Despite my best efforts, my plan to post every Sunday became untenable over the past few weeks due to rapidly proliferating end-of-term obligations. But with Oxford now out for the holidays, my teaching and workshop commitments are in temporary abeyance, so I plan to return to regular posting throughout December at least! My backlog of draft posts is momentarily exhausted, however, so while I regenerate it I felt it might be good to put out a brief piece listing my favorite books of the past year. To be clear, these are books I read in 2022, not necessarily ones published in 2022, but hopefully some of them are still new to you. So in no particular order, and without further ado…
The Third Battle: Innovation In The U.S. Navy's Silent Cold War Struggle With Soviet Submarines (by Owen Cote)
Ploughshares and Swords: India's Nuclear Program in the Global Cold War (by Jayita Sarkar)
Secret Wars: Covert Conflict in International Politics (by Austin Carson)
Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis (by Serhii Plokhy)
Army, Empire, and Cold War: The British Army and Military Policy, 1945-1971 (by David French)
Terra Ignota Quartet (by Ada Palmer)