NB Politics & Polemics 📚

📕@KirkMeighoo has @vincecable on the podcast to talk about CHINA: Engage! (@Bite_SizedBooks), a precise, forensic, and clear analysis of the debate over the march towards a cold war with China led by the US, and apparently supported by the UK. Tune in ⬇️ newbooksnetwork.com/vince-cable-ch…

The history of modern Israel is a fiercely contested topic. MYTHOLOGIES WITHOUT END (@OUPPolitics) takes stock of it all, arguing that US policies in the region are a product of mythologies that are often flatly wrong.🎙️Jerome Slater joins @KirkMeighoo👇 newbooksnetwork.com/mythologies-wi…

In 1964, Malcolm X debated at the Oxford Union Society. 📘@dinambar's MALCOLM X at OXFORD UNION (@OUPPolitics) is the first in-depth analysis of this important speech, illuminating its context and consequences.🎙️Learn more as Ambar joins @KirkMeighoo ⤵️ newbooksnetwork.com/malcolm-x-at-o…

Instead of focusing on the "how" and "why" of far-right radicalization, @milleridriss' work addresses the "where." Listen in as the HATE in the HOMELAND (@PrincetonUPress) author breaks down the surprisingly mainstream settings where extremists recruit👇 newbooksnetwork.com/cynthia-miller…

What holds the United States together? On this episode, @fbuckley talks with @GribbenC about AMERICAN SECESSION (@EncounterBooks), Buckley's fast-moving and provocative new book about the opportunities and possibilities of a second American secession.👂👇 newbooksnetwork.com/f-h-buckley-am…

📘THE CHURCHILL COMPLEX (@penguinpress) takes readers on a journey through the "Special Relationship" between Britain and America that has done so much to shape the world, from World War II to Brexit. 🎙️Ian Buruma is @KirkMeighoo's guest on the podcast ↙️ newbooksnetwork.com/ian-buruma-the…

What are the identity conflicts that define contemporary society? In BREXITLAND (@CUP_PoliSci), @ProfSobolewska and @robfordmancs explore the long term, structural changes impacting British society. Give their conversation with @DrDaveOBrien a listen ↙️ newbooksnetwork.com/m-sobolewska-a…

Americans are only now awakening to the gravest domestic threat to our liberties in a century—that monopolists control almost every corner of the U.S. economy. 🎙️Barry C. Lynn discusses LIBERTY FROM ALL MASTERS (@StMartinsPress) with @arya_hariharan 👇 newbooksnetwork.com/barry-c-lynn-l…

How is history working out for us? What did “progress” used to look like and who could possibly have been against it? In A ROAD to NOWHERE (@PennPress), @MatthewSlaboch reminds us that some major thinkers weren't so wild about "progress." He joins us👇 newbooksnetwork.com/matthew-w-slab…

🎙️ @BerkeleyLaw Professor John Yoo has written "a surprising defense" of Donald Trump as president. DEFENDER in CHIEF (@StMartinsPress) argues that Trump has in fact performed in a manner that the Constitution’s Framers would applaud. Yoo makes his case👇 newbooksnetwork.com/john-yoo-defen…

In THE 'SILENT MAJORITY' SPEECH (@RoutledgeHist), Scott Laderman argues that Nixon's famous speech was part of Nixon’s rhetorical strategy to "dog whistle" racist appeals to the white working class. 🎙️Check out Laderman's discussion with @MichaelGVann👇 newbooksnetwork.com/scott-laderman…

With an entertaining cast of offbeat but relatable characters, OF BEARS and BALLOTS (@AlgonquinBooks) is an inspirational tale about what living in a community really means, and what we owe one another. Heather Lende joins @ChristinaGessl2 to fill us in👇 newbooksnetwork.com/heather-lende-…

With AGAINST DEMAGOGUES (@ucpress), Robert Bartlett provides a stirring argument for the relevance of comic playwright Aristophanes as a serious political and philosophical thinker. Learn more as Bartlett discusses the book with Andy Boyd on the podcast👇 newbooksnetwork.com/robert-bartlet…

🗳️@arya_hariharan has election-law expert @rickhasen on the podcast to discuss ELECTION MELTDOWN (@yalepress), his new book that offers concrete steps for restoring trust in American elections before the democratic process is completely undermined. 🎧↙️ newbooksnetwork.com/richard-l-hase…

In the standard telling, the Protestant Reformation is the moment the world went modern, setting us on the track to liberalism. But as James Simpson argues in PERMANENT REVOLUTION (@Harvard_Press), this story is wrong. Find out why as Simpson joins us ↙️ newbooksnetwork.com/james-simpson-…

Veteran political theorist Michael Walzer joins Keith Krueger to reflect on a long career and fill us in on his 2018 book, A FOREIGN POLICY for THE LEFT (@yalepress), much of the material for which derives from his long affiliation with @DissentMag. 👂👇 newbooksnetwork.com/michael-walzer…

America is in a Cold Civil War, between people who see each other as threats to the country — but themselves as patriots. How can that be? Learn more as @KirkMeighoo has @scritchley on the podcast to discuss his new book, PATRIOTS of TWO NATIONS. 🎧👇 newbooksnetwork.com/spencer-critch…