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Book cover of The Eurasian Triangle: Russia, The Caucasus and Japan, 1904-1945

Moss Roberts Author Of Bad Karma: Rethinking Washington’s Wars in Asia

From Moss' 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Author Professor, Chinese studies Avid reader Critic of cant Devoted to family Widower

Moss' 3 favorite reads in 2024

Moss Roberts Why Moss loves this book

Our world is shaped by the karma of two world wars and two great revolutions that took place in the first half of the 20th century.
In many studies the regional, even the global context of the Chinese revolution is subordinated to internal Chinese dynamics. This book goes into extensive detail about Russo-Japanese relations. The author followed up in 2023 with STALIN, JAPAN, AND THE STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY IN CHINA in which he analyzes Russo-Japanese collaboration and conflict over which nation would exercise dominant influence over China. The US was also involved but at a distance, having no geographical proximity to China. In the end the Chinese ended up in full control of their own country, and so have remained to this day, perhaps because World War Two eliminated Japan and left Russia too weak to play more than a supporting role in the first decade of the Chinese revolution…

By Hiroaki Kuromiya , Georges Mamoulia ,

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Even the best books on international history are ignorant of the secret war against the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union waged jointly by the Caucasian peoples and Japan in the first half of the twentieth century. This book explores and exposes previously unknown passages in Eurasian international history. Although the secret war ultimately failed in liberating the Caucasian peoples, the lessons of this Eurasian collaboration were not lost on the United States, which after World War II confronted the Soviet Union just as Japan had earlier. Washington copied the strategy of its former enemy and developed it further. The…


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Book cover of Aggressor

Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

Book cover of The Think Tank Racket: Managing the Information War with Russia

Moss Roberts Author Of Bad Karma: Rethinking Washington’s Wars in Asia

From Moss' 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author Professor, Chinese studies Avid reader Critic of cant Devoted to family Widower

Moss' 3 favorite reads in 2024

Moss Roberts Why Moss loves this book

It explains the limits of discourse about major world events as well as the opportunities for discussion in alternative venues, an important escape valve.

By Glenn Diesen ,

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1 author picked The Think Tank Racket as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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How do think tanks influence Western policies toward Russia? The influence of think tanks in Washington has grown immensely over the past decades in terms of producing research papers, engaging with the media, and having their staff enter government.

The ideal purpose and appeal of think tanks is their ability to function as a bridge between academics, the media, the public, and decision-makers. Political decision-makers are expected to be experts across a wide area of governance which becomes increasingly difficult as the world becomes more complex. Acquiring advice and enhancing competencies through cooperation with scholars at universities can be challenging…


Book cover of The Eurasian Triangle: Russia, The Caucasus and Japan, 1904-1945
Book cover of The Think Tank Racket: Managing the Information War with Russia

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