The inspiring, haunting story of Chinese migrant workers rejected by the USA and determined to build a new community in Mexico – told by their great-grandson. From the 1850s, as the United States pushed west, Chinese migrants met ordinary American...

One of Library Journal's '10 Books to Add to Your Collection' for Black History Month 2023 A Ms. Most Anticipated Title of the Year A gripping, intimate and unique view of the civil rights era, as a daughter uncovers the heartbreaking story of on...

A New Statesman Book of the Year 2019, chosen by Ivan Krastev Over the course of more than three decades as an American diplomat, William J. Burns played a central role in the most consequential diplomatic episodes of his time – from the bloodless...

A revealing biography of Garibaldi's time in Latin America, and how it shaped his view of politics, liberty and the struggle against oppression. For over twelve years in the first half of the nineteenth century, Giuseppe Garibaldi, the hero of Ita...

600 million Indians, more than half the population, are under twenty-five. This generation lives between extremes: more connected and global than ever, but with narrow ideas of Indian identity; raised with the cultural values of their grandparents,...

Donald Trump isn't a despot. But he is increasingly acting like a despot's apprentice. Whether it's attacking the press, threatening the rule of law, or staffing the White House with family members and cronies, Trump is borrowing moves from the wor...

For nearly two hundred years Venezuela's political leaders have evoked the legacy of their liberator, Bolivar, to stir popular support. While Bolivar's heroic struggle helped free a continent, his affinity for dictatorial rule spawned a vicious cyc...

Named as a Book of the Year by the New York Times, Economist and Financial Times. 2014 Pulitzer Prize Finalist WINNER of the Cundill Prize for Historical Literature 2014 WINNER of the Lionel Gelber Prize 2014 "The Blood Telegram" is an unpreceden...

In today's dominant discourse of liberal interventionism, the role of coercion and the monopoly of violence have been neglected, argues Antonio Giustozzi, an analyst justly renowned for his research and writing on the Taliban. It is widely assumed...