10 must-read jewish books like The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People by Walter Russell Mead

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The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People

By: Walter Russell Mead

4.22

Format: 672 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of God and Gold and Special Providence, a groundbreaking new work that o…

If you liked the jewish plot in The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People by Walter Russell Mead , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel by Ari Shavit

1. My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel

By: Ari Shavit

4.22

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Die große Geschichte IsraelsDer renommierte Journalist Ari Shavit sieht Israel in einer halt- und a… read more

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"As the state became everything, the individual became marginalized. As it marched toward the future, Israel erased the past. There was no place for the previous landscape, no place for previous ident…"

-Ari Shavit, My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel

Cover of American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis by Adam Hochschild

2. American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis

By: Adam Hochschild

4.21

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning, New York Times bestselling historian Adam Hochschild, a fast-paced, revelatory … read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
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Cover of The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time by Yascha Mounk

3. The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time

By: Yascha Mounk

4.08

Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition

One of our leading public intellectuals traces the origin of a set of ideas about identity and soci… read more

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

4. 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

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  • world history
Cover of Everything Is Predictable: How Bayesian Statistics Explain Our World by Tom Chivers

5. Everything Is Predictable: How Bayesian Statistics Explain Our World

By: Tom Chivers

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A captivating and user-friendly tour of Bayes’s theorem and its global impact on modern life from t… read more

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Cover of Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West by Calder Walton

6. Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West

By: Calder Walton

4.30

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

The riveting, untold story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with le… read more

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Cover of People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present by Dara Horn

7. People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

By: Dara Horn

4.36

Format: 237 pages, Hardcover

Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating ess… read more

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"Evil' may or may not be banal, but killing Jews sure is."

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

"between the raindrops" - a Hebrew expression for evading repeated disaster."

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

"Sometimes your body is someone else's haunted house. Other people look at you and can only see the dead."

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

"There are so few Jews in the world: even in the United States, we are barely 2 percent of the population, a minority among minorities... Statistically speaking, nothing that happens to Jews should be…"

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

Cover of Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age by Tom Holland

8. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

By: Tom Holland

4.22

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more

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Cover of The Eagle and The Lion: Rome, Persia, and an Unwinnable Conflict by Adrian Goldsworthy

9. The Eagle and The Lion: Rome, Persia, and an Unwinnable Conflict

By: Adrian Goldsworthy

3.95

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

The Eagle and The Lion is a story of the imperial rivalry between two of the greatest empires of th… read more

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  • european history
Cover of Bibi: My Story by Benjamin Netanyahu

10. Bibi: My Story

By: Benjamin Netanyahu

4.48

Format: 733 pages, Kindle Edition

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s ”compelling” (The Economist) and“substa… read more

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  • israel
Cover of The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq by Steve Coll

11. 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

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Cover of The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination by Stuart A. Reid

12. The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination

By: Stuart A. Reid

4.40

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller—about the US-sanctioned plot… read more

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Cover of Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History by Nellie Bowles

13. Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History

By: Nellie Bowles

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles, a look at how some of the most educated people i… read more

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Cover of Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine by David H. Petraeus

14. 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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"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

Cover of Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia by Gary J. Bass

15. Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia

By: Gary J. Bass

4.29

Format: 800 pages, Hardcover

A landmark, magisterial history of the trial of Japan’s leaders as war criminals—the largely overlo… read more

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  • world history
Cover of The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People by Walter Russell Mead

16. The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People

By: Walter Russell Mead

4.22

Format: 672 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of God and Gold and Special Providence, a groundbreaking new work that o… read more

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  • israel
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  • european history
Cover of Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew by Emmanuel Acho

17. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew

By: Emmanuel Acho

4.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From two New York Times bestselling authors, a timely, disarmingly honest, and thought-provoking in… read more

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Cover of The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America by Coleman Hughes

18. The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

By: Coleman Hughes

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning tha… read more

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"Neoracists believe that we must indoctrinate children to cure them of racism. I say that children are racially innocent by nature, and we should protect that racial innocence for as long as possible."

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The majority of effort channeled toward achieving racial equity hasn't been applied to the part of life that has the biggest influence on people's skills and mindsets: namely birth to eighteen years …"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"By [college], many skills, attitudes, and habits have already been formed. We can have a much bigger impact on people at younger ages. Efforts to achieve true equity should focus instead on high-qual…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The common humanity and anti-racism of the civil rights movement had strong ties to Christianity. And Christianity promoted the value of interracial harmony: unity in Christ. But the appeal of Christ…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

Cover of Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East by Uri Kaufman

19. Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East

By: Uri Kaufman

4.18

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

"Pacy and enthralling." ― Financial Times "Tells the story brilliantly." ―Senator Joseph I. Lieber… read more

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Cover of Catch-67: The Left, the Right, and the Legacy of the Six-Day War by Micah Goodman

20. Catch-67: The Left, the Right, and the Legacy of the Six-Day War

By: Micah Goodman

4.27

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

A controversial examination of the internal Israeli debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict fr… read more

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Cover of The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World by Dan Senor

21. The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World

By: Dan Senor

4.38

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

How has a small nation of 9 million people, forced to fight for its existence and security since it… read more

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Cover of The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal by William J.  Burns

22. The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal

By: William J. Burns

4.27

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From America's "secret diplomatic weapon" (The Atlantic), comes a memoir of service for five Presid… read more

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Cover of Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict by Oren Kessler

23. Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict

By: Oren Kessler

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Winner, 2024 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature One of the Wall Street Journal’s 10 Best Books … read more

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

24. 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

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

25. 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

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Cover of Reclaiming Israel's History: Roots, Rights, and the Struggle for Peace by David Brog

26. Reclaiming Israel's History: Roots, Rights, and the Struggle for Peace

By: David Brog

4.31

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

No history is so disputed as the history of Israel. Some see Israel's creation as a dramatic act of… read more

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Cover of Target Tehran: How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination – and Secret Diplomacy – to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East by Yonah Jeremy Bob

27. Target Tehran: How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination – and Secret Diplomacy – to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East

By: Yonah Jeremy Bob

4.02

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The remarkable story of how Israel used sabotage, assassination, cyberwar—and diplomacy—to thwart I… read more

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Cover of Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative by Glenn C. Loury

28. Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative

By: Glenn C. Loury

4.26

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A shockingly frank memoir from a prize-winning economist, reflecting on his remarkable personal ody… read more

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Cover of The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind by Melissa S. Kearney

29. The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind

By: Melissa S. Kearney

3.88

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

The surprising story of how declining marriage rates are driving many of the country’s biggest econ… read more

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Cover of Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum

30. 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

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"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.

Cover of Tablets Shattered: The End of an American Jewish Century and the Future of Jewish Life by Joshua Leifer

31. Tablets Shattered: The End of an American Jewish Century and the Future of Jewish Life

By: Joshua Leifer

4.08

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From esteemed journalist Joshua Leifer, a definitive look at the history and future of American Jew… read more

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29 Top history books like The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People by Walter Russell Mead

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Adam Hochschild

4.21

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The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time

Yascha Mounk

4.08

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

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