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Review-Climate Leviathan: a much-needed look into the geopolitical and social consequences of climate change

September 29, 2019 Tmcwilliam 69d Comments

Climate leviathan, Geoff Mann and Joel Wainwright, verso, 2019 Mann and Wainwright’s work offers a unique framework for viewing solutions…

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Review-The Limits to Capital: Harvey’s classic remains as relevant as ever in this new edition

August 31, 2019 Tmcwilliam Leave a comment

The Limits to Capital, David Harvey, Verso, 2018 (1982) Harvey’s classic was written in a time when the neoliberal “revolution”…

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Review-Yemen in crisis: A brilliant analysis of one of the greatest humanitarian crisis of our time

July 2, 2019 Tmcwilliam Leave a comment

Yemen in crisis Helen Lackner Saqi 2017 The ongoing Yemeni civil war has not attracted as much media attention as…

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Review-Dictatorland: An impressive and focused book of some of the darkest periods in African history

April 9, 2019 Tmcwilliam Leave a comment

DictatorlandPaul KenyonHead of Zeus, 2018 Few books have explained the tragic history of post-independence Africa-caught between two competing cold war…

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Review-Becoming China: An Excellent Account of how Modern China came to be and what makes it Unique

November 17, 2018 Tmcwilliam Leave a comment

Becoming China Jeanne-Marie Gescher Bloomsbury, 2017 This monumental work aims to show the “story behind the state” and is an impressive…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: Asia, China, History

Review-The New Geopolitics of Natural Gas: a solid academic study of a field to often ignored in the geopolitics of energy

August 30, 2018 Tmcwilliam Leave a comment

The New Geopolitics of Natural Gas Agnia Grigas Harvard University Press, 2017 When it comes to the geopolitics of energy,…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: Asia, Europe, resources, Russia

Review-Rogue State: a phenomenal indictement of Washington decisions both past and present

August 15, 2018 Tmcwilliam Leave a comment

Rogue state: A guide to the worlds only superpower (updated edition) William Blum Zed Books, 2014 Blum’s book does an…

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Review-Fateful Triangle: Chomsky’s magnum opus on Israel-Palestine is as relevant now as it was when it was first published

July 27, 2018 Tmcwilliam Leave a comment

Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians Noam Chomsky Pluto Press, 2016 Chomsky provides his usual insight into…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: History, Israel-Palestine, Middle east, USA

Review-The Battle for Syria: An excellent and non-partisan explanation of the Syrian conflict and its major actors

July 26, 2018 Tmcwilliam Leave a comment

The Battle for Syria, international rivalry in the new Middle East Christopher Phillips Yale, 2018 This excellent work dissects the Syrian…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: Iran, Middle east, Russia, Syria, USA

Review-The End of Marco Polo’s World: A collection of essays of varying quality with a few interesting points

June 22, 2018 Tmcwilliam Leave a comment

The End of Marco Polo’s World: War Strategy and American interests in the twenty-first century Robert. D. Kaplan Random House, 2018 Throughout…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: Asia, China, Middle east, USA

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