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A gripping, behind-the-scenes autopsy of American diplomacy that reads like a political thriller while sounding a profound alarm. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with War on Peace.
- sobering
- tense
- reflective
- foreboding
- 01
The Road to Unfreedom
Timothy Snyder
A chilling, intellectually rigorous autopsy of modern democracy's vulnerabilities and the creeping shadow of authoritarianism.
- 02
Catch and Kill
Ronan Farrow
A gripping, real-life espionage thriller about the terrifying lengths powerful men will go to protect their secrets, and the immense courage required to expose them.
- 03
On China
Henry Kissinger
A sweeping, statesman's-eye view of a civilization's grand strategy and its high-stakes collision with the modern world.
- 04
The Fifth Risk
Michael Lewis
A gripping, anxiety-inducing, yet ultimately inspiring look under the hood of the systems that keep the modern world from collapsing.
- 05
Diplomacy
Henry Kissinger · 1994
A monumental and pragmatic exploration of how the balance of power and the art of negotiation shape the modern world.
- 06
The Assault on Reason
Al Gore
An urgent, methodical diagnosis of a democracy losing its grip on truth, and a rallying cry to reclaim the power of rational thought.
- 07
A Problem from Hell
Samantha Power · 2002
A searing, meticulously documented indictment of global inaction in the face of ultimate evil.
- 08
On grand strategy
John Lewis Gaddis
A sweeping, witty master class in the timeless art of leadership and statecraft, distilled from decades of historical reflection.
- 09
The Doomsday Machine
Daniel Ellsberg
A chilling, insider account of bureaucratic madness that reads like a high-stakes thriller about the end of the world.
- 10
No good men among the living
Anand Gopal
A devastating, intimately human portrait of a war fueled by hubris and the ordinary lives crushed in its gears.
- 11
The perfect weapon
David E. Sanger
A gripping, sobering plunge into the invisible wars being waged across our digital networks every single day.
- 12
Fear: Trump in the White House
Bob Woodward
A fly-on-the-wall descent into the chaotic, high-stakes machinery of a deeply unconventional administration.
