Book Reviews
Review: China Airborne by James Fallows
With a recent glut of books from political commentators attempting to explore the modern Chinese economy, China Airborne by James Fallows stands out for its unique industry-specific focus. James Fallows, a clear aviation buff and a correspondent …
Review: Why Nations Fail
To forgo reading Why Nations Fail – a weighty but intensely engaging investigation of the determinants of economic prosperity – is, it seems, to risk being left out of the conversation of the day on political …
Review: The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
The question “who is to be blamed” wafts uneasily through the entire tapestry of Changez’s tale. The Reluctant Fundamentalist, by Mohsin Hamid, leaves the reader disturbed and questioning. Why does Changez adopt the rabid path that …
Review: The Quest, But Are We Headed for Failure?
Daniel Yergin’s The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World[1] is his eagerly anticipated follow-up to The Prize, his 1992 Pulitzer-Prize winning account of the rise of the oil industry. Yergin largely justifies …
Review: Nationalism Reframed by Rogers Brubaker
In Nationalism Reframed: Nationhood and the National Question in the New Europe, Rogers Brubaker studies the causes, characteristics, and effects of twentieth century nationalism in Europe and Central Asia. Drawing on geographies with frequently remodeled boundaries, …
Review: Zero-Sum Future: American Power in an Age of Anxiety
Gideon Rachman’s Zero-Sum Future: American Power in an Age of Anxiety is a revealing account of the past progress and new challenges facing international politics, but it strains to justify its foreboding title. Rachman argues that …
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