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The Politics of Fear: The Peculiar Persistence of American Paranoia
By Arthur Goldwag
From Pizzagate to QAnon, conspiracy theories are nothing new.
Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World
By David Van Reybrouck
An outstanding account of one nation's unsung fight for freedom.
There Will Be Fire
By Rory Carroll
A propulsive account of an audacious bombing in the U.K.
How the Best Did It: Leadership Lessons from Our Top Presidents
By Talmage Boston
What can we learn from our ablest commanders-in-chief?
Vagabonds: Life on the Streets of Nineteenth-Century London
By Oskar Jensen
Britain’s benighted scalawags had more agency than you thought.
The Blazing World
By Jonathan Healey
A sweeping account of an especially volatile British era.
What Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom
By Arash Azizi
A heartening glimpse at recent protests inside Iran.
A detailed if dry portrait of 16th-century Central Asia.