AliIsmail
Ali Ismail

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#2
Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness, 1948-1991
Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness, 1948-1991
  • Kenneth M. Pollack
00 reads
#3
Waging modern war
Waging modern war
  • Wesley K. Clark
01 read
#4
Duty
Duty
  • Robert M. Gates
3.254 reads
#5
Masters of War
Masters of War
  • Michael Handel
00 reads
#6
The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century
The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century
  • Thomas X. Hammes
00 reads
#7
Cover 2

Afghanistan from the Cold War through the War on Terror

Afghanistan from the Cold War through the War on Terror
  • Barnett R. Rubin
21 read
#8
Cover 8

The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War

The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War
  • Campbell Craig
  • Sergey Radchenko
00 reads
#9
A Peace to End All Peace
A Peace to End All Peace
  • David Fromkin
42 reads
#10
Political Order and Political Decay
Political Order and Political Decay
  • Francis Fukuyama
54 reads
#11
The Balkans
The Balkans
  • Misha Glenny
36 reads
#12
Clausewitz on Strategy : Inspiration and Insight from a Master Strategist
Clausewitz on Strategy : Inspiration and Insight from a Master Strategist
  • Tiha von Ghyczy
  • Christopher Bassford
  • Bolko von Oetinger
3.757 reads
#13
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty
  • Daron Acemoğlu
31 read
#14
The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
  • Francis Fukuyama
3.7120 reads
#15
The World Without Us
The World Without Us
  • Alan Weisman
3.6448 reads
#16
Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air
Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air
  • David J.C. MacKay
4.333 reads
#17
Why the West Rules-for Now: The Patterns of History & What They Reveal About the Future
Why the West Rules-for Now: The Patterns of History & What They Reveal About the Future
  • Ian Morris
4.53 reads
#18
The Revenge of History
The Revenge of History
  • Seumas Milne
00 reads
#19
Beware of Small States: Lebanon, Battleground of the Middle East
Beware of Small States: Lebanon, Battleground of the Middle East
  • David Hirst
51 read
#20
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations
  • David S. Landes
51 read
#21
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
  • Edward Gibbon
3.6713 reads
#22
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Black Garden

Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War
  • Thomas de Waal
00 reads
#23
Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance—and Why They Fall
Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance—and Why They Fall
  • Amy Chua
41 read
#24
On Saudi Arabia
On Saudi Arabia
  • Karen Elliott House
00 reads
#25
Cover 5

Muqtada

Muqtada: Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia Revival, and the Struggle for Iraq
  • Patrick Cockburn
31 read
#26
The Rise of Islamic State: Isis and the New Sunni Revolution
The Rise of Islamic State: Isis and the New Sunni Revolution
  • Patrick Cockburn
01 read
#27
The Last Empire
The Last Empire
  • Serhii Plokhy
41 read
#28
The Bridge on the Drina
The Bridge on the Drina
  • Ivo Andrić
  • Lovett F. Edwards (Translator)
3.9413 reads
#29
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
  • Rebecca West
00 reads
#30
Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence
Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence
  • Karen Armstrong
4.333 reads
#31
The Changing Face of China: From Mao to Market
The Changing Face of China: From Mao to Market
  • John Gittings
00 reads
#32
The Iran-Iraq War: A Military and Strategic History
The Iran-Iraq War: A Military and Strategic History
  • Williamson Murray
  • Kevin M. Woods
00 reads
#33
Mao's Great Famine: The History Of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62
Mao's Great Famine: The History Of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62
  • Frank Dikötter
2.51 read
#34
Seeing Like a State
Seeing Like a State
  • James C. Scott
4.0718 reads
#35
Lenin's Tomb
Lenin's Tomb
  • David Remnick
3.754 reads
#36
The Crimean War
The Crimean War
  • Orlando Figes
01 read
#37
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000
  • Paul Kennedy
4.53 reads
#38
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
  • Naomi Klein
4.1656 reads
#39
The New Spirit of Capitalism
The New Spirit of Capitalism
  • Luc Boltanski
  • Ève Chiapello
  • Gregory Elliott (Translator)
03 reads
#40
The Decline of the West, Vol 1: Form and Actuality
The Decline of the West, Vol 1: Form and Actuality
  • Oswald Spengler
22 reads
#41
The Evolution of Civilizations: An Introduction to Historical Analysis
The Evolution of Civilizations: An Introduction to Historical Analysis
  • Carroll Quigley
00 reads
#42
Cover 4

Man, the State, and War

Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis
  • Kenneth N. Waltz
45 reads
#43
Cover 7

Arms and Influence

Arms and Influence
  • Thomas C. Schelling
00 reads
#44
Cover 7

Why Intelligence Fails

Why Intelligence Fails: Lessons from the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq War
  • Robert Jervis
31 read
#45
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics
  • John J. Mearsheimer
43 reads
#46
Nations and Nationalism
Nations and Nationalism
  • Ernest Gellner
  • Simten Coşar (Translator)
  • Saltuk Özertürk (Translator)
  • Nalan Soyarık (Translator)
44 reads
#47
The Great Transformation
The Great Transformation
  • Karen Armstrong
41 read
#48
Africa
Africa
  • John Reader
00 reads
#49
Iron Kingdom
Iron Kingdom
  • Christopher Clark
45 reads
#50
Cover 5

The Political Economy of International Relations

The Political Economy of International Relations
  • Robert Gilpin
00 reads
#51
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
  • Steve Coll
4.2521 reads
#52
Taliban
Taliban
  • Ahmed Rashid
43 reads
#53
Blowback : the costs and consequences of American empire
Blowback : the costs and consequences of American empire
  • Chalmers Johnson
41 read
#54
The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years
The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years
  • Chingiz Aitmatov
  • John French (Translator)
41 read
#55
We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People
We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People
  • Peter Van Buren
41 read
#56
Cover 2

Foreign Policy and Democratic Politics

Foreign Policy and Democratic Politics
  • Kenneth N. Waltz
00 reads
#57
Diplomacy
Diplomacy
  • Henry Kissinger
  • Γιούρι Κοβαλένκο (Translator)
54 reads
#58
On China
On China
  • Henry Kissinger
411 reads
#59
The End of Empire in French West Africa: France's Successful Decolonization
The End of Empire in French West Africa: France's Successful Decolonization
  • Tony Chafer
41 read
#60
Lebanon: A History, 600 - 2011
Lebanon: A History, 600 - 2011
  • William W. Harris
01 read
#61
Levant: Splendour and Catastrophe on the Mediterranean
Levant: Splendour and Catastrophe on the Mediterranean
  • Philip Mansel
00 reads
#62
Cover 5

A Line in the Sand

A Line in the Sand: Britain, France and the Struggle that Shaped the Middle East
  • James Barr
3.676 reads
#63
Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference
Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference
  • Jane Burbank
  • Frederick Cooper
00 reads
#64
A Lethal Obsession: Anti-semitism from Antiquity to the Global Jihad
A Lethal Obsession: Anti-semitism from Antiquity to the Global Jihad
  • S.W. Wistrich
00 reads
#65
A convenient hatred
A convenient hatred
  • Phyllis Goldstein
00 reads
#66
The Road to Serfdom
The Road to Serfdom
  • Friedrich A. Hayek
  • Edwin J. Feulner
4.3119 reads
#67
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
  • Ayn Rand
3.15295 reads
#68
On Politics
On Politics
  • Alan Ryan
41 read
#69
Carnage and Culture
Carnage and Culture
  • Victor Davis Hanson
43 reads
#70
Ecological Imperialism
Ecological Imperialism
  • Alfred W. Crosby
31 read
#71
Civilization: The West and the Rest
Civilization: The West and the Rest
  • Niall Ferguson
3.56 reads
#72
The Lever of Riches
The Lever of Riches
  • Joel Mokyr
01 read
#73
Cover 2

Yugoslavia as History 2ed

Yugoslavia as History 2ed
  • John R. Lampe
00 reads
#74
A History of the Arab Peoples
A History of the Arab Peoples
  • Albert Hourani
31 read
#75
Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World
Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World
  • Barrington Moore Jr.
00 reads
#76
The Age of Capital, 1848 -1875
The Age of Capital, 1848 -1875
  • Eric J. Hobsbawm
54 reads
#77
The Age of Extremes
The Age of Extremes
  • Eric J. Hobsbawm
4.259 reads
#78
The Age of Empire, 1875-1914
The Age of Empire, 1875-1914
  • Eric J. Hobsbawm
54 reads
#79
The age of revolution, 1789-1848.
The age of revolution, 1789-1848.
  • Eric Hobsbawm
4.149 reads
#80
The Arabs: A History
The Arabs: A History
  • Eugene Rogan
41 read
#81
The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East
The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East
  • Eugene Rogan
02 reads
#82
Anarchism
Anarchism
  • Daniel Guérin
00 reads
#83
Proposed Roads to Freedom: Socialism, Anarchism and Syndicalism
Proposed Roads to Freedom: Socialism, Anarchism and Syndicalism
  • Bertrand Russell
00 reads
#84
Demanding the impossible
Demanding the impossible
  • Peter H. Marshall
53 reads
#85
21st Century Dissent: Anarchism, Anti-Globalization and Environmentalism
21st Century Dissent: Anarchism, Anti-Globalization and Environmentalism
  • Giorel Curran
31 read
#86
In Defense of Anarchism
In Defense of Anarchism
  • Robert Paul Wolff
00 reads
#87
Anarchism
Anarchism
  • George Woodcock
00 reads
#88
Anarchism and Authority: A Philosophical Introduction to Classical Anarchism
Anarchism and Authority: A Philosophical Introduction to Classical Anarchism
  • Paul McLaughlin
00 reads
#89
The Economics and Ethics of Private Property: Studies in Political Economy and Philosophy
The Economics and Ethics of Private Property: Studies in Political Economy and Philosophy
  • Hans-Hermann Hoppe
01 read
#90
The Republic
The Republic
  • Plato
3.75186 reads
#91
The Prince
The Prince
  • Niccolò Machiavelli
  • Rufus Goodwin (Translator)
3.68227 reads
#92
Politics
Politics
  • Aristotle
3.6625 reads
#93
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
  • Samuel P. Huntington
3.677 reads
#94
Asia's cauldron
Asia's cauldron
  • Robert D. Kaplan
00 reads
#95
Cover 0

The Grand Chessboard

The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and its Geostrategic Imperatives
  • Zbigniew Brzeziński
44 reads
#96
The Revenge Of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
The Revenge Of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
  • Robert D. Kaplan
32 reads
#97
Foundation's edge
Foundation's edge
  • Isaac Asimov
3.94221 reads
#98
Second Foundation
Second Foundation
  • Isaac Asimov
4.16404 reads
#99
Foundation and Empire
Foundation and Empire
  • Isaac Asimov
4.03447 reads
#100
Foundation
Foundation
  • Isaac Asimov
3.99974 reads
#101
Orientalism
Orientalism
  • Edward W. Said
4.1733 reads