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The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy Summary
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
by John J. Mearsheimer 2006 484 pages
4.09
3.8K ratings
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International Relations
All or Nothing Summary
All or Nothing
How Trump Recaptured America
by Michael Wolff 2025 400 pages
3.76
577 ratings
Politics
History
Journalism
A New Foreign Policy Summary
A New Foreign Policy
Beyond American Exceptionalism
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2018 262 pages
3.83
276 ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
The American Presidency Summary
The American Presidency
A Very Short Introduction
by Charles O. Jones 2007 192 pages
3.38
220 ratings
Politics
History
American History
Obama Summary
Obama
From Promise to Power
by David Mendell 2007 448 pages
4.18
2.7K ratings
Biography
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House of Trump, House of Putin Summary
House of Trump, House of Putin
The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia
by Craig Unger 2018 382 pages
4.02
1.7K ratings
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History
Russia
Twilight of American Sanity Summary
Twilight of American Sanity
A Psychiatrist Analyzes the Age of Trump
by Allen Frances 2016 336 pages
3.61
279 ratings
Politics
Psychology
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Anti-Pluralism Summary
Anti-Pluralism
The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy
by William A. Galston 2018 176 pages
3.76
140 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Philosophy
Covert Regime Change Summary
Covert Regime Change
America's Secret Cold War
by Lindsey A. O'Rourke 2018 330 pages
4.17
75 ratings
History
Politics
International Relations
America Last Summary
America Last
The Right's Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators
by Jacob Heilbrunn 2024 264 pages
3.85
201 ratings
Politics
History
American History
The Dollar Trap Summary
The Dollar Trap
How the U.S. Dollar Tightened Its Grip on Global Finance
by Eswar S. Prasad 2013 432 pages
4.06
199 ratings
Economics
Finance
History
These Truths Summary
These Truths
A History of the United States
by Jill Lepore 2019 960 pages
4.4
12.8K ratings
History
Politics
American History
Fight Oligarchy Summary
Fight Oligarchy
by Bernie Sanders 2025 160 pages
4.36
922 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Worse Than Slavery Summary
Worse Than Slavery
Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice
by David M. Oshinsky 1997 320 pages
4.3
1.1K ratings
History
Race
African American
The Coup Summary
The Coup
1953, the CIA, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations
by Ervand Abrahamian 2013 277 pages
4.12
725 ratings
History
Iran
Middle East
The Great Contradiction Summary
The Great Contradiction
The Tragic Side of the American Founding
by Joseph J. Ellis 2025 240 pages
4.18
393 ratings
History
American History
Politics
Sex in the Heartland Summary
Sex in the Heartland
by Bailey 2002 265 pages
3.73
153 ratings
History
Sexuality
American History
The Plot to Seize the White House Summary
The Plot to Seize the White House
The Shocking TRUE Story of the Conspiracy to Overthrow F.D.R.
by Jules Archer 2015 290 pages
4.04
969 ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Unquiet Frontier Summary
The Unquiet Frontier
Rising Rivals, Vulnerable Allies, and the Crisis of American Power
by Jakub J. Grygiel 2016 240 pages
4.01
87 ratings
Politics
Military Fiction
International Relations
America, América Summary
America, América
A New History of the New World
by Greg Grandin 2025 768 pages
4.49
894 ratings
History
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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
American Slavery, American Freedom Summary
American Slavery, American Freedom
by Edmund S. Morgan 2003 464 pages
4.12
3.5K ratings
History
American History
Race
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
The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism Summary
The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism
by Theda Skocpol 2012 264 pages
3.82
412 ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
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
Blowback Summary
Blowback
The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
by Chalmers Johnson 2004 268 pages
4.06
2.6K ratings
Politics
History
War
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
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Race
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
Origins of the New South, 1877–1913 Summary
Origins of the New South, 1877–1913
by C. Vann Woodward 1951 656 pages
4.11
240 ratings
History
American History
Race
The Great Exception Summary
The Great Exception
The New Deal and the Limits of American Politics
by Jefferson R. Cowie 2016 288 pages
3.9
202 ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Left Behind Summary
The Left Behind
Decline and Rage in Rural America
by Robert Wuthnow 2018 200 pages
3.58
648 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Cultural
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
Working Toward Whiteness Summary
Working Toward Whiteness
How America's Immigrants Became White: the Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the Suburbs
by David R. Roediger 2006 339 pages
3.83
370 ratings
History
Race
Sociology
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
The Day Freedom Died Summary
The Day Freedom Died
The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of Reconstruction
by Charles Lane 2008 352 pages
4.07
444 ratings
History
American History
Politics
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
The Populist Persuasion Summary
The Populist Persuasion
An American History
by Michael Kazin 1998 387 pages
3.75
134 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Slave Nation Summary
Slave Nation
How Slavery United the Colonies and Sparked the American Revolution
by Alfred W. Blumrosen 2006 304 pages
4.02
113 ratings
History
American History
United States
The Political Economy of American Industrialization, 1877-1900 Summary
The Political Economy of American Industrialization, 1877-1900
by Richard Franklin Bensel 2000 576 pages
3.5
22 ratings
History
Politics
American History
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
Federalism Summary
Federalism
A Very Short Introduction
by Mark J. Rozell 2019 160 pages
3.67
63 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
A True History of the United States Summary
A True History of the United States
by Daniel A. Sjursen 2021 688 pages
4.43
695 ratings
History
Politics
American History
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