National Interest Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War
Samuel Moyn
Book Review: Samuel Moyn's "Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War" argues that efforts to make war more ethical have failed. https://t.co/BJvBL44oQa
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
NATO: Dangerous Dinosaur
Ted Galen Carpenter
"The 2007 Munich Security Conference speech should have erased all doubt about whether Russia viewed ... [NATO's] inexorable march eastward as provocative and threatening," writes Ted Galen Carpenter. https://t.co/C8n3CjnIq2
Hardcover, 2019
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Inflation: What It Is, Why It's Bad, and How to Fix It
Steve Forbes
Steve Forbes, chair of Forbes Media, contended on Monday that central banks and governments are focusing too much on hiking interest rates to cool inflation. https://t.co/s4hfRcHj75
Paperback, 2024
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The British Way of War: Julian Corbett and the Battle for a National Strategy
Andrew Lambert
Book review: Andrew Lampert's "The British Way of War: Julian Corbett and the Battle for a National Strategy" provides an insightful look at one of the pioneers of British naval strategy. https://t.co/jspjsVMVEA
Hardcover, 2021
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy
Henry Kissinger
Book review: Henry Kissinger's "Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy" offers a guide for the perplexed to international relations. https://t.co/LsszMwow4P
Paperback, 2024
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
China: Domestic Change and Foreign Policy
Michael D. Swaine
China and the United States must now prepare to defuse the crisis triggered by Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, writes Michael D. Swaine. https://t.co/kevPDCDjZB
Paperback, 1995
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Last Emperor of Mexico: The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New World
Edward Shawcross
Book review: Edward Shawcross's "The Last Emperor of Mexico" details the brief reign of Maximilian I over the Second Mexican Empire. https://t.co/X4avel3ZGg
Hardcover, 2021
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Adriatic: A Concert of Civilizations at the End of the Modern Age
Robert D. Kaplan
Book review: Robert D. Kaplan's "Adriatic" provides a spellbinding look at a region of the world that has historically been a battleground between cultures and civilizations. https://t.co/AJbSwuFJML
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Heaven Can Indeed Fall: The Life of Willmoore Kendall
Christopher H. Owen
Book review: Christopher H. Owen's "Heaven Can Indeed Fall: The Life of Willmoore Kendall" offers a insightful portrait of one of the American Right's leading thinkers. https://t.co/YKz3L5cIbF
Paperback, 2023
$39.99$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
China: human rights violations and coercion in one-child policy enforcement
United States House of Representatives
A divided Congress could stunt milestones in the United States' technological competition with China just when it needs them most, writes Vincent J. Carchidi. https://t.co/dmcU1hxBIM
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