Basic Books: 1466 books
The Baptizing of America
The Religious Right's Plans for the Rest of Us
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2009
Here, at last, are the war plans of America's own religious extremists. The Baptizing of America exposes the systematic campaign by Christian fundamentalists to co-opt and take over every "room" of American society from the bedroom to the school room, hospital room, operating room, courtroom,...
After the Reich
The Brutal History of the Allied Occupation
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2009
The shocking history of the brutal occupation of Germany after the Second World War
When the Third Reich collapsed in 1945, Germany was a nation in tatters, in many places literally flattened by bombs. In the ensuing occupation, hundreds of thousands of women were raped. Hundreds of thousands...
The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the State of Iran
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
As President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accelerated his country's nuclear research; called for the elimination of Israel; and failed the Iranian people, who elected him on a domestic platform that has since been neglected. This probing exposé gives unprecedented insight into his hold on power-his rural...
The Two Koreas
A Contemporary History
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
An acclaimed history of the Korean Peninsula from World War II to the present day
North Korea is an impoverished, famine-ridden nation, but it is also a nuclear power whose dictator Kim Jong-un regularly threatens his neighbors and adversaries, the United States in particular, with destruction....
A Capitalism for the People
Recapturing the Lost Genius of American Prosperity
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
Born in Italy, University of Chicago economist Luigi Zingales witnessed firsthand the consequences of high inflation and unemployment-paired with rampant nepotism and cronyism-on a country's economy. This experience profoundly shaped his professional interests, and in 1988 he arrived in the United...
Turnaround
Third World Lessons for First World Growth
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Thirty years ago, China seemed hopelessly mired in poverty, Mexico triggered the Third World Debt Crisis, and Brazil suffered under hyperinflation. Since then, these and other developing countries have turned themselves around, while First World nations, battered by crises, depend more than ever on...
The Zero-Sum Society
Distribution And The Possibilities For Change
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2008
Written during a period of acute economic stagnation in 1980, The Zero-Sum Society discusses the human implications of economic problem solving. Interpreting macroeconomics as a zero-sum game, Thurow proposes that the American economy will not solve its most trenchant problems-inflation, slow economic...
To End a Presidency
The Power of Impeachment
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
The history and future of our democracy's ultimate sanction, presidential impeachment, and a guide to how it should be used now
To End a Presidency addresses one of today's most urgent questions: when and whether to impeach a president. Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz provide an authoritative...
Manning Up
How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men into Boys
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
In Manning Up, Manhattan Institute fellow and City Journal contributing editor Kay Hymowitz argues that the gains of the feminist revolution have had a dramatic, unanticipated effect on the current generation of young men. Traditional roles of family man and provider have been turned upside down as...
Heaven Cracks, Earth Shakes
The Tangshan Earthquake and the Death of Mao's China
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
When an earthquake of historic magnitude leveled the industrial city of Tangshan in the summer of 1976, killing more than a half-million people, China was already gripped by widespread social unrest. As Mao lay on his deathbed, the public mourned the death of popular premier Zhou Enlai. Anger toward...
Second Chance
Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2008
America's most distinguished commentator on foreign policy, former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, offers a reasoned but unsparing assessment of the last three presidential administrations' foreign policy. Though spanning less than two decades, these administrations cover a vitally...
The New Chinese Empire
And What It Means For The United States
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2009
By looking at China's past, Terrill has provided an excellent road map for understanding its future.- BusinessWeek
Restless Empire
China and the World Since 1750
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
"A fascinating book and a pleasure to read.... Full of interesting details and insights." --Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
As the twenty-first century dawns, China stands at a crossroads. The largest and most populous country on earth and currently the world's second biggest economy,...
by David Runciman
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
How will democracy end? And what will replace it? A preeminent political scientist examines the past, present, and future of an endangered political philosophy
Since the end of World War II, democracy's sweep across the globe seemed inexorable. Yet today, it seems radically imperiled, even...