25 best-selling history books like The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China by Kevin Rudd

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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…

If you liked the history plot in The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China by Kevin Rudd , here is a list of 25 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
  • asia
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • audiobook
Cover of Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China by Ezra F. Vogel

2. Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China

By: Ezra F. Vogel

4.02

Format: None pages, Hardcover

No one in the twentieth century had a greater impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. And no sc… read more

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  • history
  • asia
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
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3. The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us

By: Robyn Meredith

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the streets of India, camels pull carts loaded with construction materials, and monkeys race acr… read more

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  • politics
  • china
  • history
  • nonfiction

4. The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers

By: Richard McGregor

3.78

Format: 584 pages, Hardcover

An eye-opening investigation into china's communist party and its integral role in the country's ri… 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. 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

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7. 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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  • international relations
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • china
Cover of Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology by Chris   Miller

8. 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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  • 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

Cover of The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath by Peter Zeihan

9. The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath

By: Peter Zeihan

4.18

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting… read more

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  • international relations
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine by David H. Petraeus

10. 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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  • history
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  • 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

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11. 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

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  • international relations
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • audiobook
Cover of The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma by Mustafa Suleyman

12. 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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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Where Great Powers Meet: America and China in Southeast Asia by David Shambaugh

13. Where Great Powers Meet: America and China in Southeast Asia

By: David Shambaugh

3.72

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

世界正在進入新冷戰時代嗎? 中國美國,誰會輸誰會贏? 欲知分曉,請隨作者一同深入兩強競逐實況的縮影之地:東南亞。 【內容說明】 國際關係錯綜複雜,但若問今日最大看點為何,答案應會眾口… read more

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  • international relations
  • history
  • the united states of america
  • asia
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • audiobook
Cover of The Age of AI and Our Human Future by Henry Kissinger

14. The Age of AI and Our Human Future

By: Henry Kissinger

3.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Three of the world’s most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial Intell… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict by Elbridge A. Colby

15. 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

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  • international relations
  • history
  • the united states of america
  • politics
  • military fiction
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  • 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

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16. The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

By: Martin Wolf

3.97

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the chief economics commentator of the Financial Times, a magnificent reckoning with how and w… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Leadership : Six Studies in World Strategy by Henry Kissinger

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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  • politics
  • international relations
  • history
  • nonfiction
"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

Cover of The Long Game: China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order (Bridging the Gap) by Rush Doshi

18. 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

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  • international relations
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  • asia
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • audiobook
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19. The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State

By: Elizabeth C. Economy

3.78

Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition

In The Third Revolution, eminent China scholar Elizabeth C. Economy provides an incisive look at th… read more

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  • china
  • audiobook
Cover of China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower by Frank Dikötter

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

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  • nonfiction
  • china
  • audiobook
Cover of New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West by David E. Sanger

21. 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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  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • audiobook
Cover of White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan by Mick Ryan

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

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  • politics
  • military fiction
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  • china
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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  • international relations
  • history
  • asia
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  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • china
Cover of The Origins of Victory: How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers by Andrew F. Krepinevich

24. The Origins of Victory: How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers

By: Andrew F. Krepinevich

4.23

Format: 568 pages, Hardcover

How the character of war is changing and how militaries can successfully adapt to meet the challeng… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism by Keyu Jin

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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  • international relations
  • history
  • asia
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
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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  • history
  • the united states of america
  • asia
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • audiobook
Cover of Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future by Chun Han Wong

27. 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

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  • asia
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Cover of End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration by Peter Turchin

28. End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration

By: Peter Turchin

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

“Peter Turchin brings science to history. Some like it and some prefer their history plain. But eve… read more

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  • politics
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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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29. The Future Is Asian

By: Parag Khanna

3.72

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

In the 19th century, the world was Europeanized. In the 20th century, it was Americanized. Now, in … read more

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  • international relations
  • history
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  • china
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30. The World According to China

By: Elizabeth C. Economy

3.87

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An economic and military superpower with 20 percent of the world's population, China has the wherew… read more

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  • international relations
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  • nonfiction
  • china
  • audiobook
Cover of Sleepwalk to War: Australia’s Unthinking Alliance with America (Quarterly Essay #86) by Hugh  White

31. Sleepwalk to War: Australia’s Unthinking Alliance with America (Quarterly Essay #86)

By: Hugh White

4.14

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

In this gripping essay, Hugh White explores Australia’s fateful choice to back America to the hilt … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • china
  • audiobook

18 Top audiobook books like The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China by Kevin Rudd

Transform Your Habits

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

Michael Pillsbury

4.21

Transform Your Habits

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

Chris Miller

4.44

Transform Your Habits

The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath

Peter Zeihan

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

David H. Petraeus

4.06

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13 Top audiobook books like Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future by Chun Han Wong

Transform Your Habits

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

Michael Pillsbury

4.21

Transform Your Habits

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

Chris Miller

4.44

Transform Your Habits

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Elliot Ackerman

3.46

Transform Your Habits

Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China

Desmond Shum

3.91

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