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Category Archives: World Affairs
Double play: Mobile & Latin America
This past week has seen a little progress on the ol’ TBR front, as I knocked out three books from the list, including The Network and those below. First up was E.O. Wilson’s Why We Are Here: Mobile and the … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews, World Affairs
Tagged Alabama, history, Latino, Mexico, South America
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Our Time Has Come
Our Time Has Come: How India is Making Its Place in the World © 2018 Alyssa Ayres360 pages The India of the 21st century is more than the word’s back office; by some measures, it has already overtaken Japan as the … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews, World Affairs
Tagged Asia, India, politics, Politics-CivicInterest, survey
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The Looming Tower
The Looming Tower: Al-Queda and the Road to 9/11 © 2006 Lawrence Wright 480 pages “[…] we’re told that they were zealots, fueled by religious fervor…religious fervor. And if you live to be a thousand years old, will that make … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews, World Affairs
Tagged Arabia, crime, Egypt, history, Middle East, nine-eleven, politics, Politics-CivicInterest
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Fool’s Errand
Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan© 2017 Scott Horton318 pages Incredible as it sounds, it is nearly possible for a child conceived in the first week of the US invasion of Afghanistan to have come of age … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews, World Affairs
Tagged Middle East, military, politics, Politics-CivicInterest
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eaarth
earth: making a life on a tough new planet© 2010 Bill McKibben253 pages Oh, we’re in trouble. For two decades, forward-thinking politicians have made noise about climate change. “We’ve gotta do something to save the world for our grandchildren,” they say. But … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, science, World Affairs
Tagged civic activism, civic awareness, climate change, energy, oil, politics, Politics-CivicInterest, science
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Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet
Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet352 pages© 2008 Michael T. Klare For much of the 20th century, a handful of industrialized countries enjoyed access to a seemingly infinite supply of oil. But a century of economic progress has seen global demand for … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, World Affairs
Tagged America, China, civic awareness, economics, energy, geopolitics, goods/services, India, Japan, oil, politics, Politics-CivicInterest, Russia
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The Crisis of Islam
The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror© 2001, 2003 Bernard Lewis184 pages Bernard Lewis’ What Went Wrong? examined the failure of modernity in the middle east, but did not address its role in the rise of terrorism. The Crisis … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, World Affairs
Tagged Bernard Lewis, critical history, Islam, Middle East, Near East, politics, Politics-CivicInterest
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North Korea: Another Country
North Korea: Another Country© 2004 Bruce Cumings241 pages “It helps in understanding North Korea if you have lived in a fundamentalist Christian community…just like the North Koreans, we believed in the absolute purity of our doctrines. We focused inward and … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews, World Affairs
Tagged history, politics, Politics-CivicInterest
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