Worldbuilder's Book Club 2023 - hosted by quartzen

Diplomacy, Military Conflict, and International Relations
Choose a book on the topic of international relations in peacetime or wartime, including topics such as diplomacy, military conflict, or colonialism contemporary or historical.
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The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic by Mike Duncan

The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic

Mike Duncan

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous challenging medium-paced
Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture by Sudhir Hazareesingh

Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture

Sudhir Hazareesingh

480 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography historical history challenging slow-paced
Chinese Martial Arts by Peter a. Lorge

Chinese Martial Arts

Peter a. Lorge

270 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history
The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag by Pierre Rigoulot, Chol-Hwan Kang

The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag

Pierre Rigoulot, Chol-Hwan Kang

238 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir dark informative sad medium-paced
Militainment, Inc.: War, Media, and Popular Culture by Roger Stahl

Militainment, Inc.: War, Media, and Popular Culture

Roger Stahl

209 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art informative medium-paced
The Curtain and The Wall: A Modern Journey along Europe's Cold War Border by Timothy Phillips

The Curtain and The Wall: A Modern Journey along Europe's Cold War Border

Timothy Phillips

480 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous informative medium-paced
Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England by William Cronon

Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England

William Cronon

275 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

nonfiction history nature science informative slow-paced
Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick

319 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history politics emotional informative sad medium-paced
Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town by Barbara Demick

Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town

Barbara Demick

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong by Louisa Lim

Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong

Louisa Lim

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history politics emotional medium-paced