Jack's votes on the list Jack’s Armchair Strategist Bookshelf

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1	Red Team: How to Succeed By Thinking Like the Enemy by Micah Zenko 3.73 avg rating — 570 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	How Wars End: Why We Always Fight the Last Battle by Gideon Rose 3.67 avg rating — 266 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership by Barry S. Strauss 4.02 avg rating — 908 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660–1783 by Alfred Thayer Mahan 3.94 avg rating — 1,303 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Mind of War: John Boyd and American Security by Grant Tedrick Hammond 4.17 avg rating — 379 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King—the Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea by Walter R. Borneman 4.33 avg rating — 4,661 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) by Orson Scott Card 4.31 avg rating — 1,501,131 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan by Seth G. Jones 3.85 avg rating — 1,364 ratings Jack rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime by Eliot A. Cohen (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 1,034 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century by P.W. Singer (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 2,653 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas L. Friedman 4.15 avg rating — 13,357 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	"Execute Against Japan": The U.S. Decision to Conduct Unrestricted Submarine Warfare by Joel Ira Holwitt 4.03 avg rating — 91 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson 3.90 avg rating — 31,446 ratings Jack rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Fourth Star: Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army by David W. Cloud 3.93 avg rating — 788 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt 3.88 avg rating — 36,062 ratings Jack rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century by Thomas X. Hammes 3.91 avg rating — 877 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	World Order by Henry Kissinger 4.04 avg rating — 14,488 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World by Rupert Smith 3.93 avg rating — 947 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	7 Deadly Scenarios: A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century by Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr. 3.56 avg rating — 353 ratings Jack rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	A Savage War of Peace: Algeria, 1954-1962 by Alistair Horne 4.24 avg rating — 3,116 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know by P.W. Singer (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 1,430 ratings Jack rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations by Ori Brafman (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 6,279 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War by Robert Coram 4.19 avg rating — 8,338 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Dust of Empire: The Race for Mastery in the Asian Heartland by Karl E. Meyer 3.76 avg rating — 136 ratings Jack rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Lost Peace: Leadership in a Time of Horror and Hope, 1945-1953 by Robert Dallek 3.71 avg rating — 297 ratings Jack rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	MacArthur's War: Korea and the Undoing of an American Hero by Stanley Weintraub 3.65 avg rating — 83 ratings Jack rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Mountbatten by Philip Ziegler 3.90 avg rating — 149 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 39,190 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare from Trafalgar to Midway by John Keegan 4.10 avg rating — 1,046 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Street Without Joy by Bernard B. Fall 4.22 avg rating — 2,458 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Twilight War: The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran by David Crist 4.17 avg rating — 1,136 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi 3.94 avg rating — 64,889 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Partners in Command: George Marshall & Dwight Eisenhower in War & Peace by Mark Perry 4.19 avg rating — 335 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 by Paul M. Kennedy 4.14 avg rating — 6,645 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Face of Battle by John Keegan 4.12 avg rating — 8,859 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One by David Kilcullen (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 2,326 ratings Jack rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Command in War by Martin van Creveld 4.12 avg rating — 328 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Mask of Command by John Keegan 4.12 avg rating — 2,860 ratings Jack rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger 4.26 avg rating — 9,564 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Strategy for Defeat: Vietnam in Retrospect by Ulysses S. Grant Sharp Jr. 3.92 avg rating — 24 ratings Jack rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Fateful Alliance: France, Russia and the Coming of the First World War by George F. Kennan 3.84 avg rating — 44 ratings Jack rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Art Of The Long View: Planning For The Future In An Uncertain World by Peter Schwartz 3.80 avg rating — 935 ratings Jack rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	This Kind of War: A Study in Unpreparedness by T.R. Fehrenbach 4.18 avg rating — 4,372 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Jefferson's War: America's First War on Terror 1801-1805 by Joseph Wheelan 3.92 avg rating — 615 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	A Genius For War: The German Army and General Staff, 1807-1945 by Trevor N. Dupuy 4.21 avg rating — 196 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	George C. Marshall: Education of a General: 1880-1939 by Forrest C. Pogue 4.29 avg rating — 102 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of our Times by George Crile 4.02 avg rating — 9,863 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Savage Wars Of Peace: Small Wars And The Rise Of American Power by Max Boot 4.01 avg rating — 1,868 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil–Military Relations by Samuel P. Huntington 3.90 avg rating — 534 ratings Jack rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Strategy by B.H. Liddell Hart 4.08 avg rating — 3,174 ratings Jack rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	History of the German General Staff 1657-1945 by Walter Görlitz 4.11 avg rating — 94 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914? by David Fromkin 3.99 avg rating — 1,569 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The German Way of War: From the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich by Robert M. Citino 4.29 avg rating — 280 ratings Jack rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Napoleon's Wars: An International History, 1803-1815 by Charles J. Esdaile 3.70 avg rating — 677 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli 3.84 avg rating — 399,030 ratings Jack rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland 4.23 avg rating — 29,644 ratings Jack rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Great Britain and the Creation of the League of Nations: Strategy, Politics, and International Organization, 1914-1919 by George W. Egerton really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings Jack rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Masters of War: Classical Strategic Thought by Michael I. Handel 4.11 avg rating — 317 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 by George C. Herring 3.82 avg rating — 877 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War by Harry G. Summers Jr. 3.93 avg rating — 461 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks 4.09 avg rating — 8,078 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Empires of Trust: How Rome Built--and America Is Building--a New World by Thomas F. Madden (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 275 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	American Strategy in World War II: A Reconsideration by Kent Roberts Greenfield 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings Jack rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan by Ronald H. Spector 4.08 avg rating — 2,642 ratings Jack rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	The Luftwaffe: Creating the Operational Air War, 1918-1940 by James S. Corum 4.10 avg rating — 60 ratings Jack rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars