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…
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1. Napoleon: A Life
By: Andrew Roberts
4.23
Format: 976 pages, Paperback
The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of… read more
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"I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. – Napoleon"-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
"I have beaten the Russian and Austrian army commanded by the two emperors. I am a little tired."-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
"His constant references to the ancient world have the effect of giving ordinary soldiers a sense of their lives."-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
2. Strategy: A History
By: Lawrence Freedman
3.66
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Selected as a Financial Times Best Book of 2013 In Strategy: A History, Sir Lawrence Freedman, one … read more
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3. America at War since 1945: Politics and Diplomacy in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan
By: None
3.87
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
Focusing primarily on politics and foreign policy, America at War since 1945analyzes America's invo… read more
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4. On War
By: Michael Eliot Howard , Carl von Clausewitz , Peter Paret
3.75
Format: None pages,
Carl von Clausewitz's On Warhas been called, "not simply the greatest, but the only truly great boo… read more
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5. Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime
By: Eliot A. Cohen
3.86
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
The orthodoxy regarding the relationship between politicians and military leaders in wartime democr… read more
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6. 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
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"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
7. The Guns of August
By: Barbara W. Tuchman
4.18
Format: 658 pages, Kindle Edition
The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise… read more
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"Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"Now according to German logic, a declaration of war was found to be unnecessary because of imaginary bombings"-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"Human beings, like plans, prove fallible in the presence of those ingredients that are missing in maneuvers - danger, death, and live ammunition."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"To think meant to give room for freedom of initiative, for the imponderable to win over the material, for will to demonstrate its power over circumstance."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
8. Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
By: Simon Winchester
3.84
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergart… read more
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9. Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West
By: Calder Walton
4.30
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
The riveting, untold story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with le… read more
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10. The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History
By: Serhii Plokhy
4.30
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
An authoritative history of Europe’s largest military conflict since World War II, from the New Yor… read more
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"Despite its imperial roots, the current war is being waged in a new international environment defined by the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the disintegration of the post–Cold War international or…"-Serhii Plokhy, The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History
11. 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
12. The Eagle and The Lion: Rome, Persia, and an Unwinnable Conflict
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
3.95
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
The Eagle and The Lion is a story of the imperial rivalry between two of the greatest empires of th… read more
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13. Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
By: Sarah Bakewell
4.03
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of How to Live and At the Existentialist Café explores seven hundred years o… read more
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14. The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation
By: Victor Davis Hanson
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times –bestselling historian charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the mod… read more
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- politics
- war
- military history
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"...there is no certainty that as scientific progress accelerates and leisure increases, and as the world shrinks on our computer and television screens, there is any corresponding advance in wisdom o…"-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation
"The same hubris that posits that complex tools of mass destruction can be created but never used, also fuels the fatal vanity that war itself is an anachronism and no longer an existential concern-at…"-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation
"War is probably the oldest human endeavor, and its face of battle is constantly changing, with new challenges prompting counterresponses. Its novel and unforeseen dangers can never be underestimated.…"-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation
15. The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity
By: Douglas Murray
4.21
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
Douglas Murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technol… read more
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16. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
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17. The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma
By: Mustafa Suleyman
3.86
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
A warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global … read more
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18. The Old Lion
By: Jeff Shaara
4.24
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara, The Old Lion a brilliant novel tracing the life… read more
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19. 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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20. Fire and Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943
By: John C. McManus
4.30
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
An engrossing, epic history of the US Army in the Pacific War "Out here, mention is seldom seen… read more
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21. On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
By: Ronald C. White Jr.
4.45
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic an… read more
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22. The Western Front: A History of the Great War, 1914-1918
By: Nick Lloyd
4.30
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR'A tour de force of scholarship, analysi… read more
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23. Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
By: Jared Diamond
3.90
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
In his international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our … read more
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"Britain never regained its naval and economic dominance over the world, and it remains notoriously conflicted (“Brexit"-Jared Diamond, Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
"Allende had good ideas, but he executed them poorly. Although he correctly recognized Chile’s problems, he adopted wrong solutions to those problems."-Jared Diamond, Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
"Nations and individuals accept national and individual responsibility to take action to solve the problem, or else deny responsibility by self-pity, blaming others, and assuming the role of victim."-Jared Diamond, Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
"Rigidity or inflexibility can be the result of a previous history of abuse or trauma, or of an upbringing that offered a child no permission to experiment or to deviate from the family norms. Flexibi…"-Jared Diamond, Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
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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- military history
- nonfiction
25. 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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26. The Weaponisation of Everything: A Field Guide to the New Way of War
By: Mark Galeotti
3.85
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
An engaging guide to the various ways in which war is now waged—and how to adapt to this new realit… read more
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27. To Risk It All: Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision
By: James G. Stavridis
3.99
Format: None pages, Unknown Binding
From one of the great naval leaders of our time, a master class in decision-making under pressure t… read more
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28. 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
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- political science
29. 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
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30. Shadow of Doubt (Scot Harvath #23)
By: Brad Thor
4.59
Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition
In a world shrouded in shadows, where doubt is the only weapon, can one spy expose the truth? A… read more
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31. Tom Clancy Shadow State (A Jack Ryan Jr. Novel Book 12)
By: M.P. Woodward
4.57
Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition
Surviving a helicopter crash in the Vietnamese Highlands is only the start of the challenges facing… read more
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