Books on Nation Building


Nations become rich, inclusive and strong "because their citizens overthrew the elites who controlled power and created a society where political rights were much more broadly distributed".

"It is organized people with some political centralization or cohesion that create inclusive and benevolent institutions at critical political junctures of history".

Those who are aware, prepared, work together, and dare... win.



Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson



Anatomy of the State
by Murray Rothbard



Against Democracy
by Jason Brennan





From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000
by Lee Kuan Yew



Feral: Rewilding the Land, the Sea, and Human Life
by George Monbiot



To Stand with the Nations of the World: Japan's Meiji Restoration in World History
by Mark J. Ravina





Endless Frontier: Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Century
by G. Pascal Zachary



Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
by Safi Bahcall



End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration
by Peter Turchin





The ASEAN Miracle: A Catalyst for Peace
by Kishore Mahbubani, Jeffery Sng



The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
by Samuel P. Huntington



World Order
by Henry Kissinger





Fundamentals of Prosperity: What They Are and Whence They Come by Roger Ward Babson



Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law by Neil Gorsuch, Janie Nitze



Great Power Politics in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
by Glenn Diesen





Living the Asian Century
by Kishore Mahbubani



Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy: Building a Global Policy School in Asia
by Kishore Mahbubani and others









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