Book Notes

A collection of books I've read, am reading, or plan to read.

Cover of The Art of War

The Art of War
Antoine Henri baron de Jomini
complete 456 pages
Class: 600
Military art and science
Cover of On War

On War
Carl von Clausewitz
complete 751 pages
Class: 600
History
Cover of Why War?

Why War?
Richard Overy
complete 216 pages
Class: 601
History
Cover of How to Read a Book

How to Read a Book
Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren
complete 452 pages
Class: 690
Language Arts & Disciplines
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Cover of Digital Empires Digital Empires

The Global Battle to Regulate Technology

 Anu Bradford complete 677
Cover of This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends

A True Story

 Nicole Perlroth complete 667
Cover of Escalation Dynamics in Cyberspace Escalation Dynamics in Cyberspace Erica D. Lonergan, Shawn W. Lonergan complete 667
Cover of Age of Deception Age of Deception

Cybersecurity as Secret Statecraft

 Jon R. Lindsay complete 667
Cover of Offensive Cyber Operations Offensive Cyber Operations

Understanding Intangible Warfare

 Daniel Moore complete 667
Cover of Spin Dictators Spin Dictators

The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century

 Sergei Guriev, Daniel Treisman complete 667
Cover of World War II Memory and Contested Commemorations in Europe and Russia World War II Memory and Contested Commemorations in Europe and Russia Jennifer A. Yoder complete 667
Cover of How Data Happened How Data Happened

A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms

 Chris Wiggins, Matthew L. Jones complete 677
Cover of Subversion Subversion

The Strategic Weaponization of Narratives.

 Krieg, Andreas complete 667
Cover of Total Cold War Total Cold War

Eisenhower's Secret Propaganda Battle at Home and Abroad

 Kenneth Alan Osgood complete 667
Cover of Russia and the Changing Character of Conflict Russia and the Changing Character of Conflict Tracey C. German complete 644
Cover of How ISIS Fights How ISIS Fights

Military Tactics in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt

 Omar Ashour complete 644
Cover of The Forgotten Front The Forgotten Front

Patron-Client Relationships in Counterinsurgency

 Walter C. Ladwig III complete 644
Cover of Afgantsy Afgantsy

The Russians in Afghanistan 1979-89

 Rodric Braithwaite complete 644
Cover of War From the Ground Up War From the Ground Up

Twenty-First Century Combat as Politics

 Emile Simpson complete 655
Cover of Pacification in Algeria, 1956-1958 Pacification in Algeria, 1956-1958 David Galula complete 644
Cover of Revolutionary Warfare Revolutionary Warfare

How the Algerian War Made Modern Counterinsurgency

 Terrence G. Peterson complete 644
Cover of Maoism Maoism

A Global History

 Julia Lovell complete 644
Cover of On the Protracted War On the Protracted War Tse-Tung 1893-1976 Mao complete 644
Cover of The Logic of Violence in Civil War The Logic of Violence in Civil War Stathis N. Kalyvas complete 644
Cover of Nonstate Warfare Nonstate Warfare

The Military Methods of Guerillas, Warlords, and Militias

 Stephen Biddle complete 644
Cover of Winning Without Fighting Winning Without Fighting

Irregular Warfare and Strategic Competition in the 21st Century

 Rebecca Patterson, Susan F. Bryant, Ken Gleiman, Mark Troutman complete 644
Cover of A Small State's Guide to Influence in World Politics A Small State's Guide to Influence in World Politics Tom Long, Thomas Stephen Long complete 633
Cover of China's Gambit China's Gambit

The Calculus of Coercion

 Ketian Zhang complete 633
Cover of The Russian Way of Deterrence The Russian Way of Deterrence

Strategic Culture, Coercion, and War

 Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky complete 633
Cover of The Case for U.S. Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century The Case for U.S. Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century Brad Roberts complete 633
Cover of Emotional Choices Emotional Choices

How the Logic of Affect Shapes Coercive Diplomacy

 Robin Markwica complete 633
Cover of Air Power as a Coercive Instrument Air Power as a Coercive Instrument Daniel Byman, John G. McGinn, Keith Crane, Seth G. Jones, Rollie Lal, Ian O. Lesser complete 633
Cover of Bombing to Win Bombing to Win

Air Power and Coercion in War

 Robert A. Pape complete 633
Cover of Arms and Influence Arms and Influence Thomas C. Schelling complete 633
Cover of Strategy in the Missile Age Strategy in the Missile Age Bernard Brodie complete 633
Cover of The Air War Against the Islamic State The Air War Against the Islamic State

The Role of Airpower in Operation Inherent Resolve

 Becca Wasser, Stacie L. Pettyjohn, Jeffrey Martini, Alexandra T. Evans, Karl P. Mueller, Nathaniel Edenfield, Gabrielle Tarini, Ryan Haberman, Jalen Zeman complete 628
Cover of See It/Shoot It See It/Shoot It

The Secret History of the CIA's Lethal Drone Program

 Christopher J. Fuller complete 628
Cover of NATO's Gamble NATO's Gamble

Combining Diplomacy and Airpower in the Kosovo Crisis, 1998-1999

 Dag Henriksen complete 628
Cover of Strategic Air Power in Desert Storm Strategic Air Power in Desert Storm John Andreas Olsen complete 628
Cover of The Transformation of American Air Power The Transformation of American Air Power Benjamin S. Lambeth complete 628
Cover of Making the Unipolar Moment Making the Unipolar Moment

U.S. Foreign Policy and the Rise of the Post-Cold War Order

 Hal Brands complete 628
Cover of Euromissiles Euromissiles

The Nuclear Weapons That Nearly Destroyed NATO

 Susan Colbourn complete 628
Cover of Hanoi's War Hanoi's War

An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam

 Lien-Hang T. Nguyen complete 628
Cover of Powerful and Brutal Weapons Powerful and Brutal Weapons

Nixon, Kissinger, and the Easter Offensive

 Stephen P Randolph complete 628
Cover of The Limits of Air Power The Limits of Air Power

The American Bombing of North Vietnam

 Mark Clodfelter complete 628
Cover of The Heavens and the Earth The Heavens and the Earth

A Political History of the Space Age

 Walter A. McDougall complete 628
Cover of To Kill Nations To Kill Nations

American Strategy in the Air-Atomic Age and the Rise of Mutually Assured Destruction

 Edward Kaplan complete 628
Cover of Red Wings Over the Yalu Red Wings Over the Yalu

China, the Soviet Union, and the Air War in Korea

 Xiaoming Zhang complete 628
Cover of American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950-1953 American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950-1953 Conrad C. Crane complete 628
Cover of Pacific Power Paradox Pacific Power Paradox

American Statecraft and the Fate of the Asian Peace

 Van Jackson complete 632
Cover of The Global Cold War The Global Cold War

Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times

 Odd Arne Westad complete 632
Cover of Economic Statecraft Economic Statecraft

New Edition

 David A. Baldwin complete 632
Cover of Strategic Narratives Strategic Narratives

Communication Power and the New World Order

 Alister Miskimmon, Ben O'Loughlin, Laura Roselle complete 632
Cover of When Right Makes Might When Right Makes Might

Rising Powers and World Order

 Stacie E. Goddard complete 632
Cover of After Victory After Victory

Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order after Major Wars, New Edition

 G. John Ikenberry complete 632
Cover of Rethinking the World Rethinking the World

Great Power Strategies and International Order

 Jeffrey W. Legro complete 632
Cover of War and Change in World Politics War and Change in World Politics Robert Gilpin complete 632
Cover of Against the World Against the World

Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics Between the World Wars

 Tara Zahra complete 632
Cover of After Hegemony After Hegemony

Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy

 Robert Owen Keohane complete 632
Cover of Power Power

A Radical View

 Steven Lukes complete 632
Cover of Man, the State, and War Man, the State, and War

A Theoretical Analysis

 Kenneth Neal Waltz complete 632
Cover of The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939 The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939

Reissued with a new preface from Michael Cox

 E.H. Carr complete 632
Cover of The Candy Bombers The Candy Bombers

The Untold Story of the Berlin Aircraft and America's Finest Hour

 Andrei Cherny complete 627
Cover of How the War Was Won How the War Was Won

Air-Sea Power and Allied Victory in World War II

 Phillips Payson O'Brien complete 627
Cover of Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb James M. Scott complete 627
Cover of The Tormented Alliance The Tormented Alliance

American Servicemen and the Occupation of China, 1941–1949

 Zach Fredman complete 627
Cover of MacArthur's Airman MacArthur's Airman

General George C. Kenney and the War in the Southwest Pacific

 Thomas E. Griffith complete 627
Cover of Red Phoenix Rising Red Phoenix Rising

The Soviet Air Force in World War II

 Von Hardesty, Ilya Grinberg complete 627
Cover of The Bombing War The Bombing War

Europe 1939-1945

 R. J. Overy complete 627
Cover of Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare

The Evolution of British and American Ideas about Strategic Bombing, 1914-1945

 Tami Davis Biddle complete 627
Cover of Operational Culture and Air Power Operational Culture and Air Power Jakšić, Milena A. complete 627
Cover of Cry Havoc Cry Havoc

How the Arms Race Drove the World to War, 1931-1941

 Joseph Maiolo complete 627
Cover of Empire of the Air Empire of the Air

Aviation and the American Ascendancy

 Jenifer Van Vleck complete 627
Cover of Winged Defense Winged Defense

The Development and Possibilities of Modern Air Power--Economic and Military

 William Mitchell complete 627
Cover of The First World War The First World War Hew Strachan complete 627
Cover of The Science of Military Strategy 20 The Science of Military Strategy 20

(English Translation)

 Xiao Tianliang complete 600
Cover of The Sea Power of the State The Sea Power of the State S.G. Gorshkov complete 600
Cover of The Strategy Bridge The Strategy Bridge

Theory for Practice

 Colin S. Gray complete 600
Cover of Military Strategy Military Strategy

A General Theory of Power Control

 Joseph Wylie, Jr complete 600
Cover of The Foundations of the Science of War The Foundations of the Science of War J F C Fuller complete 600
Cover of Air Power and Armies Air Power and Armies Sir John Cotesworth Slessor complete 600
Cover of Strategy Strategy

Second Revised Edition

 Hart B. H. Liddell complete 600
Cover of Command Of The Air Command Of The Air General Giulio Douhet complete 600
Cover of Some Principles of Maritime Strategy Some Principles of Maritime Strategy

Large Print

 Julian Corbett complete 600
Cover of Mahan on Naval Strategy Mahan on Naval Strategy

Selections from the Writings of Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan

 Alfred Thayer Mahan complete 600
Cover of The Art of War The Art of War Antoine Henri baron de Jomini complete 600
Cover of The New Makers of Modern Strategy The New Makers of Modern Strategy

From the Ancient World to the Digital Age

 Hal Brands complete 600
Cover of On War On War Carl von Clausewitz complete 600
Cover of The Seven Military Classics Of Ancient China The Seven Military Classics Of Ancient China Ralph D. Sawyer complete 600
Cover of The Evolution of Strategy The Evolution of Strategy

Thinking War from Antiquity to the Present

 Beatrice Heuser complete 600
Cover of Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry

By Christine de Pizan

 Charity Cannon Willard, Sumner Willard complete 600
Cover of Every War Must End Every War Must End Fred Charles Iklé complete 601
Cover of When France Fell When France Fell

The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance

 Michael S. Neiberg complete 601
Cover of Perception and Misperception in International Politics Perception and Misperception in International Politics Robert Jervis complete 601
Cover of Analogies at War Analogies at War

Korea, Munich, Dien Bien Phu, and the Vietnam Decisions of 1965

 Yuen Foong Khong complete 601
Cover of Just and Unjust Wars Just and Unjust Wars

A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations

 Michael Walzer complete 601
Cover of The Landmark Thucydides The Landmark Thucydides Thucydides complete 601
Cover of Essence of Decision Essence of Decision

Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis

 Graham T. Allison, Philip Zelikow complete 601
Cover of Why War? Why War? Richard Overy complete 601
Cover of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Thomas S. Kuhn complete 601
Cover of Out of the Darkness Out of the Darkness

The Germans, 1942-2022

 Frank Trentmann complete 690
Cover of Grad School Essentials Grad School Essentials

A Crash Course in Scholarly Skills

 Zachary Shore complete 690
Cover of How to Read a Book How to Read a Book Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren complete 690
Cover of The Craft of Research The Craft of Research Booth, Wayne C., et al complete 690