by Site Owner | Oct 4, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Current Events & Politics, History
Oil, Weath, and Violence By Luis Martinez Columbia University Press, 202 pages, $50.00 Why do some oil countries turn violent against their own people, and neighbors, while others just use their petro-dollars to install fear in their neighbors, and throw...
by Site Owner | Sep 4, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Current Events & Politics
Mix of Religion and Politics By Laurence Louër Columbia University Press, $24.95, 176 pages The Middle East is a region in turmoil, beset by winds of change. The people are clamoring for something different, but can the elites of society deliver or will they be swept...
by Site Owner | Aug 11, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Current Events & Politics
The Future Direction of China By Andrew J. Nathan & Andrew Scobell Columbia University Press, $32.95, 406 pages China is a rising power in Asia. It is starting to throw its weight around in the international arena, trying to use what power it has and also...
by Site Owner | Jun 29, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History
What Defines the Past, Makes the Future By John M. Willis Columbia University Press, $55.00, 472 pages Yemen is a country that a vast majority of Americans have never heard of. Yet it is a country that is now a front line on the war on terror. The United States...
by Site Owner | May 21, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History
Life in Imperial Japan By G.G. Rowley Columbia University Press, $40.00, 255 pages The 17th century was a time of turmoil in Imperial Japan, but also a time of great peace. It brought an end to wars that had ravaged the countryside for years and gave...