8 Top war books like On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis

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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…

If you liked the war plot in On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The Hundred-Year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower

By: Michael Pillsbury

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

One of the U.S. government's leading China experts reveals the hidden strategy fueling that country… read more

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  • international relations
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • business
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2. Strategy: A History

By: Lawrence Freedman

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Selected as a Financial Times Best Book of 2013 In Strategy: A History, Sir Lawrence Freedman, one … read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • business

3. The End of History and the Last Man

By: Francis Fukuyama

3.76

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Ever since its first publication in 1992, The End of History and the Last Manhas provoked controver… read more

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4. The Revenge Of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate

By: Robert D. Kaplan

3.86

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

In this provocative, startling book, Robert D. Kaplan, the bestselling author of Monsoonand Balkan … read more

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5. The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000

By: Paul Kennedy

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

THE WIDELY ACCLAIMED BESTSELLER THAT BOLDLY AND LUCIDLY PUTS OUR CURRENT ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DIL… read more

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6. Diplomacy

By: Henry Kissinger

4.07

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

A brilliant, sweeping history of diplomacy that includes personal stories from the noted former Sec… read more

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7. 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

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • business
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"

-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

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8. 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

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  • international relations
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
"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

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9. The New Rules of War: Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder

By: Sean McFate

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

"Stunning. Sean McFate is a new Sun Tzu." -Admiral James Stavridis (retired), former Supreme Al… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • political science
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10. 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

Similar categories in John Lewis Gaddis's On Grand Strategy book and John Lewis Gaddis's On Grand Strategy

  • international relations
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • political science
  • business
  • leadership
Cover of How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between by Bent Flyvbjerg

11. How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between

By: Bent Flyvbjerg

4.32

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to s… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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12. Leadership : Six Studies in World Strategy

By: Henry Kissinger

4.23

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Henry Kissinger analyses how six extraordinary leaders he has known have shaped their countries and… read more

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  • international relations
  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • political science
  • business
  • leadership
"Well before the end of the 20th century however print had lost its former dominance. This resulted in, among other things, a different kind of person getting elected as leader. One who can present hi…"

-Henry Kissinger, Leadership : Six Studies in World Strategy

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13. I Am Dynamite! A Life of Nietzsche

By: Sue Prideaux

4.31

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking new biography of philosophy's greatest iconoclast Friedrich Nietzsche is one o… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • history
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14. The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal

By: William J. Burns

4.27

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From America's "secret diplomatic weapon" (The Atlantic), comes a memoir of service for five Presid… read more

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  • international relations
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • political science
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15. New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West

By: David E. Sanger

4.37

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A fast-paced account of America’s plunge into simultaneous Cold Wars against two very different adv… read more

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  • international relations
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
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16. 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

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  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
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17. Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe

By: Rachel Chrastil

3.84

Format: 485 pages, Hardcover

'Compassionate and thought-provoking history' Daily Telegraph'Superb on the human consequences of w… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
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18. How States Think: The Rationality of Foreign Policy

By: John J. Mearsheimer

3.88

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking examination of a central question in international Do states act rationally?   To… read more

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  • international relations
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • political science
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19. Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World

By: H.R. McMaster

4.12

Format: 559 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times  Bestseller Now with new text from McMaster addressing the January 2021 assault on t… read more

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"Поки вони підривають школи для дівчаток в Афганістані, їхні діти ходять до приватних шкіл."

-H.R. McMaster, Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World

"Освіта життєво важлива не лише для того, щоб громадяни розпізнавали небезпеки російських дезінформаційних кампаній, а й щоб відновилася довіра до демократичних принципів, інституцій і процесів."

-H.R. McMaster, Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World

"The president and many of those who served him were sympathetic to the New Left interpretation of foreign affairs, one that considers so-called Western capitalist imperialism as the primary cause of …"

-H.R. McMaster, Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World

"Consistency and will are, therefore, important dimensions of strategic competence. But our will is diminished. As our foreign policies swung from over-optimism to resignation, identity politics inter…"

-H.R. McMaster, Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World

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20. O dilema do porco-espinho: como encarar a solidão

By: Leandro Karnal

3.66

Format: 187 pages, Kindle Edition

Ser ou não ser sozinho? O historiador Leandro Karnal, um dos intelectuais brasileiros que, atrav… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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21. Fascismo à brasileira: Como o integralismo, maior movimento de extrema-direita da história do país, se formou e o que ele ilumina sobre o bolsonarismo

By: Pedro Doria

3.88

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

O passado explica o presente Se é inegável que entende melhor o presente quem conhece o passado,… read more

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  • politics
  • history
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The Hundred-Year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower

Michael Pillsbury

4.21

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Strategy: A History

Lawrence Freedman

3.66

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Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Chris Miller

4.44

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Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

David H. Petraeus

4.06

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10 best-selling audiobook books like I Am Dynamite! A Life of Nietzsche by Sue Prideaux

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How to Philosophize with a Hammer and Sickle: Nietzsche and Marx for the Twenty-First Century

Jonas Čeika

4.17

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I Am Dynamite! A Life of Nietzsche

Sue Prideaux

4.31

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Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are

John Kaag

3.67

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Philosopher of the Heart: The Restless Life of Søren Kierkegaard

Clare Carlisle

4.04

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