Political Science
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Shia Revival
A gripping account that overturns simplistic portrayals of Iran as a theocratic pariah state, revealing how its strategic moves on the world stage are driven by two pervasive threats鈥攅xternal aggression and...
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism
How neoliberals turned to nature to defend inequality after the end of the Cold War
Winner of the Istv谩n Hont Book Prize, Institute of Intellectual History
Finalist for the Cundill History Prize
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
鈥淸An] excellent new book.鈥濃擬ichelle Goldberg, New York Times
The story of the radical conservative intellectual movement shaping Donald Trump鈥檚 agenda鈥攁nd how it threatens American freedoms, values, and democracy
A bold retelling of the 1960s civil rights struggle through its work against police violence鈥攁nd a prehistory of both the Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter movements that emerged half a century later
A provocative book that demystifies China鈥檚 great democratic leap backward under Xi Jinping, revealing why the country鈥檚 embrace of capitalism has given rise to hard authoritarianism, mass surveillance, and one-man rule instead of democracy as many in the West had hoped
From the acclaimed author of The Fire Is upon Us, the dramatic untold story of Barry Goldwater and Martin Luther King Jr.鈥檚 decade-long clash over the meaning of freedom鈥攁nd how their conflicting visions still divide American politics
The revelatory and urgent story of how an explosion of misogyny is driving a surge of mass and far-right violence throughout the West鈥攆rom an internationally recognized extremism expert and media commentator
The ultimate collection of Einstein鈥檚 public writings on everything from religion and art to pacifism and the atomic bomb
Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award
How 1,000 years of global history show why technological and economic progress is often followed by stagnation and even collapse