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In Strategy: A History, Sir Lawrence Freedman, one of the world's leading authorities on war and international politics, captures the vast history of strategic thinking, in a consistently engaging and insightful account of how strategy came to pervade every aspect of our lives.

A series of closely interrelated essays on game theory, this book deals with an area in which progress has been least satisfactory - the situations where there is a common interest as well as conflict between adversaries: negotiations, war and threats of war, criminal deterrence, extortion, tacit bargaining. It proposes enlightening similarities between, for instance, maneuvering in limited war and in a traffic jam; deterring the Russians and one's own children; the modern strategy of terror and the ancient institution of hostages.

In The Safety of the Kingdom, J. Michael Martinez takes up the question of how the United States government has responded to terrorist attacks and, in the absence of an attack, the fear of foreign and subversive elements that may harm the nation. In some cases the government “overreaction” led to a series of abuses that amplified the severity of the original threat.

Packed with insider information based on interviews, declassified files, and forensic analysis of company reports, The Hacker and the State sets aside fantasies of cyber-annihilation to explore the real geopolitical competition of the digital age. Tracing the conflict of wills and interests among modern nations, Ben Buchanan reveals little-known details of how China, Russia, North Korea, Britain, and the United States hack one another in a relentless struggle for dominance.

In the tradition of Octavia Butler, here is radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help to shape the futures we want. Change is constant. The world, our bodies, and our minds are in a constant state of flux. They are a stream of ever-mutating, emergent patterns. Rather than steel ourselves against such change, Emergent Strategy teaches us to map and assess the swirling structures and to read them as they happen, all the better to shape that which ultimately shapes us, personally and politically.

The Future of War - which covers civil wars to as yet unknown nuclear conflicts, proxy wars (real) to the Cold War (not), fashionably small wars to the War to End All Wars (it didn't) - is filled with insight and fascinating nuggets of military history and culture from one of the most brilliant military and strategic historians of his generation.

Customer Data and Privacy: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review will help you understand the tangled interdependencies and complexities and develop strategies that allow your company to be good stewards, collecting, using, and storing customer data responsibly.

Small Wars, Big Data provides groundbreaking perspectives for how small wars can be better strategized and favorably won to the benefit of the local population.

Welcome to "THE SECRETS OF POWER: The Masters of Politics, Strategy and War" Podcast: A Journey Through the World's Most Influential Texts on War, Power, Politics, and Strategy.Step into "THE SECRETS OF POWER" Podcast, a curated collection of the most timeless and impactful texts ever written on the intricate realms of war, power, politics, and military tactics. This podcast is your gateway to understanding how history’s most brilliant strategists, military leaders, and political thinkers shaped the world as we know it. Through these carefully chosen works, you'll embark on a journey through...

Sun Tzu's Art of War for Women helps women find the peaceful path to success through strategies made famous in the ancient Chinese text, The Art of War. Female wisdom, or common sense, is about avoiding needless confrontation, conserving energy for the things that matter, and seeking an outcome in which everyone wins. And for women, as for Sun Tzu, success doesn't come simply from knowing what to do, but from knowing who you are.

On April 10, 1966, a crowd of 10,000 farm workers and supporters gathered at the California state capitol to celebrate victory in one of the most significant strikes in American history - one that made Cesar Chavez famous as leader of the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW). Marshall Ganz tells the story of the UFW's ground-breaking victory, drawing out larger lessons from this dramatic tale.

"Starboard Value Calls for Shake-Up at Yahoo and Shift in Strategy" is from the Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael J. De La Merced and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Protest of U.S. Terror Listing Offers a Glimpse at Al-Qaida Strategy" is from the November 17, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Rukmini Callimachi and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Clinton's Own Southern Strategy" is from the August 21, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Joseph Crespino and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"As Russian Hackers Attack, NATO Lacks a Clear Cyberwar Strategy" is from the June 16, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by David E. Sanger and narrated by Kristi Burns.

The problem with Washington's planning obsession.

If the United States wants to increase the defensive power of Taiwan’s armed forces, then Washington must find other ways to give the Taiwanese leaders the symbolic victories they seek from arms packages.

"Novel Strategy Puts Big Soda Tax within Philadelphia's Reach" is from the June 8, 2016 The Upshot section of The New York Times. It was written by Margot Sanger Katz and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Barclays Profit down 7 Percent, but Bank Reports Progress in Strategy Shift" is from the April 27, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Chad Bray and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Pence’s Defense Strategy: Dodge and Deflect Trump’s Words" is from the October 5, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael Barbaro and Amy Chozick and narrated by Caroline Miller.