Jordan Schneider Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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The Diffusion of Military Power: Causes and Consequences for International Politics, @mchorowitz ‘The Innovator’s Dilemma’ for defense ministries. Being rich and technologically advanced doesn't mean you'll end up incorporating the best tech! Good pairing w Morison. https://t.co/da0TsiRKUV

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8. The Book of the Courtier, Baldassare Castiglione (1528) A delightful window into on how men and women should carry themselves in an Italian Renaissance court. https://t.co/JcL54vpcsJ

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Innovate to Dominate: The Rise of the Chinese Techno-Security State, Tai Ming Cheung (2022) Yeoman’s work reading through reams of CCP planning documents around technology and national security https://t.co/fk05mXeqDJ

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Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, William Finnegan. (2015) Beautiful exposition of a life in pursuit of a bliss that was wholly foreign to me. Minus one point for inspiring me to surf and in turn getting another minor concussion. https://t.co/YyXhRlGXuG

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8. The Book of the Courtier, Baldassare Castiglione (1528) A delightful window into on how men and women should carry themselves in an Italian Renaissance court. https://t.co/JcL54vpcsJ

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Moorish Spain, Richard Fletcher (2006) Fav chapter was on the ‘Party’ Kings https://t.co/s1PYrsEDZb phase, where Andalucia broke out into independent city-states, kings drank, warred, and patronized poets. Serious ‘Warring States’/500s BC ancient Greek vibes. https://t.co/eV4vGaxQoD

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10. Agents of Subversion: The Fate of John T. Downey and the CIA's Covert War in China, @JohnDelury (2022) First half a beautiful intellectual history of how America's leading thinkers were processing the first decade of the Cold War. Second half a wild spy story. https://t.co/kwCX5L7pOB

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6. Return to Dragon Mountain: Memories of a Late Ming Man, Jonathan D. Spence (2007) There's no-one better than Spence at bringing Ming and Qing characters to life. Writing himself in his final years, Spence handles the end of Zhang Dai's life with real grace. https://t.co/jQzn6kt2Ou

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5. Legal Systems Very Different From Ours, David D. Friedman (2016) Speaking of mind-bending books, Friedman's exploration of different legal systems (Cherokee, Roma, Jewish, Somali, Prison Gang, Pirate) opens your mind to how creative humans can be in organizing themselves https://t.co/fXs1nnazAW

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Wasn’t there a rumor Walter Isaacson was writing a biography of SBF?