AY17 SAASS Reading List 1

1.
Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace
Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace 4.03 avg rating — 359 ratings
2.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow 4.17 avg rating — 564,644 ratings
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The Last Warrior: Andrew Marshall and the Shaping of Modern American Defense Strategy
The Last Warrior: Andrew Marshall and the Shaping of Modern American Defense Strategy 3.91 avg rating — 346 ratings
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The Guns of August
The Guns of August 4.18 avg rating — 82,609 ratings
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Pure Strategy: Power and Principle in the Space and Information Age
Pure Strategy: Power and Principle in the Space and Information Age 4.09 avg rating — 79 ratings
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The Strategy Bridge: Theory for Practice
The Strategy Bridge: Theory for Practice 4.01 avg rating — 68 ratings
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Winged Defense: The Development and Possibilities of Modern Air Power--Economic and Military
Winged Defense: The Development and Possibilities of Modern Air Power--Economic and Military 3.60 avg rating — 72 ratings
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United States and Coercive Diplomacy
United States and Coercive Diplomacy 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Anti-Access Warfare: Countering A2/AD Strategies
Anti-Access Warfare: Countering A2/AD Strategies 4.03 avg rating — 35 ratings
10.
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions 4.03 avg rating — 29,127 ratings
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The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War 3.94 avg rating — 39,937 ratings
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Perception and Misperception in International Politics
Perception and Misperception in International Politics 4.16 avg rating — 410 ratings
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Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis
Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis 4.05 avg rating — 1,360 ratings
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Analogies at War: Korea, Munich, Dien Bien Phu, and the Vietnam Decisions of 1965
Analogies at War: Korea, Munich, Dien Bien Phu, and the Vietnam Decisions of 1965 3.66 avg rating — 131 ratings
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America's Economic Way of War: War and the US Economy from the Spanish-American War to the Persian Gulf War (New Approaches to Economic and Social History)
America's Economic Way of War: War and the US Economy from the Spanish-American War to the Persian Gulf War (New Approaches to Economic and Social History) 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Armed Servants: Agency, Oversight, and Civil-Military Relations
Armed Servants: Agency, Oversight, and Civil-Military Relations 3.71 avg rating — 82 ratings
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Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument With Historical Illustrations
Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument With Historical Illustrations 3.86 avg rating — 2,877 ratings
18.
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age 4.03 avg rating — 1,906 ratings
19.
War in European History
War in European History 3.96 avg rating — 614 ratings
20.
Air Power and Armies
Air Power and Armies 3.69 avg rating — 45 ratings
21.
Strategy: A History
Strategy: A History 3.97 avg rating — 2,906 ratings
22.
The First Air War, 1914-1918
The First Air War, 1914-1918 3.65 avg rating — 124 ratings
23.
Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare: The Evolution of British and American Ideas about Strategic Bombing, 1914-1945
Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare: The Evolution of British and American Ideas about Strategic Bombing, 1914-1945 3.85 avg rating — 104 ratings
24.
Bombing the People: Giulio Douhet and the Foundations of Air-Power Strategy, 1884–1939
Bombing the People: Giulio Douhet and the Foundations of Air-Power Strategy, 1884–1939 2.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
25.
The Most Dangerous Enemy: A History of the Battle of Britain
The Most Dangerous Enemy: A History of the Battle of Britain 4.33 avg rating — 830 ratings
26.
The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy 4.53 avg rating — 2,863 ratings
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How the War Was Won: Air-Sea Power and Allied Victory in World War II
How the War Was Won: Air-Sea Power and Allied Victory in World War II 4.37 avg rating — 406 ratings
28.
Sunburst: The Rise of Japanese Naval Air Power, 1909-1941
Sunburst: The Rise of Japanese Naval Air Power, 1909-1941 3.90 avg rating — 102 ratings
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MacArthur's Airman: General George C. Kenney and the War in the Southwest Pacific
MacArthur's Airman: General George C. Kenney and the War in the Southwest Pacific 3.83 avg rating — 59 ratings
30.
The Hump: America's Strategy for Keeping China in World War II
The Hump: America's Strategy for Keeping China in World War II 3.76 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Hap Arnold: The General Who Invented the US Air Force
Hap Arnold: The General Who Invented the US Air Force 4.09 avg rating — 98 ratings
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Soldiers, Statecraft, and History: Coercive Diplomacy and International Order
Soldiers, Statecraft, and History: Coercive Diplomacy and International Order really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings
33.
The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939: An Introduction to the Study of International Relations
The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939: An Introduction to the Study of International Relations 4.09 avg rating — 1,276 ratings
34.
Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis
Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis 3.97 avg rating — 2,056 ratings
35.
Theory of International Politics
Theory of International Politics 3.92 avg rating — 1,273 ratings
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The Tragedy of Great Power Politics
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics 4.06 avg rating — 3,584 ratings
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War and Change in World Politics
War and Change in World Politics 3.97 avg rating — 346 ratings
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Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order
Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order 3.60 avg rating — 205 ratings
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Social Theory of International Politics
Social Theory of International Politics 3.97 avg rating — 513 ratings
40.
The Purpose of Intervention: Changing Beliefs about the Use of Force
The Purpose of Intervention: Changing Beliefs about the Use of Force 3.84 avg rating — 83 ratings
41.
Arms and Influence (The Henry L. Stimson Lectures Series)
Arms and Influence (The Henry L. Stimson Lectures Series) 4.12 avg rating — 1,034 ratings
42.
Coercion, Survival, and War: Why Weak States Resist the United States
Coercion, Survival, and War: Why Weak States Resist the United States
by: Phil Haun
3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
43.
Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War
Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War 3.72 avg rating — 220 ratings
44.
The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed
The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed 3.97 avg rating — 450 ratings
45.
Producing Security: Multinational Corporations, Globalization, and the Changing Calculus of Conflict
Producing Security: Multinational Corporations, Globalization, and the Changing Calculus of Conflict 3.36 avg rating — 28 ratings
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The Rise of American Air Power: The Creation of Armageddon
The Rise of American Air Power: The Creation of Armageddon 3.65 avg rating — 71 ratings
47.
How Effective is Strategic Bombing?: Lessons Learned From World War II to Kosovo
How Effective is Strategic Bombing?: Lessons Learned From World War II to Kosovo 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
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To Save a City: The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949 (Volume 68) (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series)
To Save a City: The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949 (Volume 68) (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series) 3.45 avg rating — 49 ratings
49.
Strategy in the Missile Age
Strategy in the Missile Age 4.01 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Destroying the Village
Destroying the Village 3.73 avg rating — 44 ratings
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American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950-1953
American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950-1953 3.42 avg rating — 67 ratings
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Red Wings over the Yalu: China, the Soviet Union, and the Air War in Korea
Red Wings over the Yalu: China, the Soviet Union, and the Air War in Korea 3.64 avg rating — 56 ratings
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The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam
The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam 4.28 avg rating — 738 ratings
54.
To Kill Nations: American Strategy in the Air-Atomic Age and the Rise of Mutually Assured Destruction
To Kill Nations: American Strategy in the Air-Atomic Age and the Rise of Mutually Assured Destruction really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38 ratings
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The Limits of Air Power: The American Bombing of North Vietnam
The Limits of Air Power: The American Bombing of North Vietnam 3.95 avg rating — 147 ratings
56.
Powerful And Brutal Weapons: Nixon, Kissinger, and the Easter Offensive
Powerful And Brutal Weapons: Nixon, Kissinger, and the Easter Offensive 3.74 avg rating — 43 ratings
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The Limits of Soviet Airpower: The Bear versus the Mujahideen in Afghanistan, 1979-1989
The Limits of Soviet Airpower: The Bear versus the Mujahideen in Afghanistan, 1979-1989 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy
The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy 4.16 avg rating — 5,432 ratings
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The Pursuit of Power
The Pursuit of Power 4.07 avg rating — 603 ratings
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Does Technology Drive History? The Dilemma of Technological Determinism
Does Technology Drive History? The Dilemma of Technological Determinism 3.59 avg rating — 87 ratings
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The Social Construction of Technological Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology
The Social Construction of Technological Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology 3.93 avg rating — 150 ratings
62.
The Sources of Military Doctrine: France, Britain, and Germany Between the World Wars
The Sources of Military Doctrine: France, Britain, and Germany Between the World Wars 3.69 avg rating — 89 ratings
63.
Winning the Next War: Innovation and the Modern Military
Winning the Next War: Innovation and the Modern Military 3.97 avg rating — 91 ratings
64.
Rescuing Prometheus: Four Monumental Projects That Changed the Modern World
Rescuing Prometheus: Four Monumental Projects That Changed the Modern World 3.62 avg rating — 84 ratings
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Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance (Inside Technology)
Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance (Inside Technology) 4.09 avg rating — 79 ratings
66.
Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight
Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight 4.29 avg rating — 649 ratings
67.
Clashes: Air Combat over North Vietnam, 1965-1972
Clashes: Air Combat over North Vietnam, 1965-1972 4.20 avg rating — 85 ratings
68.
Strategic Computing: DARPA and the Quest for Machine Intelligence, 1983-1993
Strategic Computing: DARPA and the Quest for Machine Intelligence, 1983-1993 3.27 avg rating — 15 ratings
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The Logic of Violence in Civil War
The Logic of Violence in Civil War 4.20 avg rating — 312 ratings
70.
Understanding Modern Warfare
Understanding Modern Warfare 4.09 avg rating — 94 ratings
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The Evolution of a Revolt
The Evolution of a Revolt 3.97 avg rating — 117 ratings
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On Warfare: On Guerrilla Warfare/On Protracted War/Other Martial Writings
On Warfare: On Guerrilla Warfare/On Protracted War/Other Martial Writings 4.34 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Guerrilla Warfare
Guerrilla Warfare 3.77 avg rating — 4,103 ratings
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Revolution in the Revolution? Armed Struggle and Political Struggle in Latin America
Revolution in the Revolution? Armed Struggle and Political Struggle in Latin America 3.45 avg rating — 200 ratings
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The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements 4.20 avg rating — 11,544 ratings
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Milestones
Milestones 3.93 avg rating — 5,707 ratings
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New and Old Wars: Organized Violence in a Global Era
New and Old Wars: Organized Violence in a Global Era 3.67 avg rating — 384 ratings
78.
Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla
Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla 4.16 avg rating — 990 ratings
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Pacification in Algeria, 1956-1958
Pacification in Algeria, 1956-1958 3.77 avg rating — 112 ratings
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Modern Warfare: A French View of Counterinsurgency
Modern Warfare: A French View of Counterinsurgency 3.78 avg rating — 226 ratings
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The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth
The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth 3.85 avg rating — 3,932 ratings
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Networks of Rebellion: Explaining Insurgent Cohesion and Collapse
Networks of Rebellion: Explaining Insurgent Cohesion and Collapse 4.42 avg rating — 52 ratings
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How Terrorism Ends: Understanding the Decline and Demise of Terrorist Campaigns
How Terrorism Ends: Understanding the Decline and Demise of Terrorist Campaigns 4.01 avg rating — 206 ratings
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War from the Ground Up: Twenty-First Century Combat as Politics
War from the Ground Up: Twenty-First Century Combat as Politics 4.04 avg rating — 206 ratings
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Prodigal Soldiers: How the Generation of Officers Born of Vietnam Revolutionized the American Style of War
Prodigal Soldiers: How the Generation of Officers Born of Vietnam Revolutionized the American Style of War 4.29 avg rating — 150 ratings
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The Air Campaign: Planning for Combat
The Air Campaign: Planning for Combat 4.01 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Strategic Air Power in Desert Storm
Strategic Air Power in Desert Storm 3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings
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The Transformation of American Air Power
The Transformation of American Air Power 3.62 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Deliberate Force: A Case Study in Effective Air Campaigning : Final Report of the Air University Balkans Air Campaign Study
Deliberate Force: A Case Study in Effective Air Campaigning : Final Report of the Air University Balkans Air Campaign Study 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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NATO's Gamble: Combining Diplomacy and Airpower in the Kosovo Crisis, 1998-1999
NATO's Gamble: Combining Diplomacy and Airpower in the Kosovo Crisis, 1998-1999 3.31 avg rating — 35 ratings
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On Limited Nuclear War in the 21st Century
On Limited Nuclear War in the 21st Century 3.64 avg rating — 44 ratings
92.
A History of Air Warfare
A History of Air Warfare 3.77 avg rating — 111 ratings
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Global Air Power
Global Air Power 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Understanding Social Networks: Theories, Concepts, and Findings
Understanding Social Networks: Theories, Concepts, and Findings 3.81 avg rating — 168 ratings
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Networks and Netwars: The Future of Terror, Crime, and Militancy
Networks and Netwars: The Future of Terror, Crime, and Militancy 3.48 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Terrorism in Cyberspace: The Next Generation
Terrorism in Cyberspace: The Next Generation 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Why Intelligence Fails: Lessons from the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq War
Why Intelligence Fails: Lessons from the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq War 3.86 avg rating — 205 ratings
98.
The Wisdom of Crowds
The Wisdom of Crowds 3.82 avg rating — 24,614 ratings
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Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think
Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think 3.69 avg rating — 8,660 ratings
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Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know
Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know 3.83 avg rating — 1,380 ratings