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  • Does the 21st Century Belong to China?

    The Munk Debate on China

    by Dr. Henry Kissinger, Niall Ferguson, David Li, Fareed Zakaria ...
    Series series
    Is China's rise unstoppable? Powered by the human capital of 1.3 billion citizens, the latest technological advances, and a comparatively efficient system of state-directed capitalism, China seems poised to become the global superpower this century. But the Middle Kingdom also faces a series of challenges. From energy scarcity to environmental degradation to political unrest and growing global ... Read more

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  • How Important are Superior Numbers?

    A Reappraisal of Lanchester's Square Law

    by David L. I. Kirkpatrick ...
    Series series Elements in Defence Economics
    A century ago Frederick Lanchester formulated a mathematical model of combat which suggested that the combat power of a military force was proportional to the product of the individual effectiveness of the units in the force and the square of the number of units deployed. This model reinforced a long-established faith in the importance of superior numbers. However, successive historical studies ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Go Crazy

    A Fun Projects-based Approach to Golang Programming

    by Nicolas Modrzyk, David Li, Jun Akiyama, Tony Broyez ...
    Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
    Go beyond the basics of Go and build complete applications using open-source libraries or the Go programming language by Google. This book will take you deep into the memory lane of the Go language with crunchy details straight from outer space.The applications in this book include the framework for a 2D Go-based game, an image random generator Rest API, financial time series handling for trading, ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

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  • The War of the World

    Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West

    by Niall Ferguson ...
    From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower"Even those who have read widely in 20th-century history will find fresh, surprising details." —The Boston Globe"A fascinating read, thanks to Ferguson's gifts as a writer of clear, energetic narrative history." —The Washington PostAstonishing in its scope and erudition, this is the magnum opus that Nia... ... Read more

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  • Empire

    The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power

    by Niall Ferguson ...
    **A bestselling historian shows how the British Empire created the modern world“Scrupulous scholarship and a rattling good tale.” —Wall Street Journal**The British Empire was the largest in all history: the nearest thing to global domination ever achieved. The world we know today is in large measure the product of Britain’s Age of Empire. The global spread of capitalism, telecommunications, the ... Read more

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  • Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present

    An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present

    by Max Boot ...
    As fitting for the twenty-first century as von Clausewitz’s On War was in its own time, Invisible Armies is a complete global history of guerrilla uprisings through the ages.Beginning with the first insurgencies in the ancient world—when Alexander the Great discovered that fleet nomads were harder to defeat than massive conventional armies—Max Boot, best-selling author and military advisor in Iraq ... Read more

    $15.69 USD

  • The Post-American World: Release 2.0

    Release 2.0

    by Fareed Zakaria ...
    “A relentlessly intelligent book.” —Joseph Joffe, New York Times Book Review“This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else.” So begins Fareed Zakaria’s blockbuster on the United States in the twenty-first century, and the trends he identifies have proceeded faster than anyone anticipated. How might the nation continue to thrive in a truly global era? ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Pity of War

    Explaining World War I

    by Niall Ferguson ...
    **From a bestselling historian, a daringly revisionist history of World War I“A rich and provocative book, evocative and heartbreaking.” — Atlantic**The Pity of War makes a simple and provocative argument: the human atrocity known as the Great War was entirely England’s fault. According to Niall Ferguson, England entered into war based on naive assumptions of German aims, thereby transforming a ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • The Abyss

    World War I and the End of the First Age of Globalization--A Selection from The War of the World (Penguin Tracks)

    by Niall Ferguson ...
    Excerpted from Niall Ferguson’s sprawling bestseller The War of the World, The Abyss now stands on its own as one of the most thrilling short histories of World War I ever written. This is not a conventional military history about battles and generals. Rather, The Abyss examines how World War I saw the birth of total war—fought between societies as much as armies—and must therefore be understood ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Kissinger

    A Biography

    by Walter Isaacson ...
    The definitive biography of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and how his ideas still resonate in the world today from the bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs.By the time Henry Kissinger was made secretary of state in 1973, he had become, according to the Gallup Poll, the most admired person in America and one of the most unlikely celebrities ever to capture the world's ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • The House of Rothschild

    Volume 2: The World's Banker: 1849-1999

    by Niall Ferguson ...
    Series Book 2 - The House of Rothschild
    A major work of economic, social and political history, Niall Ferguson's The House of Rothschild: The World's Banker 1849-1999 is the second volume of the acclaimed, landmark history of the legendary Rothschild banking dynasty.Niall Ferguson's House of Rothschild: Money's Prophets 1798-1848 was hailed as a "great biography" by Time magazine and named one of the best books of the year by Business ... Read more

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  • Diplomacy

    by Henry Kissinger ...
    A brilliant, sweeping history of diplomacy that includes personal stories from the noted former Secretary of State, including his stunning reopening of relations with China.The seminal work on foreign policy and the art of diplomacy.Moving from a sweeping overview of history to blow-by-blow accounts of his negotiations with world leaders, Henry Kissinger describes how the art of diplomacy has ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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