The New York Review of Books - 26.03.2020

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Capital and Ideology
Thomas Piketty
Translated by Arthur Goldhammer

“ Might become even more politically
influential than the French econo-
mist’s 2013 overview of inequality,
Capital in the Twenty-First Century.”
—Simon Kuper, Financial Times
Belknap Press

Tack y ’s Re volt
The Story of an Atlantic
Slave War
Vincent Brown

“A sobering read for contemporary
audiences in countries engaged in
forever wars.”
—Casey Cep, New Yorker
Belknap Press

The Emperor Who
Never Was
Dara Shukoh in Mughal India
Supriya Gandhi

“ This short, sparkling book does
perhaps the best service to our
common understanding of the
Mughals than any other recent
work.”
—Mumbai Mirror
Belknap Press

Legitimacy
The Right to Rule
in a Wanton World
Arthur Isak Applbaum

“An exemplary display of philosophi-
cal clarity, passion, and insight.”
—Michael Ignatieff, President,
Central European University

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The Wolf at the Door
The Menace of Economic
Insecurity and How to Fight It
Michael J. Graetz & Ian Shapiro

“ A fresh, insightful look at how we
got here and, more to the point,
how we might work our way out.
For activists and scholars alike who
are struggling to create a more
equitable society, this is an essen-
tial read.”
—David Gergen

Virtue Politics
Soulcraft and Statecraft
in Renaissance Italy
James Hankins

“ Magisterial... Humanist scholars
in the Italian Renaissance were
concerned with many of the same
puzzles that obsess us today.”
—Wall Street Journal
Belknap Press

The Rule of Five
Making Climate History
at the Supreme Court
Richard J. Lazarus

“ In the tradition of A Civil Action, this
book makes a compelling story of
the court fight that paved the way
for regulating the emissions now
overheating the planet.”
—Bill McKibben, author of
The End of Nature
Belknap Press

The Hacker and the State
Cyber Attacks and the New
Normal of Geopolitics
Ben Buchanan

“ The best examination I have read of
how increasingly dramatic develop-
ments in cyberspace are defining
the ‘new normal’ of geopolitics in
the digital age.”
—General David Petraeus
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