Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Some Interesting Books !

Ahmed Rashid.  Descent into Chaos:  The U.S. and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia. 
http://www.amazon.com/Descent-into-Chaos-Disaster-Afghanistan/dp/014311557X/r...

Peter Maass (for some reason, this author's name rings bells for me, but I can't remember why).  Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil
Aaron L. Friedburg.  A Contest for Supremacy:  China, America, and the Struggle for Mastery in Asia.
http://www.amazon.com/Contest-Supremacy-America-Struggle-Mastery/dp/039306828...
Last night I saw a very interesting interview by Charlie Rose on PBS.  He talked to David Barboza, the Shanghai correspondent for the New York Times, and it was a fascinating glimpse into post-Mao, post-Communist China.  You can catch the interview at http://www.charlierose.com/  I'm not sure that Chinese capitalism is an improvement over the People's Revolution. 
You will have to watch the program and decide for yourself.

Andrew Feinstein.  The Shadow World:  Inside the Global Arms Trade.
ISBN 978-0-374-20838-7

Steve Crenshaw & John Jackson.  Small Acts of Resistance:  How Courage, Tenacity and Ingenuity Can Change the World.

Alan Axelrod.  A Savage Empire:  Trappers, Traders, Tribes and the Wars that Made America.
ISBN 978-0-312-57656-1 
   The jacket blurb says, "The story of the role of the beaver trade in the founding of America."

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