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All awards · Topic: Nationalism & Authoritarianism · Sorted by score · 32 books · filtered
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The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed RussiaMasha Gessen201720 pts2 wins4 listsRiverhead BooksPolitics & GovernmentNationalism & Authoritarianism+2
Blood and Belonging: Journeys Into the New NationalismMichael Ignatieff199314 pts2 wins2 listsVintage BooksPolitics & GovernmentEssays & Cultural Criticism+1
A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISISRobert F. Worth201614 pts1 wins2 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxPolitics & GovernmentNationalism & Authoritarianism+2
Fascist Voices: An Intimate History of Mussolini's ItalyChristopher Duggan201210 pts1 wins1 listsRandom HouseHistoryConstitutional History+3
Anarchy, State, and UtopiaRobert Nozick197410 pts1 wins1 listsBlackwell PublishingPolitics & GovernmentBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+2
Castlereagh and Adams; England and the United States, 1812-1823Bradford Perkins196410 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of California PressHistoryScience & Discovery+3
Travelers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism: 1919–1945Julia Boyd20184 pts1 wins1 listsPegasus BooksHistoryIntellectual History & Ideas+2
Violence as a Generative Force: Identity, Nationalism, and Memory in a Balkan CommunityMax Bergholz20164 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintTrue Crime & JusticeDeath, Memory & Commemoration+3
Anti-Imperial Metropolis: Interwar Paris and the Seeds of Third World NationalismMichael Goebel20154 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
Stalin: New Biography of a DictatorOleg V. Khlevniuk20154 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressBiographyCold War & Nuclear Politics+3
Kidnapped Souls: National Indifference and the Battle for Children in the Bohemian Lands 1900-1948Tara Zahra20114 pts1 wins1 listsCornell University PressHistoryNationalism & Authoritarianism+3
Waltzing With a DictatorRaymond Bonner19874 pts1 wins1 listsTimes BooksPolitics & GovernmentPresidency & Executive Power+2
TThe British Empire in the Middle East, 1945-51: Arab Nationalism, the United States, and Postwar ImperialismWm. Roger Louis19844 pts1 wins1 listsClarendon PressHistoryNationalism & Authoritarianism+3
Chokepoints: How the Global Economy Became a Weapon of WarEdward Fishman20254 pts0 wins1 listsElliott & ThompsonPolitics & GovernmentMoney, Markets & Economic Policy+3
Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to AutocracyJulia Ioffe20254 pts0 wins1 listsEccoGender & SexualityNationalism & Authoritarianism+2
How Democracies DieSteven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt20184 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+3
Prelude to Quebec's Quiet Revolution: Liberalism versus Neo-nationalismMichael D. Behiels19854 pts0 wins1 listsMcGill-Queen's University PressPolitics & GovernmentEssays & Cultural Criticism+3
The Last Generation of the Roman RepublicErich S. Gruen19744 pts0 wins1 listsUniversity of California PressHistoryLatin America & the Caribbean+2
DDecline of Bismarck's European Order: Franco-Russian Relations, 1875–1890George F. Kennan19804 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
Indispensable Enemies: The Politics of Misrule in AmericaWalter Karp19744 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentPresidency & Executive Power+2
Mussolini and Fascism: The View from AmericaJohn Diggins19734 pts0 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryWorld War Ii+2
Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone BadMichela Wrong20212 pts0 wins1 listsHarperCollinsPolitics & GovernmentOceans, Rivers & Water+3
Sisters in Hate: American Women on the Front Lines of White NationalismSeyward Darby20202 pts0 wins1 listsLittle, BrownRace & EthnicityGender & Feminism+3
One Person, No VoteCarol Anderson20192 pts0 wins1 listsBloomsburyRace & EthnicityAmerican Politics+2
Catholic Modern: The Challenge of Totalitarianism and the Remaking of the ChurchJames Chappel20182 pts0 wins1 listsHarvard University PressReligionDeath, Memory & Commemoration+3
Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of TerrorVictor Sebestyen20182 pts0 wins1 listsVintage BooksBiographyMigration & Diaspora+3
AA House in the Mountains: The Women Who Liberated Italy from FascismCaroline Moorhead20202 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintGender & SexualityGender & Feminism+2
DDeath to the Dictator!: Witnessing Iran's election and the Crippling of the Islamic RepublicAfsaneh Moqadam20112 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+3
Fascism: A WarningMadeleine Albright20182 pts0 wins1 listsHarperPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+3
Popular Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle EastJohn Chalcraft20160 pts0 wins1 listsCambridge University PressPolitics & GovernmentConstitutional History+3
On Stalin's Team: The Years of Living Danerously in Soviet PoliticsSheila Fitzpatrick20150 pts0 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressPolitics & GovernmentCold War & Nuclear Politics+3
The American WayCarville Earle20020 pts0 wins1 listsRowman and LittlefieldHistoryNationalism & Authoritarianism+2
2017The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed RussiaMasha GessenPolitics & Government2024Riverhead BooksPenguin Random House
1993Blood and Belonging: Journeys Into the New NationalismMichael IgnatieffPolitics & Government1422Vintage BooksPenguin Random House
2016A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISISRobert F. WorthPolitics & Government1412Farrar, Straus and GirouxMacmillan
2012Fascist Voices: An Intimate History of Mussolini's ItalyChristopher DugganHistory1011Random HousePenguin Random House
1974Anarchy, State, and UtopiaRobert NozickPolitics & Government1011Blackwell PublishingWiley
1964Castlereagh and Adams; England and the United States, 1812-1823Bradford PerkinsHistory1011University of California PressUniversity of California Press
2018Travelers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism: 1919–1945Julia BoydHistory411Pegasus BooksPegasus Books
2016Violence as a Generative Force: Identity, Nationalism, and Memory in a Balkan CommunityMax BergholzTrue Crime & Justice411UnknownNot yet sourced
2015Anti-Imperial Metropolis: Interwar Paris and the Seeds of Third World NationalismMichael GoebelHistory411Cambridge University PressCambridge University Press
2015Stalin: New Biography of a DictatorOleg V. KhlevniukBiography411Yale University PressYale University Press
2011Kidnapped Souls: National Indifference and the Battle for Children in the Bohemian Lands 1900-1948Tara ZahraHistory411Cornell University PressCornell University Press
1987Waltzing With a DictatorRaymond BonnerPolitics & Government411Times BooksMacmillan
1984TThe British Empire in the Middle East, 1945-51: Arab Nationalism, the United States, and Postwar ImperialismWm. Roger LouisHistory411Clarendon PressOxford University Press
2025Chokepoints: How the Global Economy Became a Weapon of WarEdward FishmanPolitics & Government401Elliott & ThompsonElliott & Thompson
2025Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to AutocracyJulia IoffeGender & Sexuality401EccoHarperCollins
2018How Democracies DieSteven Levitsky, Daniel ZiblattPolitics & Government401UnknownNot yet sourced
1985Prelude to Quebec's Quiet Revolution: Liberalism versus Neo-nationalismMichael D. BehielsPolitics & Government401McGill-Queen's University PressMcGill-Queen's University Press
1974The Last Generation of the Roman RepublicErich S. GruenHistory401University of California PressUniversity of California Press
1980DDecline of Bismarck's European Order: Franco-Russian Relations, 1875–1890George F. KennanHistory401UnknownNot yet sourced
1974Indispensable Enemies: The Politics of Misrule in AmericaWalter KarpPolitics & Government401UnknownNot yet sourced
1973Mussolini and Fascism: The View from AmericaJohn DigginsHistory401Princeton University PressPrinceton University Press
2021Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone BadMichela WrongPolitics & Government201HarperCollinsHarperCollins
2020Sisters in Hate: American Women on the Front Lines of White NationalismSeyward DarbyRace & Ethnicity201Little, BrownHachette Book Group
2019One Person, No VoteCarol AndersonRace & Ethnicity201BloomsburyBloomsbury Publishing
2018Catholic Modern: The Challenge of Totalitarianism and the Remaking of the ChurchJames ChappelReligion201Harvard University PressHarvard University Press
2018Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of TerrorVictor SebestyenBiography201Vintage BooksPenguin Random House
2020AA House in the Mountains: The Women Who Liberated Italy from FascismCaroline MoorheadGender & Sexuality201UnknownNot yet sourced
2011DDeath to the Dictator!: Witnessing Iran's election and the Crippling of the Islamic RepublicAfsaneh MoqadamPolitics & Government201UnknownNot yet sourced
2018Fascism: A WarningMadeleine AlbrightPolitics & Government201HarperHarperCollins
2016Popular Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle EastJohn ChalcraftPolitics & Government001Cambridge University PressCambridge University Press
2015On Stalin's Team: The Years of Living Danerously in Soviet PoliticsSheila FitzpatrickPolitics & Government001Princeton University PressPrinceton University Press
2002The American WayCarville EarleHistory001Rowman and LittlefieldRowman and Littlefield

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All awards · Topic: Nationalism & Authoritarianism · Sorted by score · 32 books · filtered