History & Politics

Why are we so fascinated by Ancient Egypt? Is it because Egyptian treasures are rich and colourful? Is it because pyramids were so big? Is it becau...

'A brilliant new book'   Daily Telegraph     'Well written . . . and often entertaining'   The Times     'A sparkling analysis'   Prospect     Whe...

The groundbreaking investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about ...

In this major work of daring criticism and analysis, scholar and political commentator Marc Lamont Hill and Israel-Palestine expert Mitchell Plitni...

From bestselling author Robert Greene comes a new guide to the strategies of war that can help us gain mastery in the modern world. Spanning world ...

This second edition of Howard Zinn on War is a collection of twenty-six short writings chosen by the author to represent his thinking on a subject ...

Completing his acclaimed trilogy on the history of Israel, Leslie Stein brings readers right up to contemporary events in Israel Since the Six-Day ...

'Alex von Tunzelmann is one of the most gifted historians writing today. Brilliant and trenchant, witty and wise, Fallen Idols is a book you will a...

What does contemporary China's diverse and exciting fiction tell us about its culture, and the relationship between art and politics?The Subplot ta...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A graphic edition of historian Timothy Snyder's lessons for surviving and resisting America's arc toward authoritar...

A second edition of Zinn's landmark writings on history brings together 27 short writings on activism, electoral politics, the Holocaust, Marxism...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A parable written for the age of technological disruption . . . brilliantly told' Sunday TimesThe international best...

For centuries, human history has been shaped by politics, power, and war - but what about love?Mark Antony's love for Cleopatra led to war between...

In January 2020, US President Donald Trump announced his 'deal of the century'. Supposedly intended to 'resolve' the Palestine-Israel conflict, it ...

'The greatest history of an event I know' - C.L.R. JamesRegarded by many as among the most powerful works of history ever written, The History of ...

'The most important book of the Trump era' The EconomistHow does a democracy die?What can we do to save our own?What lessons does history teach us?...

Henry A. Giroux argues that education holds a crucial role in shaping politics at a time when ignorance, lies and fake news have empowered right-wi...

Women were at the forefront of the Egyptian Revolution in 2011, with the Arab Spring protests providing an unprecedented opportunity to make their ...

While Israel has seemingly been a minor presence in Hollywood cinema, Reimagining the Promised Land argues that there is a long history of Hollywo...

The new biography of President Joe Biden by National Book Award winner and New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos - A Financial Times, Guardian and Da...