At Lau Lib 208 books by Ali Ismail

Position	Details	Rating
#2	Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness, 1948-1991 Kenneth M. Pollack	0
#3	Waging modern war Wesley K. Clark	0
#4	Duty Robert M. Gates	3.25
#5	Masters of War Michael Handel	0
#6	The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century Thomas X. Hammes	0
#7	Afghanistan from the Cold War through the War on Terror Afghanistan from the Cold War through the War on Terror Barnett R. Rubin	2
#8	The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War Campbell Craig Sergey Radchenko	0
#9	A Peace to End All Peace David Fromkin	4
#10	Political Order and Political Decay Francis Fukuyama	4
#11	The Balkans Misha Glenny	3
#12	Clausewitz on Strategy : Inspiration and Insight from a Master Strategist Tiha von Ghyczy Christopher Bassford Bolko von Oetinger	3.75
#13	Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty Daron Acemoğlu	3
#14	The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution Francis Fukuyama	3.7
#15	The World Without Us Alan Weisman	3.64
#16	Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air David J.C. MacKay	4.33
#17	Why the West Rules-for Now: The Patterns of History & What They Reveal About the Future Ian Morris	4.5
#18	The Revenge of History Seumas Milne	0
#19	Beware of Small States: Lebanon, Battleground of the Middle East David Hirst	5
#20	The Wealth and Poverty of Nations David S. Landes	5
#21	The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Edward Gibbon	3.73
#22	Black Garden Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War Thomas de Waal	0
#23	Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance—and Why They Fall Amy Chua	4
#24	On Saudi Arabia Karen Elliott House	0
#25	Muqtada Muqtada: Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia Revival, and the Struggle for Iraq Patrick Cockburn	3
#26	The Rise of Islamic State: Isis and the New Sunni Revolution Patrick Cockburn	0
#27	The Last Empire Serhii Plokhy	4
#28	The Bridge on the Drina Ivo Andrić Lovett F. Edwards (Translator)	4.21
#29	Black Lamb and Grey Falcon Rebecca West	0
#30	Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence Karen Armstrong	4.33
#31	The Changing Face of China: From Mao to Market John Gittings	0
#32	The Iran-Iraq War: A Military and Strategic History Williamson Murray Kevin M. Woods	0
#33	Mao's Great Famine: The History Of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62 Frank Dikötter	3.75
#34	Seeing Like a State James C. Scott	4.06
#35	Lenin's Tomb David Remnick	3.75
#36	The Crimean War Orlando Figes	0
#37	The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 Paul Kennedy	4.5
#38	The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Naomi Klein	4.17
#39	The New Spirit of Capitalism Luc Boltanski Ève Chiapello Gregory Elliott (Translator)	0
#40	The Decline of the West, Vol 1: Form and Actuality Oswald Spengler	2
#41	The Evolution of Civilizations: An Introduction to Historical Analysis Carroll Quigley	0
#42	Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis Kenneth N. Waltz	4
#43	Arms and Influence Arms and Influence Thomas C. Schelling	0
#44	Why Intelligence Fails Why Intelligence Fails: Lessons from the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq War Robert Jervis	3
#45	The Tragedy of Great Power Politics John J. Mearsheimer	4
#46	Nations and Nationalism Ernest Gellner Simten Coşar (Translator) Saltuk Özertürk (Translator) Nalan Soyarık (Translator)	4
#47	The Great Transformation Karen Armstrong	4
#48	Africa John Reader	0
#49	Iron Kingdom Christopher Clark	4
#50	The Political Economy of International Relations The Political Economy of International Relations Robert Gilpin	0
#51	Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 Steve Coll	4.25
#52	Taliban Ahmed Rashid	4
#53	Blowback : the costs and consequences of American empire Chalmers Johnson	4
#54	The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years Chingiz Aitmatov John French (Translator)	4.67
#55	We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People Peter Van Buren	4
#56	Foreign Policy and Democratic Politics Foreign Policy and Democratic Politics Kenneth N. Waltz	0
#57	Diplomacy Henry Kissinger Γιούρι Κοβαλένκο (Translator)	5
#58	On China Henry Kissinger	4.11
#59	The End of Empire in French West Africa: France's Successful Decolonization Tony Chafer	4
#60	Lebanon: A History, 600 - 2011 William W. Harris	0
#61	Levant: Splendour and Catastrophe on the Mediterranean Philip Mansel	0
#62	A Line in the Sand A Line in the Sand: Britain, France and the Struggle that Shaped the Middle East James Barr	3.67
#63	Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference Jane Burbank Frederick Cooper	0
#64	A Lethal Obsession: Anti-semitism from Antiquity to the Global Jihad S.W. Wistrich	0
#65	A convenient hatred Phyllis Goldstein	0
#66	The Road to Serfdom Friedrich A. Hayek Edwin J. Feulner	4.19
#67	Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand	3.18
#68	On Politics Alan Ryan	4
#69	Carnage and Culture Victor Davis Hanson	4
#70	Ecological Imperialism Alfred W. Crosby	3
#71	Civilization: The West and the Rest Niall Ferguson	3.5
#72	The Lever of Riches Joel Mokyr	0
#73	Yugoslavia as History 2ed Yugoslavia as History 2ed John R. Lampe	0
#74	A History of the Arab Peoples Albert Hourani	3
#75	Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World Barrington Moore Jr.	0
#76	The Age of Capital, 1848 -1875 Eric J. Hobsbawm	5
#77	The Age of Extremes Eric J. Hobsbawm	4.25
#78	The Age of Empire, 1875-1914 Eric J. Hobsbawm	5
#79	The age of revolution, 1789-1848. Eric Hobsbawm	4.14
#80	The Arabs: A History Eugene Rogan	4
#81	The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East Eugene Rogan	0
#82	Anarchism Daniel Guérin	0
#83	Proposed Roads to Freedom: Socialism, Anarchism and Syndicalism Bertrand Russell	0
#84	Demanding the impossible Peter H. Marshall	5
#85	21st Century Dissent: Anarchism, Anti-Globalization and Environmentalism Giorel Curran	3
#86	In Defense of Anarchism Robert Paul Wolff	0
#87	Anarchism George Woodcock	0
#88	Anarchism and Authority: A Philosophical Introduction to Classical Anarchism Paul McLaughlin	0
#89	The Economics and Ethics of Private Property: Studies in Political Economy and Philosophy Hans-Hermann Hoppe	0
#90	The Republic Plato	3.77
#91	The Prince Niccolò Machiavelli Rufus Goodwin (Translator)	3.62
#92	Politics Aristotle	3.62
#93	The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order Samuel P. Huntington	3.67
#94	Asia's cauldron Robert D. Kaplan	0
#95	The Grand Chessboard The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and its Geostrategic Imperatives Zbigniew Brzeziński	4
#96	The Revenge Of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate Robert D. Kaplan	3
#97	Foundation's edge Isaac Asimov	3.97
#98	Second Foundation Isaac Asimov	4.17
#99	Foundation and Empire Isaac Asimov	4.04
#100	Foundation Isaac Asimov	3.98
#101	Orientalism Edward W. Said	4.26

Position	Details	Rating
#2	Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness, 1948-1991 Kenneth M. Pollack	0
#3	Waging modern war Wesley K. Clark	0
#4	Duty Robert M. Gates	3.25
#5	Masters of War Michael Handel	0
#6	The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century Thomas X. Hammes	0
#7	Afghanistan from the Cold War through the War on Terror Afghanistan from the Cold War through the War on Terror Barnett R. Rubin	2
#8	The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War Campbell Craig Sergey Radchenko	0
#9	A Peace to End All Peace David Fromkin	4
#10	Political Order and Political Decay Francis Fukuyama	4
#11	The Balkans Misha Glenny	3
#12	Clausewitz on Strategy : Inspiration and Insight from a Master Strategist Tiha von Ghyczy Christopher Bassford Bolko von Oetinger	3.75
#13	Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty Daron Acemoğlu	3
#14	The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution Francis Fukuyama	3.7
#15	The World Without Us Alan Weisman	3.64
#16	Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air David J.C. MacKay	4.33
#17	Why the West Rules-for Now: The Patterns of History & What They Reveal About the Future Ian Morris	4.5
#18	The Revenge of History Seumas Milne	0
#19	Beware of Small States: Lebanon, Battleground of the Middle East David Hirst	5
#20	The Wealth and Poverty of Nations David S. Landes	5
#21	The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Edward Gibbon	3.73
#22	Black Garden Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War Thomas de Waal	0
#23	Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance—and Why They Fall Amy Chua	4
#24	On Saudi Arabia Karen Elliott House	0
#25	Muqtada Muqtada: Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia Revival, and the Struggle for Iraq Patrick Cockburn	3
#26	The Rise of Islamic State: Isis and the New Sunni Revolution Patrick Cockburn	0
#27	The Last Empire Serhii Plokhy	4
#28	The Bridge on the Drina Ivo Andrić Lovett F. Edwards (Translator)	4.21
#29	Black Lamb and Grey Falcon Rebecca West	0
#30	Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence Karen Armstrong	4.33
#31	The Changing Face of China: From Mao to Market John Gittings	0
#32	The Iran-Iraq War: A Military and Strategic History Williamson Murray Kevin M. Woods	0
#33	Mao's Great Famine: The History Of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62 Frank Dikötter	3.75
#34	Seeing Like a State James C. Scott	4.06
#35	Lenin's Tomb David Remnick	3.75
#36	The Crimean War Orlando Figes	0
#37	The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 Paul Kennedy	4.5
#38	The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Naomi Klein	4.17
#39	The New Spirit of Capitalism Luc Boltanski Ève Chiapello Gregory Elliott (Translator)	0
#40	The Decline of the West, Vol 1: Form and Actuality Oswald Spengler	2
#41	The Evolution of Civilizations: An Introduction to Historical Analysis Carroll Quigley	0
#42	Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis Kenneth N. Waltz	4
#43	Arms and Influence Arms and Influence Thomas C. Schelling	0
#44	Why Intelligence Fails Why Intelligence Fails: Lessons from the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq War Robert Jervis	3
#45	The Tragedy of Great Power Politics John J. Mearsheimer	4
#46	Nations and Nationalism Ernest Gellner Simten Coşar (Translator) Saltuk Özertürk (Translator) Nalan Soyarık (Translator)	4
#47	The Great Transformation Karen Armstrong	4
#48	Africa John Reader	0
#49	Iron Kingdom Christopher Clark	4
#50	The Political Economy of International Relations The Political Economy of International Relations Robert Gilpin	0
#51	Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 Steve Coll	4.25
#52	Taliban Ahmed Rashid	4
#53	Blowback : the costs and consequences of American empire Chalmers Johnson	4
#54	The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years Chingiz Aitmatov John French (Translator)	4.67
#55	We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People Peter Van Buren	4
#56	Foreign Policy and Democratic Politics Foreign Policy and Democratic Politics Kenneth N. Waltz	0
#57	Diplomacy Henry Kissinger Γιούρι Κοβαλένκο (Translator)	5
#58	On China Henry Kissinger	4.11
#59	The End of Empire in French West Africa: France's Successful Decolonization Tony Chafer	4
#60	Lebanon: A History, 600 - 2011 William W. Harris	0
#61	Levant: Splendour and Catastrophe on the Mediterranean Philip Mansel	0
#62	A Line in the Sand A Line in the Sand: Britain, France and the Struggle that Shaped the Middle East James Barr	3.67
#63	Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference Jane Burbank Frederick Cooper	0
#64	A Lethal Obsession: Anti-semitism from Antiquity to the Global Jihad S.W. Wistrich	0
#65	A convenient hatred Phyllis Goldstein	0
#66	The Road to Serfdom Friedrich A. Hayek Edwin J. Feulner	4.19
#67	Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand	3.18
#68	On Politics Alan Ryan	4
#69	Carnage and Culture Victor Davis Hanson	4
#70	Ecological Imperialism Alfred W. Crosby	3
#71	Civilization: The West and the Rest Niall Ferguson	3.5
#72	The Lever of Riches Joel Mokyr	0
#73	Yugoslavia as History 2ed Yugoslavia as History 2ed John R. Lampe	0
#74	A History of the Arab Peoples Albert Hourani	3
#75	Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World Barrington Moore Jr.	0
#76	The Age of Capital, 1848 -1875 Eric J. Hobsbawm	5
#77	The Age of Extremes Eric J. Hobsbawm	4.25
#78	The Age of Empire, 1875-1914 Eric J. Hobsbawm	5
#79	The age of revolution, 1789-1848. Eric Hobsbawm	4.14
#80	The Arabs: A History Eugene Rogan	4
#81	The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East Eugene Rogan	0
#82	Anarchism Daniel Guérin	0
#83	Proposed Roads to Freedom: Socialism, Anarchism and Syndicalism Bertrand Russell	0
#84	Demanding the impossible Peter H. Marshall	5
#85	21st Century Dissent: Anarchism, Anti-Globalization and Environmentalism Giorel Curran	3
#86	In Defense of Anarchism Robert Paul Wolff	0
#87	Anarchism George Woodcock	0
#88	Anarchism and Authority: A Philosophical Introduction to Classical Anarchism Paul McLaughlin	0
#89	The Economics and Ethics of Private Property: Studies in Political Economy and Philosophy Hans-Hermann Hoppe	0
#90	The Republic Plato	3.77
#91	The Prince Niccolò Machiavelli Rufus Goodwin (Translator)	3.62
#92	Politics Aristotle	3.62
#93	The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order Samuel P. Huntington	3.67
#94	Asia's cauldron Robert D. Kaplan	0
#95	The Grand Chessboard The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and its Geostrategic Imperatives Zbigniew Brzeziński	4
#96	The Revenge Of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate Robert D. Kaplan	3
#97	Foundation's edge Isaac Asimov	3.97
#98	Second Foundation Isaac Asimov	4.17
#99	Foundation and Empire Isaac Asimov	4.04
#100	Foundation Isaac Asimov	3.98
#101	Orientalism Edward W. Said	4.26

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