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THE LONGEST WAR

by Peter Bergen

One of the deepest and most disturbing investigations of one of the defining issues of our era. Full review >

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THE ORIGINS OF POLITICAL ORDER

by Francis Fukuyama

Endlessly interesting—reminiscent at turns of Oswald Spengler, Stanislaw Andreski and Samuel Huntington, though less... Full review >

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ARRIVAL CITY

by Doug Saunders

An essential work for those who pay attention to the effects of globalization—which is, or at least should be, nearly... Full review >

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