Zachary T. Irwin

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Den of Spies: Reagan, Carter, and the Secret History of the Treason That Stole the White House

A valuable book in which Unger reveals the long lasting repercussions of this October surprise on American and Iranian public life.
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Saints, Angels & Demons: An A-to-Z Guide to the Holy and the Damned

A solid reference filled with finely crafted profiles of lesser-known saints, angels, and demons.

To Run the World: The Kremlin’s Cold War Bid for Global Power

A remarkably balanced, brilliant, ambitious, durable work of scholarship, combining histories of the Cold War with Soviet foreign policy. A good read-alike is Adam Ulam’s Expansion and Coexistence: The History of Soviet Foreign Policy, 1917–67.
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The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis

Personal accounts drive this highly recommended book’s powerful accounts of the crises handled over 60 years in the Situation Room.
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Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability

A compelling and detailed account that reveals some little known facts and a deeply sobering analysis of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, its consequences for Russia, and the many assumptions about European security.
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The Dissident: Alexey Navalny; Profile of a Political Prisoner

Herszenhorn expertly portrays Navalny as a resilient figure and as a “prisoner of conscience” who evolves from a crusader to a political leader symbolizing democratic Russia.
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“A Mind Purified by Suffering”: Evgenia Ginzburg’s “Whirlwind” Memoirs

A significant title for scholars of Soviet literature, but a less compelling book for those seeking the wider meaning of Ginzburg’s fate in the 20th century.
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Battlefield Cyber: How China and Russia Are Undermining Our Democracy and National Security

Still, the confirmed successes of Chinese and Russian cyberwarfare make this book a gripping and highly recommended read.
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The World in Conflict: Understanding the World’s Troublespots

Overall, this is a valuable and detailed book that parenthetically revels the pervasive impact of low intensity conflict and asymmetric warfare. Add to political science, history, and international studies collections.
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