Books like Man, the state, and war

Man, the state, and war by Kenneth Neal Waltz reads as analytical, academic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

World Restored Europe After Napoleon

Henry Kissinger · 1957

Both explore international relations

69% genome match

The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939

Edward Hallet Carr · 1939

Both explore international relations

69% genome match

Just and Unjust Wars

Michael Walzer · 1977

Both explore international relations

67% genome match

Theories of international relations

Scott Burchill · 2001

Both explore international relations

66% genome match

History of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides · 1526

Both explore war & human nature

64% genome match

The Tragedy of Great Power Politics

John J. Mearsheimer · 2001

Both explore international relations & state behavior

61% genome match

Dell'Arte della Guerra

Niccolò Machiavelli · 1540

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match

Transnational relations and world politics

Robert O. Keohane · 1970

Both explore international relations

65% genome match

-- Annales

P. Cornelius Tacitus · 1600

Both explore human nature

63% genome match

The histories

Polybius · 1542

Both explore war

60% genome match

Shi ji

Sima Qian · 1550

Both explore human nature

58% genome match

The lessons of history

Michael Eliot Howard · 1981

Both explore war & peace

62% genome match