The very best of the hundreds of books on international politics, economics, and history that were featured in the magazine this year, selected by Foreign Affairs’ editors and book reviewers.
Editors’ Picks
The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe
by Marlene L. Daut
In this authoritative biography, Daut draws a complex portrait of the Haitian revolutionary Henry Christophe, also known as King Henry. Although Daut sympathizes with the Black liberators who heroically battled French imperialists to establish a postslavery order in Haiti, she does not hesitate to chronicle the conspiracies, betrayals, and insurrections that fueled the turmoil after the Haitian Revolution.
