18 best-selling history books like When Right Makes Might: Rising Powers and World Order by Stacie E. Goddard

When Right Makes Might: Rising Powers and World Order

By: Stacie E. Goddard

4.00

Format: None pages, ebook

"Analyzes the question of whether great powers choose to accommodate, contain, or confront a rising…

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1. Command of the Air

By: Giulio Douhet

3.36

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

English, Italian (translation) read more

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  • history
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2. The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China

By: Ralph D. Sawyer

4.20

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

The Seven Military Classics is one of the most profound studies of warfare ever written. It present… read more

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  • politics
  • history
Cover of Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order by G. John Ikenberry

3. Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order

By: G. John Ikenberry

3.63

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

In the second half of the twentieth century, the United States engaged in the most ambitious and fa… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • political science
  • international relations
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4. The Battle of Midway

By: Craig L. Symonds

3.50

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so d… read more

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  • history

5. Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis

By: Graham T. Allison , None , Philip Zelikow

2.00

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

"Essence of Decision" is both a vivid account of a crucial international event and a breakthrough i… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • political science
  • international relations
Cover of The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics by Alastair Smith, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

6. The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

By: Alastair Smith , Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For eighteen years, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith have been part of a team revolutioni… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • political science
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7. How the War Was Won: Air-Sea Power and Allied Victory in World War II

By: Phillips Payson O'Brien

3.71

Format: None pages, Hardcover

World War II is usually seen as a titanic land battle, decided by mass armies, most importantly tho… read more

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  • history
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8. 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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  • politics
  • history
  • political science
  • international relations
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9. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

By: Mortimer J. Adler , Charles van Doren

3.98

Format: 426 pages, Paperback

How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. I… read more

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"In short, we can only learn from our "betters"."

-Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

"A good rule always describes the ideal performance."

-Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

"The mind can atrophy, like the muscles, if it is not used."

-Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

"True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline."

-Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

10. Relentless Strike: The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command

By: Sean Naylor

3.75

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times Bestseller and Winner of the 2015 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writi… read more

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11. War and Change in World Politics

By: Robert Gilpin

3.22

Format: 402 pages, Paperback

Using history, sociology and economic theory to uncover the forces behind change in the world order… read more

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12. 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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13. Strategy

By: B.H. Liddell Hart

4.09

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

The classic book on strategy by one of the foremost military thinkers of the twentieth century, Str… read more

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14. MacArthur's Airman: General George C.Kenney and the War in the Southwest Pacific

By: None

4.83

Format: 266 pages, Hardcover

A fighter pilot who flew seventy-five combat missions in World War I, George C. Kenney was a charis… read more

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15. Destroying the Village: The Prospect of Thermonuclear War in American Security Policy

By: Campbell Craig

4.67

Format: 107 pages, Hardcover

In the early days of the Cold War, thermonuclear conflict was everywhere an imminent threat. With t… read more

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16. To Kill Nations: American Strategy in the Air-Atomic Age and the Rise of Mutually Assured Destruction

By: None

4.23

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Between 1945 and 1950, the United States had a global nuclear monopoly. The A-bomb transformed the … read more

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17. 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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  • politics
  • history
"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

18. Principles of Maritime Strategy

By: Julian Stafford Corbett

4.00

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

This brilliant exposition established British naval historian Julian Corbett (1854-1922) as one of … read more

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19. The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry

By: Christine de Pizan , None

3.33

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

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20. The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour

By: None

4.67

Format: 523 pages, Hardcover

The masterfully told story of the unlikely men who came together to make the Berlin Airlift one of … read more

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21. Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging

By: Sebastian Junger

4.02

Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition

Sebastian Junger, the bestselling author of War and The Perfect Storm, takes a critical look at pos… read more

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  • politics
  • history
"Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary."

-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging

"Today's veterans often come home to find that, although they're willing to die for their country, they're not sure how to live for it."

-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging

"An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain," one of the survivors wrote. "The equality of all men"."

-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging

"Disasters, he proposed, create a "community of sufferers" that allow individuals to experience an immensely reassuring connection to others"

-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging

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22. American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950-1953

By: Conrad C. Crane

3.44

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

The Korean War was the first armed engagement for the newly formed U.S. Air Force, but far from the… read more

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  • history
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23. Year of the Hawk: America's Descent into Vietnam, 1965

By: James A. Warren

3.89

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From a celebrated military historian, a powerful, “highly recommended” ( Library Journal , starred … read more

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  • history
"Chastened by the searing experience of Indochina, American presidents refrained from committing the country to ambitious foreign adventures in the last quarter of the twentieth century, for the most …"

-James A. Warren, Year of the Hawk: America's Descent into Vietnam, 1965

Cover of Red Wings over the Yalu: China, the Soviet Union, and the Air War in Korea (Volume 80) (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series) by Xiaoming Zhang

24. Red Wings over the Yalu: China, the Soviet Union, and the Air War in Korea (Volume 80) (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series)

By: Xiaoming Zhang

3.61

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Korean conflict was a pivotal event in China's modern military history. The fighting in Korea c… read more

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  • history
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25. Air Power and Armies

By: John Cotesworth Slessor

3.68

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Sir John Cotesworth Slessor (1897–1979) was one of Great Britain's most influential airmen. He play… read more

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26. The Foundations of the Science of War

By: J.F.C. Fuller

3.04

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

A Military Classic Reprint This is a compilation of material presented by Fuller when he was ch… read more

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  • history
Cover of Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare: The Evolution of British and American Ideas about Strategic Bombing, 1914-1945 (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics) by Tami Davis Biddle

27. Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare: The Evolution of British and American Ideas about Strategic Bombing, 1914-1945 (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics)

By: Tami Davis Biddle

3.82

Format: 406 pages, Paperback

A major revision of our understanding of long-range bombing, this book examines how Anglo-American … read more

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  • history
Cover of Analogies at War: Korea, Munich, Dien Bien Phu, and the Vietnam Decisions of 1965 by Yuen Foong Khong

28. Analogies at War: Korea, Munich, Dien Bien Phu, and the Vietnam Decisions of 1965

By: Yuen Foong Khong

3.61

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From World War I to Operation Desert Storm, American policymakers have repeatedly invoked the "less… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • political science
  • international relations

29. When Right Makes Might: Rising Powers and World Order

By: Stacie E. Goddard

4.00

Format: None pages, ebook

"Analyzes the question of whether great powers choose to accommodate, contain, or confront a rising… read more

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  • international relations
Cover of A World of Turmoil: The United States, China, and Taiwan in the Long Cold War (US–China Relations in the Age of Globalization) by Stephen J. Hartnett

30. A World of Turmoil: The United States, China, and Taiwan in the Long Cold War (US–China Relations in the Age of Globalization)

By: Stephen J. Hartnett

3.33

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The United States, the People’s Republic of China, and Taiwan have danced on the knife’s edge of wa… read more

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Cover of Mahan on Naval Strategy: Selections from the Writings of Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan (Classics of Sea Power) by John B. Hattendorf

31. Mahan on Naval Strategy: Selections from the Writings of Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan (Classics of Sea Power)

By: John B. Hattendorf

3.72

Format: 395 pages, Hardcover

Book by read more

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9 Top politics books like When Right Makes Might: Rising Powers and World Order by Stacie E. Goddard

Transform Your Habits

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Ralph D. Sawyer

4.20

Transform Your Habits

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G. John Ikenberry

3.63

Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis

Graham T. Allison , None , Philip Zelikow

2.00

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Alastair Smith , Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

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Giulio Douhet

3.36

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The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939: An Introduction to the Study of International Relations

Edward Hallett Carr

4.09

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Ralph D. Sawyer

4.20

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Adam Tooze

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