Claims

Mike Pompeo's memoir 'Never Give an Inch' is one of the best books on China written in 20 years because Pompeo actually understands the threat and articulates it clearly.

Thiel reads primarily articles and links from the internet rather than books, despite awareness that few good books on China and geopolitics exist; he hasn't found recent books worth reading.

Francis Fukuyama's 'The End of History' is an example of a book that, while completely wrong, was interesting in offering a coherent big-picture view; contemporary books are either center-left orthodoxy (like Steven Pinker's 'Better Angels') or missing alternatives that challenge establishment consensus.