February 26, 2019
Political History and TheoryBenn Steil, the award-winning author of The Battle of Bretton Woods, reveals the gripping history behind the Marshall Plan—told with verve, insight, and resonance for today.
November 28, 2017
Conflict PreventionPaul B. Stares proposes a comprehensive new strategy, "preventive engagement," for how the United States can manage an increasingly turbulent world and reduce the risk of costly military commitments.
October 9, 2018
Donald TrumpMax Boot recounts his extraordinary journey from lifelong Republican to vehement Trump opponent. From the isolated position of a man without a party, Boot launches this bold declaration of dissent an…
October 11, 2016
Monetary PolicyIn this biography of Alan Greenspan, Sebastian Mallaby brilliantly explores Greenspan's life and legacy and tells the story of the making of modern finance.
October 15, 2013
PakistanThe story of the tragic and often tormented relationship between the United States and Pakistan, and a call to prepare for the worst, aim for the best, and avoid past mistakes.
January 2, 2013
Financial MarketsA remarkably deft work of storytelling that reveals how the blueprint for the postwar economic order was actually drawn.
July 27, 2011
Terrorism and CounterterrorismI Heard the Sirens Scream offers new insights into the period, presenting its profound implications for public health, mass psychology, governance, scientific integrity, social resilience and cohesio…
April 23, 2010
Political History and TheoryRead an excerpt of The Icarus Syndrome. In The Icarus Syndrome, Peter Beinart tells a tale as old as the Greeks—a story about the seductions of success. Beinart describes Washington on the eve of …
April 20, 2010
Financial MarketsThe first authoritative history of hedge funds; from their rebel beginnings to their role in defining the future of finance.
May 15, 2009
IraqRichard N. Haass contrasts the decisions that shaped the conduct of two wars between the United States and Iraq, and writes an authoritative, personal account of how U.S. foreign policy is made, what it should seek, and how it should be pursued.