Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present97 reviews Michael B. Oren W. W. Norton, 2008 Learned piece of historical writing + Adds depth to understanding past and present Mid East/US relationship + Thanks for writing this! + Interesting and informative + Informative, almost entertaining             Confronting Iran: The Failure of American Foreign Policy and the Next Great Crisis in the Middle East and the ...13 reviews Ali Ansari Basic Books, 2007 A Timely Subject + Good Book + Historical Insights-Modern Applications + Not a Bad Read on a Complex Subject             My Year Inside Radical Islam: A Memoir31 reviews Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Tarcher, 2007 a must read if you want to know what's really going on + A good read... Not that this book (or any other single book, for that matter) will give you the whole picture of what radical Islam is about. But it's very informative in regard to what's going on right under our noses. It was interesting that as Gartenstien became more and more deeply intrenched in the ...             Knowing the Enemy: Jihadist Ideology and the War on Terror28 reviews Mary Habeck Yale University Press, 2007 THE MIND BEHIND THE MADNESS + Knowing the Enemy + Most thorough and well written book on Jihad I have read + Best Book on the Subject in Existence             War in Darfur and the Search for Peace (Studies in Global Equity, Darfur)1 review Global Equity Initiative, Harvard University, 2007 A thorough look This important book rbings together the scholarship of many authors to offer insight into all facets of the Darfur conflict and its history and why the world should have paid attention sooner. One of the greatest human crises of the first decade of the 21st century, Darfur is the latest genocide ...             The White Man's Burden53 reviews William Russell Easterly Oxford University Press, 2007 How Global Aid became a Cash Laden Cow instead of a Thoroughbred Racehorse (or Bureaucracies eat oats too, don't they?) + Review of White Man's Burden + Want to understand the World? + Despite the title, a little to PC to be effective             Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet24 reviews Jeffrey D. Sachs Penguin Press HC, The, 2008 Common Wealth + Where it all went wrong and how to fix it + REVIEW THE BOOK COMMON WEALTH, J SACHS + Common Wealth             Terror and Liberalism58 reviews Paul Berman W. W. Norton & Company, 2004 Balanced, Informative, insightful + Interesting viewpoint. + Liberalism is a conservative solution to Terror The negative reviewers of this book fail to judge the book on its merits.             The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace27 reviews Dennis Ross Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005 A wonderful book + "The Missing Perspective": A Review of Dennis Ross' The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace I have only read a few books on the Middle East and one other on the peace process being "Waging Peace" by Itamar Rabinovich. Dennis Ross is committed to the Midele East peace process. It is very clear that he has been at the "coal face", the one who has guided the key players in their ...             The Age of American Unreason99 reviews Susan Jacoby Pantheon, 2008 Contemplating Hofstadter and Jacoby + Read, Analyze. Discuss. What is intelligence? This is a question that stumped Richard Hofstadter in his 1963 Pulitzer Prize winning book Anti-Intellectualism in American Life. And I think it stumps Jacoby as well. There are, most likely, many different kinds of intelligence. And even though Hofstadter never really ...             Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September ...142 reviews Steve Coll Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004 Thank you Steve Coll!!! + Execellent Book - + Fascinating and well-researched history Very well written and keeps your attention. Very detailed and fact based. The author is as unbiased as they come. I came into this book embarassingly ignorant about international politics, especially the events leading up to September 11, 2001. I feel thankful toward the author for putting ...             The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and America34 reviews Kenneth Pollack Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2005 This Book Made Me Smarter + Fair but Biased View of a Tragic Relationship + Colombia Puzzle This book provides an in-depth accounting of the American-Iranian relationship. The book focuses very little on ancient Iranian history - instead picking up with the 1953 coup against Mossadeq, the Pahlavi shahs, the 1979 Revolution, and the US-Iranian issues that have stemmed from those ...             From Energy Crisis to Energy Security: A Reader Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Clifford D. May CreateSpace, 2008 American dependence on oil sends hundreds of billions of dollars overseas every year, forces the U.S. to put its troops in harm's way, and undermines American diplomatic efforts. As the United States experiences rapidly increasing oil and commodities prices, coupled with sluggish economic growth, it is critical that American policymakers address this challenge in a thoughtful and systematic ...             Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September ...142 reviews Steve Coll Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004 Thank you Steve Coll!!! + Execellent Book - + Fascinating and well-researched history Very well written and keeps your attention. Very detailed and fact based. The author is as unbiased as they come. I came into this book embarassingly ignorant about international politics, especially the events leading up to September 11, 2001. I feel thankful toward the author for putting ...             Knowing the Enemy: Jihadist Ideology and the War on Terror28 reviews Mary Habeck Yale University Press, 2007 THE MIND BEHIND THE MADNESS + Knowing the Enemy + Most thorough and well written book on Jihad I have read + Best Book on the Subject in Existence             The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace27 reviews Dennis Ross Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005 A wonderful book + "The Missing Perspective": A Review of Dennis Ross' The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace I have only read a few books on the Middle East and one other on the peace process being "Waging Peace" by Itamar Rabinovich. Dennis Ross is committed to the Midele East peace process. It is very clear that he has been at the "coal face", the one who has guided the key players in their ...             Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present97 reviews Michael B. Oren W. W. Norton, 2008 Learned piece of historical writing + Adds depth to understanding past and present Mid East/US relationship + Thanks for writing this! + Interesting and informative + Informative, almost entertaining             Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet24 reviews Jeffrey D. Sachs Penguin Press HC, The, 2008 Common Wealth + Where it all went wrong and how to fix it + REVIEW THE BOOK COMMON WEALTH, J SACHS + Common Wealth             The Age of American Unreason99 reviews Susan Jacoby Pantheon, 2008 Contemplating Hofstadter and Jacoby + Read, Analyze. Discuss. What is intelligence? This is a question that stumped Richard Hofstadter in his 1963 Pulitzer Prize winning book Anti-Intellectualism in American Life. And I think it stumps Jacoby as well. There are, most likely, many different kinds of intelligence. And even though Hofstadter never really ...             From Energy Crisis to Energy Security: A Reader Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Clifford D. May CreateSpace, 2008 American dependence on oil sends hundreds of billions of dollars overseas every year, forces the U.S. to put its troops in harm's way, and undermines American diplomatic efforts. As the United States experiences rapidly increasing oil and commodities prices, coupled with sluggish economic growth, it is critical that American policymakers address this challenge in a thoughtful and systematic ...