerstle 2015 472 pages
4.04
77 ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Strange Career of Jim Crow Summary
The Strange Career of Jim Crow
by C. Vann Woodward 2002 245 pages
4.14
3.2K ratings
History
Race
American History
This Vast Southern Empire Summary
This Vast Southern Empire
Slaveholders at the Helm of American Foreign Policy
by Matthew Karp 2016 368 pages
4.28
534 ratings
History
American History
Politics
A Nation Without Borders Summary
A Nation Without Borders
The United States and Its World in an Age of Civil Wars, 1830-1910
by Steven Hahn 2016 608 pages
3.99
327 ratings
History
American History
Politics
White Supremacy Summary
White Supremacy
A Comparative Study of American and South African History
by George M. Fredrickson 1982 384 pages
3.88
113 ratings
History
Race
American History
The Age of Acquiescence Summary
The Age of Acquiescence
The Life and Death of American Resistance to Organized Wealth and Power
by Steve Fraser 2015 480 pages
3.82
452 ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Southern Nation Summary
Southern Nation
Congress and White Supremacy after Reconstruction
by David A. Bateman 2018 488 pages
3.38
13 ratings
History
Politics
Race
The Common Cause Summary
The Common Cause
Creating Race and Nation in the American Revolution
by Robert G. Parkinson 2016 742 pages
4.1
49 ratings
History
American Revolution
American History
The Framers' Coup Summary
The Framers' Coup
The Making of the United States Constitution
by Michael J. Klarman 2016 880 pages
4.41
422 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution Summary
Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution
by Woody Holton 2007 384 pages
3.66
524 ratings
History
American History
Politics
Race and Manifest Destiny Summary
Race and Manifest Destiny
Origins of American Racial Anglo-Saxonism
by Reginald Horsman 1981 380 pages
3.84
150 ratings
History
Race
American History
Yankee Leviathan Summary
Yankee Leviathan
The Origins of Central State Authority in America, 1859-1877
by Richard Franklin Bensel 1991 466 pages
3.69
49 ratings
History
American History
Politics
The Promised Land Summary
The Promised Land
The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America
by Nicholas Lemann 1995 416 pages
4.24
797 ratings
History
Race
American History
The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism Summary
The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism
The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in 17th Century North America and the Caribbean
by Gerald Horne 2018 280 pages
4.27
186 ratings
History
Race
Politics
Not "A Nation of Immigrants" Summary
Not "A Nation of Immigrants"
Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 2021 392 pages
4.35
1.1K ratings
History
Politics
Race
Ill Winds Summary
Ill Winds
Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency
by Larry Diamond 2019 368 pages
3.99
274 ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Paths Out of Dixie Summary
Paths Out of Dixie
The Democratization of Authoritarian Enclaves in America's Deep South, 1944-1972
by Robert Mickey 2015 584 pages
4.36
39 ratings
History
Politics
Political Science
The Populist Moment Summary
The Populist Moment
A Short History of the Agrarian Revolt in America
by Lawrence Goodwyn 1978 384 pages
3.8
335 ratings
History
Politics
American History
NATO's Secret Armies Summary
NATO's Secret Armies
Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe
by Daniele Ganser 2004 336 pages
4
419 ratings
History
Politics
Conspiracy Theories
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
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
Doctors Summary
Doctors
by Erich Segal 1989 675 pages
4.08
15.1K ratings
Romance
Medical
Medicine
The People's Welfare Summary
The People's Welfare
Law and Regulation in Nineteenth-Century America
by William J. Novak 1996 408 pages
3.88
81 ratings
History
American History
Law
Tapestry Summary
Tapestry
by Belva Plain 2008 560 pages
4.06
2.3K ratings
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Romance
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