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Volume 87, Number 6

November/December 2008

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Africa

Africa Doesn't Matter: How the West Has Failed the Poorest Continent and What We Can Do About It
Trade Unions and the Coming of Democracy in Africa
Africa and the War on Terrorism
A History of Nigeria; Faith and Politics in Nigeria: Nigeria as a Pivotal State in the Muslim World

Middle East

Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East
A History of Modern Iran
After the Taliban: Nation-Building in Afghanistan
Muqtada: Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia Revival, and the Struggle for Iraq
A Path Out of the Desert: A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East

Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Republics

The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalin's Russia
Yezhov: The Rise of Stalin's "Iron Fist"
Russian Civil-Military Relations: Putin's Legacy
Investigating the Russian Mafia: An Introduction for Students, Law Enforcement, and International Business
Seduced by Secrets: Inside the Stasi's Spy-Tech World
The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke

Western Hemisphere

Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes: Social Policy, Informality, and Economic Growth in Mexico
Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of a Cause
The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop?
The Cuba Wars: Fidel Castro, the United States, and the Next Revolution

Western Europe

Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century
Shifting Alliances: Europe, America, and the Future of Britain's Global Strategy
The End of the West? Crisis and Change in the Atlantic Order
"Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat": The Dire Warning; Churchill's First Speech as Prime Minister
Europe's Role in Nation-Building: From the Balkans to the Congo

The United States

Twice as Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power; Condoleezza Rice: An American Life; The Confidante: Condoleezza Rice and the Creation of the Bush Legacy
Old World, New World: Great Britain and America From the Beginning
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans From the Civil War to World War II
The Power Makers: Steam, Electricity, and the Men Who Invented Modern America
Habits of Empire: A History of American Expansion
To Lead the World: After the Bush Doctrine

Military, Scientific, and Technological

The United Nations Security Council and War: The Evolution of Thought and Practice Since 1945
Hiroshima: The World's Bomb; Atomic Tragedy: Henry L. Stimson and the Decision to Use the Bomb Against Japan; The Nuclear Taboo: The United States and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons Since 1945
Targeting Civilians in War
Meltdown: The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis

Economic, Social, and Environmental

Oil Titans: National Oil Companies in the Middle East
Migration and Remittances: Factbook 2008
Fixing Fragile States: A New Paradigm for Development
Economic Sanctions Reconsidered, 3rd ed.
Termites in the Trading System: How Preferential Agreements Undermine Free Trade

Political and Legal

Humanitarianism in Question: Politics, Power, Ethics
The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
On Empire: America, War, and Global Supremacy
Warring Friends: Alliance Restraint in International Politics
States, Nations, and the Great Powers: The Sources of Regional War and Peace

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