50 Books like Conquering the maharajas

The Shadow of the Great Game

by Narendra Singh Sarila • 2006

India's partition was engineered by Britain to secure a Cold War foothold, not just communal strife.

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🇮🇳 Partition Of India 🇬🇧 British Imperialism 🗺️ Great Game 📜 Decolonization 🌏 South Asian Geopolitics

The Shadow of the Great Game 97%

India's partition was engineered by Britain to secure a Cold War foothold, not just communal strife.

by Narendra Singh Sarila 2006

4.16

290 ratings

🇮🇳 Partition Of India 🇬🇧 British Imperialism 🗺️ Great Game 📜 Decolonization 🌏 South Asian Geopolitics

From Plassey to Partition

by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay • 2004

Imperial greed, local ambition, fractured nationalism: built modern India, broke it at Partition.

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🇮🇳 Modern Indian History 🇬🇧 British Empire 💰 Colonial Economies ✊ Nationalist Movements 💔 Partition Of India

From Plassey to Partition 96%

Imperial greed, local ambition, fractured nationalism: built modern India, broke it at Partition.

by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay 2004

4.20

1k+ ratings

🇮🇳 Modern Indian History 🇬🇧 British Empire 💰 Colonial Economies ✊ Nationalist Movements 💔 Partition Of India

Inglorious Empire

by Shashi Tharoor • 2016

From 23% of global GDP to 3%: the extraction Britain called its civilizing mission.

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🇬🇧 British Empire 🇮🇳 Indian History 💰 Economic Extraction ⚔️ Colonial Violence 🌾 Colonial Famine

Inglorious Empire 96%

From 23% of global GDP to 3%: the extraction Britain called its civilizing mission.

by Shashi Tharoor 2016

4.17

13k+ ratings

🇬🇧 British Empire 🇮🇳 Indian History 💰 Economic Extraction ⚔️ Colonial Violence 🌾 Colonial Famine

A History of Bangladesh

by Willem van Schendel • 2009

A delta shaped by rivers and monsoons, not just by kings: the deep past of Bangladesh.

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🗺️ South Asian History 🌿 Environmental History ✂️ Partition Of India 🏛️ Colonial Legacies 📜 Longue DuréE History

A History of Bangladesh 95%

A delta shaped by rivers and monsoons, not just by kings: the deep past of Bangladesh.

by Willem van Schendel 2009

4.20

250 ratings

🗺️ South Asian History 🌿 Environmental History ✂️ Partition Of India 🏛️ Colonial Legacies 📜 Longue DuréE History

The Story of the Integration of the Indian States

by V.P. Menon • 1956

Over 550 kingdoms. One new nation. The inside story of India’s impossible unification.

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🏰 Indian Princely States 🕊️ Decolonization 🤝 Political Unification 🧭 Postcolonial Statecraft 📖 Insider History

The Story of the Integration of the Indian States Summary

The Story of the Integration of the Indian States 95%

Over 550 kingdoms. One new nation. The inside story of India’s impossible unification.

by V.P. Menon 1956

4.36

294 ratings

🏰 Indian Princely States 🕊️ Decolonization 🤝 Political Unification 🧭 Postcolonial Statecraft 📖 Insider History

India's Wars

by Arjun Subramaniam • 2016

Four wars forged modern India. The military history its own universities still don't teach.

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515

🇮🇳 Modern Indian History 🕌 South Asian History ⚔️ Military Statecraft 🌍 Postcolonial Conflicts 🗺️ Border Wars

India's Wars 94%

Four wars forged modern India. The military history its own universities still don't teach.

by Arjun Subramaniam 2016

4.19

515 ratings

🇮🇳 Modern Indian History 🕌 South Asian History ⚔️ Military Statecraft 🌍 Postcolonial Conflicts 🗺️ Border Wars

India

by John Keay • 2000

One volume, five thousand years: the subcontinent from its first cities to its midnight partition.

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🏛️ Civilizational History 📖 Narrative History 🌏 Cultural Crossroads 👑 Empire And Rule 🔄 Dynastic Cycles

India 94%

One volume, five thousand years: the subcontinent from its first cities to its midnight partition.

by John Keay 2000

3.93

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Civilizational History 📖 Narrative History 🌏 Cultural Crossroads 👑 Empire And Rule 🔄 Dynastic Cycles

The Discovery of India

by Jawaharlal Nehru • 1946

From a British prison, one leader retraces five millennia of Indian civilization: who are we?

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🪧 Anticolonial Movements 🇬🇧 British Colonialism 🕉️ Cultural Synthesis 📜 Civilizational History 💰 Colonial Economics

The Discovery of India 94%

From a British prison, one leader retraces five millennia of Indian civilization: who are we?

by Jawaharlal Nehru 1946

4.10

9k+ ratings

🪧 Anticolonial Movements 🇬🇧 British Colonialism 🕉️ Cultural Synthesis 📜 Civilizational History 💰 Colonial Economics

Savarkar

by Vikram Sampath • 2021

A court cleared Savarkar of Gandhi's murder. History never did.

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🚩 Hindu Nationalism 📖 Political Biography 🗺️ Partition Of India 🇮🇳 Anti-Colonial India ✊ Social Reform Movements

Savarkar 94%

A court cleared Savarkar of Gandhi's murder. History never did.

by Vikram Sampath 2021

4.70

472 ratings

🚩 Hindu Nationalism 📖 Political Biography 🗺️ Partition Of India 🇮🇳 Anti-Colonial India ✊ Social Reform Movements

Kashmir

by Tariq Ali • 2011

A 1947 promise of a vote. Sixty years of soldiers. Now a generation demands freedom with stones.

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618

🧭 Kashmir Conflict 🗳️ South Asian Politics 🇮🇳 Partition Of India 🕊️ Self-Determination ⚠️ State Violence

Kashmir 94%

A 1947 promise of a vote. Sixty years of soldiers. Now a generation demands freedom with stones.

by Tariq Ali 2011

3.95

618 ratings

🧭 Kashmir Conflict 🗳️ South Asian Politics 🇮🇳 Partition Of India 🕊️ Self-Determination ⚠️ State Violence

1971

by Anam Zakaria • 2019

The 1971 war created Bangladesh and left three conflicting histories that still shape South Asia.

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215

🎙️ Oral History 🌏 South Asian History 🕯️ War And Memory 💭 Contested Memory ✂️ Partition Studies

1971 94%

The 1971 war created Bangladesh and left three conflicting histories that still shape South Asia.

by Anam Zakaria 2019

4.13

215 ratings

🎙️ Oral History 🌏 South Asian History 🕯️ War And Memory 💭 Contested Memory ✂️ Partition Studies

India Wins Freedom

by Abul Kalam Azad • 1978

How the Congress leadership lost the fight for a united India: an insider's account.

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🇮🇳 Indian Independence 💔 Partition Of India 🏛️ Secular Nationalism ☪️ Indian Muslims 🤝 Hindu-Muslim Unity

India Wins Freedom 94%

How the Congress leadership lost the fight for a united India: an insider's account.

by Abul Kalam Azad 1978

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🇮🇳 Indian Independence 💔 Partition Of India 🏛️ Secular Nationalism ☪️ Indian Muslims 🤝 Hindu-Muslim Unity

The Making of Exile

by Nandita Bhavnani • 2014

Sindh's Hindus did not flee a massacre. They were eroded out of their homeland.

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145

📜 Partition Histories 🧳 Forced Migration ⚔️ Communal Violence 🏙️ Cultural Assimilation 🎙️ Oral History

The Making of Exile 93%

Sindh's Hindus did not flee a massacre. They were eroded out of their homeland.

by Nandita Bhavnani 2014

4.17

145 ratings

📜 Partition Histories 🧳 Forced Migration ⚔️ Communal Violence 🏙️ Cultural Assimilation 🎙️ Oral History

The Anarchy

by William Dalrymple • 2019

A company raised an army, conquered India, and its hunger for profit starved a nation.

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📜 Colonial History 🏢 Corporate History 💰 Economic Plunder ⚔️ Mercenary Armies 📉 Corporate Malfeasance

The Anarchy 93%

A company raised an army, conquered India, and its hunger for profit starved a nation.

by William Dalrymple 2019

4.20

19k+ ratings

📜 Colonial History 🏢 Corporate History 💰 Economic Plunder ⚔️ Mercenary Armies 📉 Corporate Malfeasance

Worshipping False Gods

by Arun Shourie • 1997

An icon of Indian justice never fought for freedom and served in the colonial government instead.

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365

🏛️ Indian Politics 📜 Historical Revisionism 🌏 Post-Colonial Critique 🛕 Political Deification 🎭 National Mythmaking

Worshipping False Gods 93%

An icon of Indian justice never fought for freedom and served in the colonial government instead.

by Arun Shourie 1997

3.83

365 ratings

🏛️ Indian Politics 📜 Historical Revisionism 🌏 Post-Colonial Critique 🛕 Political Deification 🎭 National Mythmaking

The Blood Telegram

by Gary J. Bass • 2013

Nixon needed Pakistan for a secret China opening. When genocide began, he looked away.

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🌐 Us Foreign Policy 🌏 South Asian History ❄️ Cold War History ⚖️ Genocide Studies ♟️ Realpolitik

The Blood Telegram 93%

Nixon needed Pakistan for a secret China opening. When genocide began, he looked away.

by Gary J. Bass 2013

4.35

3k+ ratings

🌐 Us Foreign Policy 🌏 South Asian History ❄️ Cold War History ⚖️ Genocide Studies ♟️ Realpolitik

The Struggle for Pakistan

by Ayesha Jalal • 2014

Pakistan's founders left their demand vague. The military has exploited that ambiguity ever since.

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🕌 South Asian History 🌍 Postcolonial History 🇮🇳 Partition Of India 🥶 Cold War Proxy Wars 🪖 Military Rule

The Struggle for Pakistan 93%

Pakistan's founders left their demand vague. The military has exploited that ambiguity ever since.

by Ayesha Jalal 2014

3.94

261 ratings

🕌 South Asian History 🌍 Postcolonial History 🇮🇳 Partition Of India 🥶 Cold War Proxy Wars 🪖 Military Rule

Bangladesh

by Anthony Mascarenhas • 1986

Bangladesh's founders each betrayed the nation. The nation devoured each in turn.

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🗺️ South Asian History 🪖 Military Coups 🏛️ Postcolonial States 🔫 Political Assassinations ✊ Revolution And Aftermath

Bangladesh 93%

Bangladesh's founders each betrayed the nation. The nation devoured each in turn.

by Anthony Mascarenhas 1986

4.12

945 ratings

🗺️ South Asian History 🪖 Military Coups 🏛️ Postcolonial States 🔫 Political Assassinations ✊ Revolution And Aftermath

The Beautiful Tree

by Dharampal • 1983

Precolonial India educated one in four children through village schools. Then British rule broke it.

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🏛️ Colonial Education 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge 📚 Caste And Education 🇬🇧 British Raj Education 🌍 Cultural Imperialism

The Beautiful Tree 93%

Precolonial India educated one in four children through village schools. Then British rule broke it.

by Dharampal 1983

4.38

184 ratings

🏛️ Colonial Education 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge 📚 Caste And Education 🇬🇧 British Raj Education 🌍 Cultural Imperialism

India that is Bharat

by J. Sai Deepak • 2021

Independence did not end colonialism. It just moved inside the constitution.

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📚 Postcolonial Theory 🇮🇳 Indian Politics 🌍 Decolonial Thought 🏛️ Cultural Imperialism 🌐 Eurocentrism Critique

India that is Bharat 93%

Independence did not end colonialism. It just moved inside the constitution.

by J. Sai Deepak 2021

4.42

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📚 Postcolonial Theory 🇮🇳 Indian Politics 🌍 Decolonial Thought 🏛️ Cultural Imperialism 🌐 Eurocentrism Critique

Revolusi

by David Van Reybrouck • 2020

One in 27 humans lives there, yet its revolution launched the Third World.

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🗺️ Decolonization 🇮🇩 Indonesian History 🇳🇱 Dutch Colonialism 🌿 Guerrilla Warfare 🌏 Cold War In Asia

Revolusi 93%

One in 27 humans lives there, yet its revolution launched the Third World.

by David Van Reybrouck 2020

4.53

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🗺️ Decolonization 🇮🇩 Indonesian History 🇳🇱 Dutch Colonialism 🌿 Guerrilla Warfare 🌏 Cold War In Asia

Glimpses of World History

by Jawaharlal Nehru • 1934

From a British prison cell, a jailed father teaches his daughter all of world history.

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✊ Anti-Imperialist History 🌍 World History Survey 🏛️ Comparative Civilizations 🔒 Prison Writing 📜 Rise And Fall Of Empires

Glimpses of World History 92%

From a British prison cell, a jailed father teaches his daughter all of world history.

by Jawaharlal Nehru 1934

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2k+ ratings

✊ Anti-Imperialist History 🌍 World History Survey 🏛️ Comparative Civilizations 🔒 Prison Writing 📜 Rise And Fall Of Empires

The Man Who Remade India

by Vinay Sitapati • 2016

P.V. Narasimha Rao: a silent, marginal prime minister who dismantled India's closed economy.

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🇮🇳 Indian Politics 📉 Economic Reform 📜 Political Biographies 🦊 Political Maneuvering 🏭 Economic History

The Man Who Remade India 92%

P.V. Narasimha Rao: a silent, marginal prime minister who dismantled India's closed economy.

by Vinay Sitapati 2016

4.42

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🇮🇳 Indian Politics 📉 Economic Reform 📜 Political Biographies 🦊 Political Maneuvering 🏭 Economic History

Witness to Surrender

by Siddique Salik • 1977

East Pakistan's end: an insider's log of mutiny, guerrilla war, and the birth of Bangladesh.

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🪖 Military Memoir 🌏 South Asian History ⚔️ Civil War 🌿 Guerrilla Warfare 🎯 Counterinsurgency

Witness to Surrender 92%

East Pakistan's end: an insider's log of mutiny, guerrilla war, and the birth of Bangladesh.

by Siddique Salik 1977

3.86

246 ratings

🪖 Military Memoir 🌏 South Asian History ⚔️ Civil War 🌿 Guerrilla Warfare 🎯 Counterinsurgency

Lost Islamic History

by Firas Alkhateeb • 2014

Slaughter, forced conversion, cultural erasure: the violent truth of Islamic rule in India.

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🏰 Medieval India ⚔️ Islamic Conquests 🤝 Hindu-Muslim Relations 🗺️ Partition Of 1947 🔥 Religious Persecution

Lost Islamic History 92%

Slaughter, forced conversion, cultural erasure: the violent truth of Islamic rule in India.

by Firas Alkhateeb 2014

4.43

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🏰 Medieval India ⚔️ Islamic Conquests 🤝 Hindu-Muslim Relations 🗺️ Partition Of 1947 🔥 Religious Persecution

The Bengalis

by Sudeep Chakravarti • 2017

Language bound them; religion and borders broke them: a portrait of 250 million Bengalis.

3.90

215

🐅 Bengali Identity 🗺️ South Asian History ✂️ Partition Of India 🔍 Cultural Ethnography 🗣️ Language Politics

The Bengalis 92%

Language bound them; religion and borders broke them: a portrait of 250 million Bengalis.

by Sudeep Chakravarti 2017

3.90

215 ratings

🐅 Bengali Identity 🗺️ South Asian History ✂️ Partition Of India 🔍 Cultural Ethnography 🗣️ Language Politics

Halt Station India

by Rajendra B. Aklekar • 2014

Bombay's oldest railway still passes through the ruins of the city it replaced.

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🚂 Indian Railways 🇮🇳 Colonial India 🛤️ Railway History 🏭 Industrialization 🏛️ Architectural Preservation

Halt Station India 92%

Bombay's oldest railway still passes through the ruins of the city it replaced.

by Rajendra B. Aklekar 2014

4.38

120 ratings

🚂 Indian Railways 🇮🇳 Colonial India 🛤️ Railway History 🏭 Industrialization 🏛️ Architectural Preservation

Enemy of All Mankind

by Steven Johnson • 2020

His 1695 heist of a Mughal treasure ship nearly toppled an empire. Then Henry Every disappeared.

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🚢 Maritime History 🏴‍☠️ Piracy And Empire 🏛️ East India Company 🌏 Early Globalisation 🕌 Mughal Empire

Enemy of All Mankind 92%

His 1695 heist of a Mughal treasure ship nearly toppled an empire. Then Henry Every disappeared.

by Steven Johnson 2020

3.89

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🚢 Maritime History 🏴‍☠️ Piracy And Empire 🏛️ East India Company 🌏 Early Globalisation 🕌 Mughal Empire

The Doctor and the Saint

by Arundhati Roy • 2017

One man wanted reform, the other annihilation. Their clash over caste still defines India.

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🇮🇳 Caste In India ⚖️ Dalit Politics 📜 Historical Revisionism ☸️ Ambedkarite Buddhism 🏛️ Modern Indian History

The Doctor and the Saint 92%

One man wanted reform, the other annihilation. Their clash over caste still defines India.

by Arundhati Roy 2017

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3k+ ratings

🇮🇳 Caste In India ⚖️ Dalit Politics 📜 Historical Revisionism ☸️ Ambedkarite Buddhism 🏛️ Modern Indian History

Pakistan

by Anatol Lieven • 2011

Why Pakistan outlasts every prediction of its collapse: kinship, not government, runs the country.

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🗳️ South Asian Politics 👥 Kinship Politics 💬 Failed State Debate 🪖 Military And Politics 🔬 Political Anthropology

Pakistan 92%

Why Pakistan outlasts every prediction of its collapse: kinship, not government, runs the country.

by Anatol Lieven 2011

4.12

2k+ ratings

🗳️ South Asian Politics 👥 Kinship Politics 💬 Failed State Debate 🪖 Military And Politics 🔬 Political Anthropology

Saffron Swords - Centuries of Indic Resistance to Invaders

by Manoshi Sinha Rawal • 2019

A 40,000-woman brigade and a teen human bomb: the centuries of Indian resistance history erased.

4.24

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🪶 Colonial Resistance ⚔️ Women Warriors 🏹 Guerrilla Warfare 📜 Forgotten Histories 🌿 Indigenous Resistance

Saffron Swords - Centuries of Indic Resistance to Invaders Summary

Saffron Swords - Centuries of Indic Resistance to Invaders 91%

A 40,000-woman brigade and a teen human bomb: the centuries of Indian resistance history erased.

by Manoshi Sinha Rawal 2019

4.24

153 ratings

🪶 Colonial Resistance ⚔️ Women Warriors 🏹 Guerrilla Warfare 📜 Forgotten Histories 🌿 Indigenous Resistance

Monsoon

by Robert D. Kaplan • 2010

Half the world's oil passes through one ocean; two giants are racing to control it.

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🏝️ Indian Ocean World 🚢 Maritime Geopolitics 📓 Geopolitical Travelogue ⛽ Energy Security ⚔️ China India Rivalry

Monsoon 91%

Half the world's oil passes through one ocean; two giants are racing to control it.

by Robert D. Kaplan 2010

3.96

3k+ ratings

🏝️ Indian Ocean World 🚢 Maritime Geopolitics 📓 Geopolitical Travelogue ⛽ Energy Security ⚔️ China India Rivalry

Shivaji

by Dennis Kincaid • 1937

The rebel who outwitted Aurangzeb, escaped his prison, and built a kingdom on mountain forts.

4.18

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🕌 Mughal Empire 🏰 Maratha Empire ⚔️ Military Biography 🧭 Guerrilla Warfare 🕉️ Hindu Nationalism

Shivaji 91%

The rebel who outwitted Aurangzeb, escaped his prison, and built a kingdom on mountain forts.

by Dennis Kincaid 1937

4.18

898 ratings

🕌 Mughal Empire 🏰 Maratha Empire ⚔️ Military Biography 🧭 Guerrilla Warfare 🕉️ Hindu Nationalism

Gandhi

by Louis Fischer • 1950

Thrown off a train in South Africa, a shy lawyer discovered a weapon empires cannot fight.

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🪷 Indian Independence ✊ Nonviolent Resistance 🌍 Anticolonial Movements 🕉️ Hindu Ethics 🔗 Caste And Class

Gandhi 91%

Thrown off a train in South Africa, a shy lawyer discovered a weapon empires cannot fight.

by Louis Fischer 1950

4.18

5k+ ratings

🪷 Indian Independence ✊ Nonviolent Resistance 🌍 Anticolonial Movements 🕉️ Hindu Ethics 🔗 Caste And Class

R. N. Kao

by Mr Nitin A Gokhale • 2019

How a gentle, artistic police officer built India's CIA and secretly redrew South Asia's map.

3.92

456

🕵️ Indian Intelligence 🥷 Covert Operations 📜 Intelligence History 🌏 South Asian Geopolitics ❄️ Cold War Espionage

R. N. Kao 91%

How a gentle, artistic police officer built India's CIA and secretly redrew South Asia's map.

by Mr Nitin A Gokhale 2019

3.92

456 ratings

🕵️ Indian Intelligence 🥷 Covert Operations 📜 Intelligence History 🌏 South Asian Geopolitics ❄️ Cold War Espionage

India Way,The - Strategies for an uncertain world

by S. Jaishankar • 2020

India traded non-alignment for a strategy of engaging all sides at once. The architect explains why.

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🇮🇳 Indian Foreign Policy 🌏 Asian Geopolitics 🇨🇳 China India Relations 🌊 Indo Pacific Geopolitics ⚖️ Balance Of Power

India Way,The - Strategies for an uncertain world Summary

India Way,The - Strategies for an uncertain world 91%

India traded non-alignment for a strategy of engaging all sides at once. The architect explains why.

by S. Jaishankar 2020

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🇮🇳 Indian Foreign Policy 🌏 Asian Geopolitics 🇨🇳 China India Relations 🌊 Indo Pacific Geopolitics ⚖️ Balance Of Power

A Peace to End All Peace

by David Fromkin • 1989

The modern Middle East was drawn in European offices; a century of instability is the result.

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🕌 Ottoman Empire 🌍 Middle Eastern History ✍️ Diplomatic History 🗺️ Colonial Borders 🎭 Imperial Overreach

A Peace to End All Peace 91%

The modern Middle East was drawn in European offices; a century of instability is the result.

by David Fromkin 1989

4.22

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🕌 Ottoman Empire 🌍 Middle Eastern History ✍️ Diplomatic History 🗺️ Colonial Borders 🎭 Imperial Overreach

India Is Broken

by Ashoka Mody • 2023

India chose steel over schools, charisma over accountability: the sixty-year unmaking of a nation.

4.25

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🇮🇳 Indian Political Economy 📉 Economic Inequality 🗳️ Democratic Backsliding 🕉️ Hindu Nationalism 🏭 State-Led Development

India Is Broken 91%

India chose steel over schools, charisma over accountability: the sixty-year unmaking of a nation.

by Ashoka Mody 2023

4.25

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🇮🇳 Indian Political Economy 📉 Economic Inequality 🗳️ Democratic Backsliding 🕉️ Hindu Nationalism 🏭 State-Led Development

Empire

by Niall Ferguson • 2003

Piracy, sugar, and debt built the largest empire ever. The collapse outpaced the climb.

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🏛️ Imperial History 📉 Imperial Decline 💰 Financial History ⚓ Naval Power ⛓️ Slavery And Empire

Empire 91%

Piracy, sugar, and debt built the largest empire ever. The collapse outpaced the climb.

by Niall Ferguson 2003

3.93

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🏛️ Imperial History 📉 Imperial Decline 💰 Financial History ⚓ Naval Power ⛓️ Slavery And Empire

A Line in the Sand

by James Barr • 2011

Why the Arab-Israeli conflict began as a secret war between Britain and France.

4.06

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🌍 Middle East History ⚔️ Imperial Rivalry 🗺️ Colonial Borders 🔥 Arab-Israeli Conflict 🛢️ Oil Politics

A Line in the Sand 91%

Why the Arab-Israeli conflict began as a secret war between Britain and France.

by James Barr 2011

4.06

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🌍 Middle East History ⚔️ Imperial Rivalry 🗺️ Colonial Borders 🔥 Arab-Israeli Conflict 🛢️ Oil Politics

India Unbound

by Gurcharan Das • 2000

Forty years of socialism, 3% growth: India's stagnation was self-inflicted. Then 1991 broke it open.

4.09

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🏛️ Indian Economy 📈 Development Economics 📋 License Raj 🔓 Market Liberalization 🌏 Emerging Markets

India Unbound 91%

Forty years of socialism, 3% growth: India's stagnation was self-inflicted. Then 1991 broke it open.

by Gurcharan Das 2000

4.09

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🏛️ Indian Economy 📈 Development Economics 📋 License Raj 🔓 Market Liberalization 🌏 Emerging Markets

Why Bharat Matters

by S. Jaishankar • 2024

India abandoned diplomatic idealism for raw power realism. Its foreign minister explains why.

3.87

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🇮🇳 Indian Foreign Policy 🌐 Geopolitical Realism 🌏 Multipolar World Order 🌍 Global South Politics 🌊 Indo-Pacific Strategy

Why Bharat Matters 91%

India abandoned diplomatic idealism for raw power realism. Its foreign minister explains why.

by S. Jaishankar 2024

3.87

491 ratings

🇮🇳 Indian Foreign Policy 🌐 Geopolitical Realism 🌏 Multipolar World Order 🌍 Global South Politics 🌊 Indo-Pacific Strategy

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine

by Rashid Khalidi • 2020

Palestine 1917-2017: how a settler-colonial war dispossessed a people, and why they still resist.

4.49

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🗺️ Settler Colonialism 🇵🇸 Palestinian History 💥 Ethnic Cleansing ✊ Indigenous Resistance 🪖 Military Occupation

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine Summary

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine 91%

Palestine 1917-2017: how a settler-colonial war dispossessed a people, and why they still resist.

by Rashid Khalidi 2020

4.49

36k+ ratings

🗺️ Settler Colonialism 🇵🇸 Palestinian History 💥 Ethnic Cleansing ✊ Indigenous Resistance 🪖 Military Occupation

Buddhism

by Damien Keown • 1996

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

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📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Buddhism 91%

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

by Damien Keown 1996

3.74

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📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

A History of the Philippines

by Luis H. Francia • 2010

How Spanish friars, American teachers, and Japanese occupiers accidentally created a nation.

3.93

591

📜 Philippine History 🌏 Southeast Asian History 🏴 Imperialism 🇵🇭 National Identity ✊ Nonviolent Revolution

A History of the Philippines 91%

How Spanish friars, American teachers, and Japanese occupiers accidentally created a nation.

by Luis H. Francia 2010

3.93

591 ratings

📜 Philippine History 🌏 Southeast Asian History 🏴 Imperialism 🇵🇭 National Identity ✊ Nonviolent Revolution

The Singapore Story

by Lee Kuan Yew • 1998

To save his island, he merges with a hostile neighbor and purges his own party.

4.29

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🌏 Southeast Asia 📜 Decolonization 🏗️ Nation Building 📖 Political Memoir 🛡️ Anti-Communism

The Singapore Story 91%

To save his island, he merges with a hostile neighbor and purges his own party.

by Lee Kuan Yew 1998

4.29

3k+ ratings

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4.00

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The Emergency 91%

When the lights went out at the Indian Express, a journalist knew the democracy had broken.

by Coomi Kapoor 2015

4.00

1k+ ratings

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Before the Silk Road, monsoon winds made India the intellectual heart of the ancient world.

4.12

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The Golden Road 91%

Before the Silk Road, monsoon winds made India the intellectual heart of the ancient world.

by William Dalrymple 2024

4.12

4k+ ratings

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The Scramble for Africa

by Thomas Pakenham • 1991

Livingstone begged to save Africa. Within a generation, it was carved up for rubber and gold.

4.15

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The Scramble for Africa 91%

Livingstone begged to save Africa. Within a generation, it was carved up for rubber and gold.

by Thomas Pakenham 1991

4.15

3k+ ratings

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Invaders and Infidels

by Sandeep Balakrishna • 2020

Islamic armies invaded India for 500 years. Hindu kingdoms fought back hard but never united.

4.39

288

🏰 Medieval India ⚔️ Islamic Invasions 🕌 Delhi Sultanate 🛡️ Hindu Resistance 🔨 Iconoclasm

Invaders and Infidels 90%

Islamic armies invaded India for 500 years. Hindu kingdoms fought back hard but never united.

by Sandeep Balakrishna 2020

4.39

288 ratings

🏰 Medieval India ⚔️ Islamic Invasions 🕌 Delhi Sultanate 🛡️ Hindu Resistance 🔨 Iconoclasm

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