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Соединённые Штаты Саммари книг

Blood and Thunder

— Hampton Sides • 2006

To conquer the Southwest, America sent an illiterate tracker who became both a hero and a butcher.

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🗺️ Manifest Destiny 🏜️ Navajo History 💔 Forced Relocation 🚂 Westward Expansion ✊ Indigenous Resistance

Blood and Thunder

To conquer the Southwest, America sent an illiterate tracker who became both a hero and a butcher.

— Hampton Sides 2006 460 стр.

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🗺️ Manifest Destiny 🏜️ Navajo History 💔 Forced Relocation 🚂 Westward Expansion ✊ Indigenous Resistance

Devil's Bargain

— Joshua Green • 2017

Bannon assembled a network of money and outrage to destroy the Clintons. Trump became the weapon.

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🗳️ Right-Wing Populism 🏛️ Political Campaigns 📰 Media Manipulation 🕵️ Conspiracy Politics ⚖️ Political Polarization

Devil's Bargain

Bannon assembled a network of money and outrage to destroy the Clintons. Trump became the weapon.

— Joshua Green 2017 302 стр.

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🗳️ Right-Wing Populism 🏛️ Political Campaigns 📰 Media Manipulation 🕵️ Conspiracy Politics ⚖️ Political Polarization

Griftopia

— Matt Taibbi • 2010

From the ballot box to the commodities pit, one unified hustle is picking every American pocket.

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📰 Financial Journalism 🫧 Bubble Economics 🏛️ Systemic Corruption 🎛️ Regulatory Capture 💸 Predatory Finance

Griftopia

From the ballot box to the commodities pit, one unified hustle is picking every American pocket.

— Matt Taibbi 2010 253 стр.

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📰 Financial Journalism 🫧 Bubble Economics 🏛️ Systemic Corruption 🎛️ Regulatory Capture 💸 Predatory Finance

In Trump Time

— Peter Navarro • 2021

A Trump insider: the pandemic was engineered, the cure suppressed, and the election stolen.

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🏛️ Trump Presidency 🦠 Pandemic Politics 🔬 Covid Origins 🗳️ Election Integrity 🤐 Covid Censorship

In Trump Time

A Trump insider: the pandemic was engineered, the cure suppressed, and the election stolen.

— Peter Navarro 2021 344 стр.

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🏛️ Trump Presidency 🦠 Pandemic Politics 🔬 Covid Origins 🗳️ Election Integrity 🤐 Covid Censorship

In My Time

— Dick Cheney • 2011

From Yale dropout to the man who ran Desert Storm and picked himself for vice president.

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🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ White House Insider 🌍 Gulf War 🗺️ Post-Cold War Era 🛡️ Defense Policy

In My Time

From Yale dropout to the man who ran Desert Storm and picked himself for vice president.

— Dick Cheney 2011 576 стр.

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🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ White House Insider 🌍 Gulf War 🗺️ Post-Cold War Era 🛡️ Defense Policy

The Afghanistan Papers

— Craig Whitlock • 2021

Washington’s own postmortem: the war was unwinnable, and they hid the truth for twenty years.

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🇦🇫 Afghanistan War ⚔️ War On Terror 📜 Government Secrecy 🔍 Intelligence Failure 🪖 Counterinsurgency

The Afghanistan Papers

Washington’s own postmortem: the war was unwinnable, and they hid the truth for twenty years.

— Craig Whitlock 2021 368 стр.

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🇦🇫 Afghanistan War ⚔️ War On Terror 📜 Government Secrecy 🔍 Intelligence Failure 🪖 Counterinsurgency

The Color of Money

— Mehrsa Baradaran • 2017

Why Black-owned banks, born from exclusion, could never close the gap they were meant to fix.

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🏦 Racial Wealth Gap 🏛️ Banking History ⚖️ Structural Inequality 🏠 Redlining 🌾 Jim Crow Economy

The Color of Money

Why Black-owned banks, born from exclusion, could never close the gap they were meant to fix.

— Mehrsa Baradaran 2017 371 стр.

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🏦 Racial Wealth Gap 🏛️ Banking History ⚖️ Structural Inequality 🏠 Redlining 🌾 Jim Crow Economy

Twilight of the Elites

— Christopher L. Hayes • 2012

Why meritocracy always becomes a rigged game, a distant elite, and a trust crisis.

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🏛️ Meritocracy Critique 💰 Economic Inequality 🏰 Elite Disconnect 🎓 Credentialism 📈 Social Mobility

Twilight of the Elites

Why meritocracy always becomes a rigged game, a distant elite, and a trust crisis.

— Christopher L. Hayes 2012 304 стр.

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🏛️ Meritocracy Critique 💰 Economic Inequality 🏰 Elite Disconnect 🎓 Credentialism 📈 Social Mobility

Black AF History

— Michael Harriot • 2023

Stolen land, stolen labor, and Black genius: the history your textbook skipped.

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🇺🇸 American History ✊ Antiracism 🔄 Revisionist History ⛓️ Systemic Racism 💰 Racial Wealth Gap

Black AF History

Stolen land, stolen labor, and Black genius: the history your textbook skipped.

— Michael Harriot 2023 432 стр.

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🇺🇸 American History ✊ Antiracism 🔄 Revisionist History ⛓️ Systemic Racism 💰 Racial Wealth Gap

The Injustice of Place

— Kathryn J. Edin • 2023

America's poorest places were deliberate: they were stripped for profit, and the design persists.

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🗺️ Internal Colonialism 📍 Spatial Inequality ⛏️ Resource Extraction 🏫 School Segregation ⛓️ Racial Subjugation

The Injustice of Place

America's poorest places were deliberate: they were stripped for profit, and the design persists.

— Kathryn J. Edin 2023 352 стр.

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🗺️ Internal Colonialism 📍 Spatial Inequality ⛏️ Resource Extraction 🏫 School Segregation ⛓️ Racial Subjugation

Den of Spies

— Craig Unger • 2024

The Reagan campaign's secret pact with Iran: keep the hostages captive and win the White House.

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🇺🇸 American Political History 🇮🇷 Iran-Us Relations 🗳️ Election Manipulation 🕵️ Covert Operations 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Den of Spies

The Reagan campaign's secret pact with Iran: keep the hostages captive and win the White House.

— Craig Unger 2024 368 стр.

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🇺🇸 American Political History 🇮🇷 Iran-Us Relations 🗳️ Election Manipulation 🕵️ Covert Operations 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Tetralogue

— Timothy Williamson • 2014

A turnaround expert sees Rome's fate repeating in America and drafts a radical constitutional cure.

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 🎭 Philosophical Dialogue 🗽 Libertarian Critique 📉 Organizational Decline 🏘️ Decentralization

Tetralogue

A turnaround expert sees Rome's fate repeating in America and drafts a radical constitutional cure.

— Timothy Williamson 2014 160 стр.

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 🎭 Philosophical Dialogue 🗽 Libertarian Critique 📉 Organizational Decline 🏘️ Decentralization

Crouching Tiger

— Peter Navarro • 2015

China's military buildup is a calculated plan to dominate Asia and choke off American power.

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🌏 Us-China Relations 🇨🇳 Chinese Military 🏯 Asian Geopolitics ⚓ Naval Strategy ☢️ Deterrence Theory

Crouching Tiger

China's military buildup is a calculated plan to dominate Asia and choke off American power.

— Peter Navarro 2015 336 стр.

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🌏 Us-China Relations 🇨🇳 Chinese Military 🏯 Asian Geopolitics ⚓ Naval Strategy ☢️ Deterrence Theory

A New Foreign Policy

— Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2018

The world became multipolar. America didn't notice. Here is the cost and the way out.

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🦅 American Exceptionalism 🏛️ Us Foreign Policy 🌐 Multipolarity ☮️ Anti-Interventionism 🎯 Regime Change

A New Foreign Policy

The world became multipolar. America didn't notice. Here is the cost and the way out.

— Jeffrey D. Sachs 2018 274 стр.

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🦅 American Exceptionalism 🏛️ Us Foreign Policy 🌐 Multipolarity ☮️ Anti-Interventionism 🎯 Regime Change

The Man Who Ran Washington

— Peter Baker • 2020

Never elected, yet he unified Germany, ended the Cold War, and won the Gulf War.

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🏛️ Political Biography 🚪 Backroom Politics 🤝 Coalition Building 🌐 Geopolitical Diplomacy 🧊 End Of Cold War

The Man Who Ran Washington

Never elected, yet he unified Germany, ended the Cold War, and won the Gulf War.

— Peter Baker 2020 688 стр.

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🏛️ Political Biography 🚪 Backroom Politics 🤝 Coalition Building 🌐 Geopolitical Diplomacy 🧊 End Of Cold War

Obama

— David Mendell • 2007

A Chicago organizer's cautious climb: from Harvard Law to the 2004 speech that made him a star.

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🏛️ American Politics 🚀 Political Rise 🌍 Biracial Identity 🏘️ Community Organizing ⚖️ Race And Politics

Obama

A Chicago organizer's cautious climb: from Harvard Law to the 2004 speech that made him a star.

— David Mendell 2007 448 стр.

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🏛️ American Politics 🚀 Political Rise 🌍 Biracial Identity 🏘️ Community Organizing ⚖️ Race And Politics

America

— Chris Hedges • 2018

Addiction, casinos, and the death of work: the symptoms of late capitalism's terminal stage.

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🛒 Late Capitalism 🇺🇸 American Decline 💊 Opioid Crisis ⚙️ Working Class Erosion 📕 Marxist Critique

America

Addiction, casinos, and the death of work: the symptoms of late capitalism's terminal stage.

— Chris Hedges 2018 400 стр.

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🛒 Late Capitalism 🇺🇸 American Decline 💊 Opioid Crisis ⚙️ Working Class Erosion 📕 Marxist Critique

The Investigator

— John Sandford • 2022

A Senate staffer chasing stolen oil discovers a militia funding a massacre.

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🎯 Domestic Terrorism 🏛️ Political Thriller 👩‍💼 Female Investigator 🛢️ Oil Field Crime 🏚️ Small Town Siege

The Investigator

A Senate staffer chasing stolen oil discovers a militia funding a massacre.

— John Sandford 2022 400 стр.

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🎯 Domestic Terrorism 🏛️ Political Thriller 👩‍💼 Female Investigator 🛢️ Oil Field Crime 🏚️ Small Town Siege

The American Presidency

— Charles O. Jones • 2007

The presidency was built to be strong but never supreme. Two centuries later, the tension endures.

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🏛️ American Presidency 📜 Constitutional Design ⚖️ Separation Of Powers 🎖️ Executive Power 🏗️ Political Institutions

The American Presidency

The presidency was built to be strong but never supreme. Two centuries later, the tension endures.

— Charles O. Jones 2007 192 стр.

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🏛️ American Presidency 📜 Constitutional Design ⚖️ Separation Of Powers 🎖️ Executive Power 🏗️ Political Institutions

Why Businessmen Need Philosophy

— Ayn Rand • 1999

Why businessmen feel guilty for creating wealth, and the moral code that can stop it.

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📜 Business Ethics 🧠 Objectivism 💎 Rational Self-Interest 🗽 Economic Liberty 💰 Moral Capitalism

Why Businessmen Need Philosophy

Why businessmen feel guilty for creating wealth, and the moral code that can stop it.

— Ayn Rand 1999 334 стр.

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📜 Business Ethics 🧠 Objectivism 💎 Rational Self-Interest 🗽 Economic Liberty 💰 Moral Capitalism

Inside the Apple

— Michelle Nevius • 2009

A walking guide to reading Manhattan: every block holds a chapter of American history.

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📖 Urban History 🗽 New York City History 🚶 Walking Tours 🏛️ Architectural History 💰 Gilded Age

Inside the Apple

A walking guide to reading Manhattan: every block holds a chapter of American history.

— Michelle Nevius 2009 384 стр.

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📖 Urban History 🗽 New York City History 🚶 Walking Tours 🏛️ Architectural History 💰 Gilded Age

Kill Chain

— Andrew Cockburn • 2015

Precision warfare is a lie. Drone strikes miss, breed enemies, and only the contractors profit.

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🛸 Drone Warfare 🎯 Targeted Killings 🏭 Military-Industrial Complex 👁️ Surveillance State 💥 Intelligence Failures

Kill Chain

Precision warfare is a lie. Drone strikes miss, breed enemies, and only the contractors profit.

— Andrew Cockburn 2015 320 стр.

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🛸 Drone Warfare 🎯 Targeted Killings 🏭 Military-Industrial Complex 👁️ Surveillance State 💥 Intelligence Failures

The First Conspiracy

— Brad Meltzer • 2019

The secret plot to capture George Washington came from inside his own guard.

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🗽 American Revolution 🇺🇸 Founding Fathers 🕵️ Espionage History 🎯 Assassination Plots 🔍 Counterintelligence

The First Conspiracy

The secret plot to capture George Washington came from inside his own guard.

— Brad Meltzer 2019 413 стр.

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🗽 American Revolution 🇺🇸 Founding Fathers 🕵️ Espionage History 🎯 Assassination Plots 🔍 Counterintelligence

Taking Back Trump's America

— Peter Navarro • 2022

How Trump's own White House undermined his re-election, and the playbook for winning in 2024.

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🔍 Campaign Postmortems 📖 Political Memoirs 🏛️ Insider Accounts 🐘 Populist Conservatism 🏭 Economic Nationalism

Taking Back Trump's America

How Trump's own White House undermined his re-election, and the playbook for winning in 2024.

— Peter Navarro 2022 429 стр.

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🔍 Campaign Postmortems 📖 Political Memoirs 🏛️ Insider Accounts 🐘 Populist Conservatism 🏭 Economic Nationalism

Meltdown

— Thomas E. Woods Jr. • 2009

The 2008 crash was a government failure, not a market one, and the bailout guarantees another.

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🏛️ Austrian Economics 📉 Financial Crises 🏦 Central Banking ⚠️ Moral Hazard 🏠 Housing Bubble

Meltdown

The 2008 crash was a government failure, not a market one, and the bailout guarantees another.

— Thomas E. Woods Jr. 2009 194 стр.

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🏛️ Austrian Economics 📉 Financial Crises 🏦 Central Banking ⚠️ Moral Hazard 🏠 Housing Bubble

Bourbon

— Fred Minnick • 2016

Elijah Craig didn't invent bourbon. Rivers, tariffs, and a doctor's prescription actually built it.

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🥃 American Whiskey 🏭 Distilling History 🛑 Prohibition Era 📜 Taxation And Regulation 🏢 Industry Consolidation

Bourbon

Elijah Craig didn't invent bourbon. Rivers, tariffs, and a doctor's prescription actually built it.

— Fred Minnick 2016 240 стр.

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🥃 American Whiskey 🏭 Distilling History 🛑 Prohibition Era 📜 Taxation And Regulation 🏢 Industry Consolidation

Sidecountry

— John Branch • 2021

Dispatches from sport's wild edge: avalanches, impossible climbs, and the communities left behind.

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🎒 Adventure Journalism 🪂 Extreme Sports 📖 Literary Journalism 📰 Longform Journalism 💀 Risk And Mortality

Sidecountry

Dispatches from sport's wild edge: avalanches, impossible climbs, and the communities left behind.

— John Branch 2021 368 стр.

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🎒 Adventure Journalism 🪂 Extreme Sports 📖 Literary Journalism 📰 Longform Journalism 💀 Risk And Mortality

Amexica

— Ed Vulliamy • 2010

Drugs north, guns south: the border is its own nation, and the cartels are its government.

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🕴️ Organized Crime ⚔️ Drug War 💀 Narco Culture 💰 Cartel Economics 🏜️ Migrant Journeys

Amexica

Drugs north, guns south: the border is its own nation, and the cartels are its government.

— Ed Vulliamy 2010 368 стр.

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🕴️ Organized Crime ⚔️ Drug War 💀 Narco Culture 💰 Cartel Economics 🏜️ Migrant Journeys

The Man Who Knew

— Sebastian Mallaby • 2016

The jazz musician who ran the American economy, and the libertarian faith that almost broke it.

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🏦 Central Banking 💹 Monetary Policy 📜 Economic History 🛡️ Financial Regulation 🕊️ Free-Market Thought

The Man Who Knew

The jazz musician who ran the American economy, and the libertarian faith that almost broke it.

— Sebastian Mallaby 2016 800 стр.

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🏦 Central Banking 💹 Monetary Policy 📜 Economic History 🛡️ Financial Regulation 🕊️ Free-Market Thought

September 11

— Dean E. Murphy • 2002

A blind man, his guide dog, a stranger: 78 flights down. Then the tower fell.

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🎙️ Oral History 🗣️ Survivor Testimony 🚒 First Responders 💔 Collective Trauma 🆘 Disaster Response

September 11

A blind man, his guide dog, a stranger: 78 flights down. Then the tower fell.

— Dean E. Murphy 2002 272 стр.

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🎙️ Oral History 🗣️ Survivor Testimony 🚒 First Responders 💔 Collective Trauma 🆘 Disaster Response

The Big Change

— Frederick Lewis Allen • 1952

America went from farmers to superpower in fifty years: the metamorphosis that reshaped its soul.

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📖 American History 🕰️ Early 20th Century 🔄 Economic Transformation 📈 Social Mobility 🏢 Corporate America

The Big Change

America went from farmers to superpower in fifty years: the metamorphosis that reshaped its soul.

— Frederick Lewis Allen 1952 324 стр.

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📖 American History 🕰️ Early 20th Century 🔄 Economic Transformation 📈 Social Mobility 🏢 Corporate America

George Washington

— James MacGregor Burns • 2004

How Washington invented the presidency from scratch, and why his precedents still rule the office.

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🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔔 Founding Era 📜 Constitutional Origins ⚡ Executive Power 🎓 Leadership Studies

George Washington

How Washington invented the presidency from scratch, and why his precedents still rule the office.

— James MacGregor Burns 2004 208 стр.

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🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔔 Founding Era 📜 Constitutional Origins ⚡ Executive Power 🎓 Leadership Studies

Essays on the Great Depression

— Ben S. Bernanke • 2000

Monetary collapse caused the Depression, and only abandoning the gold standard brought recovery.

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🏛️ Economic History 💰 Monetary Economics 🥇 Gold Standard 🏦 Banking Crises 📉 Debt Deflation

Essays on the Great Depression

Monetary collapse caused the Depression, and only abandoning the gold standard brought recovery.

— Ben S. Bernanke 2000 320 стр.

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🏛️ Economic History 💰 Monetary Economics 🥇 Gold Standard 🏦 Banking Crises 📉 Debt Deflation

The Lincoln Conspiracy

— Brad Meltzer • 2020

Baltimore 1861: a secret society, a plot to kill Lincoln, and the detective who uncovered it.

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🤫 Foiled Conspiracy ⚔️ Civil War Era 🕵️ Pinkerton Agency 🕯️ Secret Societies 🛤️ Underground Railroad

The Lincoln Conspiracy

Baltimore 1861: a secret society, a plot to kill Lincoln, and the detective who uncovered it.

— Brad Meltzer 2020 448 стр.

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🤫 Foiled Conspiracy ⚔️ Civil War Era 🕵️ Pinkerton Agency 🕯️ Secret Societies 🛤️ Underground Railroad

A Great Place To Have A War

— Joshua Kurlantzick • 2017

Laos was where the CIA learned to wage war without asking Congress. The lesson stuck.

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🔍 Cia History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🧊 Cold War History 🎭 Proxy Warfare 🏛️ American Foreign Policy

A Great Place To Have A War

Laos was where the CIA learned to wage war without asking Congress. The lesson stuck.

— Joshua Kurlantzick 2017 336 стр.

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🔍 Cia History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🧊 Cold War History 🎭 Proxy Warfare 🏛️ American Foreign Policy

This Land Is Our Land

— Ken Ilgunas • 2018

America once roamed freely across private land. Europe has the rules that could bring that back.

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🚶‍♂️ Right To Roam 🏡 Land Ownership 🏞 Public Lands 🥾 Walking 🌍 Commons

This Land Is Our Land

America once roamed freely across private land. Europe has the rules that could bring that back.

— Ken Ilgunas 2018 288 стр.

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🚶‍♂️ Right To Roam 🏡 Land Ownership 🏞 Public Lands 🥾 Walking 🌍 Commons

Island Infernos

— Джон К. Макманус • 2021

Behind every Pacific island invasion: a hidden war of logistics, codebreaking, and command feuds.

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🏝️ Pacific Theater 🚢 Amphibious Warfare ⚔️ Operational History 👥 Command Rivalries 📦 Military Logistics

Island Infernos

Behind every Pacific island invasion: a hidden war of logistics, codebreaking, and command feuds.

— Джон К. Макманус 2021 656 стр.

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🏝️ Pacific Theater 🚢 Amphibious Warfare ⚔️ Operational History 👥 Command Rivalries 📦 Military Logistics

Lucky

— Jonathan Allen • 2021

How Biden really won: not strategy, but opponent blunders, a pandemic, and one endorsement.

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🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 🏛️ Democratic Party ⚔️ Primary Battles 🎙️ Campaign Journalism 🔄 Political Comebacks

Lucky

How Biden really won: not strategy, but opponent blunders, a pandemic, and one endorsement.

— Jonathan Allen 2021 17 стр.

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🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 🏛️ Democratic Party ⚔️ Primary Battles 🎙️ Campaign Journalism 🔄 Political Comebacks

Front Row at the Trump Show

— Jonathan Karl • 2020

How a presidency became a TV show, and the press became the supporting cast.

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🇺🇸 Trump Presidency 🎤 White House Press Corps 📰 Political Journalism 🎭 Media Manipulation 🤥 Post-Truth Politics

Front Row at the Trump Show

How a presidency became a TV show, and the press became the supporting cast.

— Jonathan Karl 2020 368 стр.

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🇺🇸 Trump Presidency 🎤 White House Press Corps 📰 Political Journalism 🎭 Media Manipulation 🤥 Post-Truth Politics

Buckley

— Carl T. Bogus • 2011

To build the modern American right, one man had to decide who belonged and who did not.

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🗽 Modern Conservatism ❄️ Cold War Ideology 📚 Intellectual History 📰 Political Journalism 📖 Magazine History

Buckley

To build the modern American right, one man had to decide who belonged and who did not.

— Carl T. Bogus 2011 417 стр.

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🗽 Modern Conservatism ❄️ Cold War Ideology 📚 Intellectual History 📰 Political Journalism 📖 Magazine History

A Simple Government

— Mike Huckabee • 2011

A former governor's plan for a government that does less, costs less, and meddles less.

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🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ Federalism 💰 Fiscal Conservatism 🧾 Tax Reform 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Social Conservatism

A Simple Government

A former governor's plan for a government that does less, costs less, and meddles less.

— Mike Huckabee 2011 208 стр.

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🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ Federalism 💰 Fiscal Conservatism 🧾 Tax Reform 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Social Conservatism

The Pioneers

— David McCullough • 2019

Before the Constitution, one land deal doubled the country and banned slavery in every future state.

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🇺🇸 Early American Republic 🪓 Frontier Settlement 🌄 Westward Expansion 🏛️ Nation Building 🏕️ Frontier Life

The Pioneers

Before the Constitution, one land deal doubled the country and banned slavery in every future state.

— David McCullough 2019 330 стр.

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🇺🇸 Early American Republic 🪓 Frontier Settlement 🌄 Westward Expansion 🏛️ Nation Building 🏕️ Frontier Life

The Twelve Apostles

— William J. Coughlin • 1984

A female attorney's fight for partner meets a hostile takeover that could destroy the firm.

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🏛️ Legal Thriller 💼 Hostile Takeover 📈 Office Politics 👩‍⚖️ Women In Law 🛡️ Personal Integrity

The Twelve Apostles

A female attorney's fight for partner meets a hostile takeover that could destroy the firm.

— William J. Coughlin 1984 400 стр.

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🏛️ Legal Thriller 💼 Hostile Takeover 📈 Office Politics 👩‍⚖️ Women In Law 🛡️ Personal Integrity

While the City Slept

— Eli Sanders • 2016

A home invasion leaves one woman dead and the other offering an unexpected vow in court.

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🔍 True Crime Journalism ⚖️ Mental Illness In Court 🏠 Home Invasion 💜 Sexual Assault Survivor 🧠 Mental Health Crisis

While the City Slept

A home invasion leaves one woman dead and the other offering an unexpected vow in court.

— Eli Sanders 2016 322 стр.

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🔍 True Crime Journalism ⚖️ Mental Illness In Court 🏠 Home Invasion 💜 Sexual Assault Survivor 🧠 Mental Health Crisis

The Last Juror

— John Grisham • 2004

A new Mississippi paper owner covers a murder trial as a crime family threatens the jury.

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⚖️ Legal Thriller 📰 Small-Town Newspaper 🤝 Interracial Friendship 🌅 1970s South 👑 Crime Family

The Last Juror

A new Mississippi paper owner covers a murder trial as a crime family threatens the jury.

— John Grisham 2004 278 стр.

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⚖️ Legal Thriller 📰 Small-Town Newspaper 🤝 Interracial Friendship 🌅 1970s South 👑 Crime Family

Master of Reality

— John Darnielle • 2008

The staff took his Walkman. They cannot take the Black Sabbath album inside his head.

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Master of Reality

The staff took his Walkman. They cannot take the Black Sabbath album inside his head.

— John Darnielle 2008 112 стр.

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The Long Alliance

— Gabriel Debenedetti • 2022

What held the Obama presidency together was the partnership nobody expected to work.

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🏛️ Obama Era 🤝 Political Partnerships 🇺🇸 American Presidency ⚡ Governing Through Crisis 🏥 Healthcare Politics

The Long Alliance

What held the Obama presidency together was the partnership nobody expected to work.

— Gabriel Debenedetti 2022 421 стр.

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American Lion

— Jon Meacham • 2008

How an orphan's fury for the elite built the modern presidency by breaking every established rule.

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American Lion

How an orphan's fury for the elite built the modern presidency by breaking every established rule.

— Jon Meacham 2008 483 стр.

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The Yom Kippur War

— 50Minutes • 2016

How a Yom Kippur ambush shattered Israel's myth, drew in superpowers, and led to Camp David.

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The Yom Kippur War

How a Yom Kippur ambush shattered Israel's myth, drew in superpowers, and led to Camp David.

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— Joseph J. Ellis • 2025

To create a nation, the founders protected slavery. Indian removal was the other price of union.

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🏛️ Founding Era 📜 Constitutional History ⛓️ Slavery And The Founders 🪶 Indian Removal ⚖️ Liberty And Slavery

The Great Contradiction

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