17 Top history books like The Trial of Julian Assange: A Story of Persecution by Nils Melzer

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The Trial of Julian Assange: A Story of Persecution

By: Nils Melzer

4.55

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In July 2010, Wikileaks published Cablegate, one of the biggest leaks in the history of the US mili…

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1. More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite

By: Sebastian Mallaby

4.10

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Based on author Sebastian Mallaby's unprecedented access to the industry, including three hundred h… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
  • audiobook
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2. When Google Met Wikileaks

By: Julian Assange

3.88

Format: 223 pages, Paperback

When Google Met WikiLeaks presents the story of Assange and Schmidt's encounter. Both fascinating a… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • audiobook
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3. The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government

By: David Talbot

4.43

Format: None pages, Hardcover

An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the mo… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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4. The Panama Papers

By: Bastian Obermayer , Frederik Obermaier

3.90

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

Late one evening, investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer receives an anonymous message offering… read more

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  • politics
  • journalism
  • history
  • nonfiction

5. Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet

By: Julian Assange , Jacob Appelbaum , Andy Müller-Maguhn , None

3.72

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Cypherpunks are activists who advocate the widespread use of strong cryptography (writing in code) … read more

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6. Permanent Record

By: Edward Snowden

4.30

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveill… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The government should be afraid of the people, the people shouldn't be afraid of the government."

-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record

"This was the ultimate leap of faith, in a way: I could hardly trust anyone, so I had to trust everyone."

-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record

"A little bit of math can accomplish what all the guns and barbed wire can't: a little bit of math can keep a secret."

-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record

"The reason you're reading this book is that I did a dangerous thing for a man in my position: I decided to tell the truth."

-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record

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7. The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War

By: Craig Whitlock

4.26

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A Washington Post Best Book of 2021 The #1 New York Times bestselling investigative story of how th… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • audiobook
"To reinforce the message, Obama administration officials touted statistics that distorted what was really happening on the ground. The Bush administration had done the same, but Obama staffers in the…"

-Craig Whitlock, The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War

"Ryan Crocker, who served as the top U.S. diplomat in Kabul under both Bush and Obama, said the gusher of contracts to support U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan virtually guaranteed that extortion, …"

-Craig Whitlock, The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War

Cover of The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World by Antony Loewenstein

8. The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World

By: Antony Loewenstein

4.44

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Bestselling journalist Antony Loewenstein uncovers the widespread commercialisation and brutal depl… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • audiobook
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9. But What Can I Do?

By: Alastair Campbell

3.87

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

'Your country needs you. Your world needs you. Your time is now.'Our politics is a mess. Leaders wh… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. README.txt

By: Chelsea Manning

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An intimate, revealing memoir from one of the most important activists of our time. While workin… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"With enough grief, adrenaline, and fear we can all become amoral- even malevolent."

-Chelsea Manning, README.txt

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11. Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health (Outspoken by Pluto)

By: Micha Frazer-Carroll

4.40

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

‘A radical antidote to the constraints of our current conceptualisation of mental health’  Dazed ‘E… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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12. The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power

By: Noam Chomsky

4.19

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Two of our most celebrated intellectuals grapple with the uncertain aftermath of the American colla… read more

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  • history
  • the united states of america
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Surviving Autocracy

By: Masha Gessen

4.16

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A bestselling, National Book Award-winning journalist's essential guide to understanding, resisting… read more

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  • history
  • the united states of america
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • audiobook
"As Trump marches on to the rhythm of near-daily twitter rants, daily outrages, and weekly embarrassments, it remains unimaginable—even if it is observable. To think that a madman could be running the…"

-Masha Gessen, Surviving Autocracy

Cover of Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism by Quinn Slobodian

14. Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism

By: Quinn Slobodian

4.17

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Chosen by Pankaj Mishra as one of the Best Books of the Summer Neoliberals hate the state. Or do… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Scaling national government up to the planet, creating a global government, was no solution. The puzzle of the neoliberal ­century was to find the right institutions to sustain the often strained bal…"

-Quinn Slobodian, Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism

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15. Über Israel reden: Eine deutsche Debatte

By: Meron Mendel

4.28

Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition

Über kaum ein anderes Land wird in Deutschland so viel geredet und Zu Israel hat jeder eine Meinun… read more

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  • german literature
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Il potere segreto

By: Stefania Maurizi

4.58

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Nella cella di una delle più famigerate prigioni di massima sicurezza del Regno Unito, un uomo lott… read more

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  • politics
  • journalism
  • history
  • nonfiction
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17. The Trial of Julian Assange: A Story of Persecution

By: Nils Melzer

4.55

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In July 2010, Wikileaks published Cablegate, one of the biggest leaks in the history of the US mili… read more

Similar categories in Nils Melzer's The Trial of Julian Assange: A Story of Persecution book and Nils Melzer's The Trial of Julian Assange: A Story of Persecution

  • german literature
  • biography
  • history
  • the united states of america
  • politics
  • law
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • audiobook

18. Schweizer Geheimnisse

By: Hannes Munzinger

4.09

Format: 283 pages, Paperback

Als sich ein Whistleblower mit Informationen aus dem Innersten einer der größten Banken der Welt me… read more

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  • nonfiction
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19. Ungleich vereint

By: Steffen Mau

4.26

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Die Diskussion über Ostdeutschland und das Verhältnis zwischen Ost und West flammt immer wieder auf… read more

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  • german literature
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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20. The Power of One: How I Found the Strength to Tell the Truth and Why I Blew the Whistle on Facebook

By: Frances Haugen

3.73

Format: 17 pages, Audiobook

The inside story of one woman’s quest to bring transparency and accountability to Big Tech, by the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari

21. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

By: Yuval Noah Harari

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

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Transform Your Habits

More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite

Sebastian Mallaby

4.10

Transform Your Habits

When Google Met Wikileaks

Julian Assange

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Permanent Record

Edward Snowden

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War

Craig Whitlock

4.26

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If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution

Vincent Bevins

4.28

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None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary

Travis Alabanza

4.38

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The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide

Steven W. Thrasher

4.22

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Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

Naomi Klein

4.22

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