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America

America's story is one of restless ambition, fractured ideals, and extraordinary lives — from founding fathers and immigrant communities to inventors, politicians, and everyday people shaping a nation still defining itself. These books explore the forces, figures, and fault lines that have made America what it is, and what it might yet become.

America Саммари книг

Hammer of the Gods
— Stephen Davis • 1985
A groupie, a fish, and a hotel room: the incident that defined Led Zeppelin's dark legend.
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🎸 Rock Biography🎶 Classic Rock🕺 1970s Rock🥁 Band Dynamics🍾 Rock And Roll Excess
Hammer of the Gods Саммари
Hammer of the Gods
A groupie, a fish, and a hotel room: the incident that defined Led Zeppelin's dark legend.
— Stephen Davis 1985 408 стр.
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🎸 Rock Biography🎶 Classic Rock🕺 1970s Rock🥁 Band Dynamics🍾 Rock And Roll Excess
On Fascism
— Matthew C. Macwilliams • 2020
Forty percent of Americans carry latent authoritarianism, waiting for fear to flip the switch.
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🏛️ American Politics📏 Authoritarian Personality😨 Fear-Based Politics🏚️ Democratic Erosion⚖️ Civil Liberties
On Fascism Саммари
On Fascism
Forty percent of Americans carry latent authoritarianism, waiting for fear to flip the switch.
— Matthew C. Macwilliams 2020 200 стр.
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🏛️ American Politics📏 Authoritarian Personality😨 Fear-Based Politics🏚️ Democratic Erosion⚖️ Civil Liberties
Zero Fail
— Carol Leonnig • 2021
A bulletproof reputation, repeated near misses, and the rot the Secret Service hid for decades.
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🏛️ Presidential History🚔 Federal Law Enforcement🏚️ Institutional Failure📋 Investigative Journalism🕵️ Government Cover-Ups
Zero Fail Саммари
Zero Fail
A bulletproof reputation, repeated near misses, and the rot the Secret Service hid for decades.
— Carol Leonnig 2021 526 стр.
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🏛️ Presidential History🚔 Federal Law Enforcement🏚️ Institutional Failure📋 Investigative Journalism🕵️ Government Cover-Ups
The Trillion-Dollar Conspiracy
— Jim Marrs • 2010
A century-long campaign to crash the economy, sicken the people, and lock down the state.
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👤 Shadow Government💸 Financial Conspiracy📹 Mass Surveillance📺 Media Manipulation💊 Big Pharma
The Trillion-Dollar Conspiracy Саммари
The Trillion-Dollar Conspiracy
A century-long campaign to crash the economy, sicken the people, and lock down the state.
— Jim Marrs 2010 496 стр.
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👤 Shadow Government💸 Financial Conspiracy📹 Mass Surveillance📺 Media Manipulation💊 Big Pharma
Two Sides of the Moon
— David Randolph Scott • 2004
The space race seen from both cockpits: an astronaut and cosmonaut compare notes.
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🚀 Space Race🥶 Cold War History🧑‍🚀 Astronaut Memoir🌙 Lunar Exploration⚙️ Technological Rivalry
Two Sides of the Moon Саммари
Two Sides of the Moon
The space race seen from both cockpits: an astronaut and cosmonaut compare notes.
— David Randolph Scott 2004 448 стр.
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🚀 Space Race🥶 Cold War History🧑‍🚀 Astronaut Memoir🌙 Lunar Exploration⚙️ Technological Rivalry
The Persians
— Sanam Mahloudji • 2024
An Aspen arrest unravels decades of secrets among three generations of Iranian women in exile.
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🏠 Family Saga🌍 Iranian Diaspora🤫 Family Secrets💔 Generational Trauma💪 Women's Resilience
The Persians Саммари
The Persians
An Aspen arrest unravels decades of secrets among three generations of Iranian women in exile.
— Sanam Mahloudji 2024 384 стр.
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🏠 Family Saga🌍 Iranian Diaspora🤫 Family Secrets💔 Generational Trauma💪 Women's Resilience
Blackbeard
— Samuel Marquis • 2018
An educated gentleman builds a radical pirate democracy, daring the British Empire to crush it.
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🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Piracy📜 Revisionist Legend🤝 Egalitarian Outlaws👥 Unlikely Allies⚔️ Swashbuckling Action
Blackbeard Саммари
Blackbeard
An educated gentleman builds a radical pirate democracy, daring the British Empire to crush it.
— Samuel Marquis 2018 382 стр.
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🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Piracy📜 Revisionist Legend🤝 Egalitarian Outlaws👥 Unlikely Allies⚔️ Swashbuckling Action
When They Call You a Terrorist
— Patrisse Khan-Cullors • 2018
Reagan built a movement. Each successor broke a promise. Trump ran on the shattered trust.
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🐘 Conservative Populism🌐 Anti-Globalism🗳️ Party Realignment🦅 Neoconservatism☕ Tea Party Movement
When They Call You a Terrorist Саммари
When They Call You a Terrorist
Reagan built a movement. Each successor broke a promise. Trump ran on the shattered trust.
— Patrisse Khan-Cullors 2018 257 стр.
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🐘 Conservative Populism🌐 Anti-Globalism🗳️ Party Realignment🦅 Neoconservatism☕ Tea Party Movement
Paralegal Career For Dummies
— Scott A. Hatch • 2006
Research case law, draft pleadings, organize trials: the paralegal skills every law firm relies on.
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📋 Paralegal Careers🏛️ Legal Profession🇺🇸 American Legal System🔍 Legal Research✍️ Legal Writing
Paralegal Career For Dummies Саммари
Paralegal Career For Dummies
Research case law, draft pleadings, organize trials: the paralegal skills every law firm relies on.
— Scott A. Hatch 2006 384 стр.
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📋 Paralegal Careers🏛️ Legal Profession🇺🇸 American Legal System🔍 Legal Research✍️ Legal Writing
The Secret Token
— Andrew Lawler • 2018
The Lost Colony assimilated. America built its first origin myth to hide that truth.
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🏴 Colonial America👑 Elizabethan England🔍 Historical Mysteries🎭 Myth-Making🧬 Racial Identity
The Secret Token Саммари
The Secret Token
The Lost Colony assimilated. America built its first origin myth to hide that truth.
— Andrew Lawler 2018 426 стр.
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🏴 Colonial America👑 Elizabethan England🔍 Historical Mysteries🎭 Myth-Making🧬 Racial Identity
Firefighters
— Dennis Smith • 1988
Caskets on fire trucks down Fifth Avenue: firefighters tell the stories behind the uniform.
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🚒 Firefighter Memoirs🎙️ Oral History👥 Firehouse Brotherhood💔 Trauma And Resilience☠️ Dangerous Jobs
Firefighters Саммари
Firefighters
Caskets on fire trucks down Fifth Avenue: firefighters tell the stories behind the uniform.
— Dennis Smith 1988 352 стр.
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🚒 Firefighter Memoirs🎙️ Oral History👥 Firehouse Brotherhood💔 Trauma And Resilience☠️ Dangerous Jobs
Transaction Man
— Nicholas Lemann • 2019
America traded institutions for deals, then deals for networks. Each era left more people behind.
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🏢 Corporate Governance📜 Financial History🇺🇸 American Capitalism📈 Shareholder Capitalism🏚️ Institutional Decline
Transaction Man Саммари
Transaction Man
America traded institutions for deals, then deals for networks. Each era left more people behind.
— Nicholas Lemann 2019 320 стр.
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🏢 Corporate Governance📜 Financial History🇺🇸 American Capitalism📈 Shareholder Capitalism🏚️ Institutional Decline
Giving Up Is Unforgivable
— Joyce Vance • 2025
Spotting the slow dismantling of democracy, and the citizen playbook for stopping it.
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🏛️ American Democracy⚠️ Authoritarianism⚖️ Rule Of Law🗳️ Voting Rights📰 Media Literacy
Giving Up Is Unforgivable Саммари
Giving Up Is Unforgivable
Spotting the slow dismantling of democracy, and the citizen playbook for stopping it.
— Joyce Vance 2025 208 стр.
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🏛️ American Democracy⚠️ Authoritarianism⚖️ Rule Of Law🗳️ Voting Rights📰 Media Literacy
The Management of Savagery
— Max Blumenthal • 2019
Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Trump: three products of the same American national security machine.
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🏛️ American Empire↩️ Blowback🔄 Regime Change📢 War Propaganda☪️ Political Islam
The Management of Savagery Саммари
The Management of Savagery
Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Trump: three products of the same American national security machine.
— Max Blumenthal 2019 400 стр.
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🏛️ American Empire↩️ Blowback🔄 Regime Change📢 War Propaganda☪️ Political Islam
Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman
— Joseph R. Fornieri • 2013
Lincoln's secret: he wrestled with eternal principles before he ever grasped for power.
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🏛️ Statesmanship⚔️ Civil War Era🦉 Practical Wisdom⚖️ Moral Leadership🗣️ Rhetoric And Persuasion
Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman Саммари
Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman
Lincoln's secret: he wrestled with eternal principles before he ever grasped for power.
— Joseph R. Fornieri 2013 249 стр.
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🏛️ Statesmanship⚔️ Civil War Era🦉 Practical Wisdom⚖️ Moral Leadership🗣️ Rhetoric And Persuasion
The Jungle Grows Back
— Robert Kagan • 2018
The global peace is a fluke. American power built it; without constant effort, it collapses.
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🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🌐 Liberal Internationalism🕊️ Pax Americana🦅 Neoconservatism⚔️ Great Power Competition
The Jungle Grows Back Саммари
The Jungle Grows Back
The global peace is a fluke. American power built it; without constant effort, it collapses.
— Robert Kagan 2018 192 стр.
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🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🌐 Liberal Internationalism🕊️ Pax Americana🦅 Neoconservatism⚔️ Great Power Competition
Bring the War Home
— Kathleen Belew • 2018
The Oklahoma City bombing was no lone-wolf act; it capped a paramilitary movement born of Vietnam.
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🧬 White Nationalism💣 Domestic Terrorism🪖 Militia Movements🕵️ Conspiracy Theories🇺🇸 Post-Vietnam America
Bring the War Home Саммари
Bring the War Home
The Oklahoma City bombing was no lone-wolf act; it capped a paramilitary movement born of Vietnam.
— Kathleen Belew 2018 339 стр.
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🧬 White Nationalism💣 Domestic Terrorism🪖 Militia Movements🕵️ Conspiracy Theories🇺🇸 Post-Vietnam America
Day Of Deceit
— Robert B. Stinnett • 1999
FDR provoked Japan into attacking, then hid the intercepted warnings from Pearl Harbor.
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🛳️ Pacific War📋 Revisionist History📡 Wartime Intelligence🔒 Government Secrecy🏛️ Presidential Power
Day Of Deceit Саммари
Day Of Deceit
FDR provoked Japan into attacking, then hid the intercepted warnings from Pearl Harbor.
— Robert B. Stinnett 1999 416 стр.
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🛳️ Pacific War📋 Revisionist History📡 Wartime Intelligence🔒 Government Secrecy🏛️ Presidential Power
Retribution
— Jonathan Karl • 2025
Retribution drove Trump's 2024 return. On Day One, the Justice Department became a weapon.
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🇺🇸 American Politics🗳️ Presidential Campaigns🏛️ Trump Presidency🖋️ Political Journalism📰 Presidential Scandals
Retribution Саммари
Retribution
Retribution drove Trump's 2024 return. On Day One, the Justice Department became a weapon.
— Jonathan Karl 2025 448 стр.
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🇺🇸 American Politics🗳️ Presidential Campaigns🏛️ Trump Presidency🖋️ Political Journalism📰 Presidential Scandals
The Muslim Brotherhood and the West
— Martyn Frampton • 2018
The West tried suppressing, bribing, and ignoring the Muslim Brotherhood. Every approach backfired.
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🕌 Political Islam🕋 Muslim Brotherhood🌍 Western Intervention📜 Egyptian History🏛️ Islam And The West
The Muslim Brotherhood and the West Саммари
The Muslim Brotherhood and the West
The West tried suppressing, bribing, and ignoring the Muslim Brotherhood. Every approach backfired.
— Martyn Frampton 2018 672 стр.
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🕌 Political Islam🕋 Muslim Brotherhood🌍 Western Intervention📜 Egyptian History🏛️ Islam And The West
Arsenals of Folly
— Richard Rhodes • 2007
Two leaders came within one word of eliminating all nuclear weapons, then lost the moment.
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🧊 Cold War History☢️ Nuclear Arms Race🚨 Nuclear Brinkmanship🤝 US-Soviet Relations🏭 Military-Industrial Complex
Arsenals of Folly Саммари
Arsenals of Folly
Two leaders came within one word of eliminating all nuclear weapons, then lost the moment.
— Richard Rhodes 2007 400 стр.
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🧊 Cold War History☢️ Nuclear Arms Race🚨 Nuclear Brinkmanship🤝 US-Soviet Relations🏭 Military-Industrial Complex
An Inconvenient Minority
— Kenny Xu • 2021
Asian students score highest on every objective measure, so Harvard docks them on personality.
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🎓 College Admissions⚖️ Affirmative Action🏆 Meritocracy📝 Standardized Testing📚 Critical Race Theory
An Inconvenient Minority Саммари
An Inconvenient Minority
Asian students score highest on every objective measure, so Harvard docks them on personality.
— Kenny Xu 2021 274 стр.
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🎓 College Admissions⚖️ Affirmative Action🏆 Meritocracy📝 Standardized Testing📚 Critical Race Theory
Mediocre
— Ijeoma Oluo • 2020
American institutions reward unremarkable white men. Everyone pays the price, even them.
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🏛️ Institutional Racism🇺🇸 American Patriarchy🎭 American Mythmaking✊🏿 Black Feminism🔀 Intersectionality
Mediocre Саммари
Mediocre
American institutions reward unremarkable white men. Everyone pays the price, even them.
— Ijeoma Oluo 2020 278 стр.
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🏛️ Institutional Racism🇺🇸 American Patriarchy🎭 American Mythmaking✊🏿 Black Feminism🔀 Intersectionality
A Necessary Evil
— Garry Wills • 1999
The Constitution was built for action, not gridlock. How Americans came to believe otherwise.
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🏛️ Political History📜 Constitutional History🏴 Government Distrust🕵️ Political Myths⚖️ Federalism
A Necessary Evil Саммари
A Necessary Evil
The Constitution was built for action, not gridlock. How Americans came to believe otherwise.
— Garry Wills 1999 368 стр.
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🏛️ Political History📜 Constitutional History🏴 Government Distrust🕵️ Political Myths⚖️ Federalism
The Visible Hand
— Alfred D. Chandler Jr. • 1977
Markets didn't coordinate the modern economy. Management did. And it started with the railroads.
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🏛️ Business History🇺🇸 American Capitalism🏢 Organizational Theory🔗 Vertical Integration👔 Managerial Class
The Visible Hand Саммари
The Visible Hand
Markets didn't coordinate the modern economy. Management did. And it started with the railroads.
— Alfred D. Chandler Jr. 1977 624 стр.
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🏛️ Business History🇺🇸 American Capitalism🏢 Organizational Theory🔗 Vertical Integration👔 Managerial Class
Social Darwinism in American Thought
— Richard Hofstadter • 1955
America's embrace of social Darwinism was never about the science. Its collapse wasn't either.
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🧬 Social Darwinism📚 American Intellectual History🧫 Eugenics🧪 Scientific Racism💰 Laissez-Faire Economics
Social Darwinism in American Thought Саммари
Social Darwinism in American Thought
America's embrace of social Darwinism was never about the science. Its collapse wasn't either.
— Richard Hofstadter 1955 278 стр.
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🧬 Social Darwinism📚 American Intellectual History🧫 Eugenics🧪 Scientific Racism💰 Laissez-Faire Economics
D-Day, June 6, 1944
— Stephen E. Ambrose • 1994
A weather window, a scattered airborne drop, and destroyers scraping sand reversed D-Day.
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🏖️ Normandy Campaign⚓ Amphibious Warfare🎙️ Oral History🪖 Citizen Soldiers🗺️ Military Strategy
D-Day, June 6, 1944 Саммари
D-Day, June 6, 1944
A weather window, a scattered airborne drop, and destroyers scraping sand reversed D-Day.
— Stephen E. Ambrose 1994 656 стр.
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🏖️ Normandy Campaign⚓ Amphibious Warfare🎙️ Oral History🪖 Citizen Soldiers🗺️ Military Strategy
A Protest History of the United States
— Gloria J. Browne-Marshall • 2025
From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.
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🪧 Social Movements📖 People's History✊🏿 Racial Justice🏹 Indigenous Sovereignty⚒️ Labor History
A Protest History of the United States Саммари
A Protest History of the United States
From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.
— Gloria J. Browne-Marshall 2025 360 стр.
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🪧 Social Movements📖 People's History✊🏿 Racial Justice🏹 Indigenous Sovereignty⚒️ Labor History
American Citizenship
— Judith Nisse Shklar • 1991
Voting and earning: the two pillars of American citizenship, forged in opposition to slavery.
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🏛️ Republicanism⛓️ Slavery's Legacy🗳️ The Right To Vote💪 Work Ethic🎖️ Status And Citizenship
American Citizenship Саммари
American Citizenship
Voting and earning: the two pillars of American citizenship, forged in opposition to slavery.
— Judith Nisse Shklar 1991 134 стр.
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🏛️ Republicanism⛓️ Slavery's Legacy🗳️ The Right To Vote💪 Work Ethic🎖️ Status And Citizenship
Not "A Nation of Immigrants"
— Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz • 2021
Behind the immigrant myth: a settler state founded on land theft, genocide, and a war economy.
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🏛️ Settler Colonialism🌎 US Imperialism🗽 American Origin Myths💰 Racial Capitalism🚧 Border Politics
Not "A Nation of Immigrants" Саммари
Not "A Nation of Immigrants"
Behind the immigrant myth: a settler state founded on land theft, genocide, and a war economy.
— Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 2021 392 стр.
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🏛️ Settler Colonialism🌎 US Imperialism🗽 American Origin Myths💰 Racial Capitalism🚧 Border Politics
The Unquiet Frontier
— Jakub J. Grygiel • 2016
Abandoning allies does not bring safety; it invites tests that slowly unravel American power.
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🗺️ Grand Strategy🤝 Alliance Politics☢️ Deterrence Theory🌍 Geopolitics🏛️ Political Realism
The Unquiet Frontier Саммари
The Unquiet Frontier
Abandoning allies does not bring safety; it invites tests that slowly unravel American power.
— Jakub J. Grygiel 2016 240 стр.
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🗺️ Grand Strategy🤝 Alliance Politics☢️ Deterrence Theory🌍 Geopolitics🏛️ Political Realism
The Flag and the Cross
— Philip S. Gorski • 2022
A centuries-old story of who America belongs to now threatens to end its democratic experiment.
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✝️ Christian Nationalism🇺🇸 American Mythology⚠️ Authoritarian Threat📊 Racial Hierarchy😤 White Grievance
The Flag and the Cross Саммари
The Flag and the Cross
A centuries-old story of who America belongs to now threatens to end its democratic experiment.
— Philip S. Gorski 2022 176 стр.
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✝️ Christian Nationalism🇺🇸 American Mythology⚠️ Authoritarian Threat📊 Racial Hierarchy😤 White Grievance
Taking America Back for God
— Andrew L. Whitehead • 2020
It wasn't faith that put Trump in the White House. It was Christian nationalism.
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⛪ Christian Nationalism⚖️ Religion And Politics📊 Sociology Of Religion🙏 American Evangelicalism👤 White Identity Politics
Taking America Back for God Саммари
Taking America Back for God
It wasn't faith that put Trump in the White House. It was Christian nationalism.
— Andrew L. Whitehead 2020 288 стр.
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⛪ Christian Nationalism⚖️ Religion And Politics📊 Sociology Of Religion🙏 American Evangelicalism👤 White Identity Politics
The Battle of New Orleans
— Robert V. Remini • 1999
Two thousand British fell. Seven Americans died. The battle that forged a nation was already over.
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🎖️ Military History🏛️ Early American Republic⚔️ War Of 1812💥 Decisive Battles🫡 Military Leadership
The Battle of New Orleans Саммари
The Battle of New Orleans
Two thousand British fell. Seven Americans died. The battle that forged a nation was already over.
— Robert V. Remini 1999 226 стр.
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🎖️ Military History🏛️ Early American Republic⚔️ War Of 1812💥 Decisive Battles🫡 Military Leadership
The Divided States of America
— Donald F. Kettl • 2020
Federalism was meant to unite America. Now it divides, from your healthcare to your tap water.
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🏛️ American Federalism⚖️ Structural Inequality🗳️ Political Polarization🏥 Healthcare Disparities🔍 Governance Failures
The Divided States of America Саммари
The Divided States of America
Federalism was meant to unite America. Now it divides, from your healthcare to your tap water.
— Donald F. Kettl 2020 240 стр.
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🏛️ American Federalism⚖️ Structural Inequality🗳️ Political Polarization🏥 Healthcare Disparities🔍 Governance Failures
American Grace
— Robert D. Putnam • 2010
Devout and diverse: America's religious paradox, and how personal relationships keep the peace.
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🇺🇸 American Religion🕊️ Religious Pluralism🗳️ Faith And Politics🤝 Social Capital⚡ Political Polarization
American Grace Саммари
American Grace
Devout and diverse: America's religious paradox, and how personal relationships keep the peace.
— Robert D. Putnam 2010 688 стр.
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🇺🇸 American Religion🕊️ Religious Pluralism🗳️ Faith And Politics🤝 Social Capital⚡ Political Polarization
Slavery and the Founders
— Paul Finkelman • 1995
The Constitution was built to protect slavery. The founders' ideals were the alibi, not the plan.
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📜 Constitutional History⚖️ Slavery And The Law🏛️ Founding Era Slavery🧠 Racial Ideology🔍 Revisionist History
Slavery and the Founders Саммари
Slavery and the Founders
The Constitution was built to protect slavery. The founders' ideals were the alibi, not the plan.
— Paul Finkelman 1995 272 стр.
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📜 Constitutional History⚖️ Slavery And The Law🏛️ Founding Era Slavery🧠 Racial Ideology🔍 Revisionist History
American Political Parties and Elections
— L. Sandy Maisel • 2016
Why your vote matters less than your zip code: the institutional rules that run American elections.
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🗳️ Electoral Systems💰 Campaign Finance🏛️ Two-Party System✊ Voting Rights🎯 Political Parties
American Political Parties and Elections Саммари
American Political Parties and Elections
Why your vote matters less than your zip code: the institutional rules that run American elections.
— L. Sandy Maisel 2016 208 стр.
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🗳️ Electoral Systems💰 Campaign Finance🏛️ Two-Party System✊ Voting Rights🎯 Political Parties
Public Citizens
— Paul Sabin • 2024
How liberal crusaders against big government paved the road for Reagan’s anti-government revolution.
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⚖️ Public Interest Law📜 Regulatory Reform🌿 Environmental Activism🤔 Distrust Of Government🔒 Political Gridlock
Public Citizens Саммари
Public Citizens
How liberal crusaders against big government paved the road for Reagan’s anti-government revolution.
— Paul Sabin 2024 272 стр.
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⚖️ Public Interest Law📜 Regulatory Reform🌿 Environmental Activism🤔 Distrust Of Government🔒 Political Gridlock
The Day Wall Street Exploded
— Beverly Gage • 2008
Wall Street, 1920: thirty-eight dead, none caught. The failed investigation that built the FBI.
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🏭 Labor History🏴 Anarchist Movements🔴 Red Scare💥 Terrorism History🔒 Political Repression
The Day Wall Street Exploded Саммари
The Day Wall Street Exploded
Wall Street, 1920: thirty-eight dead, none caught. The failed investigation that built the FBI.
— Beverly Gage 2008 400 стр.
3.75
318 оценок
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The Market Revolution in America
— John Lauritz Larson • 2009
From the Erie Canal to the cotton fields, free markets built America and then tore it apart.
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🏦 American Economic History📜 Antebellum America🗳️ Capitalism And Democracy⚖️ Political Economy🔨 Labor History
The Market Revolution in America Саммари
The Market Revolution in America
From the Erie Canal to the cotton fields, free markets built America and then tore it apart.
— John Lauritz Larson 2009 224 стр.
3.60
88 оценок
🏦 American Economic History📜 Antebellum America🗳️ Capitalism And Democracy⚖️ Political Economy🔨 Labor History
Adversarial Legalism
— Robert A. Kagan • 2003
The United States chose lawsuits over bureaucracy. Here is what that decision costs.
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⚖️ Comparative Law🏛️ Law And Society🇺🇸 American Legal System👨‍⚖️ Judicial Politics📜 Litigation Culture
Adversarial Legalism Саммари
Adversarial Legalism
The United States chose lawsuits over bureaucracy. Here is what that decision costs.
— Robert A. Kagan 2003 352 стр.
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⚖️ Comparative Law🏛️ Law And Society🇺🇸 American Legal System👨‍⚖️ Judicial Politics📜 Litigation Culture
The Populist Vision
— Charles Postel • 2007
Populists weren't anti-modern. They demanded public railroads, corporate-scale farms, and Jim Crow.
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201
💰 Gilded Age🌾 American Populism🚜 Rural History🤝 Cooperative Economics🔗 White Supremacy
The Populist Vision Саммари
The Populist Vision
Populists weren't anti-modern. They demanded public railroads, corporate-scale farms, and Jim Crow.
— Charles Postel 2007 397 стр.
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201 оценок
💰 Gilded Age🌾 American Populism🚜 Rural History🤝 Cooperative Economics🔗 White Supremacy
Dog Whistle Politics
— Ian F. Haney-López • 2013
The hidden racial script that convinced white voters to destroy the middle class, and who cashed in.
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🗣️ Coded Racial Appeals🇺🇸 American Political History🤝 Racial Politics💸 Economic Inequality🗳️ Southern Strategy
Dog Whistle Politics Саммари
Dog Whistle Politics
The hidden racial script that convinced white voters to destroy the middle class, and who cashed in.
— Ian F. Haney-López 2013 304 стр.
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🗣️ Coded Racial Appeals🇺🇸 American Political History🤝 Racial Politics💸 Economic Inequality🗳️ Southern Strategy
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse
— Michael B. Katz • 1986
American welfare was designed to deter, not to help. The poorhouse closed; the logic stayed.
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📜 Welfare History🏚️ Poverty Studies🔗 Structural Inequality🏭 Racial Capitalism💰 Political Economy
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse Саммари
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse
American welfare was designed to deter, not to help. The poorhouse closed; the logic stayed.
— Michael B. Katz 1986 410 стр.
3.74
138 оценок
📜 Welfare History🏚️ Poverty Studies🔗 Structural Inequality🏭 Racial Capitalism💰 Political Economy
Individualism and Commitment in American Life
— Robert N. Bellah • 1989
America built its democracy on shared moral traditions. Then it built a culture that erased them.
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15
🏛️ Civic Republicanism🤝 Civil Society👥 Communitarianism🧩 Self And Society🛋️ Therapeutic Culture
Individualism and Commitment in American Life Саммари
Individualism and Commitment in American Life
America built its democracy on shared moral traditions. Then it built a culture that erased them.
— Robert N. Bellah 1989 486 стр.
4.13
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🏛️ Civic Republicanism🤝 Civil Society👥 Communitarianism🧩 Self And Society🛋️ Therapeutic Culture
Workers on Arrival
— Joe William Trotter Jr. • 2019
America was built on Black labor, then spent four centuries finding new ways to steal it.
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41
⛏️ Black Labor History💰 Racial Capitalism⛓️ Mass Incarceration🏭 Deindustrialization🧳 Great Migration
Workers on Arrival Саммари
Workers on Arrival
America was built on Black labor, then spent four centuries finding new ways to steal it.
— Joe William Trotter Jr. 2019 328 стр.
4.20
41 оценок
⛏️ Black Labor History💰 Racial Capitalism⛓️ Mass Incarceration🏭 Deindustrialization🧳 Great Migration
North from Mexico
— Carey McWilliams • 1969
The Southwest was built by Mexican labor. Then it invented a Spanish past to hide them.
4.10
49
🏜️ Chicano History🗺️ Borderlands History👷 Labor Migration⚖️ Systemic Discrimination⚔️ Conquest And Colonization
North from Mexico Саммари
North from Mexico
The Southwest was built by Mexican labor. Then it invented a Spanish past to hide them.
— Carey McWilliams 1969 372 стр.
4.10
49 оценок
🏜️ Chicano History🗺️ Borderlands History👷 Labor Migration⚖️ Systemic Discrimination⚔️ Conquest And Colonization
Crazy Horse and Custer
— Stephen E. Ambrose • 1975
Crazy Horse and Custer: two lives fated to collide. The parallel path to Little Bighorn.
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🏜️ American West History⚔️ Plains Indian Wars👥 Dual Biography📜 Manifest Destiny🏹 Battle Of Little Bighorn
Crazy Horse and Custer Саммари
Crazy Horse and Custer
Crazy Horse and Custer: two lives fated to collide. The parallel path to Little Bighorn.
— Stephen E. Ambrose 1975 560 стр.
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9 000+ оценок
🏜️ American West History⚔️ Plains Indian Wars👥 Dual Biography📜 Manifest Destiny🏹 Battle Of Little Bighorn
Unusually Cruel
— Marc Morjé Howard • 2017
Ten times the prisoners of Europe, and not because of crime: four forces behind American punishment.
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41
🏛️ Mass Incarceration🛠️ Criminal Justice Reform🧑🏿‍⚖️ Racial Bias In Justice⚖️ Prosecutorial Power🚪 Prison Conditions
Unusually Cruel Саммари
Unusually Cruel
Ten times the prisoners of Europe, and not because of crime: four forces behind American punishment.
— Marc Morjé Howard 2017 296 стр.
4.39
41 оценок
🏛️ Mass Incarceration🛠️ Criminal Justice Reform🧑🏿‍⚖️ Racial Bias In Justice⚖️ Prosecutorial Power🚪 Prison Conditions
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