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Back to SearchGavriel D. Rosenfeld and Janet Ward, "Fascism in America: Past and Present" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
Episode 268
Has fascism arrived in America?
In Fascism in America: Past and Present (Cambridge UP, 2023), Gavriel D. Rosenfeld and Janet Ward have gathered exper…
1 year, 9 months ago
Arie Perliger, "American Zealots: Inside Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism" (Columbia UP, 2020)
Episode 73
In an unsettling time in American history, the outbreak of right-wing violence is among the most disturbing developments. In recent years, attacks or…
1 year, 9 months ago
Steve Gillon, “The Kennedy Assassination: 24 Hours After” (Basic Books, 2009)
Episode 77
You could fill a large library with books about JFK’s assassination. We’ve even touched on the subject here. The topic of the transfer of power from …
1 year, 9 months ago
Alessandra Montalbano, "Ransom Kidnapping in Italy: Crime, Memory, and Violence" (U Toronto Press, 2023)
Episode 30
For over thirty years, modern Italy was plagued by ransom kidnappings perpetrated by bandits and organised crime syndicates. Nearly 700 men, women, a…
1 year, 9 months ago
Hamilton Nolan, "The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor" (Hachette Books, 2024)
Episode 190
Inequality is America's biggest problem. Unions are the single strongest tool that working people have to fix it. Organized labor has been in decline…
1 year, 9 months ago
Seth A. Berkowitz, "Equal Care: Health Equity, Social Democracy, and the Egalitarian State" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2024)
Episode 186
Health inequity is one of the defining problems of our time. But current efforts to address the problem focus on mitigating the harms of injustice ra…
1 year, 9 months ago
Mark R. Beissinger, "The Revolutionary City: Urbanization and the Global Transformation of Rebellion" (Princeton UP, 2022)
Episode 726
Examining the changing character of revolution around the world, The Revolutionary City: Urbanization and the Global Transformation of Rebellion (Pri…
1 year, 9 months ago
Zana Gulmohamad, "The Making of Foreign Policy in Iraq: Political Factions and the Ruling Elite" (Bloomsbury, 2022)
Episode 279
How is foreign policy made in Iraq? Based on dozens of interviews with senior officials and politicians, The Making of Foreign Policy in Iraq: Politi…
1 year, 9 months ago
Mark L. Haas, "Frenemies: When Ideological Enemies Ally" (Cornell UP, 2022)
Episode 101
Alliances among ideological enemies confronting a common foe, or "frenemy" alliances, are unlike coalitions among ideologically-similar states facing…
1 year, 9 months ago
Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism—and What Comes Next
Episode 222
Watching the footage of the January 6 insurrection, Professor Bradley Onishi wondered: If I hadn't left evangelicalism, would I have been there?
Today…
1 year, 9 months ago