Christopher Clary Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University at Albany; Nonresident Fellow, Stimson Center
First: Sandra Day O'Connor
Evan ThomasChristopher ClaryThis excerpt is from Evan Thomas's The Very Best Men, though I learned of the episode first from Vincent Bevins' Jakarta Method.
Paperback, 2020
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The Difficult Politics of Peace: Rivalry in Modern South Asia
Christopher ClaryChristopher Clary“Christopher Clary’s The Difficult Politics of Peace: Rivalry in Modern South Asia has three outstanding features: … it is theoretically innovative…, methodologically rigorous and evidence driven…, and … it cuts across disciplinary boundaries.” https://t.co/Si8dFqXAba
Paperback, 2022
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The Defiant Border
Elisabeth LeakeChristopher Clary"Archives in Pakistan are notoriously difficult to access and declassification remains a huge issue.... [W]hat documents are available one day may not be the next." Historian Elisabeth Leake, The Defiant Border, p. 10
Paperback, 2016
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China: The Bubble That Never Pops
Thomas OrlikChristopher ClaryThe second was the Sinica podcast with Tom Orlik, author of "China: The Bubble that Never Pops," who has a cautious continued defense of that thesis despite challenges of late. https://t.co/KSGNhsgomx
Paperback, 2022
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The Very Best Men: The Daring Early Years of the CIA
Evan ThomasChristopher ClaryThis excerpt is from Evan Thomas's The Very Best Men, though I learned of the episode first from Vincent Bevins' Jakarta Method.
Paperback, 2006
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The Triple Agent: The Al-Qaeda Mole Who Infiltrated the CIA
Joby WarrickChristopher ClaryInteresting, sausage-making FOIA find. To set it up a bit, in 2011, Joby Warrick wrote a book, the Triple Agent, where he described US fears in 2009 that the TPP might have acquired radioactive material (Warrick's description in a subsequent interview). /1 https://t.co/SkleaqDAHd
Paperback, 2012
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Pakistan: The Heart of Asia, Speeches in the United States and Canada, May and June, 1950 by the Prime Minister of Pakistan
Liaquat Ali KhanChristopher ClaryA little historical controversy I came across not too long ago: it's not at all clear from the Pakistani side as to whether the Soviet Union ever invited Liaquat Ali Khan to visit in 1949, even though it is widely believed in Pakistan such an invitation was issued.
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Rivalry and Alliance Politics in Cold War Latin America
Christopher DarntonChristopher Clary@DastgirSani So it goes. You might be interested in Darnton's Rivalry and Alliance Politics in Cold War Latin America, which is more interested in the parochial interest of actors to maintain conflict.
Paperback, 2014
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No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War Through Afghan Eyes
Anand GopalChristopher ClaryGopal’s No Good Men Among the Living has my favorite version of “more resources hurt” Afghan counterinsurgency argument. https://t.co/xWRr42I7bn
Paperback, 2015
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John McCain: An American Odyssey
Robert TimbergChristopher ClaryBud McFarlane's passing offers an opportunity to recommend the Nightingale's Song by Robert Timberg for those interested in Vietnam, Reagan, & Iran-Contra. It tells its tale through the lives of McFarlane, Poindexter, Webb, John McCain, & Oliver North. https://t.co/9tJ35DkuW9
Paperback, 2007
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