Becca Rothfeld

In ‘When the Clock Broke,’ John Ganz revisits the era of Pat Buchanan and Ross Perot to find the roots of our populist moment.

“Gun Country” chronicles the transformation of guns from tangible weapons to ideological ammunition during the Cold War.

In “Liberalism Against Itself,” Samuel Moyn stresses the need to resuscitate an earlier and more rousing wave of thinkers.