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The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future
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If you want to understand the Sunnis and Al Qaeda, read Looming Tower. If you want to understand the Shias, read Shia Revival.
I have read perhaps 30 books on the Middle East, those two books really capture why what's going on is going on in the Middle East.
This book should be essential reading for anyone interested in curr... »
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World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability
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Amy Chua -- as Robert D. Kaplan in his "The Coming Anarchy" had done before her -- has removed her rose-colored Western glasses and peered out into the socio-economic abyss just down the slope from the shinning First World House on the Hill. Together, these authors are just the voices in our heads telling us what we already know: That the world beyond ... »
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Just And Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument With Historical Illustrations
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This book is one of the most significant modern restatements of just war thinking and also a passionate defense of the old principle of noncombatant immunity. The author is both thorough and persuasive in his exploration of a very intricate subject, although some times he loses his objectivity, especially when he's treating the Israeli military respons... »
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Ex Mex: From Migrants to Immigrants
As Castaneda had inside access to the intricate negotiations (and sometimes, lack of negotiations) concerning the border issues, he has insights that a... »
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Empire
Empire is a sweeping book with a big-picture vision. Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri argue that while classical imperialism has largely disappeared... »
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