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Escaping the Resource Curse (Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia: Challenges in Development and ...
Columbia University Press, 2007
The wealth derived from natural resources can have a tremendous impact on the economics and politics of producing countries. In the last quarter century, we have seen the surprising and sobering consequences of this wealth, producing what is now known as the "resource curse." Countries with large endowments of natural resources, such as oil and gas, often do worse than their poorer neighbors. ...
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The Coming China Wars: Where They Will Be Fought and How They Can Be Won
Peter Navarro
FT Press, 2006
The Coming China Wars
+ Surprisingly scholarly and a must for anyone concerned about America's greatest potential military threat.
This book is a most informative book detailing the causes of the massive changes taking place in the western world today through the agency of China. China is affecting everyone. A must read book. Wayne Butcher
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Hard America, Soft America: Competition vs. Coddling and the Battle for the Nation's Future
Michael Barone
Three Rivers Press, 2005
solid and accurate
+ The boundary is not fixed
+ Solid but Short
As someone who is nearing the end of his Hard Years (18-30), Barone's book really hit home in terms of accuracy and thoroughness.
A former schoolteacher, I know all about "professional" Soft America, and the insight from Barone into the world of education (all the way through, of course, the ...
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Uncouth Nation: Why Europe Dislikes America (The Public Square)
Andrei S. Markovits
Princeton University Press, 2007
Superb Stab at Undead Anti-Americanism & Anti-Semitism!
+ Uncouth Nation: A Must-Read!!
+ A Story that Must be Told!
If you read one book on today's anti-Americanism (its present realities and pre-Bush history) I'd say make it this one. Surveying a burgeoning literature, I have found nothing better on the topic than this wonderful, brilliantly insightful new volume. Lucidly and engagingly written by someone who ...
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The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace
Ali A. Allawi
Yale University Press, 2008
Excellent history of the Iraq war
+ best book there is on Iraq
+ An Iraqi Account of the War
+ An Iraqi perspective
+ book:The Occupation Of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace
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In Defense of the Bush Doctrine (Contemporary Issues in the Mid)
Robert G. Kaufman
University Press of Kentucky, 2008
about time we had an informative, cogent explanation of the Bush policy
+ Solid explication of a particular point of view
+ In Defense of the Bush Doctrine
I am most of the way through this book and have been impressed by its clear, readily understood prose and its straight-to-the-point sentences explaining the various foreign policies that the U.S. has embraced and the proofs of their failure or success with the reasons why. Naming and explaining ...
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Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts: The American Military in the Air, at Sea, and on the Ground
Robert D. Kaplan
Random House, 2007
A wonderful, informative and refreshing read
+ This book will help you understand our country's global commitments
+ Not as Good as Imperial Grunts
+ Sequel to Imperial Grunts
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A War of Frontier and Empire: The Philippine-American War, 1899-1902
David J. Silbey
Hill and Wang, 2008
very interesting
+ A good short history on a forgotten subject
+ Great Book
+ Valuable and enjoyable story for understanding American identity
+ War of the Frontier and Empire
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Foundations of Betrayal: How the Liberal Super Rich Undermine America
Phil Kent
Zoe Publications LLC, 2007
As a USA citizen. I am amazed this goes on.
+ It Opens Your Mind
+ LOOK THE OTHER WAY
I will buy this book, after seeing the author on CSpan2 Book TV. It documents efforts to subvert USA soverinty by Foundations who give to terrorist organizations, and work against the USA goals.
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Our First Revolution: The Remarkable British Upheaval That Inspired America's Founding Fathers
Michael Barone
Crown, 2007
Did American founders fully agree with the English history?
+ Good narrative, but doesn't support its title
+ Still an interesting book
+ A bit fact-heavy, but fascinating in its thesis
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We're All Journalists Now: The Transformation of the Press and Reshaping of the Law in the Internet Age
Scott Gant
Free Press, 2007
Excellent, Well-Written, Quick Read On Ever Important Subject
+ We're All Journalists Now: Great subject, debatable message
+ The author is an attorney and constitutional scholar
+ Are millions of journalists better than thousands?
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182 Days in Iraq
Phil Kiver
Word Association.com, 2006
Riveting, from the gut
+ don't knock it until you've lived it
+ Feels like I'm there!
Having lost a son in this war, I am thirsty for any accounts of the "real" feedback of some one who has been there, and Phil has. I have met the author in person just recently and wanted to hear more of his story. I find it hard to put down, so much that the average American nevers hears of, ...
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Retained by the People: The "Silent" Ninth Amendment and the Constitutional Rights Americans Don't Know They ...
Dan Farber
Basic Books, 2007
A remarkable book; must-read!
This book is all I expected it to be and more. The first review that was posted was entirely off the mark (please see my comment responding to his post and you will see why).
The thing that struck me most about this book was how thoroughly the author has researched the topic at hand (the 9th ...
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A Special Mission: Hitler's Secret Plot to Seize the Vatican and Kidnap Pope Pius the XII
Dan Kurzman
Perseus Books Group, 2007
Well Done and Balanced View of Pius
+ Excellent documentation with critical sympathy
+ Pope Pius vs Adolph Hitler
Kurzman has done excellent work in this very well balanced history of Pope Pius and the Nazi threat in WWII. There are no excuses made or whitewash of what the Vatican did and did not do during the war but this book aids in having a better understanding of the situation, time, and place. It also ...
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Mr. Lincoln Goes to War
William Marvel
Mariner Books, 2007
A compelling, vividly written and very fresh account, bold re-assessment of assumptions
+ Marvel Writes A Extraordinary History with Controversial and Intersting Opinions: Fascinating Book for Those with an Open MInd
+ Very good book. A different perspective
Mr. Marvel, the author of over a dozen previous books on much narrower slices of the Civil War, now launches the first of a multi-part series taking a completely fresh look based on primary sources and--most importantly--an ability to think, judge, and raise reasonable questions. Was the war and ...
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