Stephen Walt's "Top Ten Books for International Relations Students"

1. 1. Man, the State, and War by Kenneth N. Waltz Drag me to re-order

2. 2. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond Drag me to re-order

3. 3. Arms and Influence: With a New Preface and Afterword (The Henry L. Stimson Lectures Series) by Prof. Thomas C. Schelling Drag me to re-order

4. 4. Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (The Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University) by James C. Scott Drag me to re-order

5. 5. The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam Drag me to re-order

6. 6. Perception and Misperception in International Politics (Center for International Affairs at Harv) by Robert Jervis Drag me to re-order

7. 7. The Tragedy of Great Power Politics by John J. Mearsheimer Drag me to re-order

8. 8. Nations and Nationalism (New Perspectives on the Past) by Ernest Gellner Drag me to re-order

9. 9. White House Years by Henry A. Kissinger Drag me to re-order

10. 10. ? Years of Upheaval by Henry Kissinger Drag me to re-order

11. 11. The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time by Karl Polanyi Drag me to re-order