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Diplomacy

Most Recommended Books

Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger

“Kissinger was an academic before he was a diplomat and negotiator. He brought with him the knowledge and baggage of a historian. He was fascinated by the Congress of Vienna and clearly saw himself as a modern-day Talleyrand or Metternich, the French and Austrian representatives at the Congress.”

Jonathan Powell, Diplomats & Former Diplomat

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Chinese Shadows by Simon Leys

“This book came like a bolt of lightning, because in the seventies – despite the fact that the Cultural Revolution was still going on – many China watchers were starry eyed about Maoism as a wonderful experiment. Those who went to China saw what they wanted to see, and usually came back with glowing accounts of a New China, and a uniquely collective and altruistic human being not driven by material desires.Chinese Shadows was a completely different take. It’s a collection of essays in which he totally demolishes the romantic myth of the Maoist experiment.”

Ian Buruma, Journalist

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Strategies of Containment by John Gaddis

“Strategies of Containment is a survey of various tactics applied in the larger strategy of containment that we relied on during the Cold War.”

Lawrence Kaplan, Journalist

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What constitutes good diplomacy and how can you tell if it’s been a success? Here academics and practicing diplomats offer their views on every aspect of the diplomat’s craft and recommend the best books on diplomacy.

Geoff Berridge talks about why we need diplomats. Jeremy Greenstock, the UK’s former Special Representative for Iraq, talks about the diplomat’s craft and what went wrong—but could have gone right—in the US invasion of Iraq.  Another former British diplomat, Mike Maclay, talks about what it is that makes diplomacy interesting. Academic Ilan Kelman chooses his best books on disaster diplomacy and Tony Blair’s former chief of staff, Jonathan Powell, discusses negotiation. Another former senior British diplomat, Sir Michael Palliser, discusses the different diplomatic styles of Kissinger, Talleyrand and de Gaulle among others. Looking at the diplomat’s wife is Brigid Keenan, author and one herself.

On particular aspects of diplomacy, Professor Charles Kupchan discusses grand strategy, Professor John David Lewis considers war and foreign policy and academic and Vietnam vet David Cortright looks at non-military solutions to political conflicts.

We also have some country-specific interviews, particularly focused on books related to the US and diplomacy. Gideon Rose, who served on President Bill Clinton’s National Security Council, looks at US foreign policy, while Lawrence Kaplan considers US intervention and Stephen Glain US militarism. Steven Walt discusses US-Israel relations and Orville Schell China and the US. William LeoGrande talks about US relations with Latin America. Ian Buruma, the writer and academic, talks about east and west. And Edward Mortimer, former Director of Communications to UN Secretary General, Kofi Anan, chooses his best books on the UN.

    The best books on US Foreign Policy, recommended by Gideon Rose

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    The best books on US Foreign Policy - History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

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    History of the Peloponnesian War
    by Thucydides

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    The best books on US Foreign Policy - American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony by Samuel P Huntington

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    American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony
    by Samuel P Huntington

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    The best books on US Foreign Policy - Duties Beyond Borders by Stanley Hoffmann

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    Duties Beyond Borders
    by Stanley Hoffmann

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    The best books on US Foreign Policy - The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria

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    The Post-American World
    by Fareed Zakaria

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    The best books on US Foreign Policy - The Frugal Superpower by Michael Mandelbaum

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    The Frugal Superpower
    by Michael Mandelbaum

  • The best books on US Foreign Policy - History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
  • The best books on US Foreign Policy - American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony by Samuel P Huntington
  • The best books on US Foreign Policy - Duties Beyond Borders by Stanley Hoffmann
  • The best books on US Foreign Policy - The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria
  • The best books on US Foreign Policy - The Frugal Superpower by Michael Mandelbaum

The best books on US Foreign Policy, recommended by Gideon Rose

Should America have intervened in Libya? Done more? Done less? Done it differently? The editor of Foreign Affairs, Gideon Rose, explains the tension that lies at the heart of every American foreign policy decision.

The best books on US Foreign Policy, recommended by Gideon Rose

    The best books on US Intervention, recommended by Lawrence Kaplan

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    The best books on US Intervention - Promised Land, Crusader State by Walter McDougall

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    Promised Land, Crusader State
    by Walter McDougall

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    The best books on US Intervention - Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland by Christopher Browning

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    Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
    by Christopher Browning

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    The best books on US Intervention - Strategies of Containment by John Gaddis

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    Strategies of Containment
    by John Gaddis

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    The best books on US Intervention - Dispatches by Michael Herr

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    Dispatches
    by Michael Herr

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    The best books on US Intervention - American Pastoral by Philip Roth

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    American Pastoral
    by Philip Roth

  • The best books on US Intervention - Promised Land, Crusader State by Walter McDougall
  • The best books on US Intervention - Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland by Christopher Browning
  • The best books on US Intervention - Strategies of Containment by John Gaddis
  • The best books on US Intervention - Dispatches by Michael Herr
  • The best books on US Intervention - American Pastoral by Philip Roth

The best books on US Intervention, recommended by Lawrence Kaplan

The foreign affairs commentator explains why US presidents have less room to manoeuvre on foreign policy than they think, and why President Obama had to set aside his “minimalist” inclinations.

The best books on US Intervention, recommended by Lawrence Kaplan

    The best books on East and West, recommended by Ian Buruma

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    The best books on East and West - Chinese Shadows by Simon Leys

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    Chinese Shadows
    by Simon Leys

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    The best books on East and West - A Passage to India by E M Forster

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    A Passage to India
    by E M Forster

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    The best books on East and West - The Inland Sea by Donald Richie

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    The Inland Sea
    by Donald Richie

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    The best books on East and West - The Hidden Force by Louis Couperus

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    The Hidden Force
    by Louis Couperus

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    The best books on East and West - The Quiet American by Graham Greene

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    The Quiet American
    by Graham Greene

  • The best books on East and West - Chinese Shadows by Simon Leys
  • The best books on East and West - A Passage to India by E M Forster
  • The best books on East and West - The Inland Sea by Donald Richie
  • The best books on East and West - The Hidden Force by Louis Couperus
  • The best books on East and West - The Quiet American by Graham Greene

The best books on East and West, recommended by Ian Buruma

The writer and historian Ian Buruma selects five Western perspectives of the East, including a novel of colonial India, a travelogue of disappearing Japan, and the collection of essays that lifted the veil on Mao’s China.

The best books on East and West, recommended by Ian Buruma

    The best books on US Militarism, recommended by Stephen Glain

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    The best books on US Militarism - The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam

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    The Best and the Brightest
    by David Halberstam

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    The best books on US Militarism - House of War by James Carroll

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    House of War
    by James Carroll

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    The best books on US Militarism - Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner

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    Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
    by Tim Weiner

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    The best books on US Militarism - American Rasputin by David Milne

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    American Rasputin
    by David Milne

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    The best books on US Militarism - Perils of Dominance by Gareth Porter

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    Perils of Dominance
    by Gareth Porter

  • The best books on US Militarism - The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam
  • The best books on US Militarism - House of War by James Carroll
  • The best books on US Militarism - Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner
  • The best books on US Militarism - American Rasputin by David Milne
  • The best books on US Militarism - Perils of Dominance by Gareth Porter

The best books on US Militarism, recommended by Stephen Glain

American presidents may not want to send troops into battle or militarise foreign policy but, in the end, most of them do. The author and journalist explains how this happens, and why it’s not even the military that’s to blame. He picks the best books on American militarism.

The best books on US Militarism, recommended by Stephen Glain

    The best books on Disaster Diplomacy, recommended by Ilan Kelman

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    The best books on Disaster Diplomacy - The City and the Stars by Arthur C Clarke

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    The City and the Stars
    by Arthur C Clarke

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    The best books on Disaster Diplomacy - At Risk by Ben Wisner, Piers Blaikie & Terry Cannon and Ian Davis

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    At Risk
    by Ben Wisner, Piers Blaikie & Terry Cannon and Ian Davis

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    The best books on Disaster Diplomacy - An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen

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    An Enemy of the People
    by Henrik Ibsen

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    The best books on Disaster Diplomacy - Development in Disaster-Prone Places: Studies of Vulnerability by James Lewis

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    Development in Disaster-Prone Places: Studies of Vulnerability
    by James Lewis

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    The best books on Disaster Diplomacy - The Politics of Natural Disaster: The Case of the Sahel Drought by Michael H Glantz (ed)

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    The Politics of Natural Disaster: The Case of the Sahel Drought
    by Michael H Glantz (ed)

  • The best books on Disaster Diplomacy - The City and the Stars by Arthur C Clarke
  • The best books on Disaster Diplomacy - At Risk by Ben Wisner, Piers Blaikie & Terry Cannon and Ian Davis
  • The best books on Disaster Diplomacy - An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen
  • The best books on Disaster Diplomacy - Development in Disaster-Prone Places: Studies of Vulnerability by James Lewis
  • The best books on Disaster Diplomacy - The Politics of Natural Disaster: The Case of the Sahel Drought by Michael H Glantz (ed)

The best books on Disaster Diplomacy, recommended by Ilan Kelman

The perception that disasters are isolated events beyond our control is simply not true, says the disaster research expert Dr Ilan Kelman. We – governments and others – have a greater role in creating them than we wish to acknowledge.

The best books on Disaster Diplomacy, recommended by Ilan Kelman

    The best books on Negotiation, recommended by Jonathan Powell

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    The best books on Negotiation - The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

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    The Prince
    by Niccolo Machiavelli

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    The best books on Negotiation - Diplomacy by Sir Harold Nicolson

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    Diplomacy
    by Sir Harold Nicolson

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    The best books on Negotiation - Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger

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    Diplomacy
    by Henry Kissinger

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    The best books on Negotiation - Bargaining with the Devil by Robert Mnookin

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    Bargaining with the Devil
    by Robert Mnookin

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    The best books on Negotiation - Taliban by Ahmed Rashid

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    Taliban
    by Ahmed Rashid

  • The best books on Negotiation - The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
  • The best books on Negotiation - Diplomacy by Sir Harold Nicolson
  • The best books on Negotiation - Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger
  • The best books on Negotiation - Bargaining with the Devil by Robert Mnookin
  • The best books on Negotiation - Taliban by Ahmed Rashid

The best books on Negotiation, recommended by Jonathan Powell

The former chief of staff to Tony Blair, Jonathan Powell, tells us about his experience of negotiating in Northern Ireland, and explains why it’s important never to lose your temper except on purpose

The best books on Negotiation, recommended by Jonathan Powell

    The best books on China and the West, recommended by Orville Schell

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    The best books on China and the West - To Change China by Jonathan Spence

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    To Change China
    by Jonathan Spence

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    The best books on China and the West - In Search of Wealth of Power by Benjamin Schwartz

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    In Search of Wealth of Power
    by Benjamin Schwartz

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    The best books on China and the West - Hermit of Peking by Hugh Trevor-Roper

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    Hermit of Peking
    by Hugh Trevor-Roper

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    The best books on China and the West - Thunder Out of China by Theodore H White and Annalee Jacoby

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    Thunder Out of China
    by Theodore H White and Annalee Jacoby

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    The best books on China and the West - Chinese Shadows by Simon Leys

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    Chinese Shadows
    by Simon Leys

  • The best books on China and the West - To Change China by Jonathan Spence
  • The best books on China and the West - In Search of Wealth of Power by Benjamin Schwartz
  • The best books on China and the West - Hermit of Peking by Hugh Trevor-Roper
  • The best books on China and the West - Thunder Out of China by Theodore H White and Annalee Jacoby
  • The best books on China and the West - Chinese Shadows by Simon Leys

The best books on China and the West, recommended by Orville Schell

The changing relationship between China and America will be one of the defining foreign policy issues of our times. To understand its dynamic, says sinologist Orville Schell, we must take account of China’s lingering sense of victimhood.

The best books on China and the West, recommended by Orville Schell

    The best books on The Leaderless Revolution, recommended by Carne Ross

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    The best books on The Leaderless Revolution - Common Sense by Thomas Paine

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    Common Sense
    by Thomas Paine

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    The best books on The Leaderless Revolution - The Proper Study of Mankind by Isaiah Berlin

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    The Proper Study of Mankind
    by Isaiah Berlin

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    The best books on The Leaderless Revolution - Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus by Ludwig Wittgenstein

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    Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
    by Ludwig Wittgenstein

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    The best books on The Leaderless Revolution - Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell

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    Homage to Catalonia
    by George Orwell

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    The best books on The Leaderless Revolution - Letters to a Young Contrarian by Christopher Hitchens

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    Letters to a Young Contrarian
    by Christopher Hitchens

  • The best books on The Leaderless Revolution - Common Sense by Thomas Paine
  • The best books on The Leaderless Revolution - The Proper Study of Mankind by Isaiah Berlin
  • The best books on The Leaderless Revolution - Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus by Ludwig Wittgenstein
  • The best books on The Leaderless Revolution - Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
  • The best books on The Leaderless Revolution - Letters to a Young Contrarian by Christopher Hitchens

The best books on The Leaderless Revolution, recommended by Carne Ross

Our political and economic systems are inadequate and failing. But what can we do? The author of a new book on the subject tells us what inspired his involvement in the Occupy movement and how a leaderless revolution could work

The best books on The Leaderless Revolution, recommended by Carne Ross

    The best books on Diplomacy, recommended by Michael Palliser

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    The best books on Diplomacy - Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger

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    Diplomacy
    by Henry Kissinger

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    The best books on Diplomacy - Talleyrand by Duff Cooper

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    Talleyrand
    by Duff Cooper

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    The best books on Diplomacy - Postwar: The Dawn of Today's Europe by Richard Mayne

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    Postwar: The Dawn of Today's Europe
    by Richard Mayne

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    The best books on Diplomacy - Le Fil de l'Epée by Charles De Gaulle

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    Le Fil de l'Epée
    by Charles De Gaulle

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    The best books on Diplomacy - The Boys on the Bongo Bus by John Dickie (journalist)

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    The Boys on the Bongo Bus
    by John Dickie (journalist)

  • The best books on Diplomacy - Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger
  • The best books on Diplomacy - Talleyrand by Duff Cooper
  • The best books on Diplomacy - Postwar: The Dawn of Today's Europe by Richard Mayne
  • The best books on Diplomacy - Le Fil de l'Epée by Charles De Gaulle
  • The best books on Diplomacy - The Boys on the Bongo Bus by John Dickie (journalist)

The best books on Diplomacy, recommended by Michael Palliser

Veteran diplomat Michael Palliser discusses his friend Henry Kissinger’s diplomatic skills and says his experiences in post-war Germany made him a committed European

The best books on Diplomacy, recommended by Michael Palliser

    The best books on Non-Military Solutions to Political Conflict, recommended by David Cortright

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    The best books on Non-Military Solutions to Political Conflict - Civilian Jihad by Maria J. Stephan (Editor)

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    Civilian Jihad
    by Maria J. Stephan (Editor)

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    The best books on Non-Military Solutions to Political Conflict - The Ultimate Weapon is No Weapon by Mary Kaldor & Shannon D. Beebe, Mary H. Kaldor

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    The Ultimate Weapon is No Weapon
    by Mary Kaldor & Shannon D. Beebe, Mary H. Kaldor

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    The best books on Non-Military Solutions to Political Conflict - No God but God by Reza Aslan

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    No God but God
    by Reza Aslan

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    The best books on Non-Military Solutions to Political Conflict - How Terrorist Groups End by Seth G. Jones and Martin Libicky

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    How Terrorist Groups End
    by Seth G. Jones and Martin Libicky

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    The best books on Non-Military Solutions to Political Conflict - Vietnam by John Prados

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    Vietnam
    by John Prados

  • The best books on Non-Military Solutions to Political Conflict - Civilian Jihad by Maria J. Stephan (Editor)
  • The best books on Non-Military Solutions to Political Conflict - The Ultimate Weapon is No Weapon by Mary Kaldor & Shannon D. Beebe, Mary H. Kaldor
  • The best books on Non-Military Solutions to Political Conflict - No God but God by Reza Aslan
  • The best books on Non-Military Solutions to Political Conflict - How Terrorist Groups End by Seth G. Jones and Martin Libicky
  • The best books on Non-Military Solutions to Political Conflict - Vietnam by John Prados

The best books on Non-Military Solutions to Political Conflict, recommended by David Cortright

David Cortright, Notre Dame peace studies expert, identifies and rejects one of the myths about non-violent action: that it only works in liberal democracies. He outlines that non-violent protests can achieve their aims, that terrorism can only cease through negotiation, and that wars rarely have winners.

The best books on Non-Military Solutions to Political Conflict, recommended by David Cortright

    The best books on U.S. relations with Latin America, recommended by William LeoGrande

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    The best books on U.S. relations with Latin America - Beneath the United States by Lars Schoultz

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    Beneath the United States
    by Lars Schoultz

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    The best books on U.S. relations with Latin America - Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene

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    Our Man in Havana
    by Graham Greene

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    The best books on U.S. relations with Latin America - Inevitable Revolutions by Walter LaFeber

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    Inevitable Revolutions
    by Walter LaFeber

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    The best books on U.S. relations with Latin America - Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba by Tom Gjelten

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    Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba
    by Tom Gjelten

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    The best books on U.S. relations with Latin America - The Empire's Old Clothes by Ariel Dorfman

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    The Empire's Old Clothes
    by Ariel Dorfman

  • The best books on U.S. relations with Latin America - Beneath the United States by Lars Schoultz
  • The best books on U.S. relations with Latin America - Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene
  • The best books on U.S. relations with Latin America - Inevitable Revolutions by Walter LaFeber
  • The best books on U.S. relations with Latin America - Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba by Tom Gjelten
  • The best books on U.S. relations with Latin America - The Empire's Old Clothes by Ariel Dorfman

The best books on U.S. relations with Latin America, recommended by William LeoGrande

U.S. government adviser and Dean of the American University School of Public Affairs leads a book-bound tour that takes us from the Bacardi dynasty in Cuba to American military interventions in Central America

The best books on U.S. relations with Latin America, recommended by William LeoGrande

    Books on the History of International Relations, recommended by John Lewis Gaddis

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    Books on the History of International Relations - Latin America by Hal Brands

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    Latin America
    by Hal Brands

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    Books on the History of International Relations - The Sino-Soviet Split by Lorenz M Luthi

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    The Sino-Soviet Split
    by Lorenz M Luthi

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    Books on the History of International Relations - The Wilsonian Moment by Erez Manela

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    The Wilsonian Moment
    by Erez Manela

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    Books on the History of International Relations - Power and Protest by Jeremi Suri

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    Power and Protest
    by Jeremi Suri

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    Books on the History of International Relations - Nexus by Jonathan Reed Winkler

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    Nexus
    by Jonathan Reed Winkler

  • Books on the History of International Relations - Latin America by Hal Brands
  • Books on the History of International Relations - The Sino-Soviet Split by Lorenz M Luthi
  • Books on the History of International Relations - The Wilsonian Moment by Erez Manela
  • Books on the History of International Relations - Power and Protest by Jeremi Suri
  • Books on the History of International Relations - Nexus by Jonathan Reed Winkler

Books on the History of International Relations, recommended by John Lewis Gaddis

Yale professor John Lewis Gaddis points to research showing that, contrary to widespread belief, Mao was regularly briefed on the famine he had caused

Books on the History of International Relations, recommended by John Lewis Gaddis

    The best books on War and Foreign Policy, recommended by John David Lewis

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    The best books on War and Foreign Policy - Rise of the Roman Empire by Polybius by Ian Scott-Kilvert

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    Rise of the Roman Empire by Polybius
    by Ian Scott-Kilvert

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    The best books on War and Foreign Policy - Neoconservatism by C Bradley Thompson and Yaron Brook

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    Neoconservatism
    by C Bradley Thompson and Yaron Brook

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    The best books on War and Foreign Policy - Winning the Unwinnable War by Elan Journo

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    Winning the Unwinnable War
    by Elan Journo

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    The best books on War and Foreign Policy - A Foreign Policy of Self Interest by Peter Schwartz

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    A Foreign Policy of Self Interest
    by Peter Schwartz

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    The best books on War and Foreign Policy - Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II by John W Dower

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    Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II
    by John W Dower

  • The best books on War and Foreign Policy - Rise of the Roman Empire by Polybius by Ian Scott-Kilvert
  • The best books on War and Foreign Policy - Neoconservatism by C Bradley Thompson and Yaron Brook
  • The best books on War and Foreign Policy - Winning the Unwinnable War by Elan Journo
  • The best books on War and Foreign Policy - A Foreign Policy of Self Interest by Peter Schwartz
  • The best books on War and Foreign Policy - Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II by John W Dower

The best books on War and Foreign Policy, recommended by John David Lewis

Duke University professor choose fives books on war and foreign policy and says that neoconservative veneration of nationalism leads to a foreign policy of perpetual war overseas

The best books on War and Foreign Policy, recommended by John David Lewis

    The best books on The Thrill of Diplomacy, recommended by Mike Maclay

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    The best books on The Thrill of Diplomacy - The Laughing Diplomat by Daniele Varè

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    The Laughing Diplomat
    by Daniele Varè

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    The best books on The Thrill of Diplomacy - Peacemakers by Margaret MacMillan

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    Peacemakers
    by Margaret MacMillan

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    The best books on The Thrill of Diplomacy - The Search for Peace by Douglas Hurd

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    The Search for Peace
    by Douglas Hurd

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    The best books on The Thrill of Diplomacy - Peace Journey by Carl Bildt

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    Peace Journey
    by Carl Bildt

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    The best books on The Thrill of Diplomacy - The Utility of Force by Rupert Smith

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    The Utility of Force
    by Rupert Smith

  • The best books on The Thrill of Diplomacy - The Laughing Diplomat by Daniele Varè
  • The best books on The Thrill of Diplomacy - Peacemakers by Margaret MacMillan
  • The best books on The Thrill of Diplomacy - The Search for Peace by Douglas Hurd
  • The best books on The Thrill of Diplomacy - Peace Journey by Carl Bildt
  • The best books on The Thrill of Diplomacy - The Utility of Force by Rupert Smith

The best books on The Thrill of Diplomacy, recommended by Mike Maclay

Ex-diplomat who served as Special Advisor to UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd, chooses five books on the glamour, the reality and the future of the people trained in the canny art of diplomacy

The best books on The Thrill of Diplomacy, recommended by Mike Maclay

    The best books on Diplomacy, recommended by Jeremy Greenstock

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    The best books on Diplomacy - Satow’s Diplomatic Practice by Sir Ivor Roberts

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    Satow’s Diplomatic Practice
    by Sir Ivor Roberts

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    The best books on Diplomacy - Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger

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    Diplomacy
    by Henry Kissinger

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    The best books on Diplomacy - Choose Your Weapons by Douglas Hurd

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    Choose Your Weapons
    by Douglas Hurd

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    The best books on Diplomacy - Fiasco by Thomas E Ricks

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    Fiasco
    by Thomas E Ricks

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    The best books on Diplomacy - New World Disorder by David Hannay

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    New World Disorder
    by David Hannay

  • The best books on Diplomacy - Satow’s Diplomatic Practice by Sir Ivor Roberts
  • The best books on Diplomacy - Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger
  • The best books on Diplomacy - Choose Your Weapons by Douglas Hurd
  • The best books on Diplomacy - Fiasco by Thomas E Ricks
  • The best books on Diplomacy - New World Disorder by David Hannay

The best books on Diplomacy, recommended by Jeremy Greenstock

The veteran British diplomat Jeremy Greenstock talks about the history and future of diplomacy. On Iraq: ‘The magnificent work that was done was largely wasted, and lives with it – both Iraqi and outsiders’

The best books on Diplomacy, recommended by Jeremy Greenstock

    The best books on The Diplomat’s Wife, recommended by Brigid Keenan

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    The best books on The Diplomat’s Wife - Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen

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    Out of Africa
    by Isak Dinesen

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    The best books on The Diplomat’s Wife - The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

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    The Poisonwood Bible
    by Barbara Kingsolver

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    The best books on The Diplomat’s Wife - An English Lady in Chinese Turkestan by Lady Catherine Macartney

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    An English Lady in Chinese Turkestan
    by Lady Catherine Macartney

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    The best books on The Diplomat’s Wife - The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine and the Holy Land by Isabel Burton

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    The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine and the Holy Land
    by Isabel Burton

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    The best books on The Diplomat’s Wife - The Jewel in the Crown by Paul Scott

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    The Jewel in the Crown
    by Paul Scott

  • The best books on The Diplomat’s Wife - Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
  • The best books on The Diplomat’s Wife - The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
  • The best books on The Diplomat’s Wife - An English Lady in Chinese Turkestan by Lady Catherine Macartney
  • The best books on The Diplomat’s Wife - The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine and the Holy Land by Isabel Burton
  • The best books on The Diplomat’s Wife - The Jewel in the Crown by Paul Scott

The best books on The Diplomat’s Wife, recommended by Brigid Keenan

The author discusses a varied selection of books about young women living abroad. Draws on her own experiences as a Diplomat’s Wife. Features Out of Africa and The Jewel In The Crown with three more travel classics

The best books on The Diplomat’s Wife, recommended by Brigid Keenan

    The best books on Grand Strategy, recommended by Charles Kupchan

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    The best books on Grand Strategy - War and Change in World Politics by Robert Gilpin

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    War and Change in World Politics
    by Robert Gilpin

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    The best books on Grand Strategy - The Rise and Fall of British Naval Mastery by Paul Kennedy

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    The Rise and Fall of British Naval Mastery
    by Paul Kennedy

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    The best books on Grand Strategy - Strategies of Containment by John Gaddis

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    Strategies of Containment
    by John Gaddis

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    The best books on Grand Strategy - Political Community in the North Atlantic Area by Karl Deutsch et al

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    Political Community in the North Atlantic Area
    by Karl Deutsch et al

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    The best books on Grand Strategy - After Victory by John Ikenberry

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    After Victory
    by John Ikenberry

  • The best books on Grand Strategy - War and Change in World Politics by Robert Gilpin
  • The best books on Grand Strategy - The Rise and Fall of British Naval Mastery by Paul Kennedy
  • The best books on Grand Strategy - Strategies of Containment by John Gaddis
  • The best books on Grand Strategy - Political Community in the North Atlantic Area by Karl Deutsch et al
  • The best books on Grand Strategy - After Victory by John Ikenberry

The best books on Grand Strategy, recommended by Charles Kupchan

The Professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University and Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations discusses diplomacy versus coercion and selects five essential books on international relations.

The best books on Grand Strategy, recommended by Charles Kupchan

    The best books on Why We Need Diplomats, recommended by Geoff Berridge

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    The best books on Why We Need Diplomats - The Embassador and His Functions by Abraham de Wicquefort

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    The Embassador and His Functions
    by Abraham de Wicquefort

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    The best books on Why We Need Diplomats - The Evolution of Diplomatic Method by Harold Nicolson

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    The Evolution of Diplomatic Method
    by Harold Nicolson

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    The best books on Why We Need Diplomats - White House Years by Henry Kissinger

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    White House Years
    by Henry Kissinger

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    The best books on Why We Need Diplomats - The Collision of Two Civilisations by Alain Peyrefitte

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    The Collision of Two Civilisations
    by Alain Peyrefitte

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    The best books on Why We Need Diplomats - The Cinderella Service by D C M Platt

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    The Cinderella Service
    by D C M Platt

  • The best books on Why We Need Diplomats - The Embassador and His Functions by Abraham de Wicquefort
  • The best books on Why We Need Diplomats - The Evolution of Diplomatic Method by Harold Nicolson
  • The best books on Why We Need Diplomats - White House Years by Henry Kissinger
  • The best books on Why We Need Diplomats - The Collision of Two Civilisations by Alain Peyrefitte
  • The best books on Why We Need Diplomats - The Cinderella Service by D C M Platt

The best books on Why We Need Diplomats, recommended by Geoff Berridge

Academic and author of textbooks on the field tells us that diplomacy can well do without rank amateurs “in the same way that medicine can do without snake-oil merchants”

The best books on Why We Need Diplomats, recommended by Geoff Berridge

    The best books on Pioneers of Intelligence Gathering, recommended by Michael Goodman

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    The best books on Pioneers of Intelligence Gathering - The Very Best Men by Evan Thomas

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    The Very Best Men
    by Evan Thomas

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    The best books on Pioneers of Intelligence Gathering - Wilderness of Mirrors by David C Martin

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    Wilderness of Mirrors
    by David C Martin

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    The best books on Pioneers of Intelligence Gathering - Flawed Patriot by Bayard Stockton

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    Flawed Patriot
    by Bayard Stockton

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    The best books on Pioneers of Intelligence Gathering - Most Secret War by R V Jones

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    Most Secret War
    by R V Jones

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    The best books on Pioneers of Intelligence Gathering - The Quest for C by Alan Judd

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    The Quest for C
    by Alan Judd

  • The best books on Pioneers of Intelligence Gathering - The Very Best Men by Evan Thomas
  • The best books on Pioneers of Intelligence Gathering - Wilderness of Mirrors by David C Martin
  • The best books on Pioneers of Intelligence Gathering - Flawed Patriot by Bayard Stockton
  • The best books on Pioneers of Intelligence Gathering - Most Secret War by R V Jones
  • The best books on Pioneers of Intelligence Gathering - The Quest for C by Alan Judd

The best books on Pioneers of Intelligence Gathering, recommended by Michael Goodman

The senior lecturer in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, chooses books on the real pioneers of British and American espionage – flawed men who saved lives and made a difference.

The best books on Pioneers of Intelligence Gathering, recommended by Michael Goodman

    The best books on US-Israel Relations, recommended by Stephen Walt

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    The best books on US-Israel Relations - The Israel Lobby and American Foreign Policy by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt

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    The Israel Lobby and American Foreign Policy
    by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt

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    The best books on US-Israel Relations - Exodus by Leon Uris

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    Exodus
    by Leon Uris

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    The best books on US-Israel Relations - The Holocaust in American Life by Peter Novick

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    The Holocaust in American Life
    by Peter Novick

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    The best books on US-Israel Relations - Peace Process by William Quandt

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    Peace Process
    by William Quandt

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    The best books on US-Israel Relations - On the Road to Armageddon by Timothy P Weber

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    On the Road to Armageddon
    by Timothy P Weber

  • The best books on US-Israel Relations - The Israel Lobby and American Foreign Policy by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt
  • The best books on US-Israel Relations - Exodus by Leon Uris
  • The best books on US-Israel Relations - The Holocaust in American Life by Peter Novick
  • The best books on US-Israel Relations - Peace Process by William Quandt
  • The best books on US-Israel Relations - On the Road to Armageddon by Timothy P Weber

The best books on US-Israel Relations, recommended by Stephen Walt

The international relations professor tells us about the special relationship between America and Israel – how it came about, what it means, and how it should change

The best books on US-Israel Relations, recommended by Stephen Walt

    The best books on The United Nations, recommended by Edward Mortimer

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    The best books on The United Nations - A Life in Peace and War by Brian Urquhart

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    A Life in Peace and War
    by Brian Urquhart

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    The best books on The United Nations - Kofi Annan by Fred Eckhard

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    Kofi Annan
    by Fred Eckhard

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    The best books on The United Nations - Chasing the Flame by Samantha Power

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    Chasing the Flame
    by Samantha Power

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    The best books on The United Nations - The Best Intentions by James Traub

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    The Best Intentions
    by James Traub

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    The best books on The United Nations - A Billion Lives by Jan Egeland

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    A Billion Lives
    by Jan Egeland

  • The best books on The United Nations - A Life in Peace and War by Brian Urquhart
  • The best books on The United Nations - Kofi Annan by Fred Eckhard
  • The best books on The United Nations - Chasing the Flame by Samantha Power
  • The best books on The United Nations - The Best Intentions by James Traub
  • The best books on The United Nations - A Billion Lives by Jan Egeland

The best books on The United Nations, recommended by Edward Mortimer

Edward Mortimer, the former Director of Communications to Kofi Annan talks about the need for reform, how when the Camp David talks broke down “the whole atmosphere in the organization became poison”, and his boss. He picks the best five books on the United Nations.

The best books on The United Nations, recommended by Edward Mortimer

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