Deterrence
By: Lawrence Freedman
3.65
Format: None pages, Paperback
As a concept, deterrence has launched a thousand books and articles. It has dominated Western strat…
Want to ReadIf you liked the political science plot in Deterrence by Lawrence Freedman , here is a list of 7 books like this:
1. The Future of Power
By: Joseph S. Nye Jr.
3.79
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
The Future of Power examines what it means to be forceful and effective in a world in which the tra… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Joseph S. Nye Jr.'s The Future of Power book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
- political science
- nonfiction
- international relations
2. Thinking, Fast and Slow
By: Daniel Kahneman
4.18
Format: 499 pages, Hardcover
In the highly anticipated Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman takes us on a groundbreaking tour of th… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
- nonfiction
"A compelling narrative fosters an illusion of inevitability."-Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow
"Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking of it."-Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow
"Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it."-Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow
"Nothing in life is as important as you think it is, while you are thinking about it"-Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow
3. The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past
By: John Lewis Gaddis
3.63
Format: None pages, Paperback
What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in John Lewis Gaddis's The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
- nonfiction
Similar categories in Kenneth N. Waltz's Theory of International Politics book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
- political science
- nonfiction
- international relations
5. Perception and Misperception in International Politics
By: Robert Jervis
4.18
Format: 407 pages, Paperback
This study of perception and misperception in foreign policy was a landmark in the application of c… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Robert Jervis's Perception and Misperception in International Politics book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
- political science
- nonfiction
- international relations
6. Something Wicked This Way Comes
By: Ray Bradbury
None
Format: None pages, None
One of Ray Bradbury’s best-known and most popular novels, Something Wicked This Way Comes, now feat… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
7. The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge
By: Peter L. Berger , Thomas Luckmann
4.25
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
This book reformulates the sociological subdiscipline known as the sociology of knowledge. Knowledg… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Peter L. Berger's The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
8. Young Men and Fire
By: Norman Maclean
3.99
Format: None pages, Paperback
On August 5, 1949, a crew of fifteen of the United States Forest Service's elite airborne firefight… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Norman Maclean's Young Men and Fire book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
9. The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures
By: Dan Roam
3.56
Format: None pages,
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Dan Roam's The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
10. The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently... and Why
By: Richard E. Nisbett
3.43
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
A "landmark book" (Robert J. Sternberg, president of the American Psychological Association) by one… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Richard E. Nisbett's The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently... and Why book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
11. Strangling the Confederacy: Coastal Operations in the American Civil War
By: Kevin Dougherty
0.00
Format: 126 pages, Hardcover
A selection of the Military Book Club While the Civil War is mainly remembered for its epic battles… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Kevin Dougherty's Strangling the Confederacy: Coastal Operations in the American Civil War book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
12. Strategy in the Missile Age
By: Bernard Brodie
4.09
Format: 315 pages, Paperback
The description for this book, Strategy in the Missile Age, will be forthcoming. read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Bernard Brodie's Strategy in the Missile Age book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
13. A Gallant Little Army: The Mexico City Campaign
By: None
3.03
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
In 1847 General Winfield Scott boldly led a small but undaunted army from the Mexican coast all the… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in None's A Gallant Little Army: The Mexico City Campaign book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
14. Science, Strategy and War: The Strategic Theory of John Boyd
By: None
3.53
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
John Boyd is often known exclusively for the so-called 'OODA' loop model he developed. This model r… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in None's Science, Strategy and War: The Strategic Theory of John Boyd book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
15. The Strategy of Conflict: With a New Preface by the Author
By: Thomas C. Schelling
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
A series of closely interrelated essays on game theory, this book deals with an area in which progr… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Thomas C. Schelling's The Strategy of Conflict: With a New Preface by the Author book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
16. Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument With Historical Illustrations
By: Michael Walzer
4.00
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
From the Athenian attack on Melos to the My Lai Massacre, from the wars in the Balkans through the … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Michael Walzer's Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument With Historical Illustrations book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
17. The Tragedy of Great Power Politics
By: John J. Mearsheimer
3.71
Format: 364 pages,
The update of this classic treatise on the behavior of great powers takes a penetrating look at the… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in John J. Mearsheimer's The Tragedy of Great Power Politics book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
18. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
By: David Epstein
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
What's the most effective path to success in any domain? It's not what you think. Plenty of experts… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in David Epstein's Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
- nonfiction
"We learn who we are only by living, and not before."-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
"Repetition, it turned out, was less important than struggle."-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
"If we treated careers more like dating, nobody would settle down so quickly."-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
"mental meandering and personal experimentation are sources of power, and head starts are overrated"-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
19. Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
By: James S.A. Corey
4.57
Format: 534 pages, Hardcover
Thirteen hundred gates have opened to solar systems around the galaxy. But as humanity builds its i… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in James S.A. Corey's Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8) book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
"Chapter Fourteen: Teresa “So not unnatural at all,"-James S.A. Corey, Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
"Chapter Fourteen: Teresa “Your dad’s kind of an asshole,"-James S.A. Corey, Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
"Chapter Nineteen: Elvi We just lost two gates, Admiral. And one of them had an entire world filled with people behind it."-James S.A. Corey, Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
"I want this war over with, and a real peace established. The kind where people can be angry with each other and hate each other and no one has to die over it. That’d be enough."-James S.A. Corey, Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
20. Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.21
Format: 420 pages, Paperback
Una suggestiva indagine dei meccanismi profondi che regolano la nostra esistenza, le decisioni che … read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Jonathan Haidt's Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
- nonfiction
"Reasoning can take you wherever you want to go."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
"Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
"Anyone who values truth should stop worshipping reason."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
"Science is a smorgasbord, and google will guide you to the study that's right for you."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
21. 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
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Hal Brands's Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
- political science
- nonfiction
- international relations
22. 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
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in William J. Perry's The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
- nonfiction
23. 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
Want to Read $ 16.99Similar categories in Hal Brands's The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
- political science
- nonfiction
- international relations
24. Deterrence
By: Lawrence Freedman
3.65
Format: None pages, Paperback
As a concept, deterrence has launched a thousand books and articles. It has dominated Western strat… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
- political science
- nonfiction
- military history
- international relations
25. Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy: Religion, Politics, and Strategy
By: Dmitry Adamsky
3.97
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
A nuclear priesthood has arisen in Russia. From portable churches to the consecration of weapons sy… read more
Want to Read $ 17.04Similar categories in Dmitry Adamsky's Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy: Religion, Politics, and Strategy book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
26. The New Makers of Modern Strategy: From the Ancient World to the Digital Age
By: Hal Brands
4.53
Format: 1200 pages, Hardcover
The essential resource on military and political strategy and the making of the modern world The N… read more
Want to Read $ 28.97Similar categories in Hal Brands's The New Makers of Modern Strategy: From the Ancient World to the Digital Age book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
- political science
- nonfiction
- military history
27. Fighting by Minutes: Time and the Art of War
By: Robert R. Leonhard
4.44
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
This book argues that time is the primary dimension in modern war and explores the paradoxes of war… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Robert R. Leonhard's Fighting by Minutes: Time and the Art of War book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
28. The Evolution of Operational Art
By: Georgii Samoilovich Isserson
4.26
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
One can argue that the development of true doctrine required the formal adoption of the concept of … read more
Want to Read $ 1.99Similar categories in Georgii Samoilovich Isserson's The Evolution of Operational Art book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
29. Psychology and Deterrence (Perspectives on Security)
By: Robert Jervis
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Detterence is the most basic concept in American foreign policy today. But past practice indicates … read more
Want to Read $ 27.00Similar categories in Robert Jervis's Psychology and Deterrence (Perspectives on Security) book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
- international relations
- nonfiction
30. The Generals' War: Operational Level Command on the Western Front in 1918
By: David T. Zabecki
4.26
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Known as the war to end all wars and the Great War, World War I was the stage for a new form of mas… read more
Want to Read $ 28.50Similar categories in David T. Zabecki's The Generals' War: Operational Level Command on the Western Front in 1918 book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
- military history
31. Conventional Deterrence (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)
By: John J. Mearsheimer
3.89
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Conventional Deterrence is a book about the origins of war. Why do nations faced with the prospect … read more
Want to Read $ 14.39Similar categories in John J. Mearsheimer's Conventional Deterrence (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs) book and Lawrence Freedman's Deterrence
- international relations
- nonfiction
