H.R. McMaster is a retired United States Army lieutenant general and author, best known for his military service and strategic writings. He served as the 25th National Security Advisor from 2017 to 2018 under President Donald Trump, succeeding Michael Flynn. McMaster's distinguished military career included key roles in the Gulf War, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom before transitioning to academia and authorship.
Beyond his military and political service, McMaster has established himself as a respected voice in national security and foreign policy discourse. He is the Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and holds appointments at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Graduate School of Business. His writings reflect decades of practical experience in defense strategy and international relations.
Non-Fiction Books
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Dereliction of Duty
1997
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The Future of Conflict
2008
3
On War
2008
4
Essential Guide to Lt. General Herbert McMaster, National Security Advisor
2017
5
Battlegrounds
2021
6
Assessing America’s National Security Threats
2023
7
At War with Ourselves
2024
American Warriors Books
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The Art of Command (With: Harry S. Laver, Jeffrey J. Matthews)
2008
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Normandy to Victory (By: William C. Sylvan, Francis G. Smith Jr., John T. Greenwood Ph.D.)
2008
3
The Way of Duty, Honor, Country (By: Charles Pelot Summerall, Timothy K. Nenninger Ph.D.)
2010
4
Jacob L. Devers: A General's Life (By: Rick Atkinson, James Scott Wheeler)
2015
5
Battlefield Surgeon: Life and Death on the Front Lines of World War II (By: Paul A. Kennedy)
2016
The Munk Debates Books
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The Munk Debates: Volume One (By: Rudyard Griffiths)
2010
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Hitchens vs. Blair (By: Christopher Hitchens)
2011
3
Does the 21st Century Belong to China? (By: Henry Kissinger)
2011
4
North America’s Lost Decade (By: Ian Bremmer, Paul Krugman, David Rosenberg, Lawrence H. Summers)
2012
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Has the European Experiment Failed? (By: Niall Ferguson)
2012
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Can the World Tolerate an Iran with Nuclear Weapons? (By: Seyyed Hossein Nasr)
2013
7
Should We Tax the Rich More? (By: Rudyard Griffiths)
2013
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Are Men Obsolete?: The Munk Debate on Gender (By: Camille Paglia, Caitlin Moran, Maureen Dowd, Hanna Rosin)
2014
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Has Obama Made the World a More Dangerous Place? (By: Bret Stephens)
2015
10
The 2015 Canadian Federal Election Debate on Foreign Policy: The Munk Debates (By: Steven Harper, Justin Trudeau, Thomas Mulcair)
2015
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Should the West Engage Putin’s Russia? (By: Garry Kasparov)
2015
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Can Donald Trump Make America Great Again? (By: Newt Gingrich)
2016
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The Global Refugee Crisis (By: Mark Steyn)
2016
14
Is This the End of the Liberal International Order? (By: Rudyard Griffiths)
2017
15
Is American Democracy in Crisis? (By: Kimberley Strassel)
2018
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Political Correctness (By: Jordan B. Peterson)
2018
17
The Rise of Populism (By: Rudyard Griffiths)
2019
18
China and the West (With: Rudyard Griffiths, Michael Pillsbury, Kishore Mahbubani, Huiyao Wang)
2019
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Future of Capitalism (By: Rudyard Griffiths)
2021
H.R. McMaster Anthologies
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Counterinsurgency Leadership in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Beyond