19 must-read history books like Getting China Wrong by Aaron L. Friedberg

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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…

If you liked the history plot in Getting China Wrong by Aaron L. Friedberg , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of The China Mirage: The Hidden History of  American Disaster in Asia by James D. Bradley

1. The China Mirage: The Hidden History of American Disaster in Asia

By: James D. Bradley

3.92

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Flags of our Fathers, Flyboys, and The Imperial Cruise, a spellbindi… read more

Similar categories in James D. Bradley's The China Mirage: The Hidden History of American Disaster in Asia book and Aaron L. Friedberg's Getting China Wrong

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • history
Cover of History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Moses I. Finley, Rex Warner

2. History of the Peloponnesian War

By: Thucydides , Moses I. Finley , Rex Warner

3.94

Format: 648 pages, Paperback

Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the lo… read more

Similar categories in Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War book and Aaron L. Friedberg's Getting China Wrong

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Friendship or enmity is everywhere an affair of time and circumstance"

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

3. This Kind of War

By: T.R. Fehrenbach

3.00

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

Updated with maps, photographs, and battlefield diagrams, this special fiftieth anniversary edition… read more

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

4. 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

Similar categories in Chris Miller's Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology book and Aaron L. Friedberg's Getting China Wrong

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • history
"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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5. China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy

By: Peter Martin

4.28

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

The untold story of China's rise as a global superpower, chronicled through the diplomatic shock tr… read more

Similar categories in Peter Martin's China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy book and Aaron L. Friedberg's Getting China Wrong

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • history
Cover of Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China by Desmond Shum

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

By: Desmond Shum

3.91

Format: None pages, Audiobook

This “powerful and disturbing” (Bill Browder, author of Red Notice) New York Times bestseller is na… read more

Similar categories in Desmond Shum's Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China book and Aaron L. Friedberg's Getting China Wrong

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • history
Cover of Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine by Mark Galeotti

7. Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine

By: Mark Galeotti

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A timely and accessible history of how Putin and the conflicts he has chosen to involve Russia in h… read more

Similar categories in Mark Galeotti's Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine book and Aaron L. Friedberg's Getting China Wrong

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

8. 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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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • history
"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

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

9. 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

Similar categories in Rush Doshi's The Long Game: China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order (Bridging the Gap) book and Aaron L. Friedberg's Getting China Wrong

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • history
Cover of The China Mission: George Marshall's Unfinished War, 1945-1947 by Daniel Kurtz-Phelan

10. The China Mission: George Marshall's Unfinished War, 1945-1947

By: Daniel Kurtz-Phelan

4.20

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

An Economist Best Book of 2018 New York Times Book Review Editor’s Pick “Gripping [and] splendid.…… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Kurtz-Phelan's The China Mission: George Marshall's Unfinished War, 1945-1947 book and Aaron L. Friedberg's Getting China Wrong

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • history
Cover of Overreach by Owen Matthews

11. Overreach

By: Owen Matthews

4.37

Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition

An astonishing investigation into the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war – from the corridors of the … read more

Similar categories in Owen Matthews's Overreach book and Aaron L. Friedberg's Getting China Wrong

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

12. 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

Similar categories in David E. Sanger's New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West book and Aaron L. Friedberg's Getting China Wrong

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • history
Cover of Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China by Hal Brands

13. 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

Similar categories in Hal Brands's Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China book and Aaron L. Friedberg's Getting China Wrong

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

14. 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

Similar categories in Kevin Rudd's The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China book and Aaron L. Friedberg's Getting China Wrong

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • history
Cover of Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future by Chun Han Wong

15. 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

Similar categories in Chun Han Wong's Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future book and Aaron L. Friedberg's Getting China Wrong

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • history
Cover of China Unbound: A New World Disorder by Joanna Chiu

16. China Unbound: A New World Disorder

By: Joanna Chiu

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

While the United States stumbles, an award-winning foreign correspondent chronicles China’s dramati… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Chiu's China Unbound: A New World Disorder book and Aaron L. Friedberg's Getting China Wrong

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • history
Cover of The World According to China by Elizabeth C. Economy

17. 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

Similar categories in Elizabeth C. Economy's The World According to China book and Aaron L. Friedberg's Getting China Wrong

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • history
Cover of Getting China Wrong by Aaron L. Friedberg

18. 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

Similar categories in Aaron L. Friedberg's Getting China Wrong book and Aaron L. Friedberg's Getting China Wrong

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • history
Cover of Fortune's Bazaar: The Making of Hong Kong by Vaudine England

19. Fortune's Bazaar: The Making of Hong Kong

By: Vaudine England

3.40

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A timely, well-researched, and “ illuminating ” ( The New York Times Book Review ) new history of H… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • history
Cover of Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise by Susan L. Shirk

20. Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise

By: Susan L. Shirk

4.11

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

A sobering, penetrating, and illuminating examination of Chinese-US relations, what has contributed… read more

Similar categories in Susan L. Shirk's Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise book and Aaron L. Friedberg's Getting China Wrong

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • history

19 Best politics books like Getting China Wrong by Aaron L. Friedberg

Transform Your Habits

The China Mirage: The Hidden History of American Disaster in Asia

James D. Bradley

3.92

Transform Your Habits

History of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides , Moses I. Finley , Rex Warner

3.94

Transform Your Habits

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

Chris Miller

4.44

Transform Your Habits

China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy

Peter Martin

4.28

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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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