Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2022-07-21
Books mentioned on #608: Signal Over Noise with Noah Feldman — The War in Ukraine (Recap and Predictions), The Machiavelli of Maryland, Best Books to Understand Geopolitics, The Battles for Free Speech on Social Media, Metaverse Challenges, and More
Tim Ferriss and Noah Feldman on The War in Ukraine (Recap and Predictions), The Machiavelli of Maryland, Best Books to Understand Geopolitics, The Battles for Free Speech on Social Media, Metaverse Ch
Noah Feldman recommended On War by Carl von Clausewitz and Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder, and discussed The Art of War by Sun Tzu. Tim Ferriss discussed Coup D'etat by Edward Luttwak.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Art of War
The Art of War by Sun Tzu is an ancient military treatise offering timeless strategic principles on leadership, outmaneuvering adversaries, and conflict resolution.
Discussed“and it's this book called on war by von klausewitz a german general it's the single most influential book on war written since sun tzu's art of war”
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On War
On War by Carl von Clausewitz is a foundational treatise on military strategy, political theory, and the nature of armed conflict, written by the Prussian general following the Napoleonic Wars.
Recommended“and it's this book called on war by von klausewitz a german general it's the single most influential book on war written since sun tzu's art of war and as i said it's required reading in military academies in every country in the world”
Where to get it
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Bloodlands
Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder is a historical examination of the mass killings and political atrocities committed by the regimes of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin in Eastern Europe during the mid-twentieth century.
Recommended“his grand book is called bloodlands it's long and intense but it's very very very beautifully and and clearly written and if you can you know if you can stomach a book about the wars of the 20th century you'll learn a ton about geopolitics and the region in the process”
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Coup D'etat
Discussed“and this is a book called coup d'etat a practical handbook by edward n lutvak i'm imagining that's how you pronounce it l-u-t-t-w-a-k and it was originally published in 1968”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Noah Feldman is a Harvard professor, ethical philosopher and advisor, public intellectual, religious scholar and historian, and author of 10 books, including his latest, The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America.”
“so about 10 years ago i wrote a book about u.s and china which was called cool war which i thought was like the best title of any book title i've ever come up with and i was convinced that i'd come up with the perfect name for the us-china relationship”