7 Best military fiction books like The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War by Jim Sciutto

Cover of The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War by Jim Sciutto

The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

By: Jim Sciutto

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The essential new book by CNN Chief National Security Correspondent Jim Sciutto, reporting from the…

If you liked the military fiction plot in The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War by Jim Sciutto , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

By: Kara Swisher

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech… read more

Similar categories in Kara Swisher's Burn Book: A Tech Love Story book and Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Our Enemies Will Vanish by Yaroslav Trofimov

2. 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

Similar categories in Yaroslav Trofimov's Our Enemies Will Vanish book and Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

  • russia
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War by Jim Sciutto

3. The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

By: Jim Sciutto

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The essential new book by CNN Chief National Security Correspondent Jim Sciutto, reporting from the… read more

Similar categories in Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War book and Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

  • international relations
  • russia
  • history
  • world history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • political science
  • nonfiction
  • china
Cover of Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House by Jared Cohen

4. Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House

By: Jared Cohen

4.27

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author of Accidental Presidents explores what happens after the most pow… read more

Similar categories in Jared Cohen's Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House book and Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

  • politics
  • political science
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

5. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

Similar categories in Erik Larson's The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War book and Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

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6. 2054

By: Elliot Ackerman

3.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed authors of the runaway New York Times bestseller 2034 comes another explosive wo… read more

Similar categories in Elliot Ackerman's 2054 book and Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

  • politics
  • military fiction
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7. Nuclear War: A Scenario

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more

Similar categories in Annie Jacobsen's Nuclear War: A Scenario book and Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

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8. 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

Similar categories in Steve Coll's The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq book and Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

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

9. 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

Similar categories in David H. Petraeus's Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine book and Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

  • international relations
  • history
  • world history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • 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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10. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis

By: George Stephanopoulos

4.45

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years anchor… read more

Similar categories in George Stephanopoulos's The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis book and Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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11. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You

By: Bill Maher

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, m… read more

Similar categories in Bill Maher's What This Comedian Said Will Shock You book and Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present by Fareed Zakaria

12. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present

By: Fareed Zakaria

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the pola… read more

Similar categories in Fareed Zakaria's Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present book and Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • world history
Cover of New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West by David E. Sanger

13. New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West

By: David E. Sanger

4.37

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A fast-paced account of America’s plunge into simultaneous Cold Wars against two very different adv… read more

Similar categories in David E. Sanger's New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West book and Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

  • international relations
  • russia
  • history
  • world history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • china
Cover of Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America by Barbara McQuade

14. Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America

By: Barbara McQuade

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An urgent, comprehensive explanation of the ways disinformation is impacting democracy, and practic… read more

Similar categories in Barbara McQuade's Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America book and Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

  • politics
  • political science
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Rebellion: How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart--Again by Robert Kagan

15. Rebellion: How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart--Again

By: Robert Kagan

4.48

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

A chilling and clear-eyed warning about the threats to our democracy posed by the increasing radica… read more

Similar categories in Robert Kagan's Rebellion: How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart--Again book and Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

  • politics
  • political science
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power by Timothy W. Ryback

16. Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power

By: Timothy W. Ryback

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally acclaimed author of Hitler’s Private Library , a dramatic recounting of th… read more

Similar categories in Timothy W. Ryback's Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power book and Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

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

17. 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

Similar categories in Simon Shuster's The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky book and Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

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

18. 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

Similar categories in Alexander Ward's The Internationalists: The Fight to Restore American Foreign Policy After Trump book and Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

  • politics
  • political science
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s by John Ganz

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

By: John Ganz

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more

Similar categories in John Ganz's When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s book and Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century by Dmitri Alperovitch

20. World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century

By: Dmitri Alperovitch

4.34

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A leading national security expert, who publicly predicted Vladimir Putin's intention to launch a f… read more

Similar categories in Dmitri Alperovitch's World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century book and Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

  • international relations
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
Cover of Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum

21. Autocracy, Inc.

By: Anne Applebaum

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more

Similar categories in Anne Applebaum's Autocracy, Inc. book and Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

  • russia
  • history
  • politics
  • political science
  • nonfiction
  • china
"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

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