books about: geopolitics     books:     Geopolitics      The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea Steve LeVine Random House, 2007 From beginning to end, a fantastic book When I first saw this book in Borders, I didn't want to buy it. I was worried that the narrative would bog me down in "dead history" while addressing the relevant, modern day stuff in the last part of the book. The other thing that put me off was that the dust ...             The War for Wealth: The True Story of Globalization, or Why the Flat World is Broken Gabor Steingart McGraw-Hill, 2008 An important and timely book... Gabor Steingart's book, the War for Wealth, offers a compelling and frightening assessment on the global balance of power and how it is changing. Steingart shows that while the US, Europe and other liberal democratic countries have enjoyed preeminent economic status ...             A Century Of War: Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order F. William Engdahl Pluto Press, 2004 An invaluable guide to current economic and political events First, I'd like to thank fellow Amazon reviewer S. Swink for suggesting this book in a comment he helpfully attached to my review of "Conjuring Hitler". That tip led me to read the most interesting and informative book I have read in a long time. As there are already ...             Hezbollah: A Short History (Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics) Augustus Richard Norton Princeton University Press, 2007 A great introduction to the Party of God In this short, but revealing book, Norton has provided an excellent overview of the history and politics surrounding Hezbollah. The book contains chapters on the founding of the group, its internal dynamics, as well as how it operates in the regional context. Unlike ...             The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia (Kodansha Globe) Peter Hopkirk Kodansha International, 1992 Definitely history come alive... I won't repeat too much of the praise already heaped upon this book, other than to say it is well deserved. Hopkirk has a very engaging writing style that makes it very difficult to put the book down. Just a few notes: - Hopkirk does a good job of staying on ...             The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order Parag Khanna Random House, 2008 Tried & true maybe? I watched an interview with the author of this book on PBS with Charlie Rose. He was knowledgeable and interesting so I bought the book. Most of what he writes about is still in the proving stage, time will tell how correct he is.             Terror and Consent : The Wars for the Twenty-First Century Philip Bobbitt Knopf, 2008 New Laws for Counterterrorism ? Since the time of the Treaty of Westphalia (1648), the nation state has been viewed as a "sovereign entity," designed to protect and promote the general welfare of its citizens. Now, according to Philip Bobbitt, in the age of globalization, this sovereign entity is ...             Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States Trita Parsi Yale University Press, 2007 Essential for Understanding Iran Anyone who wishes to consider themselves minimally informed about Iran's foreign policy, in particular in regards to Israel and the United States, must read this book. Parsi argues convincingly that Iran's foreign policy under the theocratic regime, after early ...             Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy Michael T. Klare Metropolitan Books, 2008 Good Problem Summary! When the Cold war ended, Americans generally assumed the U.S. would enjoy unchallenged preponderance in the world. Instead, Russia now has reemerged as a major actor and the U.S. has, in contrast, sometimes found itself cajoling foreign suppliers to increase output. ...             The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam Barbara W. Tuchman Ballantine Books, 1985 Prescient and Unintelligible to Neo-Cons Barbara Tuchman wrote this book to illustrate some of the worst examples of leadership throughout history. She retells the mythical story of Trojan defeat, Papal life that spawned the Reformation, British obtuseness that lost America and the U.S. experience in ...             Lessons of the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah War Anthony Cordesman Center for Strategic & International Studies, 2007 Has anyone read this book? Before I buy this book I'd like to know a little more about it. So far I've read two other book on this particular war, but they have not been detailed on the military part of the war, they were more political. Anyone who has read it out there willing to write a few ...             Empire: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) Stephen Howe Oxford University Press, USA, 2002 From Sargon to Lord of the Rings...Still the same old story Readers and especially students who want a quick overview of the meaning of "empire" (by no means self-evident) will find a bright diamond in Professor Howe's short text. Encompassed in this slender volume is an attempt to clarify what it means to have an empire, how ...             Real World Globalization: A Reader in Business, Economics and Politics, 9th Edition Betsy Rakocy, Alejandro Reuss, ... Dollars & Sense, 2007 students, professors, and pleasure-readers- read this book! This book offers critical perspectives (without the conservative bias) on the rapidly changing globalized world. An important read for anyone interested in economics, political philosophy, political science, or global justice!             Conquest: How Societies Overwhelm Others David Day Oxford University Press, USA, 2008 In this bold, sweeping book, David Day surveys the ways in which one nation or society has supplanted another, and then sought to justify its occupation - for example, the English in Australia and North America, the Normans in England, the Spanish in Mexico, the Japanese in Korea, the Chinese in Tibet. Human history has been marked by territorial ...             No End To War: Terrorism In The Twenty-first Century Walter Laqueur Continuum International Publishing Group, 2004 An Important Book Like many Americans, I'm searching for some explanation of the terrorism that has befallen us. Although I'm an avid reader of several good daily newspapers, no analysis found in those pages has provided me with any particular insight. What I was looking for, however, ...          products you might be interested in search for books anglo-american, globalization, introduction, introductions, israeli-hezbollah, twenty-first we recommend Definitely history come alive... randomly chosen book: Zdorovyj zheludok (Domashnij doktor)