The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat
By: Vali Nasr
4.10
Format: 224 pages, ebook
In a brilliant and revealing book destined to drive debate about the future of American power, Vali…
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1. The Forgotten Soldier
By: Guy Sajer
4.38
Format: 465 pages, Paperback
Forgotten Soldier recounts the horror of World War II on the eastern front, as seen through the ey… read more
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"The problems I had existed before I did, and I discovered them."-Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier
"No time to spare: the expression assumed its full significance, as so many expressions do in wartime."-Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier
"Then there was the war, and I married it because there was nothing else when I reached the age of falling in love."-Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier
"And I can remember a tear running down my frozen cheek—a tear neither of pain nor of joy but of emotion created by intense experience."-Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier
2. The Hundred-Year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower
By: Michael Pillsbury
4.21
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
One of the U.S. government's leading China experts reveals the hidden strategy fueling that country… read more
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3. The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
By: Ryan Holiday
4.15
Format: 201 pages, Hardcover
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” — Marcus Aureli… read more
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4. The Everlasting Man
By: G.K. Chesterton
4.16
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
What, if anything, is it that makes the human uniquely human? This, in part, is the question that G… read more
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"Men are moved most by their religion; especially when it is irreligion."-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man
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"The boldest plans for the future invoke the authority of the past; and that even a revolutionary seeks to satisfy himself that he is also a reactionary."-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man
5. Forward the Foundation (Foundation: Prequel #2)
By: Isaac Asimov
3.64
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
Librarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book . A stunning t… read more
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6. 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi
By: Mitchell Zuckoff
3.44
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
The harrowing, true account from the brave men on the ground who fought back during the Battle of B… read more
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7. The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat
By: Vali Nasr
4.10
Format: 224 pages, ebook
In a brilliant and revealing book destined to drive debate about the future of American power, Vali… read more
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8. The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
By: Barbara W. Tuchman
3.66
Format: None pages, Paperback
Twice a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, author Barbara Tuchman now tackles the pervasive presence of … read more
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9. The Rise and Fall of Nations
By: Ruchir Sharma
3.99
Format: 380 pages,
Shaped by his twenty-five years traveling the world, and enlivened by encounters with villagers fro… read more
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10. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin , Suzanne Toren
4.28
Format: 916 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Lincoln PrizeAcclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political… read more
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"An adult friend of Lincoln's: "Life was to him a school."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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"(from John Hay's diary) “The President never appeared to better advantage in the world,"-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
"I hope to stand firm enough not to go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
11. 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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12. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
By: Paul Fussell , Eugene B. Sledge
4.47
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
In his own book, Wartime, Paul Fussell called With the Old Breed "one of the finest memoirs to emer… read more
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"Kick him in the balls before he kicks you in yours"-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
"Your soul may belong to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the marines."-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
"War is such self-defeating, organized madness the way it destroys a nation's best."-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
"Would the war dehumanize me so that I, too, could "field trip" enemy dead with such nonchalance?"-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
13. For Whom the Bell Tolls
By: Ernest Hemingway
3.76
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Sp… read more
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14. 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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15. Intelligence in War: Knowledge of the Enemy from Napoleon to Al-Qaeda
By: John Keegan
3.93
Format: 300 pages,
From the earliest times, commanders have sought knowledge of the enemy, his strengths and weaknesse… read more
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16. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume I
By: Edward Gibbon , David Womersley
4.20
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire(1776-88) is among th… read more
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17. The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ
By: Anonymous , Joseph Smith Jr.
3.62
Format: 57 pages, Paperback
The Book of Mormon is a volume of scripture comparable to the Bible. It is a record of God's dealin… read more
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18. The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
By: Mike Duncan
4.00
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
The Roman Republic was one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of civilization. Afte… read more
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19. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
By: Jared Diamond
3.68
Format: 113 pages, Paperback
'Diamond has written a book of remarkable scope . . . one of the most important and readable works … read more
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20. War and Peace
By: Leo Tolstoy , Louise Maude , Aylmer Maude , Henry Gifford
4.16
Format: 1392 pages, Paperback
In Russia's struggle with Napoleon, Tolstoy saw a tragedy that involved all mankind. War and Pe… read more
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"God is the same everywhere."-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
"Kings are the slaves of history."-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
"Everything depends on upbringing. "-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
"We are asleep until we fall in Love!"-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
21. 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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22. 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
23. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
By: Mike Duncan
4.52
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Storm Before the Storm and host of the Revolutions podcast comes… read more
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24. 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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25. 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
"I'm drawn again and again to obsessives. I like them. I like the idea that someone could push away all the concerns and details that make up everyday life and just zero in on one thing - the thing th…"-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
"The more you invest in a set of beliefs - the greater the sacrifice you make in the service of that conviction - the more resistant you will be to evidence that suggests that you are mistaken. You do…"-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
26. The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War
By: Craig Whitlock
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A Washington Post Best Book of 2021 The #1 New York Times bestselling investigative story of how th… read more
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"To reinforce the message, Obama administration officials touted statistics that distorted what was really happening on the ground. The Bush administration had done the same, but Obama staffers in the…"-Craig Whitlock, The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War
"Ryan Crocker, who served as the top U.S. diplomat in Kabul under both Bush and Obama, said the gusher of contracts to support U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan virtually guaranteed that extortion, …"-Craig Whitlock, The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War
27. Where Great Powers Meet: America and China in Southeast Asia
By: David Shambaugh
3.72
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
世界正在進入新冷戰時代嗎？ 中國美國，誰會輸誰會贏？ 欲知分曉，請隨作者一同深入兩強競逐實況的縮影之地：東南亞。 【內容說明】 國際關係錯綜複雜，但若問今日最大看點為何，答案應會眾口… read more
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28. Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
3.64
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
“Extraordinary.… A feast of history, an expert tour through thousands of years of war and conquest.… read more
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"With only rare exceptions, history shows that while strategy and bravery can win a battle, the frontiers of science and technology must be exploited to win a war."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military
"America may be losing a competitive edge in many enterprises, from cars to space, riffed National Public Radio host Scott Simon in the summer of 2010, "but as long as we can devise a five-bladed, min…"-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military
29. Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior
By: Ric Prado
3.96
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The Explosive National Bestseller A memoir by the highest-ranking covert warrior to lift the veil … read more
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30. LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media
By: P.W. Singer
4.27
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Social media has been weaponized, as state hackers and rogue terrorists have seized upon Twitter an… read more
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31. A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species
By: Rob Dunn
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A leading ecologist argues that if humankind is to survive on a fragile planet, we must understand … read more
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"We were offered a deal by nature: if we gave up thousands of species of birds, plants, mammals, butterflies, and bees, in exchange we could have a handful of new kinds of mosquitoes and rats. It is a…"-Rob Dunn, A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species
"The diversity-stability law, states that ecosystems that include more species are more stable through time... The law of dependence states that all species depend on other species. And we, as humans,…"-Rob Dunn, A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species
"It is surprising that we as a species have been as successful as we have despite our ignorance of the biological world and our biased perspective on its dimensions. Einstein said that "the eternal my…"-Rob Dunn, A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species
"In my experience, people who study climate change are planning for this last scenario in their own daily lives. At work, they write about the RCP2.6 path and how to get on it. At home, in their free …"-Rob Dunn, A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species
