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The Arctic Great Game

And Why America Risks Losing It

 By Heather A. Conley

 

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The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa

In this erudite and intelligent book, Zeghal, a historian, aims to reframe debates about the relationship between religion and the state in the Muslim world.

Reviewed by Lisa Anderson

 
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Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn

Cox, a former Republican member of Congress, has written a thoroughly researched, fast-paced, and sharply critical biography of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson.

Reviewed by Jessica T. Mathews

 

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How China Won and Lost America

 

For over five decades following the 1972 rapprochement, the U.S. and China seemed to be steadily building a productive international relationship. The last decade, though, has seen a sharp increase in tensions and a full reorientation from “engagement” to “competition.”

 

What happened? In Breaking the Engagement, internationally recognized scholar David Shambaugh examines the evolution and disintegration of the American strategy towards China.

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How China Won and Lost America

For over five decades following the 1972 rapprochement, the U.S. and China seemed to be steadily building a productive international relationship. The last decade, though, has seen a sharp increase in tensions and a full reorientation from “engagement” to “competition.”

 

What happened? In Breaking the Engagement, internationally recognized scholar David Shambaugh examines the evolution and disintegration of the American strategy towards China.

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Lost Souls: Soviet Displaced Persons and the Birth of the Cold War

Fitzpatrick, an eminent historian of the Soviet Union, conducted extensive archival research on the displaced persons who ended up in Germany and Austria at the end of World War II.

Reviewed by Maria Lipman

 

Richer and More Equal: A New History of Wealth in the West

Waldenstrom argues that the past century has been marked by the democratization of wealth, not spiraling inequality.

Reviewed by Barry Eichengreen

 

India’s Near East: A New History