Active Defense: China's Military Strategy since 1949 (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics)
By: M. Taylor Fravel
4.01
Format: 396 pages, Hardcover
What changes in China's modern military policy reveal about military organizations and strategy …
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1. Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
By: James S.A. Corey
4.37
Format: 608 pages, ebook
The seventh novel in James S. A. Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series--now a major tel… read more
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2. The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag
By: Kang Chol-Hwan , Pierre Rigoulot
4.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
As tensions between the US and North North Korea continue to escalate, stories of life inside our l… read more
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3. To Live
By: Michael Berry , Yu Hua
4.34
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
From the author of Brothers and China in Ten Words this celebrated contemporary classic of Chinese … read more
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"It’s better to live an ordinary life. If you go on striving for this and that, you’ll end up paying with your life."-Michael Berry, To Live
4. The Birth of Britain (A History of the English Speaking Peoples, #1)
By: Winston S. Churchill
3.28
Format: 404 pages,
"This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own… read more
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5. Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?
By: Graham Allison
3.36
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES ARE HEADING TOWARD A WAR NEITHER WANTS. The reason is Thucydides's Trap… read more
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6. 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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7. A War to be Won: Fighting the Second World War
By: Williamson Murray , None
3.98
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In the course of the twentieth century, no war looms as profoundly transformative or as destructive… read more
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8. Engineers of Victory: The Making of the War Machine That Defeated the Nazis
By: Paul Kennedy
3.78
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Paul Kennedy, award-winning author of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powersand one of today's most … read more
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9. Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat
By: Giles Milton
3.44
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machine In the spring of 1939, a top-secre… read more
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10. 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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12. This Kind of War
By: T.R. Fehrenbach
3.00
Format: 107 pages, Paperback
Updated with maps, photographs, and battlefield diagrams, this special fiftieth anniversary edition… read more
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13. 2034: A Novel of the Next World War
By: Elliot Ackerman
3.80
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Il 12 marzo 2034 il commodoro della Marina militare degli Stati Uniti – Sarah Hunt – si trova sul p… read more
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14. 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
15. 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
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"Chapter Fourteen: Teresa “So not unnatural at all,"-James S.A. Corey, Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
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16. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
By: Malcolm Gladwell
4.03
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war In The Bomber Ma… read more
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"Revolutions are birthed in conversation, argument, validation, proximity, and the look in your listener’s eye that tells you you’re on to something."-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
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17. On Grand Strategy
By: John Lewis Gaddis
3.75
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary program the author has co-taught… read more
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18. Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth
By: Natalie Haynes
4.05
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Natalie Haynes returns to the world of ancient Greek myth in thi… read more
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"The distinction that only sciences are useful and only arts are spirit-enhancing is a nonsensical one. I couldn't write much without scientists designing my computer. And some of them must want to re…"-Natalie Haynes, Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth
"According to Hesiod's Theogony , Rhea gives birth to the following children in this order: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. Kronos swallows each of the first five deities, and Rhea i…"-Natalie Haynes, Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth
19. The Long Game: China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order (Bridging the Gap)
By: Rush Doshi
4.04
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
For more than a century, no US adversary or coalition of adversaries - not Nazi Germany, Imperial J… read more
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20. No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
By: Reed Hastings
4.28
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Shortlisted for the 2020 Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Netflix cofounder… read more
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21. Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
By: Richard V. Reeves
4.07
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
"A landmark, one of the most important books of the year" - David Brooks, New York Times“Real, prac… read more
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"True equality between groups that are different in any way can be attained only by providing for the differences". That´s Margaret Mead again, in 1974. Mead´s idea of true equality might now be label…"-Richard V. Reeves, Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
22. On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines
By: B.A. Friedman
3.92
Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition
On Operational Art and Military Disciplines traces the history of the development of military staf… read more
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"Operational art is what military staffs do to support tactics and strategy."-B.A. Friedman, On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines
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"Information warfare consists of everything a military force does to accurately sense and make sense of its interactions with its environment and enemy forces, preserve its ability to do so, and preve…"-B.A. Friedman, On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines
"No military organization can exist without bureaucracy, as distasteful as it may be, and no professional organization should tolerate inefficient administration of bureaucratic requirements. As menti…"-B.A. Friedman, On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines
23. The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State
By: Elizabeth C. Economy
3.78
Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition
In The Third Revolution, eminent China scholar Elizabeth C. Economy provides an incisive look at th… read more
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24. 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
25. White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan
By: Mick Ryan
3.92
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
This book "is entertaining, thought-provoking and quite possibly prescient. Not just an engaging ta… read more
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26. The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China
By: Kevin Rudd
4.27
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A war between China and the US would be catastrophic, deadly, and destructive. Unfortunately, it is… read more
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27. Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future
By: Chun Han Wong
4.19
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From one of the most admired reporters covering China today, a vital new account of the life and po… read more
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28. The Political Thought of Xi Jinping
By: Steve Tsang
4.17
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
An authoritative examination of "Xi Jinping Thought"--now the official dogma of the Chinese Communi… read more
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29. Getting China Wrong
By: Aaron L. Friedberg
4.15
Format: None pages, ebook
The West's strategy of engagement with China has failed. More than three decades of trade and inves… read more
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30. Active Defense: China's Military Strategy since 1949 (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics)
By: M. Taylor Fravel
4.01
Format: 396 pages, Hardcover
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31. At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House
By: H.R. McMaster
4.08
Format: 576 pages, Paperback
A revealing account of National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster’s turbulent and consequential thirte… read more
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