9 must-read biography books like Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World by H.R. McMaster

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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…

"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 the world’s problems. “We have history,"

-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 interacted with new forms of populism. That interaction divided us and diminished confidence in our democratic principles, institutions, and processes."

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

If you liked the biography plot in Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World by H.R. McMaster , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of The Hundred-Year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower by Michael Pillsbury

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
  • china

2. Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000

By: Stephen Kotkin

5.00

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

In the Cold War era that dominated the second half of the twentieth century, nobody envisaged that … read more

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3. 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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4. Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War

By: Robert M. Gates

3.97

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vividly written account of his experienc… read more

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5. Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

By: Jim Mattis

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A clear-eyed account of learning how to lead in a chaotic world, by … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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6. 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
  • military history
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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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7. 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
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  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • political science
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8. 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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  • international relations
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • political science
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9. The Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy)

By: William H. McRaven

4.42

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed, bestselling author of  Make Your Bed —a short, inspirational book of advice and… read more

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  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
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10. The Hero Code: Lessons Learned from Lives Well Lived

By: William H. McRaven

4.34

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Make Your Bed -- a short, inspirational… read more

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  • history
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"La humildad nace del respeto, tanto por aquello que no sabemos, como por aquello que no podemos ver con facilidad."

-William H. McRaven, The Hero Code: Lessons Learned from Lives Well Lived

"Ser humilde es reconocer que el intelecto propio, las fuerzas físicas propias y la riqueza propia, palidecen al compararse con la vastedad, la complejidad, la riqueza, el poder y la grandeza del univ…"

-William H. McRaven, The Hero Code: Lessons Learned from Lives Well Lived

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11. 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
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • political science
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  • china
Cover of Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations by William H. McRaven

12. Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations

By: William H. McRaven

4.44

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having been involved in some of … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"They were survivors. They didn't complain. They didn't blame others for their misfortune. They worked hard and expected the same from their children. They treasured their friendships. They fought for…"

-William H. McRaven, Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations

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13. Presidents of War: The Epic Story, from 1807 to Modern Times

By: Michael R. Beschloss

4.22

Format: 752 pages, Hardcover

From a preeminent presidential historian comes a groundbreaking and often surprising narrative of A… read more

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  • history
  • biography
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  • military history
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14. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present

By: Fareed Zakaria

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the pola… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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15. 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

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  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
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  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • china
"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

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16. The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House

By: Ben Rhodes

4.30

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

This is a book about two people making the most important decisions in the world. One is Barack Oba… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"For a moment, we all just stared out the window at the crowds. “I’m reading a good book now,"

-Ben Rhodes, The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House

"I watched the speech backstage on the teleprompter. Obama paused for a moment, and I saw the text freeze. “I’m going off script here for a second,"

-Ben Rhodes, The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House

"He said we had to find a way to reach Muslims who “didn’t think it was such a great thing to have a McDonald’s down the street and American pop culture on their television."

-Ben Rhodes, The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House

"And then Obama said what he believed: that people should be equal under the law; that citizens should be free to criticize their government and protest peacefully; that voters should have the freedom…"

-Ben Rhodes, The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House

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17. The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir

By: John Bolton

3.15

Format: 588 pages, Kindle Edition

As President Trump’s National Security Advisor, John Bolton spent many of his 453 days in the room … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • biography
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"All this confused press coverage reveals both the inconsistencies within Trump’s own thinking, and reporting based on second- and third-hand sources, exacerbated under a President who spent a disprop…"

-John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir

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18. The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward's Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump

By: Bob Woodward

4.27

Format: 12 pages, Audiobook

 “I’m doing something here that I’ve never done before, presenting the lengthy, raw interviews of m… read more

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  • politics
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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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  • international relations
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  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • political science
  • nonfiction
  • china
"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

Cover of To Risk It All: Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision by James G. Stavridis

20. 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

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  • military history
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Cover of Stealth War: How China Took Over While America's Elite Slept by Robert  Spalding

21. Stealth War: How China Took Over While America's Elite Slept

By: Robert Spalding

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

China expert Robert Spalding reveals the shocking success China has had infiltrating American insti… read more

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17 best-selling history books like Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World by H.R. McMaster

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Michael Pillsbury

4.21

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Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

Jim Mattis

4.30

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Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

David H. Petraeus

4.06

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

Sean McFate

3.96

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Michael Pillsbury

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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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David H. Petraeus

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