Modern Warfare: A Lowy Institute Paper: Penguin Special: Lessons from Ukraine
By: Lawrence Freedman
4.24
Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition
More than any other modern war, the fight between Russia and Ukraine has been a tough testing groun…
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1. Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Enlightenment
By: Robert Wright
3.64
Format: None pages, Audiobook
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3. Our Enemies Will Vanish
By: Yaroslav Trofimov
4.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
A revelatory eyewitness account of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and heroism of the Ukrainian people… read more
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4. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
By: Rory Stewart
4.36
Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition
A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more
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5. The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021
By: Peter Baker
4.46
Format: 725 pages, Kindle Edition
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6. Nuclear War: A Scenario
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more
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"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
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7. The 2020 Commission Report On The North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against The U.s.: A Speculative Novel
By: Jeffrey Lewis
4.18
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
“A brilliantly conceived page-turner.”—Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation and Command and … read more
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8. The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World
By: Tim Marshall
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries’ GDP. People on Mars … read more
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9. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq
By: Steve Coll
4.44
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more
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10. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
By: Tim Alberta
4.45
Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition
Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more
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11. Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
By: Yanis Varoufakis
4.01
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The #1 bestselling economist shows how capitalism has been replaced by a more exploitative system, … read more
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12. 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
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13. Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq
By: Melvyn P. Leffler
3.74
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A vivid portrayal of what drove George W. Bush to invade Iraq in 2003--an outcome that was in no wa… read more
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14. Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
By: Anne Applebaum
3.91
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author, professor, and historian offers an expert guide to understanding… read more
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"Unity is an anomaly. Polarization is normal. Skepticism about liberal democracy is also normal. And the appeal of authoritarianism is eternal."-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
"Given the right conditions, any society can turn against democracy. Indeed, if history is anything to go by, all of our societies eventually will."-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
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15. How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between
By: Bent Flyvbjerg
4.32
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to s… read more
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16. Bad Cop: Peter Dutton's Strongman Politics (Quarterly Essay, #93)
By: Lech Blaine
4.17
Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition
Where will Dutton lead the Coalition? A portrait of Peter Dutton, as well as a modern interrogatio… read more
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17. Limitarianism
By: Ingrid Robeyns
3.99
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
‘The best case I've read for putting an upper limit on the accumulation of wealth’ Richard Wilkinso… read more
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18. 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
19. Rebellion: How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart--Again
By: Robert Kagan
4.48
Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition
A chilling and clear-eyed warning about the threats to our democracy posed by the increasing radica… read more
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20. The Great Divide: Australia's Housing Mess and How to Fix It (Quarterly Essay #92)
By: Alan Kohler
4.31
Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition
What caused Australia's housing crisis -- and how we might fix it One of the great mysteries of Au… read more
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21. Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism
By: George Monbiot
4.44
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A sharp, fiercely argued takedown of neoliberalism that not only defines this slippery concept but … read more
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22. The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan's Pech Valley
By: Wesley Morgan
4.52
Format: 688 pages, Paperback
Of the many battlefields on which U.S. troops and intelligence operatives fought in Afghanistan, on… read more
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23. Modern Warfare: A Lowy Institute Paper: Penguin Special: Lessons from Ukraine
By: Lawrence Freedman
4.24
Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition
More than any other modern war, the fight between Russia and Ukraine has been a tough testing groun… read more
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24. We Need To Talk About Xi: What we need to know about the world’s most powerful leader
By: Michael Dillon
3.63
Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition
Meet the most powerful leader in the world. Chinese premier Xi Jinping graces our television screen… read more
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25. Exit Strategy: Politics After the Pandemic (Quarterly Essay #82)
By: George Megalogenis
3.80
Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition
In the wake of the pandemic, will we see a new politics of social security and concern for the futu… read more
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26. The Echidna Strategy: Australia's Search for Power and Peace
By: Sam Roggeveen
4.03
Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition
In the wake of a shift in the global power balance, how can Australia best protect itself?The Echid… read more
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27. The New Cold War: How the Contest Between the US and China Will Shape Our Century
By: Robin Niblett
4.14
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
An urgent and essential assessment of the global contest between the US and China, and how looking … read more
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28. Highway to Hell: Climate Change and Australia's Future
By: Joëlle Gergis
4.40
Format: 122 pages, Kindle Edition
What will the climate crisis mean for Australia? What is the price of our inertia?Australia is in p… read more
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29. Downfall: Prigozhin, Putin, and the new fight for the future of Russia
By: Mark Galeotti
4.04
Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition
‘Absolutely gripping, deeply authoritative, hugely important and lethally lurid’Simon Sebag Montefi… read more
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30. The Forever War: America’s Unending Conflict with Itself
By: Nick Bryant
4.43
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The Forever War tells the story of how America's political polarization is 250 years in the making,… read more
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31. Repeat: A Warning from History
By: Dennis Glover
4.54
Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition
Are we about to see history repeat?'Do you ever stop and ask, 'Is it all going to happen again?' —S… read more
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