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The Globalist Bookshelf

2007 SELECTIONS

Thérèse Delpech: Savage Century
How did the year 1905 play a very specific role in the history of human consciousness?

Robert Irwin: Dangerous Knowledge
How did the discovery of America foster a renewed enthusiasm for travel literature?

Ryszard Kapuscinski: Travels With Herodotus
What mysteries, beauties and cultural wonders is the city of Algiers home to?

Pankaj Ghemawat: Redefining Global Strategy
Is the world economy as integrated as most people perceive it to be?

Paul Collier: The Bottom Billion
How can the world get the planet's poorest one billion inhabitants on the path toward economic development?

Jean Pfaelzer: Driven Out
What measures did the U.S. Congress implement against Chinese immigrants in the 19th century?

Carl J. Schramm and Robert E. Litan: Good Capitalism Bad Capitalism
How can the United States harness the increasingly competitive global economy to its benefit?

David P. Forsythe, Eileen Claussen and Elliot Diringer: Power and Superpower
Has the concept of American exceptionalism served as a guiding principle throughout U.S. history?

Sasha Issenberg: The Sushi Economy
What does the sushi industry reveal about globalized food culture and commerce?

Will Hutton: The Writing on the Wall
Is the United States an economically mobile society — or is the American Dream nothing more than myth?

Josh Kurlantzick: Charm Offensive
How has China portrayed itself as the natural guardian of developing countries?

Wangari Maathai: Unbowed
How are women such as Wangari Maathai changing the social landscape of Africa?

Akbar Ahmed: Journey Into Islam
How were women instrumental to Islam's development into a major world religion?

Ian Shapiro: Containment — Rebuilding a Strategy Against Global Terror
How is current U.S. policy toward Iran fundamentally flawed?

Mike Davis: Planet of Slums
How are the world's bustling slums coping with the issue of sanitation?

Zachary Shore: Breeding Bin Ladens
How are U.S. efforts in the Muslim world fundamentally misguided?

Joseph Cirincione: Bomb Scare
How safe is the world from nuclear weapons?

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Infidel
What makes this outspoken critic of Islam controversial enough to warrant threats to her life?

Edward Luce: In Spite of the Gods
What striking truth about India does a British reporter learn from a young Indian boy on a train ride to Delhi?

Ray Takeyh: Hidden Iran
How was the United Kingdom complicit in undermining Iran's budding democracy half a century ago?

Sonia Shah: The Body Hunters
Who will hold the pharmaceutical industry accountable for the outsourcing of drug trials?

Why We Recommend These Books

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Rather than providing a review, we believe that there is nothing better than allowing the authors to speak for themselves.


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