War of Attrition: AppleTV+’s Masters of the Air

Patriots with Benefits: Eric Jay Dolin’s Rebels at Sea

Land of Exploitation: HBO’s Warrior

Life at the Top: Toby Wilkinson’s The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt

Coup Dunnit? David O. Russel’s Amsterdam

Imperial Free-for-All: William Dalrynmple’s The Anarchy

The Face of Trauma: HBO’s Wartorn 1861-2010

Lesser than the Sum of its Parts: Dominic Lieven’s In the Shadow of the Gods

Unfocused Pain: Raoul Peck’s Exterminate All the Brutes