10 Best india books like Spy Stories: Inside the Secret World of ISI and RAW by Adrian Levy

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Spy Stories: Inside the Secret World of ISI and RAW

By: Adrian Levy

3.55

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

From 9/11 to 26/11, Burhan Wani to Kulbhushan Jadhav – the India–Pakistan relationship told from th…

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Cover of Pakistan: A Hard Country by Anatol Lieven

1. Pakistan: A Hard Country

By: Anatol Lieven

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the past decade Pakistan has become a country of immense importance to its region, the United St… read more

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  • politics
  • pakistan
  • india
  • nonfiction
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2. An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India

By: Shashi Tharoor

3.63

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In 1930, the American historian and philosopher Will Durant wrote that Britain's 'conscious and del… read more

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  • politics
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Cover of A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif

3. A Case of Exploding Mangoes

By: Mohammed Hanif

4.06

Format: 360 pages,

Intrigue and subterfuge combine with bad luck and good in this darkly comic debut about love, betra… read more

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  • politics
  • pakistan
Cover of Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll

4. Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

By: Steve Coll

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The news-breaking book that has sent shockwaves through the Bush White House, Ghost Warsis the most… read more

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  • espionage
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction

5. Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

By: Michael Bar-Zohar , Nissim Mishal

4.10

Format: 9 pages, Hardcover

The Mossad is widely recognized today as the best intelligence service in the world. It is also the… read more

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6. Spy Stories: Inside the Secret World of ISI and RAW

By: Adrian Levy

3.55

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

From 9/11 to 26/11, Burhan Wani to Kulbhushan Jadhav – the India–Pakistan relationship told from th… read more

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  • espionage
  • international relations
  • history
  • politics
  • pakistan
  • india
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Lover Boy of Bahawalpur : How the Pulwama Case was Cracked by Rahul Pandita

7. The Lover Boy of Bahawalpur : How the Pulwama Case was Cracked

By: Rahul Pandita

3.99

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

Inside the world of the jaish-e-mohammed – from the Parliament attack to the Pulwama bombing in Feb… read more

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  • politics
  • india
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Cover of Lords of the Deccan : Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas by Anirudh Kanisetti

8. Lords of the Deccan : Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas

By: Anirudh Kanisetti

4.23

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The history of the vast Indian subcontinent is usually told as a series of ephemeral moments when a… read more

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  • history
Cover of The Silent Coup: A History of India's Deep State by Josy Joseph

9. The Silent Coup: A History of India's Deep State

By: Josy Joseph

4.39

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

‘They were not expected to behave like the terrorists they were hunting. Even in the thickest fog o… read more

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Cover of Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016 by Steve Coll

10. Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016

By: Steve Coll

4.21

Format: 779 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • Nominated for the National Book A… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War by Craig Whitlock

11. 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

Cover of Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From by Tony Joseph

12. Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From

By: Tony Joseph

4.33

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Who are we Indians ? Where did we come from ? Many of us believe our ancestors have lived in South … read more

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Cover of The Khalistan Conspiracy: A Former R&AW Officer Unravels the Path to 1984 by G.B.S. Sidhu

13. The Khalistan Conspiracy: A Former R&AW Officer Unravels the Path to 1984

By: G.B.S. Sidhu

4.20

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

The author, a former Special Secretary of India's external intelligence agency, the Research and An… read more

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  • india
  • history
Cover of The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State by Declan Walsh

14. The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State

By: Declan Walsh

4.16

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Declan Walsh is one of the New York Times’s most distinguished international correspondents. His el… read more

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"Zia perished in 1988"

-Declan Walsh, The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State

Cover of Así se domina el mundo: Desvelando las claves del poder mundial by Pedro Baños

15. Así se domina el mundo: Desvelando las claves del poder mundial

By: Pedro Baños

3.95

Format: 594 pages, Kindle Edition

Alianzas, manipulación, rivalidad, guerra psicológica… Mejor que Juego de tronos: las claves de la … read more

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  • international relations
  • history
  • nonfiction
"se ha puesto de moda la palabra "postverdad" para definir el contexto global de desinformación, aunque en realidad sería más acertado denominarlo "prementira", "multimentira" o "plurimentira", pues l…"

-Pedro Baños, Así se domina el mundo: Desvelando las claves del poder mundial

Cover of The Bhutto Dynasty: The Struggle for Power in Pakistan by Owen Bennett-Jones

16. The Bhutto Dynasty: The Struggle for Power in Pakistan

By: Owen Bennett-Jones

4.11

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A major new investigation into the Bhutto family, examining their influence in Pakistan from the co… read more

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  • nonfiction
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Cover of Operation X: The Untold Story of Indias Covert Naval War in Bangladesh by Captain MNR Samant Sandeep Unnithan

17. Operation X: The Untold Story of Indias Covert Naval War in Bangladesh

By: Captain MNR Samant Sandeep Unnithan

4.43

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

1971. Sheikh Mujibur Rehman in East Pakistan has just won an electoral mandate to become the prime … read more

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Cover of The Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace by A.S. Dulat

18. The Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace

By: A.S. Dulat

3.30

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

Pointing to the horizon where the sea and sky are joined, he says, 'It is only an illusion because … read more

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  • pakistan
  • india
  • nonfiction
Cover of Pakistan Under Siege: Extremism, Society, and the State by Madiha Afzal

19. Pakistan Under Siege: Extremism, Society, and the State

By: Madiha Afzal

3.84

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

Over the last fifteen years, Pakistan has come to be defined exclusively in terms of its struggle w… read more

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Cover of The Dawn of Eurasia by Bruno Maçães

20. The Dawn of Eurasia

By: Bruno Maçães

3.88

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original black lettered grey cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective… read more

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  • international relations
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"When European countries abandoned their imperial dreams, they did so under the illusion that the rest of the world no longer needed guidance because it had voluntarily embraced European rules and ide…"

-Bruno Maçães, The Dawn of Eurasia

Cover of Honour Among Spies by Asad Durrani

21. Honour Among Spies

By: Asad Durrani

3.14

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

In May 2018, a book was published that set off a perfect storm in the intelligence circles in the s… read more

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18 must-read history books like Spy Stories: Inside the Secret World of ISI and RAW by Adrian Levy

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Pakistan: A Hard Country

Anatol Lieven

4.17

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An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India

Shashi Tharoor

3.63

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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

Steve Coll

5.00

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Spy Stories: Inside the Secret World of ISI and RAW

Adrian Levy

3.55

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15 must-read history books like Lords of the Deccan : Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas by Anirudh Kanisetti

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Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan

William Dalrymple

4.34

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The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore

Manu S. Pillai

4.28

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Koh-I-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond

William Dalrymple , Anita Anand

4.04

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The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History

Sanjeev Sanyal

4.28

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