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To Run the World: The Kremlin’s Cold War Bid for Global Power
A remarkably balanced, brilliant, ambitious, durable work of scholarship, combining histories of the Cold War with Soviet foreign policy. A good read-alike is Adam Ulam’s Expansion and Coexistence: The History of Soviet Foreign Policy, 1917–67.
The Buddha: Life and Afterlife Between East and West
This fascinating book expertly weaves together a formidable mass of scholarship into an accessible, inviting summary that contextualizes an extensive history of religious encounters within a relatively brief work. It also sheds light on the long and global interconnections of religious ideas and highlights the often ridiculous ways that people have misunderstood and misrepresented one another throughout time.
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Who Is a True Christian?: Contesting Religious Identity in American Culture
A fascinating theological project about the problem of Christian demarcation.
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Sparta and the Commemoration of War
A unique interpretation of the second most popular Greek polis, but some of the utilized sources contradict each other.
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Soviet Adventures in the Land of the Capitalists: Ilf and Petrov’s American Road Trip
This book traces the elisions and obfuscations in Ilf and Petrov’s story and the political and humorous motivations they may have had for doing so. Questions of politics, art, commerce, identity, and how Soviet citizens perceived themselves in relation to Americans make for a fascinating story. It’s somewhat academic, but this book is a must for readers interested in Soviet, American, or Jewish history and radical politics.
The Trojan Horse and Other Stories: Ten Ancient Creatures That Make Us Human
Highly recommended for both disciples and skeptics of classics. It’s also perfect for fans of nonfiction by Natalie Haynes.
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Old Age and American Slavery
This engaging and vast range of historiography exposes fresh layers of the complex, conditional, and contested interactions that differentiated the lived experiences of enslavers vs. the enslaved. An essential read for all students of the history of enslavement in the United States.
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Brooding over Bloody Revenge: Enslaved Women’s Lethal Resistance
Spanning from the colonial period through to the early national and antebellum eras, Taylor’s extensively researched book not only powerfully depicts the trauma endured by enslaved women, it also details how federal and state governments and judicial systems propped up the institution of slavery and allowed or enacted its overwhelming violence.
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Royal Heirs: Succession and the Future of Monarchy in Nineteenth-Century Europe
A well-researched study of 19th-century monarchies and their captivating royal heirs. This volume contains extensive lists of further reading, which adds to its appeal as a ready reference.
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