Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic In Hidden Iran, leading Middle East expert Ray Takeyh demystifies the Iranian regime and shows how this pivotal country’s internal conflicts have produced its belligerent international posture, especially toward the United States. With President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
The War of the World Astonishing in its scope and erudition, this is the magnum opus that Niall Ferguson’s numerous acclaimed works have been leading up to. In it, he grapples with perhaps the most challenging questions of modern history. Why was the twentieth century history’s...
Putin's Labyrinth: Spies, Murder, and the Dark Heart of the New Russia The new Russia is marching in an alarming direction. Emboldened by escalating oil wealth and newfound prominence as a world power, Russia, under the leadership of Vladimir Putin, has veered back toward the authoritarian roots planted in Imperial/Czarist times and firmly...
The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It Global poverty, Paul Collier points out, is actually falling quite rapidly for about eighty percent of the world. The real crisis lies in a group of about 50 failing states, the bottom billion, whose problems defy traditional approaches to alleviating poverty.
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Hugo Chávez: Oil, Politics, and the Challenge to the U.S. Description
This is the riveting and frightening story of ambitious, tempestuous and avowed anti-American Hugo Chávez, who is making waves through South America and being widely compared to Fidel Castro. Ex-paratrooper, outspoken socialist, and brash personality,...
