Books by FPRI Scholars

Battle of Waterloo: A New History

This is a masterly and concise reinterpretation of one of the seminal events in modern history, by one of the world’s foremost military historians. The battle on Sunday 18th... Read more »

Culloden and the ’45

There is little doubt that the ’45 rebellion was the greatest challenge to the eighteenth-century British state. The battle of Culloden in which it culminated was certainly one of... Read more »

The Battle of Waterloo

The name Waterloo has become synonymous with final, crushing defeat. Now this legendary battle is re-created in a groundbreaking book by an eminent British military historian making his major... Read more »

India, Pakistan, and the Bomb: Debating Nuclear Stability in South Asia

In May 1998, India and Pakistan put to rest years of speculation as to whether they possessed nuclear technology and openly tested their weapons. Some believed nuclearization would stabilize... Read more »

Chinese Strategic Thought toward Asia

This book traces the development of Chinese thinking over four periods from the 1980s on and covers strategies toward: Russia and Central Asia, Japan, the Korean peninsula, Southeast and South... Read more »