These works of political science are newly available through the Allen County Public Library.

appIn the Shadows: True Stories of High-Stakes Negotiations to Free Americans Captured Abroadapp

by Mickey Bergman, Ellis Henican

appThe director of an organization that negotiates the release of political prisoners and hostages around the world tells the stories behind the complex machinations to bring home Americans such as Brittney Griner, Otto Warmbier and Paul Whelan.

appBlack Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politicsapp

by Elle Reeve

appThis book depicts the United States of America as a country at a crossroads with the battle between the right and left spilling out from the darkest corners of the internet into the real world with often-tragic consequences.

appMidnight in Moscow: A Memoir from the Front Lines of Russiaapps War Against the Westapp

by John J. Sullivan

appAn American ambassador who was on the diplomatic front lines when Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine presents his firsthand account of this climactic period app among the most dangerous since World War II, showing how our relationship with Russia has deteriorated, where itapps headed and how its ending will be shaped by us.

appThe Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Governmentapp

by Brody Mullins, Luke Mullins

appTaking readers into the offices of the most powerful men in Washington, two veteran investigative journalists present an intense and infuriating portrait of 50 years of corporate influence to infiltrate American politics and undermine our democracy.

appWhen the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990sapp

by John Ganz

appRanging from upheavals in Crown Heights and Los Angeles, the broadcasts of Rush Limbaugh and the bitter disputes between neoconservatives and the apppaleo-conapp right, an acclaimed political writer tells the story of our countryapps late-century discontents, narrating the fall of the Reagan order and the rise of a new and more turbulent America.

appForeign Agents: How American Lobbyists and Lawmakers Threaten Democracy Around the Worldapp

by Casey Michel

appThis deeply reported investigation of the U.S. foreign lobbying industry reveals how a subset of this group has secretly become a mouthpiece for authoritarian regimes worldwide and threatened U.S. democracy.