8 Top science books like The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy by Lawrence Freedman

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The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy

By: Lawrence Freedman

4.11

Format: 584 pages, Paperback

First published 20 years ago, Lawrence Freedman's Evolution of Nuclear Strategy was immediately acc…

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1. Cyberspies: The Secret History of Surveillance, Hacking, and Digital Espionage

By: Gordon Corera

3.98

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The previously untold―and previously highly classified―story of the conflux of espionage and techno… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Corera's Cyberspies: The Secret History of Surveillance, Hacking, and Digital Espionage book and Lawrence Freedman's The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon by Kim Zetter

2. Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon

By: Kim Zetter

4.17

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

In January 2010, inspectors with the International Atomic Energy Agency noticed that centrifuges at… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • science
"The nations, of course, that are most at risk of a destructive digital attack are the ones with the greatest connectivity. Marcus Ranum, one of the early innovators of the computer firewall, called S…"

-Kim Zetter, Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon

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3. Arms and Influence

By: Thomas C. Schelling

4.37

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Traditionally, Americans have viewed war as an alternative to diplomacy, and military strategy as t… read more

Similar categories in Thomas C. Schelling's Arms and Influence book and Lawrence Freedman's The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy

  • international relations
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • political science
Cover of Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 by Gordon S. Wood

4. Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815

By: Gordon S. Wood

3.70

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our na… read more

Similar categories in Gordon S. Wood's Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 book and Lawrence Freedman's The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll

5. Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

By: Steve Coll

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The news-breaking book that has sent shockwaves through the Bush White House, Ghost Warsis the most… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction

6. The American Revolution: A History

By: Gordon S. Wood

3.03

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An elegant synthesis done by the leading scholar in the field, which nic… read more

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7. 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

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8. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

By: Douglas R. Hofstadter

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

Douglas Hofstadter's book is concerned directly with the nature of "maps" or links between formal s… read more

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9. Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World

By: Adam Tooze

None

Format: 720 pages, Hardcover

"An intelligent explanation of the mechanisms that produced the crisis and the response to it...One… read more

Similar categories in Adam Tooze's Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World book and Lawrence Freedman's The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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10. Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union

By: Vladislav M. Zubok

4.26

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union—showing how Gorbachev’s misguided reforms led to … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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11. 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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  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • science
"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

"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

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12. RELIC: A SciFi Adventure

By: T.S. Falk

4.25

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

For fans of Michael Crichton, A.G. Riddle, and James Rollins. All Jordan Carver wanted to do was d… read more

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13. 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

Similar categories in Hal Brands's Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China book and Lawrence Freedman's The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy

  • international relations
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • political science
Cover of The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump by William J. Perry

14. 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

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  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Burning the Sky: Operation Argus and the Untold Story of the Cold War Nuclear Tests in Outer Space by Mark Wolverton

15. Burning the Sky: Operation Argus and the Untold Story of the Cold War Nuclear Tests in Outer Space

By: Mark Wolverton

3.65

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

The unbelievable true story of an American Cold War scheme to detonate nuclear bombs in space is re… read more

Similar categories in Mark Wolverton's Burning the Sky: Operation Argus and the Untold Story of the Cold War Nuclear Tests in Outer Space book and Lawrence Freedman's The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy

  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War by Fred  Kaplan

16. The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War

By: Fred Kaplan

4.07

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the author the classic The Wizards of Armageddon and Pulitzer Prize finalist comes the definit… read more

Similar categories in Fred Kaplan's The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War book and Lawrence Freedman's The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy

  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States by Alex Wellerstein

17. Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States

By: Alex Wellerstein

4.18

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The first full history of US nuclear secrecy, from its origins in the late 1930s to our post–Cold W… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy by Lawrence Freedman

18. The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy

By: Lawrence Freedman

4.11

Format: 584 pages, Paperback

First published 20 years ago, Lawrence Freedman's Evolution of Nuclear Strategy was immediately acc… read more

Similar categories in Lawrence Freedman's The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy book and Lawrence Freedman's The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy

  • international relations
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • political science
  • science
Cover of World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century by Dmitri Alperovitch

19. World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century

By: Dmitri Alperovitch

4.34

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A leading national security expert, who publicly predicted Vladimir Putin's intention to launch a f… read more

Similar categories in Dmitri Alperovitch's World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century book and Lawrence Freedman's The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy

  • politics
  • international relations
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Bureaucratic Politics and Foreign Policy by Priscilla Clapp

20. Bureaucratic Politics and Foreign Policy

By: Priscilla Clapp

3.68

Format: 415 pages, Paperback

" The first edition of Bureaucratic Politics and Foreign Policy is one of the most successful Brook… read more

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  • international relations
  • nonfiction
Cover of No Use: Nuclear Weapons and U.S. National Security by Thomas M. Nichols

21. No Use: Nuclear Weapons and U.S. National Security

By: Thomas M. Nichols

3.92

Format: 232 pages, Unknown Binding

For more than forty years, the United States has maintained a public commitment to nuclear disarmam… read more

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15 must-read history books like The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy by Lawrence Freedman

Transform Your Habits

Cyberspies: The Secret History of Surveillance, Hacking, and Digital Espionage

Gordon Corera

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon

Kim Zetter

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Arms and Influence

Thomas C. Schelling

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815

Gordon S. Wood

3.70

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15 Top audiobook books like Burning the Sky: Operation Argus and the Untold Story of the Cold War Nuclear Tests in Outer Space by Mark Wolverton

Transform Your Habits

A Man on the Moon

Michael Kramer , Bronson Pinchot , Tom Hanks , Andrew Chaikin

4.49

Transform Your Habits

Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

Jon Meacham

4.04

Transform Your Habits

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

Douglas Brunt

4.23

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