The Paradox of American Power: Why the World's Only Superpower Can't Go It Alone

6 best books like The Paradox of American Power: Why the World's Only Superpower Can't Go It Alone (Joseph S. Nye Jr.): How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading, Inside Terrorism, Six Great Ideas, The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics, Ten Philosophical Mistakes, Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument With Historical Illustrations

How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

Author

Mortimer J. Adler

How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. And now it has been completely rewritten and updated. You are told about the various levels of reading and how to achieve...

Inside Terrorism

Author	Bruce Hoffman
ISBN	0231126999

Bruce Hoffman's Inside Terrorism has remained a seminal work for understanding the historical evolution of terrorism and the terrorist mindset. In this revised edition of the classic text, Hoffman analyzes the new adversaries, motivations, and tactics of global terrorism that have emerged in...

Six Great Ideas

Author

Mortimer J. Adler

Mortimer J. Adler, the author,was chairman of the editorial board of Encyclopedia Britannica and an editor of the Great Books of Western Civilization for about thirty years. He also wrote the two volume synopticon for the Great Books series, which summarizes the Western thinking of the past 2500 years...

The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics

Author	Hedley Bull
ISBN	0231127634

"The Anarchical Society" is one of the masterworks of political science and the classic text on the nature of order in world politics. Originally published in 1977, it continues to define and shape the discipline of international relations. This edition has been updated with a new, interpretive foreword...

Ten Philosophical Mistakes

Author

Mortimer J. Adler

'Ten Philosophical Mistakes' looks at the faulty foundations of ten modern philosophical problems.

1. Denial of human consciousness
2. The mistake about the human mind
3. The failure to recognize that ideas are meanings
4. The mistake of not acknowledging the contributions...

Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument With Historical Illustrations

Author	Michael Walzer
ISBN	0465037070

From the Athenian attack on Melos to the My Lai Massacre, from the wars in the Balkans through the first war in Iraq, Michael Walzer examines the moral issues surrounding military theory, war crimes, and the spoils of war. He studies a variety of conflicts over the course of history, as well as the testimony...