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Recommend and discuss books on history and international relations!
Alright, we had the last cool thread on this about a year ago, and it was deleted 
If you can find some, dig out soem threads from the archives.
I've been through Roberts' History of the World long ago, and had a go at GGS, but Diamond ended up being a bit too repetitive in his arguments for me to stay interested in it.
Rise and Fall of the Great Powers was a fun read, finally a man with sense
who doesn't go into soft talk but rather puts some hard facts on the table, his arguments concerning resources and industrial strength are a bit wishy-washy though. Like he compares the energy a country averagely needs to produce so much GNP and draws conclusions about industrialization. And yet, a low energy yield for the same amount of GNP can mean the country is more agrarian OR it might just be more efficient in its energy consumption. and stuff.
My last enjoyment in this field was Mearsheimer's Tragedy of Great Power Politics, now THIS one had me addicted. Where Kennedy simply put facts on the table, Mearsheimer makes a whole theory about it, well, expands theroies thathave been there before.
Now where should I go next? Have a try at some older realist theoretics like Waltz? I've been considering Kissinger too, his Diplomacy is already on my Amazon list.
I'd get them all at one time but being a student (of exactly thsi field, though) I cannot afford it all at once. So what should I get next?
No leftist crap, please. Let's try and treat thuis like a science not a pacfifst playground. My favourites are the ones with an emphasis on national economics, so if we can go a bit deeper into that one...
If you can find some, dig out soem threads from the archives.I've been through Roberts' History of the World long ago, and had a go at GGS, but Diamond ended up being a bit too repetitive in his arguments for me to stay interested in it.
Rise and Fall of the Great Powers was a fun read, finally a man with sense
who doesn't go into soft talk but rather puts some hard facts on the table, his arguments concerning resources and industrial strength are a bit wishy-washy though. Like he compares the energy a country averagely needs to produce so much GNP and draws conclusions about industrialization. And yet, a low energy yield for the same amount of GNP can mean the country is more agrarian OR it might just be more efficient in its energy consumption. and stuff.My last enjoyment in this field was Mearsheimer's Tragedy of Great Power Politics, now THIS one had me addicted. Where Kennedy simply put facts on the table, Mearsheimer makes a whole theory about it, well, expands theroies thathave been there before.
Now where should I go next? Have a try at some older realist theoretics like Waltz? I've been considering Kissinger too, his Diplomacy is already on my Amazon list.
I'd get them all at one time but being a student (of exactly thsi field, though
) I cannot afford it all at once. So what should I get next?No leftist crap, please. Let's try and treat thuis like a science not a pacfifst playground. My favourites are the ones with an emphasis on national economics, so if we can go a bit deeper into that one...
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