Against the Beautiful Moment
/You can set up a flash mob with Twitter, but you can't run a government with it; Jodi Dean's Crowds and Party looks at protests in the age of social media.
Read MoreDream the Possible Dream
/Can realpolitik - the doctrine of intimidation over ideology, force over ideals - actually be a good thing? Matt Ray reviews John Bew's new study.
Read MoreHectic Hyperborea
/Michael Pye's new book provides a rich history of the North Sea in human culture - and pokes holes in some crass nationalist myth-making along the way. Matt Ray reviews The Edge of the World.
Read MoreUnmaking L'empereur
/The 2nd Light Battalion King's Division played a pivotal role at the Battle of Waterloo, as a slim new history by Brendan Simms demonstrates. Matt Ray reviews the book in his Open Letters debut.
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