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September 20, 2021
David Graeber and David Wengrow’s Anarchist History of Humanity
In The Dawn of Everything, Graeber and Wengrow offer a sweeping and ambitious exploration of life without the state.
Daniel Immerwahr
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HistoryMarch 8, 2021
Why Do Humans Move?
A new history examines how migration has been the rule of history, not the exception.
Daniel Immerwahr
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US Wars and Military ActionNovember 30, 2020
The Long Roots of Endless War
A new history shows how the glut of US military bases abroad has led to a constant state of military conflict.
Daniel Immerwahr
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December 23, 2019
Decolonization and the Pursuit of an Egalitarian International Order
A new book looks at the mid-20th century cohort of African and Caribbean leaders who attempted to demand new rules from the world system.
Daniel Immerwahr
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HistoryOctober 29, 2019
Jill Lepore’s Liberal Gospel
Against a “postmodernism” that she claims suffuses left-wing and right-wing politics, the prolific historian and New Yorker staff writer makes her case for a liberal patriotism and the reasonableness of the center.
Daniel Immerwahr
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HistoryDecember 20, 2018
In the Cold War’s Bloodlands
A new history of the Cold War examines how the 45 years of peace between its rival superpowers were also 45 years of killing for much of the rest of the world.
Daniel Immerwahr