Books like On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
12 books with a reading profile close to On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder. Outward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · practical, analytical
In Michael Pollan’s analysis of the Western diet, he identifies the rise of nutritionism—the ideology that views food merely as a collection of nutrients rather than a whole substance.
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REGIME CHANGE
by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical
Two White House correspondents for The New York Times delve into the first year of President Trump's second term.
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How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical
Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt argue that modern democracies rarely collapse through violent military coups but instead erode from within through the legal subversion of institutions.
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The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
by Tim Marshall
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical
Tim Marshall examines how physical landscapes and regional borders dictate the strategic calculations of modern nations.
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical
Jason Reynolds adapts Ibram X.
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RAGE AND THE REPUBLIC
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Jonathan Turley examines the history of public fury in the United States, tracking how political anger has shaped constitutional law and legislative cycles from the colonial era to the present.
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical
James W.
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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
by Atul Gawande
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · practical, analytical
Atul Gawande examines how increasing complexity in professional fields leads to avoidable human errors.
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The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical
Michael Lewis chronicles the efforts of a clandestine group of scientists and public health officials who spent years preparing for a viral outbreak before COVID-19 surfaced.
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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical
Niall Ferguson traces the evolution of global finance through the development of credit, banking, bond markets, and insurance.
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Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
by Bill Browder
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical
Bill Browder recounts his transition from a hedge fund manager in post-Soviet Russia to an accidental human rights activist.
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The Nineties
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Chuck Klosterman examines the decade between the collapse of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Twin Towers, defining it as a period of low-stakes sincerity and pervasive irony.
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