The excitement around Bennett’s books lies in their willingness to circle back on themselves, lingering in uncertainties and contradictions.

Hal Brands urges the U.S. to make China and Russia “pay exorbitantly” for their policies. History shows that has never worked.

The father of game theory helped develop the atom bomb—and thought he could calculate when to use it.

Why did William F. Buckley campaign to free Edgar Smith?

Amazon is as dominant as ever—and its retail ambitions aren’t going anywhere. But booksellers can toast the end of its disastrous foray into their turf.

Phil Christman has written a guide to surviving the random cruelty of American life.

Her encyclopedic historical novel “The Books of Jacob” takes us to a world before nationalism.

John Darnielle’s new novel, “Devil House,” probes the moral implications of investigating a cold case.

Harold James laments that we’ve lost the true meanings of words like “democracy” and “capitalism.”

The longest running theme in the history of the party might be charges of incoherence and disorganization.

The crisis that Federici identified in the 1970s has reached a boiling point.

A new book aims to recover the Constitution’s pivotal role in shaping claims of justice and equality.

A titan of publishing, Jason Epstein died at 93 last week. He left a galvanizing vision for the book business.

The enormously influential intellectual, who died over the weekend at 79, kept up the fight until the very end.

It is tempting to harness “Civilization and Its Discontents” as a guide to our contemporary political morass, but doing so may obscure its most valuable message.

Lea Ypi’s memoir recounts Albania’s troubled transition to democracy.

His identity was long unknown—until the FBI arrested him earlier this year. Now everyone in the publishing industry is asking, What motivated him?

Some actors go to extremes to get into character. It wasn’t meant to be that way.

“To Paradise” shows little interest in the big questions it asks.

“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” was the culmination of a process that started six years earlier. Here’s how gonzo was conjured to life.