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Military Inc. Summary
Military Inc.
Inside Pakistan's Military Economy
by Ayesha Siddiqa 2007 292 pages
3.74
500+ ratings
Pakistan
Politics
History
The Shadow of the Great Game Summary
The Shadow of the Great Game
The Untold Story of India's Partition
by Narendra Singh Sarila 2006 320 pages
4.15
100+ ratings
History
India
Politics
Fellow Travelers Summary
Fellow Travelers
by Thomas Mallon 2007 356 pages
3.60
4k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
LGBT
Queer
The Theological Origins of Modernity Summary
The Theological Origins of Modernity
by Michael Allen Gillespie 2008 368 pages
4.25
100+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Theology
International Relations Summary
International Relations
by Joshua S. Goldstein 1993 624 pages
3.81
100+ ratings
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
The Anarchist Cookbook Summary
The Anarchist Cookbook
by William Powell 1971 160 pages
3.50
2k+ ratings
Politics
Banned Books
Reference
Inside Money Summary
Inside Money
Brown Brothers Harriman and the American Way of Power
by Zachary Karabell 2021 448 pages
4.10
100+ ratings
History
Business
Economics
The Alchemists Summary
The Alchemists
Three Central Bankers and a World on Fire
by Neil Irwin 2013 448 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
History
Days of Fire Summary
Days of Fire
Bush and Cheney in the White House
by Peter Baker 2013 816 pages
4.11
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Biography
The Divider Summary
The Divider
Trump in the White House, 2017-2021
by Peter Baker 2022 725 pages
4.46
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
Biography
Kremlin Rising Summary
Kremlin Rising
Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution
by Peter Baker 2005 464 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Russia
History
Politics
The Way Out Summary
The Way Out
How to Overcome Toxic Polarization
by Peter T. Coleman 2021 296 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Leadership
The Myth of Male Power Summary
The Myth of Male Power
by Warren Farrell 1993 448 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Feminism
Of Man Summary
Of Man
by Thomas Hobbes 1658 124 pages
3.51
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
The Years That Matter Most Summary
The Years That Matter Most
How College Makes or Breaks Us
by Paul Tough 2019 400 pages
4.40
2k+ ratings
Education
Sociology
College
House of Trump, House of Putin Summary
House of Trump, House of Putin
The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia
by Craig Unger 2018 382 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Russia
The Plot Against America Summary
The Plot Against America
by Philip Roth 2004 391 pages
3.81
65k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Alternate History
Literature
Realpolitik Summary
Realpolitik
A History
by John Bew 2015 408 pages
3.92
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Case for Colonialism Summary
The Case for Colonialism
by Bruce Gilley 2023 326 pages
4.24
100+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Decline and Rise of Democracy Summary
The Decline and Rise of Democracy
A Global History from Antiquity to Today
by David Stasavage 2020 424 pages
3.83
100+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Billion Dollar Spy Summary
The Billion Dollar Spy
A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal
by David E. Hoffman 2015 336 pages
4.23
14k+ ratings
History
Espionage
Russia
Best Evidence Summary
Best Evidence
by David S. Lifton 1980 920 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Conspiracy Theories
Power, Politics and Culture Summary
Power, Politics and Culture
Interviews With Edward W. Said
by Edward W. Said 2001 512 pages
4.25
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Colossus Summary
Colossus
The Rise and Fall of the American Empire
by Niall Ferguson 2004 416 pages
3.57
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
Imaginary Homelands Summary
Imaginary Homelands
Essays and Criticism 1981-1991
by Salman Rushdie 1991 448 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Essays
India
Politics
A Doctor in the House Summary
A Doctor in the House
The Memoirs of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad
by Mahathir Mohamad 2011 843 pages
4.26
1k+ ratings
Biography
Politics
History
One Nation Under Blackmail Summary
One Nation Under Blackmail
The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Organized Crime That Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein, Vol. 2
by Whitney Alyse Webb 2022 432 pages
4.45
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Conspiracy Theories
Collapse Summary
Collapse
The Fall of the Soviet Union
by Vladislav M. Zubok 2021 576 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
History
Russia
Politics
The Inevitability of Tragedy Summary
The Inevitability of Tragedy
Henry Kissinger and His World
by Barry Gewen 2020 480 pages
4.03
100+ ratings
History
Politics
Biography
Pasteur's Quadrant Summary
Pasteur's Quadrant
Basic Science and Technological Innovation
by Donald E. Stokes 1997 199 pages
3.83
100+ ratings
Science
Technology
Business
This Land Is Our Land Summary
This Land Is Our Land
How We Lost the Right to Roam and How to Take It Back
by Ken Ilgunas 2018 288 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Travel
Nature
History
A New Foreign Policy Summary
A New Foreign Policy
Beyond American Exceptionalism
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2018 262 pages
3.80
100+ ratings
Politics
International Relations
History
The American Spirit Summary
The American Spirit
Who We Are and What We Stand For
by David McCullough 2017 176 pages
4.22
6k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Imagineers of War Summary
The Imagineers of War
The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency That Changed the World
by Sharon Weinberger 2017 496 pages
3.68
500+ ratings
History
Science
War
Ruined by Design Summary
Ruined by Design
How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It
by Mike Monteiro 2019 251 pages
4.11
2k+ ratings
Design
Business
Art Design
Has the West Lost It? Summary
Has the West Lost It?
A Provocation
by Kishore Mahbubani 2018 112 pages
3.70
500+ ratings
Politics
China
History
Black Folk Summary
Black Folk
The Roots of the Black Working Class
by Blair L.M. Kelley 2023 352 pages
4.50
100+ ratings
History
Race
Politics
Wildland Summary
Wildland
The Making of America's Fury
by Evan Osnos 2021 465 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
The Rule of Law Summary
The Rule of Law
by Tom Bingham 2010 203 pages
4.11
3k+ ratings
Law
Politics
Philosophy
Stress Test Summary
Stress Test
Reflections on Financial Crises
by Timothy F. Geithner 2014 592 pages
4.08
5k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Summary
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
by Robert A. Heinlein 1966 288 pages
4.15
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Afrikaners Summary
The Afrikaners
Biography of a People
by Hermann Giliomee 2003 720 pages
4.16
100+ ratings
History
Africa
South Africa
Suicide of a Superpower Summary
Suicide of a Superpower
Will America Survive to 2025?
by Patrick J. Buchanan 2011 496 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
Politics
History
American
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement Summary
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
A Radical Democratic Vision
by Barbara Ransby 2003 496 pages
4.33
1k+ ratings
History
Biography
Race
How China Escaped the Poverty Trap Summary
How China Escaped the Poverty Trap
by Yuen Yuen Ang 2016 503 pages
4.33
100+ ratings
China
Economics
History
The Struggle for Pakistan Summary
The Struggle for Pakistan
A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics
by Ayesha Jalal 2014 447 pages
4.00
100+ ratings
History
Pakistan
Politics
The Blood Telegram Summary
The Blood Telegram
Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide
by Gary J. Bass 2013 528 pages
4.35
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
India
Witness to Surrender Summary
Witness to Surrender
by Siddique Salik 1977 245 pages
3.86
100+ ratings
History
Pakistan
Politics
Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State Summary
Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State
Why Americans Vote the Way They Do
by Andrew Gelman 2008 240 pages
3.64
100+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
Owning the Sun Summary
Owning the Sun
A People's History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19 Vaccines
by Alexander Zaitchik 2022 304 pages
3.80
100+ ratings
History
Science
Politics
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