History / Modern / 20th Century

Medical: History (Medical)Medical: Infectious Diseases

The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

byJohn Barry

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4 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: Africa – Central History: Europe – France

In the Forest of No Joy: The Congo-Océan Railroad and the Tragedy of French Colonialism

byJ. P. Daughton

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2 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: World – General Political Science: Globalization

Against the World: Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics Between the World Wars

byTara Zahra

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2 author interviews1 links confirmed active

Science / Space Science / Astronomy Science / Physics / Astrophysics

The Echoing Universe: How Radio Astronomy Helps Us See the Invisible Cosmos

byEmma Chapman

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4 author interviews4 links confirmed active

History / Asia / South Political Science / Colonialism

Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia

bySam Dalrymple

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1 author interview1 links confirmed active

Education: Philosophy. Theory. & Social Aspects History: Asia – General

A Continent Erupts: Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955

byRonald Spector

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4 author interviews2 links confirmed active

Biography & Autobiography: Adventuerers & Explorers Biography & Autobiography: Literary Figures

The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World

byMaya Jasanoff

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6 author interviews2 links confirmed active

History: Social History Science: Astronomy

Comet Madness: How the 1910 Return of Halley’s Comet (Almost) Destroyed Civilization

byRichard Goodrich

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4 author interviews1 links confirmed active

Philosophy: Political (Philosophy)Political Science: History & Theory – General

Liberalism in Dark Times: The Liberal Ethos in the Twentieth Century

byJoshua Cherniss

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4 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: Europe – Germany History: Russia & the Former Soviet Union

Checkpoint Charlie: The Cold War, The Berlin Wall, and the Most Dangerous Place On Earth

byIain MacGregor

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12 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: Russia & the Former Soviet Union Political Science: World – Russian & Former Soviet Union

Substate Dictatorship: Networks, Loyalty, and Institutional Change in the Soviet Union

byOleg KhlevniukandYoram Gorlizki

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2 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: Military – General True Crime: Espionage

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

byBen Macintyre

Baillie Gifford Prize Longlist

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7 author interviewsFrom the archive

Biography & Autobiography: Biography – Literary Figures History: Russia & the Former Soviet Union

Vasily Grossman and the Soviet Century

byAlexandra Popoff

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2 author interviews1 links confirmed active

1968: Radical Protest and Its Enemies

byRichard Vinen

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2 author interviewsFrom the archive

History / Africa / West Political Science / Colonialism

The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide

byHoward W. French

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1 author interview1 links confirmed active

Biography & Autobiography: Biography – Environmentalist & Naturalist Biography & Autobiography: Business (Biography)

American Journey: On the Road with Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and John Burroughs

byWes Davis

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4 author interviews1 links confirmed active

History: Middle East – Israel & Palestine History: Military – Wars & Conflicts (Other)

Dear Palestine: A Social History of the 1948 War

byShay Hazkani

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2 author interviews1 links confirmed active

History: Social History History: World – General

Fallen Idols: Twelve Statues That Made History

byAlex von Tunzelmann

Wolfson History Prize

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6 author interviews1 links confirmed active

History: Asia – China History: Modern – 19th Century

Land of Strangers: The Civilizing Project in Qing Central Asia

byEric Schluessel

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2 author interviews2 links confirmed active

Biography & Autobiography: Presidents & Head of States History: Asia – India & South Asia

The Bhutto Dynasty: The Struggle for Power in Pakistan

byOwen Bennett-Jones

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3 author interviews3 links confirmed active

History: Military – World War II Social Science: Emigration & Immigration

The Last Million: Europe’s Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War

byDavid Nasaw

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14 author interviews4 links confirmed active

History: Asia – General History: Europe – General

Underground Asia: Global Revolutionaries and the Assault on Empire

byTim Harper

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2 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: Asia – Southeast Asia History: Military – Vietnam War

Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945 – 1975

byMax Hastings

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6 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: Military – World War II

Snow and Steel: The Battle of the Bulge, 1944 – 1945

byPeter Caddick-Adams

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12 author interviews6 links confirmed active

Biography & Autobiography: Literary Figures Biography & Autobiography: Political (Biography)

Churchill & Orwell: The Fight for Freedom

byThomas Ricks

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8 author interviews3 links confirmed active

History: Europe – Germany Language Arts & Disciplines: Journalism

News from Germany: The Competition to Control World Communications, 1900–1945

byHeidi Tworek

Hagley Prize in Business History

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3 author interviews1 links confirmed active

History: Caribbean & West Indies – Cuba History: Military – Nuclear Warfare

One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War

byMichael Dobbs

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4 author interviews3 links confirmed active

History: Military – World War II

Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World

byGiles Milton

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8 author interviews4 links confirmed active

History: Europe – Great Britain – General Political Science: International Relations – General

Disrupt and Deny: Spies, Special Forces, and the Secret Pursuit of British Foreign Policy

byRory Cormac

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6 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: World – General Political Science: International Relations – General

Fragile Victory: The Making and Unmaking of Liberal Order

byJames E. Cronin

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4 author interviews2 links confirmed active

History: Asia – China History: Social History

Red Memory: The Afterlives of China’s Cultural Revolution

byTania Branigan

Baillie Gifford Prize Longlist

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9 author interviewsFrom the archive

Political Science: Intelligence & Espionage Technology & Engineering: Military Science

A Question of Standing: The History of the CIA

byRhodri Jeffreys-Jones

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8 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: Africa – General Social Science: Developing & Emerging Countries

Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent

byDipo Faloyin

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6 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: Military – Naval History: Military – World War II

Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II

byPaul Kennedy

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4 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: Social History History: United States – 20th Century

Smashing the Liquor Machine: A Global History of Prohibition

byMark Lawrence Schrad

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10 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: Europe – Italy Political Science: Political Ideologies – Fascism & Totalitarianism

Mussolini’s War: Fascist Italy from Triumph to Collapse: 1935-1943

byJohn Gooch

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2 author interviews1 links confirmed active

History: Military – World War II History: United States – 20th Century

The Nazi Spy Ring in America: Hitler’s Agents, the FBI, and the Case That Stirred the Nation

byRhodri Jeffreys-Jones

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6 author interviews3 links confirmed active

History: Military – Wars & Conflicts (Other)Political Science: Intelligence & Espionage

The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War- A Tragedy in Three Acts

byScott Anderson

New York Time’s Notable Book

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6 author interviews3 links confirmed active

Political Science: Globalization Political Science: International Relations – General

Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy

byStephen Wertheim

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10 author interviewsFrom the archive

Political Science: Political Ideologies – Capitalism Social Science: Agriculture & Food

Counter-Cola: A Multinational History of the Global Corporation

byAmanda Ciafone

Hagley Prize in Business History

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2 author interviews1 links confirmed active

History: Asia – Southeast Asia History: Social History

The Killing Season: A History of the Indonesian Massacres, 1965 – 1966

byGeoffrey Robinson

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2 author interviews1 links confirmed active

Political Science: Civics & Citizenship Social Science: Essays (Social Science)

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

byTimothy Snyder

Goodread’s Choice Awards – History & Biography

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6 author interviewsFrom the archive

Science: Astronomy Science: History (Science)

The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars

byDava Sobel

Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction

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4 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: Military – Strategy History: Military – World War II

The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne Operation of World War II

byAntony Beevor

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8 author interviewsFrom the archive

Biography & Autobiography: Presidents & Head of States History: United States – 20th Century

Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan

byDel Quentin Wilber

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2 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: Military – World War II History: Russia & the Former Soviet Union

Operation Barbarossa: The History of a Cataclysm

byJonathan Dimbleby

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8 author interviewsFrom the archive

Political Science: History & Theory – General

How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century

byFrank Dikötter

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10 author interviews3 links confirmed active