8 Top biography books like Leadership : Six Studies in World Strategy by Henry Kissinger

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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…

"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 himself and his programs in a polished way, as Lee Quan Yu you observed in 2000, adding, “Satellite television has allowed me to follow the American presidential campaign. I am amazed at the way media professionals can give a candidate a new image and transform him, at least superficially, into a different personality. Winning an election becomes, in large measure, a contest in packaging and advertising. Just as the benefits of the printed era were inextricable from its costs, so it is with the visual age. With screens in every home entertainment is omnipresent and boredom a rarity. More substantively, injustice visualized is more visceral than injustice described. Television played a crucial role in the American Civil rights movement, yet the costs of television are substantial, privileging emotional display over self-command, changing the kinds of people and arguments that are taken seriously in public life. The shift from print to visual culture continues with the contemporary entrenchment of the Internet and social media, which bring with them four biases that make it more difficult for leaders to develop their capabilities than in the age of print. These are immediacy, intensity, polarity, and conformity. Although the Internet makes news and data more immediately accessible than ever, this surfeit of information has hardly made us individually more knowledgeable, let alone wiser, as the cost of accessing information becomes negligible, as with the Internet, the incentives to remember it seem to weaken. While forgetting anyone fact may not matter, the systematic failure to internalize information brings about a change in perception, and a weakening of analytical ability. Facts are rarely self-explanatory; their significance and interpretation depend on context and relevance. For information to be transmuted into something approaching wisdom it must be placed within a broader context of history and experience. As a general rule, images speak at a more emotional register of intensity than do words. Television and social media rely on images that inflamed the passions, threatening to overwhelm leadership with the combination of personal and mass emotion. Social media, in particular, have encouraged users to become image conscious spin doctors. All this engenders a more populist politics that celebrates utterances perceived to be authentic over the polished sound bites of the television era, not to mention the more analytical output of print. The architects of the Internet thought of their invention as an ingenious means of connecting the world. In reality, it has also yielded a new way to divide humanity into warring tribes. Polarity and conformity rely upon, and reinforce, each other. One is shunted into a group, and then the group polices once thinking. Small wonder that on many contemporary social media platforms, users are divided into followers and influencers. There are no leaders. What are the consequences for leadership? In our present circumstances, Lee's gloomy assessment of visual media's effects is relevant. From such a process, I doubt if a Churchill or Roosevelt or a de Gaulle can emerge. It is not that changes in communications technology have made inspired leadership and deep thinking about world order impossible, but that in an age dominated by television and the Internet, thoughtful leaders must struggle against the tide."

-Henry Kissinger, Leadership : Six Studies in World Strategy

"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 himself and his programs in a polished way, as Lee Quan Yu you observed in 2000, adding, “Satellite television has allowed me to follow the American presidential campaign. I am amazed at the way media professionals can give a candidate a new image and transform him, at least superficially, into a different personality. Winning an election becomes, in large measure, a contest in packaging and advertising. Just as the benefits of the printed era were inextricable from its costs, so it is with the visual age. With screens in every home entertainment is omnipresent and boredom a rarity. More substantively, injustice visualized is more visceral than injustice described. Television played a crucial role in the American Civil rights movement, yet the costs of television are substantial, privileging emotional display over self-command, changing the kinds of people and arguments that are taken seriously in public life. The shift from print to visual culture continues with the contemporary entrenchment of the Internet and social media, which bring with them four biases that make it more difficult for leaders to develop their capabilities than in the age of print. These are immediacy, intensity, polarity, and conformity. Although the Internet makes news and data more immediately accessible than ever, this surfeit of information has hardly made us individually more knowledgeable, let alone wiser, as the cost of accessing information becomes negligible, as with the Internet, the incentives to remember it seem to weaken. While forgetting anyone fact may not matter, the systematic failure to internalize information brings about a change in perception, and a weakening of analytical ability. Facts are rarely self-explanatory; their significance and interpretation depend on context and relevance. For information to be transmuted into something approaching wisdom it must be placed within a broader context of history and experience. As a general rule, images speak at a more emotional register of intensity than do words. Television and social media rely on images that inflamed the passions, threatening to overwhelm leadership with the combination of personal and mass emotion. Social media, in particular, have encouraged users to become image conscious spin doctors. All this engenders a more populist politics that celebrates utterances perceived to be authentic over the polished sound bites of the television era, not to mention the more analytical output of print. The architects of the Internet thought of their invention as an ingenious means of connecting the world. In reality, it has also yielded a new way to divide humanity into warring tribes. Polarity and conformity rely upon, and reinforce, each other. One is shunted into a group, and then the group polices once thinking. Small wonder that on many contemporary social media platforms, users are divided into followers and influencers. There are no leaders. What are the consequences for leadership? In our present circumstances, Lee's gloomy assessment of visual media's effects is relevant. From such a process, I doubt if a Churchill or Roosevelt or a de Gaulle can emerge. It is not that changes in communications technology have made inspired leadership and deep thinking about world order impossible, but that in an age dominated by television and the Internet, thoughtful leaders must struggle against the tide."

-Henry Kissinger, Leadership : Six Studies in World Strategy

"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 himself and his programs in a polished way, as Lee Quan Yu you observed in 2000, adding, “Satellite television has allowed me to follow the American presidential campaign. I am amazed at the way media professionals can give a candidate a new image and transform him, at least superficially, into a different personality. Winning an election becomes, in large measure, a contest in packaging and advertising. Just as the benefits of the printed era were inextricable from its costs, so it is with the visual age. With screens in every home entertainment is omnipresent and boredom a rarity. More substantively, injustice visualized is more visceral than injustice described. Television played a crucial role in the American Civil rights movement, yet the costs of television are substantial, privileging emotional display over self-command, changing the kinds of people and arguments that are taken seriously in public life. The shift from print to visual culture continues with the contemporary entrenchment of the Internet and social media, which bring with them four biases that make it more difficult for leaders to develop their capabilities than in the age of print. These are immediacy, intensity, polarity, and conformity. Although the Internet makes news and data more immediately accessible than ever, this surfeit of information has hardly made us individually more knowledgeable, let alone wiser, as the cost of accessing information becomes negligible, as with the Internet, the incentives to remember it seem to weaken. While forgetting anyone fact may not matter, the systematic failure to internalize information brings about a change in perception, and a weakening of analytical ability. Facts are rarely self-explanatory; their significance and interpretation depend on context and relevance. For information to be transmuted into something approaching wisdom it must be placed within a broader context of history and experience. As a general rule, images speak at a more emotional register of intensity than do words. Television and social media rely on images that inflamed the passions, threatening to overwhelm leadership with the combination of personal and mass emotion. Social media, in particular, have encouraged users to become image conscious spin doctors. All this engenders a more populist politics that celebrates utterances perceived to be authentic over the polished sound bites of the television era, not to mention the more analytical output of print. The architects of the Internet thought of their invention as an ingenious means of connecting the world. In reality, it has also yielded a new way to divide humanity into warring tribes. Polarity and conformity rely upon, and reinforce, each other. One is shunted into a group, and then the group polices once thinking. Small wonder that on many contemporary social media platforms, users are divided into followers and influencers. There are no leaders. What are the consequences for leadership? In our present circumstances, Lee's gloomy assessment of visual media's effects is relevant. From such a process, I doubt if a Churchill or Roosevelt or a de Gaulle can emerge. It is not that changes in communications technology have made inspired leadership and deep thinking about world order impossible, but that in an age dominated by television and the Internet, thoughtful leaders must struggle against the tide."

-Henry Kissinger, Leadership : Six Studies in World Strategy

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Cover of Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World (Belfer Center Studies in International Security) by Lee Kuan Yew, Graham Allison, Robert D. Blackwill, Ali Wyne, Henry Kissinger

1. Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World (Belfer Center Studies in International Security)

By: Lee Kuan Yew , Graham Allison , Robert D. Blackwill , Ali Wyne , Henry Kissinger

4.26

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Grand strategist and founder of modern Singapore offers key insights and controversial opinions on … read more

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2. Asia's Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific

By: Robert D. Kaplan

4.67

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY FINANCIAL TIMES From Robert D. Kaplan, named one of the … read more

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3. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

By: Daron Acemoğlu , James A. Robinson

4.08

Format: 529 pages, Hardcover

Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the expert… read more

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  • political science
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"Central planning was just not good at replacing what the great eighteenth-century economist Adam Smith called the “invisible hand"

-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

"As mudanças graduais também impediram aventuras em territórios inexplorados. O derrube violento do sistema significa que é necessário construir algo inteiramente novo, em vez daquilo que foi eliminad…"

-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

"Sem o petróleo, os países do Médio Oriente são também todos pobres. (…) Foi a expansão e consolidação do Império Otomano, e é devido ao legado institucional desse império que o Médio Oriente continua…"

-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

"A América do Norte tornou-se mais próspera precisamente porque adotou com entusiasmo as tecnologias e os progressos da Revolução Industrial. (…) A desigualdade no mundo atual é, em grande medida, uma…"

-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

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. 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

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6. Kissinger

By: Walter Isaacson

4.33

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

By the time Henry Kissinger was made secretary of state in 1973, he had become, according to the Ga… read more

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7. Elon Musk

By: Walter Isaacson

4.40

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate… read more

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  • history
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  • business
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"[Musk] concluded that Trump as president was no different than he was as a candidate. The buffoonery was not just an act. "Trump might be one of the world’s best bullshitters ever," he says. "Like my…"

-Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk

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8. The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

By: Jim Sciutto

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The essential new book by CNN Chief National Security Correspondent Jim Sciutto, reporting from the… read more

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9. Up Close and All In: Life Lessons from a Wall Street Warrior

By: John Mack

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From John Mack, former CEO of Morgan Stanley, an intimate personal memoir and riveting business sto… read more

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10. Homelands: A Personal History of Europe

By: Timothy Garton Ash

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on half a century of firsthand experience and exemplary scholarship, Timothy Garton Ash tel… read more

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Cover of Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology by Chris   Miller

11. 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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"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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12. How to Invest: Masters on the Craft

By: David M. Rubenstein

3.95

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A master class on investing featuring conversations with the biggest nam… read more

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13. 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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"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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14. The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma

By: Mustafa Suleyman

3.86

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

A warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global … read more

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15. The Loom of Time: Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China

By: Robert D. Kaplan

4.32

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A stunning exploration of the Greater Middle East, where lasting stability has often seemed just ou… read more

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16. 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

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17. 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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"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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18. 21st Century Monetary Policy: The Federal Reserve from the Great Inflation to COVID-19

By: Ben S. Bernanke

4.21

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Economics and former chair of the Federal Reserve explains th… read more

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19. Liberalism and Its Discontents

By: Francis Fukuyama

3.93

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

A short book about the challenges to liberalism from the right and the left by the bestselling auth… read more

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"Нема причин, з яких економічна ефективність має домінувати над усіма іншими соціальними цінностями."

-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents

"Комуністичні суспільства були схильні цінувати виробництво більше за споживання, що призвело до поганих наслідків: у них були «герої соціалістичної праці», але не було продуктів на полицях магазинів."

-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents

"Низка людей, які працюють у цій галузі, починаючи з таких постструктуралістів, як Лакан і Дерріда, писали в такий спосіб, який, здавалося, навмисне затуманював їхні думки й захищав від відповідальнос…"

-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents

"As instituições financeiras comportam-se de modo muito diferente do que as empresas na economia real. Ao contrário de uma companhia de manufatura, um grande banco de investimento é sistemicamente per…"

-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents

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20. Personality and Power

By: Ian Kershaw

3.88

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From one of the leading historians of twentieth-century Europe and the author of the definitive bio… read more

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21. As Causas do Atraso Português: Repensar o passado para reinventar o presente

By: Nuno Palma

4.46

Format: 405 pages, Paperback

«Porque é Portugal hoje um país rico a nível mundial, mas pobre no contexto europeu? Quais são as c… read more

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22. 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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Cover of Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China by Hal Brands

23. 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

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Cover of Rebellion: How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart--Again by Robert Kagan

24. Rebellion: How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart--Again

By: Robert Kagan

4.48

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

A chilling and clear-eyed warning about the threats to our democracy posed by the increasing radica… read more

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25. The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism

By: Keyu Jin

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A myth-dispelling, comprehensive guide to the Chinese economy and its path to ascendancy China's… read more

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Cover of The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China by Kevin Rudd

26. 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

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27. 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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Cover of Target Tehran: How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination – and Secret Diplomacy – to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East by Yonah Jeremy Bob

28. Target Tehran: How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination – and Secret Diplomacy – to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East

By: Yonah Jeremy Bob

4.02

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The remarkable story of how Israel used sabotage, assassination, cyberwar—and diplomacy—to thwart I… read more

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Cover of The Tragic Mind: Fear, Fate, and the Burden of Power by Robert D. Kaplan

29. The Tragic Mind: Fear, Fate, and the Burden of Power

By: Robert D. Kaplan

3.82

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

A moving meditation on recent geopolitical crises, viewed through the lens of ancient and modern tr… read more

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Cover of The Inevitability of Tragedy: Henry Kissinger and His World by Barry Gewen

30. The Inevitability of Tragedy: Henry Kissinger and His World

By: Barry Gewen

4.04

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The Inevitability of Tragedy is a fascinating intellectual biography of Henry Kissinger that examin… read more

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