15 must-read war books like Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability by Michael Kimmage

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Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability

By: Michael Kimmage

4.04

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

One war, three collisions--in this vividly written, narrative history of the war in Ukraine, Michae…

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1. Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

By: Hannah Arendt

4.20

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Originally appearing as a series of articles in The New Yorker, Hannah Arendt’s authoritative and s… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
"Evil in the Third Reich had lost the quality by which most people recognize it—the quality of temptation."

-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

"During the war, the lie most effective with the whole of the German people was the slogan of “the battle of destiny for the German people"

-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

"In the Third Reich evil lost its distinctive characteristic by which most people had until then recognized it. The Nazis redefined it as a civil norm."

-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

"It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble! Whereas it is rather hard and certainly depressing to admit guilt and to repent."

-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

Cover of The Secret War with Iran: The 30-Year Clandestine Struggle Against the World's Most Dangerous Terrorist Power by Ronen Bergman

2. The Secret War with Iran: The 30-Year Clandestine Struggle Against the World's Most Dangerous Terrorist Power

By: Ronen Bergman

4.36

Format: None pages,

In the years since 9/11, the U.S. war on terror has focused on al-Qaeda, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Cov… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

3. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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4. The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857

By: William Dalrymple

4.24

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

On a hazy November afternoon in Rangoon, 1862, a shrouded corpse was escorted by a small group of B… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

5. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

By: Erik Larson

3.86

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hit… read more

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6. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

By: Robert A. Caro

3.25

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman pr… read more

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7. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

By: Peter Frankopan

3.77

Format: None pages,

From the rise and fall of empires in China, Persia, and Rome itself to the spread of Buddhism and a… read more

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8. 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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  • russia
  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • ukraine
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides

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

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History by Serhii Plokhy

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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  • russia
  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • ukraine
  • nonfiction
"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

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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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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"

-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Cover of The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath by Peter Zeihan

12. The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath

By: Peter Zeihan

4.18

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting… read more

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  • politics
  • international relations
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

13. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

By: David Grann

4.19

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II by Alex Kershaw

14. Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The national bestselling author of The First Wave tells the untold story of four of the most decora… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq by Steve Coll

15. 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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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism by Tim Alberta

16. 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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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine by David H. Petraeus

17. Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

By: David H. Petraeus

4.06

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strate… read more

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  • international relations
  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • ukraine
  • nonfiction
"A recurring theme of this book is that money spent on deterrence is seldom wasted, especially when considered against the costs incurred when the deterrence fails."

-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

"Hybrid warfare particularly appeals to China and Russia, since they are much more able to control the information their populaces receive than are their Western adversaries. A 1999 book, Unrestricted…"

-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

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18. The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962

By: Max Hastings

4.40

Format: 538 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tens… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
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19. The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future

By: Franklin Foer

3.87

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Franklin Foer tells the definitive insider story of the first two years of the Biden presidency, wi… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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20. The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir

By: John Bolton

3.15

Format: 588 pages, Kindle Edition

As President Trump’s National Security Advisor, John Bolton spent many of his 453 days in the room … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"All this confused press coverage reveals both the inconsistencies within Trump’s own thinking, and reporting based on second- and third-hand sources, exacerbated under a President who spent a disprop…"

-John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir

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21. Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

By: Jonathan Blitzer

4.49

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the so… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky by Simon Shuster

22. The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky

By: Simon Shuster

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Time  correspondent Simon Shuster delivers the definitive account of the Russian invasion of Ukrain… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • ukraine
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Revolution That Wasn't: GameStop, Reddit, and the Fleecing of Small Investors by Spencer Jakab

23. The Revolution That Wasn't: GameStop, Reddit, and the Fleecing of Small Investors

By: Spencer Jakab

3.72

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The saga of GameStop and other meme stocks is revealed with the skill of a thrilling whodunit. Jaka… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of War Transformed: The Future of Twenty-First-Century Great Power Competition and Conflict by Mick Ryan

24. War Transformed: The Future of Twenty-First-Century Great Power Competition and Conflict

By: Mick Ryan

3.94

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

War The Future of Twenty-First-Century Great Power Competition and Conflict provides insights for … read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of The Internationalists: The Fight to Restore American Foreign Policy After Trump by Alexander  Ward

25. The Internationalists: The Fight to Restore American Foreign Policy After Trump

By: Alexander Ward

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The inside story of Biden’s foreign policy team and their struggle to restore America’s global infl… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler by Peter Pomerantsev

26. How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler

By: Peter Pomerantsev

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From one of our leading experts on disinformation, this inventive biography of the rogue WWII propa… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • ukraine
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Struggle for Taiwan: A History of America, China, and the Island Caught Between by Sulmaan Wasif Khan

27. The Struggle for Taiwan: A History of America, China, and the Island Caught Between

By: Sulmaan Wasif Khan

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A concise, definitive history of the duel between the US and China over the fate of Taiwan  As ten… read more

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  • international relations
  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
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28. Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability

By: Michael Kimmage

4.04

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

One war, three collisions--in this vividly written, narrative history of the war in Ukraine, Michae… read more

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  • international relations
  • russia
  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • ukraine
  • nonfiction
Cover of Downfall: Prigozhin, Putin, and the new fight for the future of Russia by Mark Galeotti

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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  • russia
  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • ukraine
  • nonfiction
Cover of Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics by Elle Reeve

30. Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics

By: Elle Reeve

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

This tour de force of investigative journalism—in the vein of The Next Civil War and Why We’re Pola… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House by H.R. McMaster

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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  • history
  • nonfiction

28 Best history books like Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability by Michael Kimmage

Transform Your Habits

Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

Hannah Arendt

4.20

Transform Your Habits

The Secret War with Iran: The 30-Year Clandestine Struggle Against the World's Most Dangerous Terrorist Power

Ronen Bergman

4.36

Transform Your Habits

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857

William Dalrymple

4.24

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21 Best audiobook books like Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics by Elle Reeve

Transform Your Habits

White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy

Thomas F. Schaller

3.82

Transform Your Habits

They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms

Mike Hixenbaugh

4.48

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Finish What We Started: The MAGA Movement’s Ground War to End Democracy

Isaac Arnsdorf

3.92

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When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

John Ganz

4.23

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