The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
By: Elbridge A. Colby
3.82
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Why and how America’s defense strategy must change in light of China’s power and ambition—A Wall St…
Want to Read $ 16.99"Physical force, especially the ability to kill, is the ultimate form of coercive leverage. While there are other sources of influence, such as wealth, persuasiveness, and charisma, they are all dominated by the power to kill. One with the ability to kill another can, if willing, escalate any dispute to that level and thus prevail. Although hard power is not the only for of power, it is dominant if effectively employed; hard power always has the capacity to dominate soft power. Left unaddressed, might trumps right. Therefore, to protect its interests, the United States must be especially concerned about the use of physical force."-Elbridge A. Colby, The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
"If extensive and global economic engagement and growing wealth have not already persuaded China to change its behavior, it is unclear why it would be more likely to do so as it grows stronger and thus less susceptible to outside pressure. A state like China, with a deeply entrenched economic model that is fundamentally different from - and in key respects antithetical to - that of the United States, seems more likely to continue the course that has brought it wealth and power... By definition, an established hegemon, able to direct the relevant policies of subordinate states, is harder to eject from its position than a state still grasping for hegemony."-Elbridge A. Colby, The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
"This is because, if China could establish hegemony over Asia, it could then set up a commercial and trading bloc anchored in the world's largest market that would privilege its own and subordinates' economies while disfavoring America's. The resulting drain on American businesses, large and small, would be most keenly felt by the workers, families, and communities who rely on those businesses for jobs, goods, services, and the other benefits that come with a vibrant economy. The steady erosion of America's economic power would ultimately weaken the nation's social vitality and stability. -- This kind of disfavoring is hardly a theoretical concern; China today appears to be seeking to shape the economic map in just this way. Nor is it especially unusual; this sort of policy has a powerful appeal and internal logic and is a regular feature of how aspiring and established hegemons behave. Essentially every aspiring hegemon in history has sought or planned to establish an economic system favoring itself, in order to enrich itself, sustain its predominance, and exclude or disfavor potential competitors."-Elbridge A. Colby, The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
If you liked the history plot in The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict by Elbridge A. Colby , here is a list of 24 books like this:
1. Lessons In Disaster: McGeorge Bundy And The Path To War In Vietnam
By: Gordon M. Goldstein
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A revelatory look at the decisions that led to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, drawing on the insi… read more
Want to Read $ 2.99Similar categories in Gordon M. Goldstein's Lessons In Disaster: McGeorge Bundy And The Path To War In Vietnam book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- international relations
- history
- the united states of america
- politics
- war
- nonfiction
2. Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power
By: David E. Sanger
4.64
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
FROM INSIDE OBAMA'S SITUATION ROOM . . . THE CRITICAL MOMENTS IN THE COVERT WAR AGAINST IRAN, THE S… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in David E. Sanger's Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- international relations
- history
- politics
- military fiction
- war
- nonfiction
3. Freedom's Forge: How American Business Built the Arsenal of Democracy That Won World War II
By: Arthur Herman
3.99
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Remarkable as it may seem today, there once was a time when the president of the United States coul… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Arthur Herman's Freedom's Forge: How American Business Built the Arsenal of Democracy That Won World War II book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
4. World Order
By: Henry Kissinger
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Henry Kissinger offers in World Ordera deep meditation on the roots of international harmony and gl… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Henry Kissinger's World Order book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
5. Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?
By: Graham Allison
3.36
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES ARE HEADING TOWARD A WAR NEITHER WANTS. The reason is Thucydides's Trap… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Graham Allison's Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
6. Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History
By: Robert D. Kaplan
4.33
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
From the assassination that triggered World War I to the ethnic warfare in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croa… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Robert D. Kaplan's Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
7. On China
By: Henry Kissinger
3.00
Format: 146 pages, Hardcover
In this sweeping and insightful history, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time at book-length to… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Henry Kissinger's On China book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
8. The Longest Day
By: Cornelius Ryan
4.25
Format: 131 pages,
The classic account of the Allied invasion of Normandy. The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan's unsurpa… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Cornelius Ryan's The Longest Day book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
9. The Guns of August
By: Barbara W. Tuchman
4.18
Format: 658 pages, Kindle Edition
The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise… read more
Want to Read $ 4.99Similar categories in Barbara W. Tuchman's The Guns of August book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- history
- politics
- military fiction
- war
- nonfiction
"Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"Now according to German logic, a declaration of war was found to be unnecessary because of imaginary bombings"-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"Human beings, like plans, prove fallible in the presence of those ingredients that are missing in maneuvers - danger, death, and live ammunition."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"To think meant to give room for freedom of initiative, for the imponderable to win over the material, for will to demonstrate its power over circumstance."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
10. War: How Conflict Shaped Us
By: Margaret MacMillan
3.57
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
Is peace an aberration? The bestselling author of Paris 1919 offers a provocative view of war as an… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Margaret MacMillan's War: How Conflict Shaped Us book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- history
- politics
- military fiction
- war
- nonfiction
11. Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West
By: Calder Walton
4.30
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
The riveting, untold story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with le… read more
Want to Read $ 16.99Similar categories in Calder Walton's Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- history
- politics
- military fiction
- war
- nonfiction
- china
- audiobook
12. The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History
By: Serhii Plokhy
4.30
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
An authoritative history of Europe’s largest military conflict since World War II, from the New Yor… read more
Want to Read $ 14.76Similar categories in Serhii Plokhy's The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- history
- politics
- military fiction
- war
- nonfiction
"Despite its imperial roots, the current war is being waged in a new international environment defined by the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the disintegration of the post–Cold War international or…"-Serhii Plokhy, The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History
13. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
By: Chris Miller
4.44
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more
Want to Read $ 16.99Similar categories in Chris Miller's Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- china
- audiobook
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
14. Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
By: David H. Petraeus
4.06
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strate… read more
Want to Read $ 18.99Similar categories in David H. Petraeus's Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- international relations
- history
- politics
- military fiction
- war
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"A recurring theme of this book is that money spent on deterrence is seldom wasted, especially when considered against the costs incurred when the deterrence fails."-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
"Hybrid warfare particularly appeals to China and Russia, since they are much more able to control the information their populaces receive than are their Western adversaries. A 1999 book, Unrestricted…"-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
15. War Without Rules: China's Playbook for Global Domination
By: Robert Spalding
4.13
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In its fight for global dominance, Communist China has thrown out the old rules of war. China exper… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Robert Spalding's War Without Rules: China's Playbook for Global Domination book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- international relations
- history
- politics
- military fiction
- war
- nonfiction
- china
- audiobook
16. The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
By: Daniel Yergin
4.20
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A Wall Street Journal besteller and a USA Today Best Book of 2020 Named Energy Writer of the Yea… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Daniel Yergin's The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- politics
- international relations
- history
- nonfiction
"У 1976 в газеті "Вечірній Ленінград" з'явилася стаття про досі невідомого дзюдоїста, що переміг у змаганнях і здобув звання чемпіона. "Люди ще почують про нього в майбутньому", передбачало видання. Т…"-Daniel Yergin, The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
17. The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
By: Elbridge A. Colby
3.82
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Why and how America’s defense strategy must change in light of China’s power and ambition—A Wall St… read more
Want to Read $ 16.99Similar categories in Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- international relations
- history
- the united states of america
- politics
- military fiction
- war
- political science
- nonfiction
- china
- audiobook
"Physical force, especially the ability to kill, is the ultimate form of coercive leverage. While there are other sources of influence, such as wealth, persuasiveness, and charisma, they are all domin…"-Elbridge A. Colby, The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
"If extensive and global economic engagement and growing wealth have not already persuaded China to change its behavior, it is unclear why it would be more likely to do so as it grows stronger and thu…"-Elbridge A. Colby, The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
"This is because, if China could establish hegemony over Asia, it could then set up a commercial and trading bloc anchored in the world's largest market that would privilege its own and subordinates' …"-Elbridge A. Colby, The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
18. On Grand Strategy
By: John Lewis Gaddis
3.75
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary program the author has co-taught… read more
Want to Read $ 6.99Similar categories in John Lewis Gaddis's On Grand Strategy book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- international relations
- history
- politics
- military fiction
- war
- nonfiction
- political science
19. The Long Game: China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order (Bridging the Gap)
By: Rush Doshi
4.04
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
For more than a century, no US adversary or coalition of adversaries - not Nazi Germany, Imperial J… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Rush Doshi's The Long Game: China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order (Bridging the Gap) book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- international relations
- history
- politics
- military fiction
- political science
- nonfiction
- china
- audiobook
20. China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower
By: Frank Dikötter
3.94
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In China After Mao , award-winning author Frank Dikötter delves into the history of China under the… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Frank Dikötter's China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- china
- audiobook
21. The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare
By: Christian Brose
4.13
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
For generations of Americans, our country has been the world's dominant military power. How the US … read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Christian Brose's The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- history
- politics
- military fiction
- war
- nonfiction
- china
- audiobook
"Defense companies spent less money on research and development and more on armies of lawyers, lobbyists, accountants, and consultants to help them comply with the Pentagon's growing acquisition burea…"-Christian Brose, The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare
"These were the very same systems that Marshall wrote in 1992 would be "progressively less central to military operations" because they would become large, vulnerable targets as US adversaries develop…"-Christian Brose, The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare
22. White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan
By: Mick Ryan
3.92
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
This book "is entertaining, thought-provoking and quite possibly prescient. Not just an engaging ta… read more
Want to Read $ 6.49Similar categories in Mick Ryan's White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- politics
- military fiction
- war
- china
23. Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate
By: Mary Elise Sarotte
4.25
Format: 568 pages, Hardcover
A leading expert on Cold War foreign policy reveals how tensions between America, NATO, and Russia … read more
Want to Read $ 16.99Similar categories in Mary Elise Sarotte's Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- international relations
- history
- the united states of america
- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
24. Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China
By: Hal Brands
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A provocative and urgent analysis of the U.S.–China rivalry. It has become conventional wisdom that… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Hal Brands's Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- international relations
- history
- politics
- military fiction
- war
- political science
- nonfiction
- china
25. The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China
By: Kevin Rudd
4.27
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A war between China and the US would be catastrophic, deadly, and destructive. Unfortunately, it is… read more
Want to Read $ 21.99Similar categories in Kevin Rudd's The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- international relations
- history
- the united states of america
- politics
- military fiction
- war
- nonfiction
- china
- audiobook
26. Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future
By: Chun Han Wong
4.19
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From one of the most admired reporters covering China today, a vital new account of the life and po… read more
Want to Read $ 15.99Similar categories in Chun Han Wong's Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- international relations
- history
- politics
- political science
- nonfiction
- china
- audiobook
27. Getting China Wrong
By: Aaron L. Friedberg
4.15
Format: None pages, ebook
The West's strategy of engagement with China has failed. More than three decades of trade and inves… read more
Want to Read $ 20.00Similar categories in Aaron L. Friedberg's Getting China Wrong book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- politics
- nonfiction
- china
- history
28. The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today
By: Hal Brands
4.02
Format: 318 pages, Hardcover
A leading historian’s guide to great-power competition, as told through America’s successes and fai… read more
Want to Read $ 16.99Similar categories in Hal Brands's The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- international relations
- history
- politics
- military fiction
- political science
- nonfiction
- china
29. To Risk It All: Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision
By: James G. Stavridis
3.99
Format: None pages, Unknown Binding
From one of the great naval leaders of our time, a master class in decision-making under pressure t… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in James G. Stavridis's To Risk It All: Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- history
- military fiction
- war
- nonfiction
- audiobook
30. Downfall: Prigozhin, Putin, and the new fight for the future of Russia
By: Mark Galeotti
4.04
Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition
‘Absolutely gripping, deeply authoritative, hugely important and lethally lurid’Simon Sebag Montefi… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Mark Galeotti's Downfall: Prigozhin, Putin, and the new fight for the future of Russia book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- history
- politics
- war
- nonfiction
- audiobook
31. The Rise and Fall of the EAST: How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline
By: Yasheng Huang
4.22
Format: 411 pages, Kindle Edition
The long history of China’s relationship between stability, diversity, and prosperity, and how its … read more
Want to Read $ 16.99Similar categories in Yasheng Huang's The Rise and Fall of the EAST: How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline book and Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
- international relations
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- china
