Tanner Greer
Writer and analyst on Chinese politics, strategy and cultural history; author of the blog The Scholar's Stage and director of the Center for Strategic Translation.
The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West by Alexander Karp and Nicholas Zamiska
In form and tone it resembles a business class airport book—and this comparison is insulting to the airport paperbacks.
on scholars-stage.org · 10 Dec 2025
Stoner by John Williams
Williams sees a soul where others see a stand-in.
on scholars-stage.org · 20 Jun 2025
Early China: A Social and Cultural History by Feng Li
Feng Li's Early China: A Social and Cultural History is a staid yet serviceable overview of the pre-imperial period.
on scholars-stage.org · 1 Jul 2022
Medieval Chinese Warfare, 300-900 by David Graff
David Graff's Medieval Chinese Warfare, 300-900 is actually a political-institutional history of China from 200 AD-1000 AD, and is probably the best political narrative history we have for the time period.
on scholars-stage.org · 1 Jul 2022
The Early Chinese Empires: Han and Qin by Mark Edward Lewis
Mark Edward Lewis' The Early Chinese Empires: Han and Qin is probably the best companion piece to your Sima Qian readings
on scholars-stage.org · 1 Jul 2022
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