Books like How to Hide an Empire

How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr reads as insightful, critical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Jakarta Method

Vincent Bevins · 2020

Both explore geopolitics

64% genome match

Empire of cotton

Sven Beckert · 2004

Both explore colonialism

63% genome match

Fordlandia

Greg Grandin · 2009

Both explore colonialism

63% genome match

The Great Game

Peter Hopkirk · 1990

Both explore empire & geopolitics

71% genome match

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz · 2014

Both explore colonialism & american history

83% genome match

The Problem of China

Bertrand Russell · 1922

Both explore geopolitics & colonialism

72% genome match

A Peace to End All Peace

David Fromkin · 1989

Both explore geopolitics & empire

69% genome match

A People’s History of American Empire

Howard Zinn · 2008

Both explore colonialism & american history

69% genome match

Lies My Teacher Told Me

James W. Loewen · 1994

Both explore american history

65% genome match

A different mirror

Ronald Takaki · 1993

Both explore american history

65% genome match

Vietnam

Stanley Karnow · 1983

Both explore geopolitics & american history

66% genome match

Cia

William Blum · 1995

Both explore geopolitics

66% genome match