Politics Book Summaries

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One Summary
The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One
How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry
by William K. Black 1995 352 pages
4.09
170 ratings
Economics
History
Finance
The Gun Summary
The Gun
by C.J. Chivers 2010 496 pages
3.99
2.2K ratings
History
Military Fiction
War
Bright-Sided Summary
Bright-Sided
How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
by Barbara Ehrenreich 2009 206 pages
3.73
10.2K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
Glock Summary
Glock
The Rise of America's Gun
by Paul M. Barrett 2012 291 pages
3.87
2.5K ratings
History
Business
Military Fiction
The Case for Trump Summary
The Case for Trump
by Victor Davis Hanson 2019 400 pages
4.21
1.8K ratings
Politics
History
Biography
Civil Rights Summary
Civil Rights
Rhetoric or Reality?
by Thomas Sowell 1984 164 pages
4.40
941 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Delay, Deny, Defend Summary
Delay, Deny, Defend
Why Insurance Companies Don't Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It
by Jay M. Feinman 2010 256 pages
4.06
577 ratings
Politics
Business
History
Hindu Temples What Happened to Them- Vol. 1 Preliminary Survey Summary
Hindu Temples What Happened to Them- Vol. 1 Preliminary Survey
by Sita Ram Goel 1990 296 pages
4.56
171 ratings
History
India
Politics
What Really Happened in Wuhan Summary
What Really Happened in Wuhan
The Cover-Ups, the Conspiracies and the Classified Research
by Sharri Markson 2021 352 pages
4.19
1.1K ratings
History
Politics
China
America Last Summary
America Last
The Right's Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators
by Jacob Heilbrunn 2024 264 pages
3.85
201 ratings
Politics
History
American History
Bankrupting the Third World Summary
Bankrupting the Third World
by James Morcan 2015 102 pages
4.38
91 ratings
Spanish Literature
Poverty
Africa
Outraged Summary
Outraged
Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground
by Kurt Gray 2025 368 pages
4.09
230 ratings
Politics
Psychology
Self Help
Less Than Human Summary
Less Than Human
Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others
by David Livingstone Smith 2011 336 pages
3.87
740 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
Fear Is Just a Word Summary
Fear Is Just a Word
A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, and a Mother's Quest for Vengeance
by Azam Ahmed 2023 384 pages
3.94
1.4K ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
Prey Summary
Prey
Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women's Rights
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2021 352 pages
4.12
1.2K ratings
Politics
Feminism
Religion
Kashmir Summary
Kashmir
A Case of Freedom
by Tariq Ali 2011 140 pages
3.93
569 ratings
History
India
Politics
A World Without Men Summary
A World Without Men
An Analysis of an All-Female Economy
by Aaron Clarey 2023 141 pages
4.06
110 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Society
UFOs and the National Security State Summary
UFOs and the National Security State
The Cover-up Exposed 1973-1991
by Richard M. Dolan 2009 638 pages
4.38
270 ratings
History
Paranormal
Conspiracy Theories
The Hidden Pleasures of Life Summary
The Hidden Pleasures of Life
A New Way of Remembering the Past and Imagining the Future
by Theodore Zeldin 2014 308 pages
4.04
532 ratings
Philosophy
History
Psychology
The Jews Summary
The Jews
by Hilaire Belloc 1922 120 pages
3.81
128 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
The End of Reality Summary
The End of Reality
How Four Billionaires are Selling a Fantasy Future of the Metaverse, Mars, and Crypto
by Jonathan Taplin 2023 336 pages
3.90
449 ratings
Politics
Technology
Business
We've Got You Covered Summary
We've Got You Covered
Rebooting American Health Care
by Liran Einav 2023 304 pages
4.09
317 ratings
Economics
Health Care
Politics
Jackpot Summary
Jackpot
How the Super-Rich Really Live―and How Their Wealth Harms Us All
by Michael Mechanic 2021 416 pages
3.87
795 ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
No Democracy Lasts Forever Summary
No Democracy Lasts Forever
How the Constitution Threatens the United States
by Erwin Chemerinsky 2024 240 pages
3.88
227 ratings
Politics
History
Law
Transaction Man Summary
Transaction Man
The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream
by Nicholas Lemann 2019 320 pages
3.70
296 ratings
Economics
History
Business
Bobos in Paradise Summary
Bobos in Paradise
The New Upper Class and How They Got There
by David Brooks 2000 284 pages
3.62
4.5K ratings
Sociology
Politics
History
Pound Foolish Summary
Pound Foolish
Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry
by Helaine Olen 2012 292 pages
3.68
1.9K ratings
Finance
Economics
Personal Finance
Reading the Constitution Summary
Reading the Constitution
Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism
by Stephen Breyer 2024 368 pages
3.99
768 ratings
Politics
Law
History
The Second Amendment Summary
The Second Amendment
by Michael Waldman 2014 255 pages
4.03
1.3K ratings
History
Politics
Law
The Art of Political Murder Summary
The Art of Political Murder
Who Killed the Bishop?
by Francisco Goldman 2007 396 pages
4.15
1.0K ratings
History
Politics
True Crime
Matrix of Power Summary
Matrix of Power
Secrets of World Control
by Jordan Maxwell 2000 108 pages
4.09
211 ratings
Politics
History
Conspiracy Theories
Always with Honor Summary
Always with Honor
The Memoirs of General Wrangel
by Pyotr Wrangel 2020 307 pages
4.46
554 ratings
History
Russia
Biography
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume I Summary
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume I
by Adam Smith 1776 550 pages
3.92
281 ratings
Economics
Philosophy
History
Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness Summary
Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness
by Miya Tokumitsu 2015 192 pages
3.92
492 ratings
Sociology
Politics
Economics
Manifesta Summary
Manifesta
Young Women, Feminism, and the Future
by Jennifer Baumgardner 2000 416 pages
3.73
3.1K ratings
Feminism
Gender
Politics
Age of Anger Summary
Age of Anger
A History of the Present
by Pankaj Mishra 2017 416 pages
3.64
2.8K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Power Systems Summary
Power Systems
Conversations on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire
by Noam Chomsky 2012 224 pages
4.12
2.6K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
#republic Summary
#republic
Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media
by Cass R. Sunstein 2017 328 pages
3.35
319 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Society
Back on the Road (Otra Vez) Summary
Back on the Road (Otra Vez)
A Journey Through Latin America
by Ernesto Che Guevara 2000 160 pages
3.72
795 ratings
History
Travel
Politics
Naming the Powers Summary
Naming the Powers
The Language of Power in the New Testament
by Walter Wink 1983 181 pages
4.22
272 ratings
Theology
Religion
Christianity
The Pirates of Somalia Summary
The Pirates of Somalia
Inside Their Hidden World
by Jay Bahadur 2011 300 pages
3.55
1.4K ratings
Africa
History
Somalia
There Was and There Was Not Summary
There Was and There Was Not
A Journey through Hate and Possibility in Turkey, Armenia, and Beyond
by Meline Toumani 2014 304 pages
4.07
575 ratings
History
Memoir
Travel
A Great Place To Have A War Summary
A Great Place To Have A War
America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA
by Joshua Kurlantzick 2017 336 pages
3.90
751 ratings
History
War
Politics
The Hidden History of Burma Summary
The Hidden History of Burma
Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century
by Thant Myint-U 2019 304 pages
4.14
1.5K ratings
History
Asia
Politics
Revolusi Summary
Revolusi
Indonesië en het ontstaan van de moderne wereld
by David Van Reybrouck 2020 640 pages
4.54
3.8K ratings
History
Asia
Politics
Fire in the Lake Summary
Fire in the Lake
The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam
by Frances FitzGerald 1972 500 pages
4.08
2.4K ratings
History
War
Asia
Black Garden Summary
Black Garden
Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War
by Thomas de Waal 2003 400 pages
4.25
788 ratings
History
Politics
War
Surrender or Starve Summary
Surrender or Starve
Travels in Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, and Eritrea
by Robert D. Kaplan 1988 222 pages
3.66
463 ratings
Africa
History
Travel
Unsettling Truths Summary
Unsettling Truths
The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery
by Mark Charles 2019 224 pages
4.36
1.4K ratings
History
Race
Theology
The Picnic Summary
The Picnic
A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain
by Matthew Longo 2023 320 pages
4.25
353 ratings
History
Politics
European History
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