Author Archives: stuartelden

Marc Bloch, Carnets Inédits 1917-1943 – Éditions Amsterdam, October 2025 Le « laboratoire » de Marc Bloch enfin accessible au grand public. Les deux carnets de Marc Bloch réunis dans cet ouvrage – « Quelques notes de lecture » et … Continue reading →

Aida A Hozić and Jacqui True eds. War Economy: Gendered Circuits of Violence and Capital – Routledge, December 2025 War Economy: Gendered Circuits of Violence and Capital examines the war economy from feminist perspectives, bringing fresh thinking in the context of heightened geopolitical tensions. … Continue reading →

James Cheshire, The Library of Lost Maps – Bloomsbury, October 2025 New Books discussion with Christine Gessler – thanks to dmf for the link The remarkable story of an overlooked map archive that reveals how maps have helped inspire some … Continue reading →

Hugo Drochon, Elites and Democracy – Princeton University Press, January/March 2026 Thanks to John Raimo for the link A central paradox of democracies is that they are always ruled by elites. What can democracy mean in this context? Today, it … Continue reading →

Filippo Del Lucchese, Constituent Power in Early Modern Political Philosophy: From La Boétie to Hobbes – Edinburgh University Press, November 2025

Salvador Santino Regilme and Obert Hodzi, United States and Chinese Foreign Assistance and Diplomacy: Aid for Dominance – Manchester University Press, January 2026 United States and Chinese foreign assistance and diplomacy addresses the analytic weaknesses of mainstream analysis of foreign … Continue reading →