Best books in Politics & Society
From Machiavelli to Hannah Arendt, from Tocqueville to contemporary debates on democracy. Barack Obama, Noam Chomsky and Fareed Zakaria lead this category — and rarely agree with each other, which makes their selections all the more revealing.
Political tribes
Amy Chua
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Conflict of Visions
Thomas Sowell
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A rap on race
Margaret Mead
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Spy among Friends
Ben Macintyre
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Practical Guide for Policy Analysis
Eugene S. Bardach
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A World-Class Education: Learning from International Models of Excellence and Innovation
Vivien Stewart
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Higher Loyalty
James Comey
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A preponderance of power
Melvyn P. Leffler
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An Inconvenient Truth
Al Gore
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Unit 731 - Laboratory of the Devil
Yan-jun Yang
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Unlocking the Gates
Taylor Walsh
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Absolute V for Vendetta (2023 Edition)
Alan Moore
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Valleys of Death
Bill Richardson
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Behold the Dreamers
Imbolo Mbue
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Win bigly
Scott Adams
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Private Truths, Public Lies
Timur Kuran
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Life at the Bottom
Theodore Dalrymple
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Stolen Lives
Malika Oufkir
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Viet Cong
Douglas Pike
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Right Turn
Thomas Ferguson
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You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto
Jaron Lanier
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Facing West
Dr. Richard Drinnon Ph.D
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Voices of a People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn
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War Nerd
Gary Brecher
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