MIT CIS 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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Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise
Susan L. ShirkMIT CISFormer CIS Wilhelm Fellow @PaulJHeer reviews @SusanShirk1's (speaking @MIT_CIS today!) new book "Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise": https://t.co/5EF6PCzI8q
Hardcover, 2022
$33.99$17.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Crossing the Divide: Rural to Urban Migration in Developing Countries
Robert E. B. LucasMIT CISTODAY @ 1PM: Professor Robert E. B. Lucas discusses his new book "Crossing the Divide: Rural to Urban Migration in Developing Countries". This is a hybrid event. Details here: https://t.co/KtgFGEaZdD
Hardcover, 2021
$140.00$115.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
America's Great-Power Opportunity: Revitalizing U.S. Foreign Policy to Meet the Challenges of Strategic Competition
Ali WyneMIT CIS@Ali_Wyne 's discusses his new book, America’s Great Power Opportunity, in this @WarInstitute podcast. https://t.co/M2V42YpQJZ @MIT_alumni @MITPoliSci @MIT_SSP
Hardcover, 2022
$69.95$44.95 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa's Racial Reckoning
Eve FairbanksMIT CIS@evefairbanks is one of our speakers at our upcoming #MITStarrForum on 9/14! Her book The Inheritors has just been reviewed in @nybooks: https://t.co/6HpUGxRLmU
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
Chris MillerMIT CIS#EventAlert 2/15 @ 12PM: Chris Miller, Associate Prof of International History @FletcherSchool presents "Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology" for the @MIT_SSP Wednesday Seminar. Details: https://t.co/351vniFDef @tufts_history @MITevents @MIT_SHASS
Hardcover, 2022
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sidney Reilly: Master Spy
Benny MorrisMIT CIS"Ace of Spies": CIS Senior Research Fellow Joel Brenner reviews Benny Morris' new book on the life of Sidney Reilly https://t.co/wkRDlVkg4K
Hardcover, 2022
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Until We Have Won Our Liberty: South Africa After Apartheid
Evan LiebermanMIT CIS“Until We Have Won Our Liberty,” a new book by @evlieb examines the condition of South Africa, a quarter-century after it became a multiracial democracy. https://t.co/WRIT2aocJn @lab_diversity @MISTIatMIT @MITPoliSci @PrincetonUPress @MITnews @claudegrunitzky #theafricawewant https://t.co/1tNrbLNS3K
Hardcover, 2022
$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Restraint: A New Foundation for U.S. Grand Strategy
Barry R. PosenMIT CIS"The basic idea [of scaling back] is not new: restraint-oriented realists such as Emma Ashford, John Mearsheimer, [@MIT_SSP Prof] Barry Posen, and Stephen Walt have long called for the US to rethink its security posture in Europe." In @ForeignAffairs: https://t.co/sSb9qUCUK0
Paperback, 2015
$20.95$10.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ace of Spies: The True Story of Sidney Reilly
Andrew CookMIT CIS"Ace of Spies": CIS Senior Research Fellow Joel Brenner reviews Benny Morris' new book on the life of Sidney Reilly https://t.co/wkRDlVkg4K
Paperback, 2004
$26.99$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Banks on the Brink: Global Capital, Securities Markets, and the Political Roots of Financial Crises
Mark CopelovitchMIT CISPublished in 2020, "Banks on the Brink: Global Capital, Securities Markets, and the Political Roots of Financial Crises" by @davidsingermit and @mcopelov explores modern banking crises and why they occur: https://t.co/doUVM7bezo
Hardcover, 2020
$44.99$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book