21 Top nonfiction books like Blind Strategist: John Boyd and the American Art of War by Stephen Robinson

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Blind Strategist: John Boyd and the American Art of War

By: Stephen Robinson

4.11

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Panzer Commander Hermann Balck and False Flags comes The Blind Strategist: John …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Blind Strategist: John Boyd and the American Art of War by Stephen Robinson , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

By: Jocko Willink , Leif Babin

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestseller Sent to the most violent battlefield in Iraq, Jocko Willink and Le… read more

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  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
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2. Brute: The Life of Victor Krulak, U.S. Marine

By: Robert Coram

3.33

Format: None pages,

read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • military history

3. Order in Chaos:The Memoirs of General of Panzer Troops Hermann Balck

By: Carlo D'Este , David T. Zabecki , None , None

4.04

Format: 323 pages,

German general Hermann Balck (1897--1982) was considered to be one of World War II's greatest battl… read more

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4. Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age

By: Peter Paret , Felix Gilbert , Gordon A. Craig

3.68

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

The essays in this volume analyze war, its strategic characterisitics and its political and social … read more

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5. The Red Badge of Courage

By: Stephen Crane

3.68

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

During an unnamed battle, 18-year-old private Henry Fleming survives what he considers to be a lost… read more

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6. Clausewitz's 'On War': A Biography

By: Hew Strachan

4.00

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

Perhaps the most important book on military strategy ever written, Carl von Clausewitz's On Warhas … read more

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7. Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

By: Robert Coram

3.98

Format: None pages, Paperback

John Boyd may be the most remarkable unsung hero in all of American military history. Some remember… read more

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8. Silverview

By: John Le Carré

3.66

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In Silverview, John le Carré turns his focus to the world that occupied his writing for the past s… read more

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"Sometimes the whole of marriage was a cover story."

-John Le Carré, Silverview

"Een radicaal is een radicaal. Het maakt niet uit of het een ex-communist is of een ex-wat dan ook. Het is en blijft dezelfde man. Je manier van denken verandert niet omdat die tot een andere conclusi…"

-John Le Carré, Silverview

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9. Red Winter (Jack Ryan #22)

By: Marc Cameron

4.30

Format: 430 pages, Kindle Edition

"In this previously untold adventure, a young Jack Ryan goes behind the Iron Curtain to seek the tr… read more

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  • military fiction
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10. When McKinsey Comes to Town

By: Walt Bogdanich

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

**A NEW YORK TIMES AND THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**An explosive exposé of the world's most pre… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"One former McKinsey consultant wrote anonymously, ¨To those convinced that a secretive cabal controls the world, the usual suspect are Illuminati, Lizard People, or ´globalists.' They are wrong, natu…"

-Walt Bogdanich, When McKinsey Comes to Town

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11. Tom Clancy Weapons Grade

By: Don Bentley

4.35

Format: 507 pages, Kindle Edition

The aftermath of a shocking crime sends Jack Ryan Jr down a path that leads to international destru… read more

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  • military fiction
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12. Code Red (Mitch Rapp #22)

By: Kyle Mills

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Mitch Rapp makes a mortal enemy of Russia in this high-octane and “ripped straight from next week’s… read more

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13. 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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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • military history
"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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14. Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

By: Michael Lewis

3.80

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 best-selling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX’s spectacular col… read more

Similar categories in Michael Lewis's Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon book and Stephen Robinson's Blind Strategist: John Boyd and the American Art of War

  • history
  • nonfiction
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15. Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine

By: Mark Galeotti

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A timely and accessible history of how Putin and the conflicts he has chosen to involve Russia in h… read more

Similar categories in Mark Galeotti's Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine book and Stephen Robinson's Blind Strategist: John Boyd and the American Art of War

  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • military history
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16. We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland

By: Fintan O'Toole

4.34

Format: 616 pages, Hardcover

A quarter-century after Frank McCourt’s extraordinary bestseller, Angela’s Ashes, Fintan O’Toole, o… read more

Similar categories in Fintan O'Toole's We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland book and Stephen Robinson's Blind Strategist: John Boyd and the American Art of War

  • history
  • nonfiction
"They opened a place in Irishness for the diasporas that were, in many ways, the truest products of its history. It brought home the reality that had been obscured in the idea of emigration as tragedy…"

-Fintan O'Toole, We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland

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17. The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777

By: Rick Atkinson

4.43

Format: 776 pages, Hardcover

In the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy Rick Atkinson recounts the first twenty-one months … read more

Similar categories in Rick Atkinson's The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 book and Stephen Robinson's Blind Strategist: John Boyd and the American Art of War

  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • military history
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18. To the End of the Earth: The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945

By: John C. McManus

4.59

Format: 436 pages, Hardcover

From the liberation of the Philippines to the Japanese surrender, the final volume of John C. McMan… read more

Similar categories in John C. McManus's To the End of the Earth: The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945 book and Stephen Robinson's Blind Strategist: John Boyd and the American Art of War

  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • military history
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19. Island Infernos: The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944

By: John C. McManus

4.47

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

In Fire and Fortitude--winner of the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History--John C. McManus pre… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • military history
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20. How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between

By: Bent Flyvbjerg

4.32

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to s… read more

Similar categories in Bent Flyvbjerg's How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between book and Stephen Robinson's Blind Strategist: John Boyd and the American Art of War

  • nonfiction
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21. Liberalism and Its Discontents

By: Francis Fukuyama

3.93

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

A short book about the challenges to liberalism from the right and the left by the bestselling auth… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Нема причин, з яких економічна ефективність має домінувати над усіма іншими соціальними цінностями."

-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents

"Комуністичні суспільства були схильні цінувати виробництво більше за споживання, що призвело до поганих наслідків: у них були «герої соціалістичної праці», але не було продуктів на полицях магазинів."

-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents

"Низка людей, які працюють у цій галузі, починаючи з таких постструктуралістів, як Лакан і Дерріда, писали в такий спосіб, який, здавалося, навмисне затуманював їхні думки й захищав від відповідальнос…"

-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents

"As instituições financeiras comportam-se de modo muito diferente do que as empresas na economia real. Ao contrário de uma companhia de manufatura, um grande banco de investimento é sistemicamente per…"

-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents

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22. The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann

By: Ananyo Bhattacharya

4.11

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The smartphones in our pockets and computers like brains. The vagaries of game theory and evolution… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"The young von Neumann made an instant impact on his new tutors. His first mentor, Gábor Szego˝, who would later lead Stanford University’s maths department, was moved to tears after their first meeti…"

-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann

"The best estimates of Trinity’s power put the figure somewhere between 20,000 and 22,000 tons. Oppenheimer reached for poetry, recalling a verse from ancient Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita, which…"

-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann

"At one of his ‘high-proof, high-I.Q. parties’ one analyst produced a fat cylindrical ‘coin’ that was something of a RAND obsession at the time. Milled by the RAND machine shop at the behest of Willia…"

-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann

"With his school years behind him, von Neumann took the train to Berlin with his father in September 1921 to begin the arduous programme of study that had been agreed. A passenger sharing their carria…"

-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann

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23. Surrounded by Idiots

By: Thomas Erikson

3.50

Format: 11 pages, Audiobook

A runaway bestseller in Sweden that has sold more than a million copies worldwide, Surrounded by Id… read more

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  • nonfiction
"... the Green's inability to change."

-Thomas Erikson, Surrounded by Idiots

"Communication happens on the listener’s terms"

-Thomas Erikson, Surrounded by Idiots

"The analytical Blues are calm, levelheaded, and think before they speak."

-Thomas Erikson, Surrounded by Idiots

"Rhetoric isn't the art of talking but rather the art of getting others to listen."

-Thomas Erikson, Surrounded by Idiots

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24. 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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  • military fiction
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25. Who Can Hold the Sea: The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960

By: James D. Hornfischer

4.17

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A close-up, action-filled narrative about the crucial role the U.S. Navy played in the early years … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • military history
Cover of Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay by Craig L. Symonds

26. Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay

By: Craig L. Symonds

4.65

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From one of our most distinguished naval historians, the first wartime biography in a half-century … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • military history
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27. Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

By: Paul Scharre

3.80

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

One of the Next Big Idea Club's Must-Read Books An award-winning defense expert tells the story … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
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28. Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine

By: Lawrence Freedman

4.16

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

Throughout history, the concept of command -- as both a way to achieve objectives and as an asserti… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • military history
Cover of The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind by Dan Davies

29. The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind

By: Dan Davies

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

'Entertaining, insightful ... compelling' Financial Times 'A clear and compelling account of how de… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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30. Blind Strategist: John Boyd and the American Art of War

By: Stephen Robinson

4.11

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Panzer Commander Hermann Balck and False Flags comes The Blind Strategist: John … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • military history
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31. Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War

By: Raj Shah

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A riveting inside look at an elite unit within the Pentagon—the Defense Innovation Unit, also known… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction

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Robert Coram

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