The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today
By: Hal Brands
4.02
Format: 318 pages, Hardcover
A leading historian’s guide to great-power competition, as told through America’s successes and fai…
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1. For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War
By: Melvyn P. Leffler
3.91
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
To the amazement of the public, pundits, and even the policymakers themselves, the ideological and … read more
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2. The Cold War: A New History
By: John Lewis Gaddis
3.95
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
The “dean of Cold War historians” (The New York Times) now presents the definitive account of the g… read more
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"The sign of a good novel is what it can cause its reader to see, even if this lies beyond the author's own vision."-John Lewis Gaddis, The Cold War: A New History
"Enrollments in American colleges tripled between 1955 and 1970, 250% in the Soviet Union, 400% in France, and more than 200% in China by 1965. Gaddis writes, "What governments failed to foresee was t…"-John Lewis Gaddis, The Cold War: A New History
3. Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning
By: Jonah Goldberg
3.54
Format: 312 pages,
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4. The Cold War: A World History
By: Odd Arne Westad
3.33
Format: 140 pages, Hardcover
From a Bancroft Prize-winning scholar, a new global history of the Cold War and its ongoing impact … read more
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5. World Order
By: Henry Kissinger
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Henry Kissinger offers in World Ordera deep meditation on the roots of international harmony and gl… read more
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6. 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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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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"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
8. 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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9. 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
10. 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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11. The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People
By: Walter Russell Mead
4.22
Format: 672 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of God and Gold and Special Providence, a groundbreaking new work that o… read more
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12. The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism
By: Matthew Continetti
4.08
Format: None pages, Audiobook
A magisterial intellectual history of the last century of American conservatism When most people t… read more
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13. 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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- china
"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
14. 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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15. The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
By: Rick Atkinson
4.43
Format: 776 pages, Hardcover
In the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy Rick Atkinson recounts the first twenty-one months … read more
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- military fiction
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16. 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
17. 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
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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19. His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life
By: Jonathan Alter
4.34
Format: 800 pages, Hardcover
From one of America’s most respected journalists and modern historians comes the highly acclaimed, … read more
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20. 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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21. 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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"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
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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23. Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate
By: Mary Elise Sarotte
4.25
Format: 568 pages, Hardcover
A leading expert on Cold War foreign policy reveals how tensions between America, NATO, and Russia … read more
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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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25. 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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26. The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump
By: William J. Perry
4.01
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
Since the Truman administration, America has been one push of a button away from nuclear war--a dec… read more
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27. 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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28. War Transformed: The Future of Twenty-First-Century Great Power Competition and Conflict
By: Mick Ryan
3.94
Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition
War The Future of Twenty-First-Century Great Power Competition and Conflict provides insights for … read more
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29. The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today
By: Hal Brands
4.02
Format: 318 pages, Hardcover
A leading historian’s guide to great-power competition, as told through America’s successes and fai… read more
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- political science
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- china
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30. The Shadow Commander: Soleimani, the US, and Iran's Global Ambitions
By: Arash Azizi
3.52
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
‘An excellent contribution to our knowledge of Iran and Soleimani.’ Kim Ghattas, author of Black Wa… read more
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31. Daring to Struggle: China's Global Ambitions Under Xi Jinping
By: Bates Gill
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
Increasingly powerful, prosperous and authoritarian, China under the leadership of Xi Jinping has b… read more
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