Suicide of a Superpower: Will America...
Patrick J. Buchanan"Mr. Buchanan has written the political book of the year - and maybe of our time."--The Washington TimesAmerica is disintegrating.The "one Nation under God, indivisible" of the Pledge of Allegiance is passing awa...
The Predictioneer's Game: Using the L...
Bruce Bueno de MesquitaBruce Bueno de Mesquita is a master of game theory, which is a fancy label for a simple idea: People compete, and they always do what they think is in their own best interest. Bueno de Mesquita uses game theory and its insights into h...
Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Rig...
Ben Burgis'Burgis offers a fascinating and nuanced dive into the life, work, and political views of Christopher Hitchens. It’s rare to come across a book that manages to combine an enjoyable and informative mix of history, philosophy, rel...
The Machiavellians: Defenders of Free...
James Burnham'The stoic, detached, empirical, hard-boiled, penetrating, realist mind of James Burnham is something to behold, to admire, to emulate' - National Review A classic work of political theory an...
Contingency, Hegemony, Universality: ...
Judith ButlerThe Hegelian legacy, Left strategy, and post-structuralism versus Lacanian psychoanalysis. What is the contemporary legacy of Gramsci's notion of Hegemony? How can universality be reformulated now that its spurious versions have bee...
Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable...
Judith ButlerIn Frames of War, Judith Butler explores the media’s portrayal of state violence, a process integral to the way in which the West wages modern war. This portrayal has saturated our understanding of human life, and has led to the...
In this followup to Integrity, Yale law professor Stephen Carter continues to meditate upon the 'prepolitical' qualities on which a healthy society is based. Why do people show poorer manners today than in previous ages? How did we ...
Why do we care more about winning than about playing by the rules? Integrity - all of us are in favor of it, but nobody seems to know how to make sure that we get it. From presidential candidates to crusading journalists to the lords...
Consequences of Capitalism: Manufactu...
Noam ChomskyCovid-19 has revealed glaring failures and monstrous brutalities in the current capitalist system. It represents both a crisis and an opportunity. Everything depends on the actions that people take into their own hands.’How does...
From World War II until the 1980s, the United States reigned supreme as both the economic and the military leader of the world. The major shifts in global politics that came about with the dismantling of the Eastern bloc have left the...
According to The New York Times, Noam Chomsky is "arguably the most important intellectual alive." But he isn't easy to read . . . or at least he wasn't until these books came along. Made up of intensively edited speeches an...
A STUDENT'S GUIDE TO INTERNATIONAL RE...
Angelo M. CodevillaIn recent years college students have been flooding courses in international relations, as the September 11 attacks, the Iraq war, globalization, and other issues have underscored the importance of understanding the world around us. B...
Noam Chomsky has written over 30 books, he is the most-quoted author on earth, the New York Times calls him "arguably the most important intellectual alive" — yet most people have no idea who he is or what he's about.Choms...
Engines of Liberty: How Citizen Movem...
David ColeFrom the national legal director of the ACLU, an essential guidebook for anyone seeking to stand up for fundamental civil liberties and rightsOne of Washington Post's Notable Nonfiction Books of 2016In an age of executive overreach, w...
Dancing with Dynamite: Social Movemen...
Benjamin DanglGrassroots social movements played a major role in electing new left-leaning governments throughout Latin America, but subsequent relations between the streets and the states remain uneasy. In Dancing with Dynamite, Benjamin Dangl exp...
This book is the perfect pocket-sized introduction to politics and political thought throughout history.\r\n\r\nFrom the origins of democracy to Machiavelli\'s cunning statecraft, and from Rousseau\'s \"social contract\" to the Americ...
The Politics Book: Big Ideas Simply E...
DKFrom ancient and medieval philosophers such as Confucius and Thomas Aquinas, to revolutionary thought leaders such as Thomas Jefferson and Leon Trotsky, to the voices who have shaped modern politics today — Mao Zedong, Malcolm X, Ch...
500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Ter...
Kurt EichenwaldKurt Eichenwald—New York Times bestselling author of Conspiracy of Fools and The Informant—recounts the first 500 days after 9/11 in a comprehensive, compelling page-turner as gripping as any thriller. In the New York Times bestse...
Principles of Communism (Radical Repr...
Friedrich EngelsIn 1847 Engels wrote two draft programmes for the Communist League in the form of a catechism, one in June and the other in October. The latter, which is known as Principles of Communism, was first published in 1914. The earlier docum...
A distinguished psychiatrist from Martinique who took part in the Algerian Nationalist Movement, Frantz Fanon was one of the most important theorists of revolutionary struggle, colonialism, and racial difference in history. Fanon's ma...
The Thirteen American Arguments: Endu...
Howard Fineman'The Thirteen American Arguments is a thought-provoking, engaging study of the great American debate, and a highly worthwhile read.'–RealClearPolitics.com"Insightful and enjoyable . . . . In The Thirteen American Arguments, How...
Collected here in this omnibus edition are Thomas Paine's most important books, along with his short essay Agrarian Justice. This edition has also restored the Third Part to The Age Of Reason. In January of 1776, Thomas Paine publishe...
The Old Is Dying But the New Cannot B...
Nancy FraserNeoliberalism is fracturing, but what will emerge in its wake?Across the globe politics as usual are being rejected and faith in neoliberalism is fracturing beyond repair. Leading political theorist Nancy Fraser, in conversation with ...
Ideology: A Very Short Introduction
Michael FreedenIdeology is one of the most controversial terms in the political vocabulary, exciting both revulsion and inspiration. This book examines the reasons for those views, and explains why ideologies deserve respect as a major form of polit...
The Origins of Political Order: From ...
Francis FukuyamaVirtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institutions which included a central state that could keep the peace and uniform laws that applied to all citizens. Some went on t...
Disposable Futures: The Seduction of ...
Henry A. GirouxDisposable Futures makes the case that we have not just become desensitized to violence, but rather, that we are being taught to desire it.From movies and other commercial entertainment to "extreme" weather and acts of terro...
Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Mode...
John GrayA useful and breakneck tour of the perils of modernity. (Toronto Globe and Mail)
Collapse Now and Avoid the Rush: The ...
John Michael GreerSince 2006, author John Michael Greer has been sharing his perspectives on the fate of industrial civilization and more on his weekly blog, THE ARCHDRUID REPORT. His writing, both highly engaging and rooted in a depth of broad scholar...
Nationalism: A Very Short Introductio...
Steven Elliott GrosbyThroughout history, humanity has borne witness to the political and moral challenges that arise when people place national identity above allegiance to geo-political states or international communities. This book discusses the concept...
Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in ...
Asad HaiderA powerful challenge to the way we understand the politics of race and the history of anti-racist struggleWhether class or race is the more important factor in modern politics is a question right at the heart of recent history's most ...