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H.R. McMaster Books in Order

H.R. McMaster has written 8 books, published between 1997 and 2024. The first book is Dereliction of Duty (1997) and the newest is At War with Ourselves (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
1997–2024
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H.R. McMaster writes on national security, international relations and military history. Dereliction of Duty (1997) is the earliest catalogued title and At War with Ourselves (2024) the most recent, with Battlegrounds (2021) between them. Several entries in the listing are debate and discussion volumes shared with other names, among them Rudyard Griffiths, Michael Pillsbury, Kishore Mahbubani and Huiyao Wang. The listing also carries Essential Guide to Lt. General Herbert McMaster, National Security Advisor (2017), a reference guide that takes McMaster as its subject.

How many H.R. McMaster books are there?

H.R. McMaster has 8 books, released between 1997 and 2024.

H.R. McMaster Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 H.R. McMaster books in the order they were published, with the release year and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    Dereliction of Duty1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  2. 2
    The Future of Conflict2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  3. 3
    On War2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  4. 4
    Essential Guide to Lt. General HerbertMcMaster, National Security Advisor2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  5. 5
    China and the WestMunk Debates #192019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  6. 6
    Battlegrounds2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  7. 7
    Assessing America’s National Security Threats2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  8. 8
    At War with Ourselves2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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H.R. McMaster books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Munk Debates in order

1 book
  1. 19. China and the West

Standalone books

7 books

7 H.R. McMaster titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read H.R. McMaster books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 8 H.R. McMaster books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with H.R. McMaster

Start with Dereliction of Duty (1997), the earliest published title.

What is the newest H.R. McMaster book?

At War with Ourselves (2024) is the newest H.R. McMaster book released so far.

Is there a new H.R. McMaster book coming?

No next H.R. McMaster book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

H.R. McMaster at a glance

Still publishing
H.R. McMaster published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
H.R. McMaster books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Busiest decade
Most H.R. McMaster books, 3 of 8, were published in the 2020s.

What the H.R. McMaster books are about

1 of the 8 H.R. McMaster books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.