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World Order World Order (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.04 — 14,109 ratings — published 2014
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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 (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.31 — 19,002 ratings — published 2004
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Diplomacy Diplomacy (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.25 — 9,480 ratings — published 1994
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On China On China (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.19 — 10,264 ratings — published 2011
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The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 3.78 — 14,126 ratings — published 1996
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All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.29 — 11,698 ratings — published 2003
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Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1) Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.19 — 118,277 ratings — published 2015
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A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,253 ratings — published 2017
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.09 — 63,678 ratings — published 2012
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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.46 — 100,475 ratings — published 2009
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The Post-American World The Post-American World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 3.86 — 12,861 ratings — published 2008
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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.36 — 37,825 ratings — published 2006
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Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.40 — 42,146 ratings — published 2022
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Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 3.96 — 2,798 ratings — published 2010
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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.22 — 37,009 ratings — published 1998
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War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.15 — 8,601 ratings — published 2018
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Asia's Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific Asia's Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 3.95 — 2,987 ratings — published 2014
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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 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 3.79 — 6,221 ratings — published 2012
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"A Problem from Hell": America and the Age of Genocide "A Problem from Hell": America and the Age of Genocide (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.26 — 11,060 ratings — published 2002
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Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.04 — 6,719 ratings — published 2006
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The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 3.69 — 102,576 ratings — published 2005
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The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.61 — 17,766 ratings — published 2020
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Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.17 — 9,472 ratings — published 2020
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The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,833 ratings — published 2019
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A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.22 — 9,859 ratings — published 1989
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Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.09 — 7,942 ratings — published 2006
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The Lexus and the Olive Tree The Lexus and the Olive Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 3.61 — 8,546 ratings — published 1997
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Fascism: A Warning Fascism: A Warning (ebook)
by (shelved 7 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.25 — 21,321 ratings — published 2018
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Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.19 — 7,369 ratings — published 2017
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The Tragedy of Great Power Politics The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.06 — 3,782 ratings — published 2001
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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 3.90 — 221,187 ratings — published 2011
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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 3.95 — 15,427 ratings — published 2007
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.04 — 460,040 ratings — published 1997
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The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 3.77 — 2,202 ratings — published 2008
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The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.05 — 3,221 ratings — published 2005
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Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,422 ratings — published 2025
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Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.36 — 16,766 ratings — published 2023
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The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.25 — 6,734 ratings — published 2021
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The Long Game: China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order (Bridging the Gap) The Long Game: China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order (Bridging the Gap)
by (shelved 6 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,206 ratings — published 2021
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The World: A Brief Introduction The World: A Brief Introduction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 3.83 — 3,215 ratings — published 2020
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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.47 — 170,451 ratings — published 2018
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Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,114 ratings — published 1954
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Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy since 1938 Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy since 1938 (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 3.91 — 2,325 ratings — published 1971
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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.19 — 69,628 ratings — published 1998
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Running The World: the Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power Running The World: the Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 3.86 — 253 ratings — published 2005
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Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.01 — 72,309 ratings — published 2012
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War War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.25 — 24,250 ratings — published 2010
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The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.14 — 5,199 ratings — published 2011
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The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.44 — 12,618 ratings — published 1991
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From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776 From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as foreign-affairs)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,325 ratings — published 2008
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Fareed Zakaria
“I should have paid greater attention to my mentor in graduate school, Samuel Huntington, who once explained that Americans never recognize that, in the developing world, the key is not the kind of government — communist, capitalist, democratic, dictatorial — but the degree of government. That absence of government is what we are watching these days, from Libya to Iraq to Syria.

(“Why they still hate us, 13 years later,” Washington Post, 09/05/2014)”
Fareed Zakaria

Theodore Roosevelt
“Do let me entreat you to say nothing that can be taken hold of by those anxious to foment trouble between ourselves and any foreign power, or who delight in giving the impression that as a nation we are walking about with a chip on our shoulder. We are too big a people to be able to be careless in what we say.”
Theodore Roosevelt

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