Ranked: How Is Sovereignty Is Gained And Lost?

This is a subjective Ranked version of Intriguing Connections: How Is Sovereignty Is Gained And Lost?

What Is Sovereignty:

Individual Sovereignty:

1. The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements by Eric Hoffer
2. A Renegade History of the United States by Thaddeus Russell
3. The Second Stage by Betty Friedan
4. The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it by Will Storr
5. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
6. The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy by Anthony Gottlieb
7. The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates by Peter T. Leeson
8. Trans: Gender Identity and the New Battle for Women's Rights by Helen Joyce
9. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff
10. Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World by Bruce Schneier
11. The Heroine With 1,001 Faces by Maria Tatar
12. Citizenship Papers by Wendell Berry
13. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
14. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Individual Sovereignty / Fiction:

1. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
2. [Upcoming] The Call of the Wild Jack London

General Understanding Of Sovereignty:

1. The Sovereignty Wars: Reconciling America with the World by Stewart Patrick
2. The Politics by Aristotle
3. The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
4. Industrial Policy for the United States: Winning the Competition for Good Jobs and High-Value Industries by Marc Fasteau, and Ian Fletcher
5. Empire by Michael Hardt, Antonio Negri
6. The Republic Of Plato by Plato, and Allan Bloom

General Understanding Of Sovereignty / Fiction:

• Death's End by Cixin Liu (The Three-Body Problem Series)

Various States:

Around The World

1. Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations by Amy Chua
2. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall
3. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles C. Mann
4. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
5. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller

African States: 

1. The Challenge Of Africa by Wangari Maathai
2. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

Empires Of Islam:

1. Islam: A Short History by Karen Armstrong
2. (Circa 10th - 12th Century C.E.) Saladin: The Sultan Who Vanquished the Crusaders and Built an Islamic Empire by John Man

European States:

1. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

Middle East States:

1. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

Latin American States:

1. (Circa Mid 18th - Mid 19s C.E.) Bolivar: American Liberator by Marie Arana
2. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

Which State Are You Interested In?

Artic:

1. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

Argentina:

1. (Circa 1970s - 2000s C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

Bolivia:

1. (Circa Mid 18th - Mid 19s C.E.) Bolivar: American Liberator by Marie Arana
2. (Circa 1985 - 2000 C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

Bosnia And Herzegovina:

1. (Circa 1579 - 2016 C.E.) Forgotten Capitals and the Historical Lessons They Teach by Derek Dwight Anderson

China:

1. [Upcoming] (Circa 1910s - 2010 C.E.) My Two Chinas: The Memoir of a Chinese Counterrevolutionary by Baiqiao Tang
2. Tibet on Fire: Self-Immolations Against Chinese Rule by Tsering Woeser
3. Ancient China: Chinese Civilization From Its Origins To The Tang Dynasty by Maurizio Scarpari
4. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall
5. (Circa 1980s - 1990s C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
6. (Circa 1905 - 1950s C.E.) Forgotten Capitals and the Historical Lessons They Teach by Derek Dwight Anderson

Colombia:

• (Circa Mid 18th - Mid 19s C.E.) Bolivar: American Liberator by Marie Arana

Congo:

1. (1880s - Primarily 2000-2023 C.E.) Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara

Egypt:

1. Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
2. (Circa 10th - 12th Century C.E.) Saladin: The Sultan Who Vanquished the Crusaders and Built an Islamic Empire by John Man

France:

1. (Circa 1780s - 1790s C.E.) 1789: The Threshold of the Modern Age by David Andress
2. (Circa 1780s - 1790s C.E.) A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution by Jeremy D. Popkin
3. Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts
4. When Women Ruled The World by Maureen Quilligan

Franks:

1. (Circa 8th - Mid 9th Century C.E.) Charlemagne by Johannes Fried

Greece:

1. Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West by Tom Holland

Guatemala:

1. (Circa 1524 - 1996 C.E.) Forgotten Capitals and the Historical Lessons They Teach by Derek Dwight Anderson

Haiti:

1. Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History by Michel-Rolph Trouillot

India:

1. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

India / Fiction

1. Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

Indonesia:

1. Indonesia, Etc.: Exploring the Improbable Nation by Elizabeth Pisani

Iraq:

1. Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia by Janet Wallach
2. (Circa 2003 - 2007 C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

Israel:

1. [Upcoming] (Circa 1910s - 2018 C.E.) The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
2. The Invention of the Land of Israel: From Holy Land to Homeland by Shlomo Sand
3. (Circa 1990s - 2007 C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

Japan:

1. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall
2. (Circa 1905 - 1950s  C.E.) Forgotten Capitals and the Historical Lessons They Teach by Derek Dwight Anderson
3. Paekche's Principle: The Great Secret Of Asia by Bayemy Biyik

Macedonia:

1. The Perdiccas Years, 323–320 BC: Alexander's Successors at War by Tristan Hughes
2. Alexander the Great's Legacy: The Decline of Macedonian Europe in the Wake of the Wars of the Successors by Mike Roberts

Mongolia:

1. The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World by Marie Favereau
2. The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire by Jack Weatherford

New Granada [Republic of New Granada]:

• (Circa Mid 18th - Mid 19s C.E.) Bolivar: American Liberator by Marie Arana

Nigeria:

1. (Circa 1909 - 2023 C.E.) Forgotten Capitals and the Historical Lessons They Teach by Derek Dwight Anderson

North Korea:

1. (Circa 391 - 2022 C.E.) Korea: A History by Eugene Y. Park

Norway:

1. The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire by Tore Skeie

Palistine:

• [Upcoming] (Circa 1910s - 2018 C.E.) The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

Pakistan:

1. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

Papua New Guinea:

1. (Circa 1840s - 1945 C.E.) Forgotten Capitals and the Historical Lessons They Teach by Derek Dwight Anderson

Persia:

1. Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West by Tom Holland

Peru:

• (Circa Mid 18th - Mid 19s C.E.) Bolivar: American Liberator by Marie Arana

Philippines:

1. (Circa 1450s-2023 C.E.) Forgotten Capitals and the Historical Lessons They Teach by Derek Dwight Anderson

Poland:

1. (Circa 1980s - 1990s C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

Portugal:

1. The First Global Village: How Portugal Changed the World by Martin Page

Roman Empire:

1. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard
2. Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland
3. Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America by Cullen Murphy

Russia:

1. Hybrid Warfare: The Russian Approach to Strategic Competition & Conventional Military Conflict by Curtis L. Fox
2. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall
3. (Circa 1774-2024 C.E.) Forgotten Capitals and the Historical Lessons They Teach by Derek Dwight Anderson
4. (Circa 1990s - 2000 C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
5. October: The Story of the Russian Revolution by China Miéville

Singapore:

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

Somaliland [Republic of Somaliland]:

1. (Circa 1888 - 2024 C.E.) Forgotten Capitals and the Historical Lessons They Teach by Derek Dwight Anderson

South Africa:

1. (Circa 1990s - 2006 C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

South Korea:

1. (Circa 391 - 2022 C.E.) Korea: A History by Eugene Y. Park
2. Paekche's Principle: The Great Secret Of Asia by Bayemy Biyik

Spain:

1. Empire: How Spain Became a World Power, 1492-1763 by Henry Kamen
2. (Circa Mid 18th - Mid 19s C.E.) Bolivar: American Liberator by Marie Arana
3. The Rise and Fall of the Spanish Empire by William S. Maltby

Sri Lanka

1. (Circa 2003 - 2005 C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

Syria:

1. (Circa 10th - 12th Century C.E.) Saladin: The Sultan Who Vanquished the Crusaders and Built an Islamic Empire by John Man

United Kingdom:

1. The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire by Tore Skeie
2. When Women Ruled The World by Maureen Quilligan
3. Cities of Empire: The British Colonies and the Creation of the Urban World by Tristram Hunt
4. (Circa 1780s - 1790s C.E.) 1789: The Threshold of the Modern Age by David Andress

United States of America:

1. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
2. The Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto
3. These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore
4. (Circa 1780s - 1790s C.E.) 1789: The Threshold of the Modern Age by David Andress
5. (Circa 1830s - 1880 C.E.)  Crazy Horse by Larry McMurtry
6. (Circa 1851 - 1957 C.E.) Forgotten Capitals and the Historical Lessons They Teach by Derek Dwight Anderson
7. (Circa 1950s- 2007 C.E.)  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
8. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall

Ukraine:

• Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine by Anne Applebaum

Venezuela:

• (Circa Mid 18th - Mid 19s C.E.) Bolivar: American Liberator by Marie Arana

Vikings:

• The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire by Tore Skeie