A World Safe for Democracy: Liberal Internationalism and the Crises of Global Order
By: G. John Ikenberry
3.87
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
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1. Orientalism
By: None , Edward W. Said
4.12
Format: 424 pages, Paperback
More than three decades after its first publication, Edward Said's groundbreaking critique of the W… read more
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"Toda época y toda sociedad recrea sus «otros»."-None, Orientalism
"الإستشرق في جوهره مذهب سياسي فُرِضَ فَرْضاً على الشرق لأن الشرق كان أضعف من الغرب، وإنه تجاهل اختلاف الشرق الراجع إلى ضعفه."-None, Orientalism
"It seems a common human failing to prefer the schematic authority of a text to the disorientations of direct encounters with the human."-None, Orientalism
"إن مناقشات الشرق كانت تتسم بالغياب الكامل للشرق، لكن المرء يحس بأن المستشرق ومايقوله حاضران، ومع ذلك فيجب ألا ننسى أن الذي يمكِّن المستشرق من الحضور هو الغياب الفعلي للشرق."-None, Orientalism
2. The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays
By: Richard Hofstadter
4.29
Format: None pages,
This timely reissue of Richard Hofstadter's classic work on the fringe groups that influence Americ… read more
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- politics
- political science
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3. Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
By: Tony Judt
4.37
Format: 933 pages, Paperback
Almost a decade in the making, this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of th… read more
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"Broken eggs make good omelettes. But you cannot build a better society on broken men."-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
"Far from addressing the Soviet nationalities question, the Afghan adventure had, as was by now all too clear, exacerbated it. If the USSR faced an intractable set of national minorities, this was in …"-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
"The imposition of a Russian rather than a German solution cut Europe’s vulnerable eastern half away from the body of the continent. At the time this was not a matter of great concern to western Europ…"-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
"Maastricht had three significant side-effects. One of them was the unforeseen boost it gave to NATO. Under the restrictive terms of the Treaty it was clear (as the French at least had intended) that …"-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
4. The Taste Of War: World War Two And The Battle For Food
By: Lizzie Collingham
3.20
Format: 144 pages,
A New York TimesNotable Book of 2012 Food, and in particular the lack of it, was central to the exp… read more
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- history
5. The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics
By: Stanley Hoffmann , Hedley Bull
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
"The Anarchical Society" is one of the masterworks of political science and the classic text on the… read more
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- international relations
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- political science
6. Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor
By: Anthony Everitt
3.11
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
He found Rome made of clay and left it made of marble. As Rome's first emperor, Augustus transforme… read more
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7. The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order
By: Benn Steil
4.14
Format: None pages, ebook
When turmoil strikes world monetary and financial markets, leaders invariably call for 'a new Brett… read more
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8. Governing the World: The Rise and Fall of an Idea, 1815 to the Present
By: Mark Mazower
3.59
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
A history of the project of world government, from the first post-Napoleonic visions of the brother… read more
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9. 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
10. Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West
By: Catherine Belton
4.18
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
Interference in American elections. The sponsorship of extremist politics in Europe. War in Ukraine… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
11. The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities
By: John J. Mearsheimer
4.09
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
A major theoretical statement by a distinguished political scholar explains why a policy of liberal… read more
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- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- political science
12. 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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- politics
- international relations
- history
- nonfiction
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
14. The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
By: Daniel Yergin
4.20
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A Wall Street Journal besteller and a USA Today Best Book of 2020 Named Energy Writer of the Yea… read more
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"У 1976 в газеті "Вечірній Ленінград" з'явилася стаття про досі невідомого дзюдоїста, що переміг у змаганнях і здобув звання чемпіона. "Люди ще почують про нього в майбутньому", передбачало видання. Т…"-Daniel Yergin, The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
15. 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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16. 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
17. 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
18. The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World
By: Robert Kagan
4.08
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
"An incisive, elegantly written, new book about America’s unique role in the world." --Tom Friedman… read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
- political science
19. The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689
By: Jonathan Healey
4.20
Format: 492 pages, Hardcover
A fresh, exciting, “readable and informative ” history ( The New York Times ) of seventeenth-centur… read more
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- history
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20. Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence
By: Amy B. Zegart
3.96
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating and authoritative account of espionage for the digital age, from one of America’s lea… read more
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21. By All Means Available: Memoirs of a Life in Intelligence, Special Operations, and Strategy
By: Michael G. Vickers
4.17
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
A vivid narrative of a life in intelligence and special operations, from the Cold War to the war on… read more
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- history
22. Grote verwachtingen: In Europa 1999-2019
By: Geert Mak
4.21
Format: 557 pages, Paperback
Een verbluffende geschiedenis van ons heden, waarin de eerste twee decennia van dit meest fragiele … read more
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23. The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success
By: Ross Douthat
3.77
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Today the Western world seems to be in crisis. But beneath our social media frenzy and reality-tele… read more
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"I’m just saying that if this were the age in which some major divine intervention happened, whether long prophesied or completely unforeseen, there would be, in hindsight, a case that we should have …"-Ross Douthat, The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success
24. Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World
By: Branko Milanović
4.11
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A provocative account of capitalism's rise to global dominance and, as different models of capitali… read more
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- international relations
- history
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"The fact that the entire globe now operates according to the same economic principles—production organized for profit using legally free wage labor and mostly privately owned capital, with decen…"-Branko Milanović, Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World
"because of constant pressure to deliver more to its constituents, political capitalism might hone its ability to manage the economic sphere well and to keep on delivering, year in year out, more go…"-Branko Milanović, Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World
"Fears of robotics and technology arise, I think, from two human frailties. One is cognitive: we simply do not know what future technological change will be and thus cannot tell what new jobs will b…"-Branko Milanović, Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World
25. A World Safe for Democracy: Liberal Internationalism and the Crises of Global Order
By: G. John Ikenberry
3.87
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the rise and evolution of liberal internationalism in the modern era, selecte… read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
- political science
26. The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
By: Adrian Wooldridge
3.87
Format: 481 pages, Hardcover
'This unique and fascinating history explains why the blame now being piled upon meritocracy for ma… read more
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27. The Party and the People: Chinese Politics in the 21st Century
By: Bruce J. Dickson
4.05
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
How the Chinese Communist Party maintains its power by both repressing and responding to its people… read more
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- history
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- political science
28. Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle
By: Stephen D. Biddle
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In war, do mass and materiel matter most? Will states with the largest, best equipped, information-… read more
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- political science
29. Inequality and Democratization: An Elite-Competition Approach (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
By: Ben W. Ansell
4.07
Format: 254 pages, Paperback
Research on the economic origins of democracy and dictatorship has shifted away from the impact of … read more
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30. Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe
By: Juan J. Linz
3.98
Format: 504 pages, Paperback
Since their classic volume The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes was published in 1978, Juan J. Linz … read more
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- history
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31. The Making of Global International Relations: Origins and Evolution of IR at its Centenary
By: Amitav Acharya
4.03
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
This book presents a challenge to the discipline of international relations (IR) to rethink itself,… read more
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