Association of American Publishers 2020 Prose Awards Category Finalist. Financial Times Best Books of 2019 (Economics) (M. Wolf); Evening Standard Best Books of 2019 (S. S. Montefiore); Aspects of History Books of the Year 2020 (S. S. Montefiore); LibreMercado Los libros del ãno 2020 (M. Bastos); Times Paperback picks April 17, 2021; Business Insider College summer reading list book June 4, 2021; Carnegie Europe 2023 summer reads; Tufts summer book recommendations 2026. News coverage: J. Fallows, Atlantic September 5, 2019; NPR ‘On Point,’ October 16, 2019; P. Bang, Weekendavisen January 17, 2020; T. Mahler, L’Express July 4, 2020; P. Torvinen, Helsingin Sanomat November 14, 2020; B. Vassnes, Klassekampen January 28, 2021; J. Howell, WLS Radio; A. Vanstone, ABC RN May 10, 2021; J. Gepp, Profil May 15, 2021; Fleisch Magazin summer 2025. Podcasts: P. Wyman, Tides of History September 19, 2019; Science Salon June 30, 2020; John Howell Show.

Reviews: R. Colvile, Times October 19, 2019; F. Fernández-Armesto, Wall Street Journal October 24, 2019; I. Lipke, Queensland Reviewers Collective October 29, 2019; P. Stothard, Financial Times December 14, 2019; M. Carter, Air Mail December 14, 2019; P. Parker, Le Point January 8, 2020; P. Thonemann, Times Literary Supplement January 31, 2020, 4-5; R. Owen, Tablet February 6, 2020; C. Rudbeck, Axess magasin 2020/1, 79-81; M. Aaltola, Talouselämä February 21, 2020; T. Jones, Christian Century February 28, 2020; P. Wallace, Choice March 2020; S. Davies, Reason March 2020; P. Temin, EH.Net March 2020; D. Lynch, America March 2020; P. Lemieux, Regulation 43 (2020), 59-61; T. Wig, Klassekampen June 13, 2020; H. Derks, H-Soz-Kult June 29, 2020 (retracted July 6, 2020); A. Marcone, sehepunkte 20 (2020); A. Aksiim, Sirp July 31, 2020; N. Alarcón, El Confidencial September 19, 2020; P. Brown, New York Review of Books September 24, 2020; B. Fauconnier, Klio 102 (2020), 793-796; G. Pech, Central Asia Business Journal 11.3 (2020), 25-28; F. Verhagen, Opuscula 13 (2020), 236-238; P. Turchin, Cliodynamics 11 (2020), 77-87; J.-L. van Zanden, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geschiedenis 17 (2020), 176-179; L. Fernández-Galiano, Arquitectura Viva February 28, 2021; J. Hall, European Journal of Sociology 61 (2021), 537-541; J. Morgan, Mises Wire February 24, 2021; P. Tedesco, Jacobin February 25, 2021; Hislibris September 2, 2021; R. Hodges, Journal of Roman Archaeology 34 (2021), 408-416 (with my response; short version in Journal of Roman Archaeology 34 (2021), 998-999); M. Koyama, Journal of Economic Literature 59 (2021), 634-650; B. Reilly, Journal of World History 32 (2021), 547-549; B. Ward-Perkins, Journal of Greek Archaeology 6 (2021), 424-425; M. Taylor, Michigan War Studies Review September 14, 2022. Notices: M. Olasky, World Magazine January 16, 2020; S. Simon, Survival 63 (2021), 214-215; Opinio Juris May 10, 2023.