The New York Review of Books - USA (2021-12-16)

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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

H E “ w c a

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

W N A M “ v m t c c

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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