The New York Review of Books - USA - 16.12.2021

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Salinas
A History of Race and Resilience
in an Agricultural City
Carol Lynn McKibben

“A major contribution to California
history, the history of race relations,
urban history, agricultural history,
and oral history. What is more, this
book is instructive for the state and
the nation.”
—David Wrobel, author of
America’s West: A History, 1890-1950

Dirty Works
Obscenity on Trial in America’s
First Sexual Revolution
Brett Gary
“This impressive book sheds new
light on the entangled, ages-old
relationship of law, progress, and
morality. Brett Gary has written a
compelling tour de force.”
—Nadine Strossen, Former President,
American Civil Liberties Union

When the Iron Bird Flies
China’s Secret War in Tibet
Jianglin Li, with a Foreword by
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
“It is my hope that through this
[book] readers will come to un-
derstand the real situation and be
able to deepen their approach to
the Tibet problem in the spirit of
seeing truth from facts.”
—His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Embattled
How Ancient Greek Myths
Empower Us to Resist Tyranny
Emily Katz Anhalt
“Anhalt encourages readers to look
with fresh eyes at how easily power
can be abused and how to fight back
against despotic rule.”
—Donna Zuckerberg, author of
Not All Dead White Men: Classics
and Misogyny in the Digital Age

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Years of Glory
Nelly Benatar and the Pursuit of
Justice in Wartime North Africa
Susan Gilson Miller
“An exemplary unearthing
of the remarkable legal career
of Nelly Benatar.”
—Robert O. Paxton, author of
Vichy France and the Jews and
The Anatomy of Fascism

Winning and Losing the
Nuclear Peace
The Rise, Demise, and Revival of
Arms Control
Michael Krepon
“Well-written and clear, providing
valuable insights into how we have
managed to avoid a nuclear war
these past 75 years, and how to
continue that avoidance despite the
collapse of treaties.”
—Wi l l i a m J. Pe r r y,
Former Secretary of Defense

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Gender Threat
American Masculinity in the
Face of Change
Dan Cassino and Yasemin
Besen-Cassino
“Reveals how threats to traditional
masculine identities can fuel
political polarization and anti-female
backlash, [and how] some men respond
by reworking their definitions of
masculinity in positive, egalitarian ways.”
—Stephanie Coontz, author of
A Strange Stirring: The Feminine
Mystique and American Women at
the Dawn of the 1960s

Counterrevolution
The Crusade to Roll Back the Gains
of the Civil Rights Movement
Stephen Steinberg
“This is an important intervention
in the post-Floyd national debate
about why the problem of race in the
republic has been so long-lasting.”
—Charles W. Mills, author of
Black Rights/White Wrongs

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