# The Price of Peace by Zachary Carter

2 Hacker News commenters recommended The Price of Peace by Zachary Carter and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as required reading on the choice between war and peace, with no criticism from the people who discussed it.

## Why people recommend it

- Recommended as required reading (1 comments): "Should be required reading" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47635373))
- Frames war as long-standing default (1 comments): "Because the alternative game for 10,000 years has been war and violence." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46289830))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty](https://hackerapproved.com/p/capital-in-the-twenty-first-century.md): 12 recommend
- [Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson](https://hackerapproved.com/p/why-nations-fail.md): 9 recommend
- [Progress and Poverty by Henry George](https://hackerapproved.com/p/progress-and-poverty.md): 6 recommend
- [Free to Choose by Milton Friedman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/free-to-choose.md): 5 recommend
- [Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism by Vladimir Lenin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/imperialism-the-highest-stage-of-capitalism.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0333468538?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780333468531) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Price of Peace by Zachary Carter", https://hackerapproved.com/p/price-of-peace/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).