18 must-read nonfiction books like Rethinking the Korean War: A New Diplomatic and Strategic History by William Stueck

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Rethinking the Korean War: A New Diplomatic and Strategic History

By: William Stueck

3.83

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Fought on what to Westerners was a remote peninsula in northeast Asia, the Korean War was a definin…

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1. Washington: A Life

By: Ron Chernow

4.16

Format: 904 pages, Hardcover

The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a brea… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Many mickles make a muckle."

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"Washington grew as a leader because he engaged in searching self- criticism. “I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors,"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this, because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults or remove the prejudices whic…"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"An essential difference between the American and French revolutions was that the American version allowed a search for many truths, while French zealots tried to impose a single sacred truth that all…"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

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2. Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History

By: Bruce Cumings

3.84

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

"Passionate, cantankerous, and fascinating. Rather like Korea itself."--Nicholas D. Kristof, New Yo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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3. Asia's Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific

By: Robert D. Kaplan

4.67

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY FINANCIAL TIMES From Robert D. Kaplan, named one of the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
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4. Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of American National Security Policy During the Cold War

By: John Lewis Gaddis

3.63

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Strategies of Containmentwas first published, the Soviet Union was still a superpower, Ronald … read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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5. Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

By: Herbert P. Bix

3.52

Format: None pages, Paperback

Winner of the Pulitzer PrizeIn this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herb… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war

6. Mao's China and the Cold War

By: Chen Jian

3.16

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

This comprehensive study of China's Cold War experience reveals the crucial role Beijing played in … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

7. Ivan's War: Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945

By: Catherine Merridale

4.12

Format: 206 pages,

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8. The Revenge Of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate

By: Robert D. Kaplan

3.86

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

In this provocative, startling book, Robert D. Kaplan, the bestselling author of Monsoonand Balkan … read more

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9. Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000

By: Stephen Kotkin

5.00

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

In the Cold War era that dominated the second half of the twentieth century, nobody envisaged that … read more

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10. A Failed Empire: The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev

By: Vladislav M. Zubok

3.78

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

Western interpretations of the Cold War--both realist and neoconservative--have erred by exaggerati… read more

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11. On China

By: Henry Kissinger

3.00

Format: 146 pages, Hardcover

In this sweeping and insightful history, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time at book-length to… read more

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12. So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

By: Cal Newport

3.36

Format: 96 pages, ebook

In this eye-opening account, Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that "follow your passion" is… read more

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13. Diplomacy

By: Henry Kissinger

4.07

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

A brilliant, sweeping history of diplomacy that includes personal stories from the noted former Sec… read more

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14. The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

By: Niall Ferguson

3.69

Format: 47 pages,

"Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot, lucre, moolah, readies, the wherewithal: Call it what you like, it… read more

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15. Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity

By: Peter Attia

4.37

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challeng… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. Do Epic Shit

By: Ankur Warikoo

3.76

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Ankur Warikoo is an entrepreneur and content creator whose deep, witty and brutally honest thoughts… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Irrational optimism is a founder's death trap!"

-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit

"Safe is better than sorry. Nope. Risk is better than regret."

-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit

"Only when you go against the flow will you find your own flow."

-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit

"You don't control your results. You always control your inputs."

-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit

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17. Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

By: Adam M. Grant

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestseller“This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self by Michael Easter

18. The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self

By: Michael Easter

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Discover the evolutionary mind and body benefits of living at the edges of your comfort zone and re… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Exactly What to Say: The Magic Words for Influence and Impact by Phil M. Jones

19. Exactly What to Say: The Magic Words for Influence and Impact

By: Phil M. Jones

3.74

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

Often the decision between a customer choosing you over someone like you is your ability to know ex… read more

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  • nonfiction
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20. The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Change Your World

By: David Robson

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A journey through the cutting-edge science of how our mindset shapes every facet of our lives, reve… read more

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  • nonfiction
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21. The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict

By: Elbridge A. Colby

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Why and how America’s defense strategy must change in light of China’s power and ambition—A Wall St… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
"Physical force, especially the ability to kill, is the ultimate form of coercive leverage. While there are other sources of influence, such as wealth, persuasiveness, and charisma, they are all domin…"

-Elbridge A. Colby, The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict

"If extensive and global economic engagement and growing wealth have not already persuaded China to change its behavior, it is unclear why it would be more likely to do so as it grows stronger and thu…"

-Elbridge A. Colby, The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict

"This is because, if China could establish hegemony over Asia, it could then set up a commercial and trading bloc anchored in the world's largest market that would privilege its own and subordinates' …"

-Elbridge A. Colby, The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict

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22. The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity—and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race

By: Daniel Z. Lieberman

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Why are we obsessed with the things we want and bored when we get them? Why is addiction "perfect… read more

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  • nonfiction
"It’s better to be smart than strong."

-Daniel Z. Lieberman, The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity—and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race

"Success inspired confidence; confidence produced success."

-Daniel Z. Lieberman, The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity—and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race

"Having a confident expectation of success can make obstacles melt before your eyes."

-Daniel Z. Lieberman, The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity—and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race

"As the German philosopher Arthur Schoppenhauer wrote, "Dreams are brief madness and madness a long dreams."

-Daniel Z. Lieberman, The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity—and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race

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23. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune

By: Anderson Cooper

3.77

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting histor… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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24. Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)

By: Chad L. Williams

4.39

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

On April 2, 1917, Woodrow Wilson thrust the United States into World War I by declaring, "The world… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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25. Rethinking the Korean War: A New Diplomatic and Strategic History

By: William Stueck

3.83

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Fought on what to Westerners was a remote peninsula in northeast Asia, the Korean War was a definin… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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26. Theodore Roosevelt's Naval Diplomacy: The U.S. Navy and the Birth of the American Century

By: Henry J. Hendrix

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This book examines President Theodore Roosevelt's use of the United States naval services as suppor… read more

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  • history
Cover of Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography by Thomas Alan Schwartz

27. Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography

By: Thomas Alan Schwartz

4.03

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of Henry Kissinger--at least for those who neither revere nor revile himOv… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction

12 best-selling history books like Rethinking the Korean War: A New Diplomatic and Strategic History by William Stueck

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Washington: A Life

Ron Chernow

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History

Bruce Cumings

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Asia's Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific

Robert D. Kaplan

4.67

Transform Your Habits

Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of American National Security Policy During the Cold War

John Lewis Gaddis

3.63

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Kristin Hannah

4.64

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Rachel Maddow

4.45

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Ariel Lawhon

4.43

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Ann Patchett

3.99

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