Books like Strategy: The Indirect Approach

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The Art of War

Sun Tzu · Philosophy

The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise attributed to Sun Tzu, a general and strategist believed to have lived in the fifth century BCE.

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Good Strategy Bad Strategy

Richard Rumelt · Business

Good Strategy Bad Strategy is Richard Rumelt's indictment of the strategic planning process as it is practiced in most organizations, and his articulation of what genuine strategy actually requires.

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Extreme Ownership

Jocko Willink and Leif Babin · Business

Extreme Ownership is former Navy SEAL commanders Jocko Willink and Leif Babin's argument that the single most important principle in leadership is taking total responsibility for everything that happens under your command — not just your own actions but your team's performance, your mission's failure, and the behavior of those above you when it doesn't support your mission.

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The Prince

Niccolò Machiavelli · Philosophy

The Prince is Machiavelli's short treatise on how to acquire, hold, and exercise political power.

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The Changing World Order

Ray Dalio · History

The Changing World Order is Ray Dalio's attempt to map the long arc of rising and declining empires through a systematic historical framework, with the explicit goal of understanding whether the United States is in decline and what a world with China as a co-dominant power would look like.

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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

Charles C. Mann · History

Charles Mann's 1491 sets out to correct a widespread misconception: that the Americas before Columbus were a mostly empty wilderness populated by small, isolated bands of hunter-gatherers living in gentle harmony with an untouched nature.