6 must-read history books like Shattered Peace: The Origins of the Cold War and the National Security State by Daniel Yergin

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Shattered Peace: The Origins of the Cold War and the National Security State

By: Daniel Yergin

3.76

Format: 526 pages, Hardcover

Shattered peace: The origins of the cold war and the national security state by Daniel Yergin.

If you liked the history plot in Shattered Peace: The Origins of the Cold War and the National Security State by Daniel Yergin , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

By: Steve Martin

3.88

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

In the midseventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concer… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I did stand-up comedy for eighteen years."

-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

"...teaching is, after all, a form of show business."

-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

"How many people have never raised their hand before?"

-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

"Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent."

-Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

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2. Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)

By: Hilary Mantel

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the countr… read more

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3. The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream

By: Patrick Radden Keefe

4.22

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A mesmerizing narrative about the rise and fall of an unlikely international crime boss In the 1980… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

4. The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance

By: Ron Chernow

3.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

The winner of the National Book Award and now considered a classic, The House of Morganis the most … read more

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5. 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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6. 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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7. Middlemarch

By: Michel Faber , George Eliot

4.02

Format: 912 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"People are almost always better than their neighbours think they are" George Eliot’s most ambit… read more

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"After all, the true seeing is within."

-Michel Faber, Middlemarch

"I shall do everything it becomes me to do."

-Michel Faber, Middlemarch

"I protest against any absolute conclusion."

-Michel Faber, Middlemarch

"What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?"

-Michel Faber, Middlemarch

Cover of Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1) by Jay Kristoff, Bon Orthwick

8. Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)

By: Jay Kristoff , Bon Orthwick

4.35

Format: 739 pages, Hardcover

From holy cup comes holy light; The faithful hand sets world aright. And in the Seven Martyrs’ si… read more

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"Ein Leben ohne Bücher ist ein nicht gelebtes Leben."

-Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)

"When there's little you can do, do what little you can."

-Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)

"The only thing worse than a fool is a fool who thinks himself wise."

-Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)

"It matters not what you hold faith in. But you must hold faith in something."

-Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)

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9. 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

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10. Light from Uncommon Stars

By: Ryka Aoki

4.06

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

A defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian … read more

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"Lindsey Stirling?"

-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

"I shall make you feel all the joy, the terror in loving who you are."

-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

"A sandwich that is more than a sandwich. Coffee that is more than coffee."

-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

"When you rush, all you are doing is practicing your mistakes at a faster pace."

-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

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11. Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture, #2)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.20

Format: 596 pages, ebook

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the second novel in an extr… read more

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12. Exhalation

By: Ted Chiang

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

In these nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories, Ted Chiang tackles some of hu… read more

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"The universe began as an enormous breath being held."

-Ted Chiang, Exhalation

"I am not that air, I am the pattern that it assumed, temporarily."

-Ted Chiang, Exhalation

"Contemplate the marvel that is existence, and rejoice that you are able to do so. I"

-Ted Chiang, Exhalation

"even if a universe’s life span is calculable, the variety of life that is generated within it is not."

-Ted Chiang, Exhalation

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13. Disunited Nations: Succeeding in a World Where No One Gets Along

By: Peter Zeihan

4.25

Format: 256 pages, ebook

Should we stop caring about fading regional powers like China, Russia, Germany, and Iran? Will the … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"In many ways, industrialization is a straitjacket. The suite of industrial technologies improves literacy and mobility and reach and wealth and health, but without the inputs of oil, natural gas, iro…"

-Peter Zeihan, Disunited Nations: Succeeding in a World Where No One Gets Along

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14. Adriatic: A Concert of Civilizations at the End of the Modern Age

By: Robert D. Kaplan

3.62

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

"[An] elegantly layered exploration of Europe's past and future . . . a multifaceted masterpiece."-… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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15. The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era

By: Gary Gerstle

4.19

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The most sweeping account of how neoliberalism came to dominate American politics for nearly a half… read more

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  • american history
  • american
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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16. Shattered Peace: The Origins of the Cold War and the National Security State

By: Daniel Yergin

3.76

Format: 526 pages, Hardcover

Shattered peace: The origins of the cold war and the national security state by Daniel Yergin. read more

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  • american
  • history
  • politics
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction

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