Also on the reading list...

See today's NY Times review

THE MEDIA RELATIONS DEPARTMENT OF HIZBOLLAH WISHES YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East by Neil MacFarquhar

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And the required reading list for school:

Bacevich, Andrew J. The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism. Holt. 2008
 

Collier, Paul. The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done about It. Oxford, 2007
 

Duelfer, Charles. Hide and Seek: The Search for Truth in Iraq. Public Affairs, 2009.
 

Evans, Gareth.The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and for All Brookings, 2008.
 

Keylor, William R. A World of Nations: The International Order since 1945. Oxford, 2nd Edition. June 2008
 

Khanna, Parag. The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New World Order. Random House 2008
 

Kilkullen, David. The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One. Oxford 2009