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<figure> <a href="https://airmail.news/books/2026/2/editors-picks-60"> <img alt="" class="img-responsive" src="https://photos.airmail.news/so19unqb3q3bvp8q9y711fvcdvdy-886f3ab9c249356e0e67b5c09662b53b.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <h5>This week, don’t miss a new history of China’s path to Communism, a re-examination of the Bernie Goetz subway shooting, and McNally Editions’ reprint of a forgotten dark comedy</h5> <p>By Jim Kelly</p> <p>The writing of history belongs to the victo...