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Human Rights September/October 2019 Capsule Review

In Plain Sight: Impunity and Human Rights in Thailand

Tyrell Haberkorn's deeply researched history focuses not so much on the human rights violations that have occurred in Thailand during its frequent episodes of military...

Reviewed by Andrew J. Nathan

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Politics & Society September/October 2019 Capsule Review

The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un

Anna Fifield profiles the North Korean "head honcho," Kim Jong Un.

Reviewed by Andrew J. Nathan

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China September/October 2019 Capsule Review

The Costliest Pearl: China’s Struggle for India’s Ocean

Bertil Lintner recounts how, under its Belt and Road Initiative, Beijing has been building ports at a rate that suggests China may have ambitions to join them as a...

Reviewed by Andrew J. Nathan

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China September/October 2019 Capsule Review

The East Turkestan Independence Movement, 1930s to 1940s

Wang Ke tells the story of the short-lived Islamic Republic of East Turkestan of 1933 to 1934 or the longer and more institutionalized East Turkestan Republic of 1944...

Reviewed by Andrew J. Nathan

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Politics & Society September/October 2019 Capsule Review

Staggering Forward: Narendra Modi and India’s Global Ambition

Bharat Karnad diagnoses Narendra Modi as an authoritarian who is nevertheless averse to the kind of bold change needed to move India beyond its current status of ...

Reviewed by Andrew J. Nathan

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Economics September/October 2019 Capsule Review

A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism

In this spirited manifesto, Gopnik paints a sweeping portrait of modern liberalism’s founding principles and accomplishments.

Reviewed by G. John Ikenberry

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Asia September/October 2019 Capsule Review

Super Continent: The Logic of Eurasian Integration

This book is the definitive statement of Calder’s long-standing thesis that technological and economic changes are integrating the Eurasian “super continent,” as...

Reviewed by Andrew J. Nathan

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Politics & Society September/October 2019 Capsule Review

In a Time of Monsters: Travels Through a Middle East in Revolt

Starting in 2011 with the early Arab Spring, Emma Sky recounts her travels across several regions, from Galicia in Spain to the mountains of Kyrgyzstan.

Reviewed by John Waterbury

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Terrorism & Counterterrorism September/October 2019 Capsule Review

After the Caliphate: The Islamic State and the Future of the Terrorist Diaspora

Colin P. Clarke contends that jihadists will regroup in Iraq and Syria and that al Qaeda and ISIS will lead the way.

Reviewed by John Waterbury

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State Failure September/October 2019 Capsule Review

Yemen in Crisis: Autocracy, Neoliberalism, and the Disintegration of a State

Helen Lackner examines the country’s descent into chaos, from the golden period of the 1980s to the civil war that began in 2015 and the resulting humanitarian...

Reviewed by John Waterbury

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South Sudan September/October 2019 Capsule Review

Two Books on Genocide

Benny Morris and Dror Ze’evi chronicle three waves of killing that swept acrosss the Christian population of Anatolia (in modern-day Turkey) from 1894 to 1924. Peter...

Reviewed by John Waterbury

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Law & Institutions September/October 2019 Capsule Review

Putin’s Counterrevolution

In this comprehensive historical study, Sergey Aleksashenko documents the decades-long institutional erosion and consolidation of authoritarian rule in Putin-era Russia.

Reviewed by David Szakonyi

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WMD & Proliferation September/October 2019 Capsule Review

Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy: Religion, Politics, and Strategy

Dmitry Adamsky examines the Russian Orthodox Church’s place in the nuclear military-industrial complex.

Reviewed by Irina du Quenoy

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Politics & Society September/October 2019 Capsule Review

School of Europeanness: Tolerance and Other Lessons in Political Liberalism in Latvia

Dace Dzenovska analyzes government programs designed to promote tolerance and to help the “not-yet-European” Latvians break free of the toxic effects of Soviet...

Reviewed by Maria Lipman

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Civil Society September/October 2019 Capsule Review

Without the Banya We Would Perish: A History of the Russian Bathhouse

Ethan Pollock’s new book traces the history of the Russian steam bath all the way back to the Middle Ages, exploring how its image and function have shifted over time.

Reviewed by Maria Lipman

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Politics & Society September/October 2019 Capsule Review

Russia Without Putin: Money, Power, and the Myths of the New Cold War

Tony Wood seeks to debunk several common misconceptions about Russia and its relations with the rest of the world.

Reviewed by Maria Lipman

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Foreign Policy September/October 2019 Capsule Review

Putin’s World: Russia Against the West and With the Rest

Angela Stent hardly qualifies as an apologist for Russian President Vladimir Putin, but, in Putin’s World, she gives him ample credit for achieving...

Reviewed by Maria Lipman

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Politics & Society September/October 2019 Capsule Review

Sugar, Cigars, and Revolution: The Making of Cuban New York

Lisandro Pérez vividly describes how the tightly knit Cuban émigré community in New York interacted with and influenced the homeland.

Reviewed by Richard Feinberg

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Johnson Administration September/October 2019 Capsule Review

Thomas C. Mann: President Johnson, the Cold War, and the Restructuring of Latin American Foreign Policy

Thomas Turnstall Allcock rehabilitates the reputation of Thomas C. Mann, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson’s senior adviser on Latin America.

Reviewed by Richard Feinberg

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Refugees & Migration September/October 2019 Capsule Review

Sand and Blood: America’s Stealth War on the Mexico Border

In this searing eyewitness report on the situation at the U.S.-Mexican border, John Carlos Frey argues that long-standing U.S. policies to deter illegal immigration by...

Reviewed by Richard Feinberg

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In Plain Sight: Impunity and Human Rights in Thailand

The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un

The Costliest Pearl: China’s Struggle for India’s Ocean

The East Turkestan Independence Movement, 1930s to 1940s

Staggering Forward: Narendra Modi and India’s Global Ambition

A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism

Super Continent: The Logic of Eurasian Integration

In a Time of Monsters: Travels Through a Middle East in Revolt

After the Caliphate: The Islamic State and the Future of the Terrorist Diaspora

Yemen in Crisis: Autocracy, Neoliberalism, and the Disintegration of a State

Two Books on Genocide

Putin’s Counterrevolution

Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy: Religion, Politics, and Strategy

School of Europeanness: Tolerance and Other Lessons in Political Liberalism in Latvia

Without the Banya We Would Perish: A History of the Russian Bathhouse

Russia Without Putin: Money, Power, and the Myths of the New Cold War

Putin’s World: Russia Against the West and With the Rest

Sugar, Cigars, and Revolution: The Making of Cuban New York

Thomas C. Mann: President Johnson, the Cold War, and the Restructuring of Latin American Foreign Policy

Sand and Blood: America’s Stealth War on the Mexico Border

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