International Relations, Books for Budding Diplomats
6. 
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
by:
Naomi Klein
4.16 avg rating β 27,262 ratings 7. 
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Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by:
Jared Diamond
4.04 avg rating β 445,043 ratings 
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The Hinge Factor: How Chance and Stupidity Have Changed History
by:
Erik Durschmied
3.38 avg rating β 1,851 ratings 
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With All Due Respect: Defending America With Grit and Grace
by:
Nikki R. Haley
4.24 avg rating β 4,265 ratings 18. 
The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities 4.09 avg rating β 1,145 ratings
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Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydidesβs Trap?
by:
Graham Allison
4.20 avg rating β 7,032 ratings 20. 
Introduction to the Reading of Hegel: Lectures on the Phenomenology of Spirit 4.09 avg rating β 1,666 ratings
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
by:
Dee Brown
4.26 avg rating β 99,681 ratings 23. 
The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East
by:
Robert Fisk
4.41 avg rating β 5,520 ratings 24. 
Why Leaders Lie: The Truth About Lying in International Politics 3.46 avg rating β 838 ratings
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An Accidental Diplomat: My Years in the Irish Foreign Service, 1987β1995
by:
Eamon DeLaney
3.55 avg rating β 77 ratings 
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Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century
by:
George Packer
4.38 avg rating β 2,265 ratings 25. 
American Hegemony and the Rise of Emerging Powers: Cooperation or Conflict 4.33 avg rating β 3 ratings
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Socialism with Chinese Characteristics. A Guide for Foreigners
by:
Roland Boer
4.43 avg rating β 90 ratings 25. 
Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace
by:
Matthew C. Klein
4.15 avg rating β 1,841 ratings 34. 
Aid Imperium: United States Foreign Policy and Human Rights in Post-Cold War Southeast Asia it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β 3 ratings
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The Next Front: Southeast Asia and the Road to Global Peace with Islam 3.83 avg rating β 24 ratings
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Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
by:
Michael Parenti
4.40 avg rating β 8,491 ratings 34. 
Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
by:
Paul Scharre
3.80 avg rating β 448 ratings 
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Ultrasociety: How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators on Earth
by:
Peter Turchin
4.11 avg rating β 436 ratings 38. 
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Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
by:
Chris Miller
4.41 avg rating β 36,754 ratings 42. 
42. 
Money Logging: On the Trail of the Asian Timber Mafia
by:
Lukas Straumann
4.55 avg rating β 107 ratings 42. 
The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and its Geostrategic Imperatives 3.97 avg rating β 3,276 ratings
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Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: Marketization of the Chinese Economy
by:
Harpal Brar
4.27 avg rating β 15 ratings 42. 
The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World
by:
Tim Marshall
3.92 avg rating β 6,391 ratings 
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The New Censorship: Inside the Global Battle for Media Freedom (Columbia Journalism Review Books)
by:
Joel Simon
3.66 avg rating β 35 ratings 47. 
The Destiny of Civilization: Finance Capitalism, Industrial Capitalism or Socialism
by:
Michael Hudson
4.49 avg rating β 86 ratings 47. 
AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
by:
Kai-Fu Lee
4.09 avg rating β 16,264 ratings 
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Ruling Capital: Emerging Markets and the Reregulation of Cross-Border Finance 3.86 avg rating β 7 ratings
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The Improbable War: China, The United States and Logic of Great Power Conflict 3.80 avg rating β 49 ratings
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Future Arctic: Field Notes from a World on the Edge
by:
Edward Struzik
4.03 avg rating β 65 ratings 
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Meltdown in Tibet: China's Reckless Destruction of Ecosystems from the Highlands of Tibet to the Deltas of Asia
by:
Michael Buckley
4.01 avg rating β 73 ratings 60. 
Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda
by:
Noam Chomsky
4.02 avg rating β 8,498 ratings 
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The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
by:
Vincent Bevins
4.61 avg rating β 14,803 ratings 
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The Price of Thirst: Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaos
by:
Karen Piper
3.83 avg rating β 156 ratings 
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Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions
by:
Paul Mason
3.75 avg rating β 268 ratings 
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The Edge of Extinction: Travels with Enduring People in Vanishing Lands
by:
Jules Pretty
3.14 avg rating β 28 ratings 
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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It
by:
Chris Voss
4.35 avg rating β 197,973 ratings 75. 
The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China
by:
Kevin Rudd
4.24 avg rating β 1,506 ratings 
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The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security
by:
Kevin D. Mitnick
3.77 avg rating β 7,162 ratings 77. 
Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
by:
Marion Nestle
3.94 avg rating β 4,624 ratings 77. 
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
by:
Tim Marshall
4.19 avg rating β 110,356 ratings 81. 
Conflict After the Cold War, Updated Edition (2nd Edition)
by:
Richard K. Betts
3.89 avg rating β 145 ratings 81. 
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by:
Jared Diamond
3.93 avg rating β 73,872 ratings 
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How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
by:
Steven Levitsky
4.16 avg rating β 30,324 ratings 
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How to Win an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians 3.80 avg rating β 1,221 ratings
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Fear of Abandonment: Australia in the World Since 1942
by:
Allan Gyngell
4.21 avg rating β 137 ratings 89. 
Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis
by:
Kenneth N. Waltz
3.97 avg rating β 2,055 ratings 89. 
The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More
by:
Chris Anderson
3.82 avg rating β 29,932 ratings 89. 
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by:
Jared Diamond
3.78 avg rating β 10,885 ratings 89. 
Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations
by:
Michael Walzer
3.86 avg rating β 2,877 ratings 
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
by:
Malcolm Gladwell
4.01 avg rating β 844,262 ratings 
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The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemicβand How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
by:
Steven Johnson
3.89 avg rating β 55,256 ratings 
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Perception and Misperception in International Politics
by:
Robert Jervis
4.16 avg rating β 410 ratings 99. 
Breaking Free: True Stories of Girls Who Escaped Modern Slavery
by:
Abby Sher
3.88 avg rating β 342 ratings