Middle: Some political books help shape a national narrative, such as Lepore’s survey of history in America since 1492. Right: Based on a GOP document that was public, 'Contract with America ...

Raluca Viman-Miller, Ph.D. Dlynn Armstrong Williams, Ph.D. The Basics of Global Politics is an introduction to world politics for any beginner political science student. This book reviews domestic and ...

Below, he shares the books that have shaped his worldview: The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics by Hedley Bull (Columbia, $36). I came to know Hedley in the 1970s at Oxford.

Booklovers have long debated whether politics belong in online book communities. Readers and authors, including Jodi Picoult, tell us their thoughts.

Set in the byzantine world of Louisiana politics in the mid-20th century, the book is a remarkable character study of the younger Long, who served three stints as governor of the Bayou State (and ...

Politics is a world Ginder knows well; before he turned to fiction and teaching essay writing at NYU, he interned for California representative Loretta Sanchez, and later worked as a speechwriter ...

WORLD ENOUGH AND TIME (512 pp.)—Robert Penn Warren—Random House ($3.50).Three years ago, Robert Penn Warren's novel based on the story of Huey Long won him a Pulitzer prize. In its movie ...

Fareed Zakaria’s most recent book is “Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World.” THE SHADOWS OF EMPIRE How Imperial History Shapes Our World By Samir Puri 384 pp. Pegasus Books. $28.95.