# Multimedia Multimedia --- - [Podcasts](/podcasts) - [Cato Video](/multimedia/cato-video) - [Video Series](/search/category/video-series) - [Events](/multimedia/events) [ Download Episode ](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/5e3db1b9659d595770f8b9b0/064ee1b9836fdb99372b54b8dee1d8af.mp3)Subscribe: [ Apple Podcasts ](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/power-problems/id1282100393) [ Spotify ](https://open.spotify.com/show/7LrC4meqQkPvzFqP9PMwkS) Power Problems • July 10, 2018 # Works for Wonks: A Summer Reading List - [James Goldgeier](https://www.cfr.org/experts/james-m-goldgeier) - [*The Americans*](https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/the-americans) - Deborah D. Avant, [*The Market for Force: The Consequences of Privatizing Security*](https://www.amazon.com/Market-Force-Consequences-Privatizing-Security/dp/0521615356/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1531148802&sr=8-1&keywords=deborah+avant) - Nick Bostrom, [*Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies*](https://www.amazon.com/Superintelligence-Dangers-Strategies-Nick-Bostrom/dp/0198739834/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531149344&sr=1-1&keywords=superintelligence+by+nick+bostrom) - Steve Coll, [*Directorate S: The CIA, and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan*](https://www.amazon.com/Directorate-C-I-Americas-Afghanistan-Pakistan/dp/1594204586/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531149060&sr=1-1&keywords=steve+coll+directorate+s) - Roger Fisher, William L. Ury, and Bruce Patton, [*Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In*](https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Yes-Negotiating-Agreement-Without/dp/0143118757/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531149118&sr=1-3&keywords=getting+to+yes+negotiating+agreement+without+giving+in) - Paul Holden, [*Indefensible: Seven Myths that Sustain the Global Arms Trade*](https://www.amazon.com/Indefensible-Seven-Myths-Sustain-Global/dp/1783605650/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531149932&sr=1-1&keywords=arms+trade+seven+myths) - Robert Jervis, [*Perception and Misconception in International Politics*](https://www.amazon.com/Perception-Misperception-International-Politics-University/dp/0691175853/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531149193&sr=1-1&keywords=perception+and+misperception+in+international+politics) - Arthur Koestler, [*Darkness at Noon*](https://www.amazon.com/Darkness-at-Noon-Arthur-Koestler/dp/1416540261/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531149514&sr=1-1&keywords=darkness+at+noon+by+arthur+koestler) - Hans Morgethau, [*Politics Among Nations*](https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Among-Nations-Hans-Morgenthau/dp/007289539X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531149570&sr=1-1&keywords=hans+morgenthau) - [*Occupied*](http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2016/02/02/occupied_a_political_thriller_on_climate_change_now_on_netflix_reviewed.html) - Steven Pinker, [*The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century*](https://www.amazon.com/Sense-Style-Thinking-Persons-Writing/dp/0143127799/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531150238&sr=1-1&keywords=steven+pinker+writing) - Ben Rhodes, [*The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House*](https://www.amazon.com/World-Memoir-Obama-White-House-ebook/dp/B079KTNWP6/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531150176&sr=1-1&keywords=ben+rhodes+the+world+as+it+is+kindle) - Joe Sacco, [*Palestine*](https://www.amazon.com/Palestine-Collection-Joe-Sacco/dp/156097432X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531148984&sr=1-1&keywords=joe+sacco+palestine) - Elizabeth Saunders, [*Leaders at War: How Presidents Shape Military Interventions*](https://www.amazon.com/Leaders-War-Presidents-Military-Interventions/dp/080147955X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531149714&sr=1-1&keywords=elizabeth+saunders+leaders) - Brent Steele, [*Ontological Security in International Relations: Self-Identity and the IR State*](https://www.amazon.com/Ontological-Security-International-Relations-Self-Identity/dp/0415762154/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531149777&sr=1-1&keywords=brent+steele) - Amor Towles, [*A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel*](https://www.amazon.com/Gentleman-Moscow-Novel-Amor-Towles/dp/0670026190/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531149994&sr=1-1&keywords=gentleman+in+moscow+book) - Kenneth N. Waltz, [*Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis*](https://www.amazon.com/Man-State-War-Theoretical-Analysis/dp/0231125372/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531149615&sr=1-1&keywords=man+and+the+state+waltz) - Earl Weaver, [*Winning!*](https://www.amazon.com/Market-Force-Consequences-Privatizing-Security/dp/0521615356/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1531148802&sr=8-1&keywords=deborah+avant) - Jack Goldstone, [*Political Demography: How Population Changes Are Reshaping International Security and National Politics*](https://www.amazon.com/Political-Demography-Population-Reshaping-International/dp/0199945969) - Justin Vaïsse, [*Zbigniew Brzezinski: America’s Grand Strategist*](https://www.amazon.com/Zbigniew-Brzezinski-Americas-Grand-Strategist/dp/0674975634) - Kori Schake, [*Safe Passage: The Transition from British to American Hegemony*](https://www.amazon.com/Safe-Passage-Transition-American-Hegemony/dp/0674975073) - [Margaret Maron](https://www.amazon.com/default/e/B000APE76I?redirectedFromKindleDbs=true) - [Charlene Harris](https://www.amazon.com/default/e/B000AQ04CS?redirectedFromKindleDbs=true) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). ##### Featuring [![Media Name: thrall-cropped.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/authors/crops/thrall-cropped.jpg?itok=z4kJ8rE_)](/people/trevor-thrall) ##### [A. 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