Eliot A Cohen 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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Professor at JHU SAIS; Arleigh Burke chair at CSIS. Contributing writer @TheAtlantic. Personal opinions only; retweets do not imply agreement.

The US Invasion of Iraq: Conspiracy and its Tragic Aftermath
Hani I. Fakhouri
Eric and I have a wonderfully lively conversation with Prof. Melvyn P. Leffler of UVA about his fascinating new book, CONFRONTING SADDAM: GEORGE W. BUSH AND THE INVASION OF IRAQ. A fair, tough-minded and important work. @BulwarkOnline @CSIS @SAISHopkins https://t.co/E3qjF1SnHx
Paperback, 2014
$13.33$6.66 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Napoleon: A Life
Andrew Roberts
#SotR Eric Edelman and I discuss #TheLastKingofAmerica with Andrew Roberts, author of magnificent biographies of Winston Churchill, Napoleon and many others.And then we discuss history-writing, leadership & much else @CSIS @SAISHopkins @BulwarkOnline https://t.co/HIdds8nAlw
Paperback, 2015
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Hollow Crown: Shakespeare on How Leaders Rise, Rule, and Fall
Eliot a. Cohen
Preorder your copy of THE HOLLOW CROWN: SHAKESPEARE ON HOW LEADERS RISE, RULE AND FALL now from Barnes & Noble and get a 25% discount. Use code PREORDER25. Good through April 28. @BNBuzz @BasicBooks @CSIS https://t.co/Gz2R3IwnbL
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century
Fiona Hill
Another episode of #ShieldoftheRepublic out @BulwarkOnline. This time Eric Edelman and I interview Fiona Hill about her powerful new memoir, There is Nothing For You Here. As always, the conversation covers history, politics and a bit of drama. https://share.fireside.fm/episode/5iFx_urq+ZgJiYc7x.
Hardcover, 2021
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy: Weak Power, Great Power, Superpower, Hyperpower
Michael Mandelbaum
Latest episode of #ShieldoftheRepublic just dropped, with Eric and I talking to Michael Mandelbaum about his new book on the four ages of American foreign policy - plus excursions into what’s wrong with academe and why we like detective fiction. https://t.co/1ZniFZQPuV
Paperback, 2024
$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021
Peter Baker
Latest episode of #ShieldoftheRepublic. Eric Edelman and I talk to Peter Baker and Susan Glasser about their recent book, THE DIVIDER. We discuss the Trump administration, whether we have moved beyond him, and what it is like to write a book as a couple. https://t.co/WmlkcIQAxJ
Paperback, 2023
$23.00$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Forgotten Soldier
Guy Sajer
The Wehrmacht often saved itself from defeat-becomes-debacle because of outstanding junior leadership (see Guy Sajer, THE FORGOTTEN SOLDIER or Willi Heinrich, CROSS OF IRON). Russian junior leadership is absent or worse than useless. If collapse begins it will be hard to stop 6/7
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Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Andrew Roberts
#SotR Eric Edelman and I discuss #TheLastKingofAmerica with Andrew Roberts, author of magnificent biographies of Winston Churchill, Napoleon and many others.And then we discuss history-writing, leadership & much else @CSIS @SAISHopkins @BulwarkOnline https://t.co/HIdds8nAlw
Paperback, 2019
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Moon is Down
John Steinbeck
Latest episode of #ShieldoftheRepublic with my partner in strategy, Eric Edelman. This week’s guest @CharlesEdel the Australia chair @CSIS - on diplomatic history and Indo-Pacific security issues. Bonus: we discuss John Steinbeck THE MOON IS DOWN. https://t.co/hxR9K4cyKs
Paperback, 1995
$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness
Elizabeth D. Samet
Latest episode of #ShieldoftheRepublic, this time a bit different: Eric Edelman and I discuss Elizabeth Samet’s new book, Looking for the Good War. Its a spirited discussion of her critique of “The Good War.” Literature, memory and WW2. @CSIS @SAISHopkins https://t.co/27uKSAIoAR
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book