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Every book Michael Lester recommended on podcasts
Michael Lester appeared on multiple episodes of The Shawn Ryan Show to discuss international relations, foreign policy, and historical military conflicts. During his appearances, Lester recommended several notable books to support his analysis. He recommended Ronen Bergman's Rise and Kill First to illustrate targeted Israeli assassinations, and suggested Robert H. Cartmill's The Next Hundred Years . . . Then and Now when discussing long-term population growth projections. Lester also recommended John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt's The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy to examine foreign influence, as well as John Perkins's Confessions of an Economic Hit Man to explain how economic leverage and debt traps function in global affairs. In addition to his direct book recommendations, Lester discussed several historical and theoretical works throughout the interviews. He referenced Cyrus Ingersoll Scofield's The Scofield Bible Correspondence Course to analyze the roots of Christian Zionism, Christopher Clark's The Sleepwalkers and Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August to explain how nations unintentionally stumble into military mobilization and war, and George Orwell's classic novel 1984 to highlight themes of hidden government control and societal manipulation.
Books recommended by Michael Lester
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins details the covert methods used by powerful corporate and governmental entities to indebt developing nations and manipulate global politics.
Recommended“There was a good book um confessions of an economic hitman where he talks about how his job this author I forgot his name Peterson he would go in and convince countries you need to help have us come in and help you”
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Rise and kill first
Rise and Kill First by Ronen Bergman is an investigative journalism book that chronicles the history of Israel's targeted assassinations and intelligence operations.
Recommended“Read the book Rise and Kill First.”
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The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
The Israel Lobby and U.S.
Recommended“Mirshimer and Waltz wrote a book called the Apac Lobby where they went in depth and looked at this. And again, the data is there.”
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The Next Hundred Years . . . Then and Now
The Next Hundred Years .
Recommended“There's a really interesting book called the next hundred years. It's written back in uh I think 2008 or so around then and the guy predicted here's what's going to happen over the next hundred years.”
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1984
1984 by George Orwell is a dystopian novel that explores totalitarianism, government surveillance, and the manipulation of truth and information.
Discussed“I go a lot back a lot to like George Orwell's 1984. You don't even see what's happening, right?”
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The Guns of August
The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman is a classic historical account detailing the diplomatic failures and human miscalculations that led to the outbreak of World War I.
Discussed“Wrote a book called The Guns of August.”
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The Scofield Bible Correspondence Course
Discussed“And the big answer to that is something called the Scofield Bible.”
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The Sleepwalkers
The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 is a historical book by Christopher Clark that meticulously details the diplomatic missteps and complex alliances that led to the outbreak of the First World War.
Discussed“Christian Clark who wrote a book called The Sleepwalkers.”
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Books Michael Lester wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| #289 Michael Lester - Is the United States Going to War with Iran For Israel? | The Shawn Ryan Show | 2026-03-19 | 4 |
| #277 Michael Lester - Are We the Bad Guys? | The Shawn Ryan Show | 2026-02-05 | 5 |