Review:Excellent, insightful, perceptive. Now if only we can get the politicians in DC to read, discuss, and think about the implications of dealing with a rising China then there is hope of avoiding war. I am not optimistic in view of the rampant dysfunction in the current administration and the Congress.
It should be required reading for both the President, his cabinet, and the Congress. I am sure it is a must read for our military and the Defense Department. Read more

Review:Fareed Zakaria provides history and the insight needed to understand where we are and how we got here. Without that insight you cannot best understand where we are going. I believe he is spot on. It is time for us, Americans, to realize we are only a part of the whole. We are currently a big part of it but in the end it is the whole that matters. He is correct in that we failed by succeeding. The world learned what we wanted to teach them. We succeeded. Now they are our competition. If ... Read more

Review:Fareed Zakaria provides history and the insight needed to understand where we are and how we got here. Without that insight you cannot best understand where we are going. I believe he is spot on. It is time for us, Americans, to realize we are only a part of the whole. We are currently a big part of it but in the end it is the whole that matters. He is correct in that we failed by succeeding. The world learned what we wanted to teach them. We succeeded. Now they are our competition. If ... Read more

Review:Fareed Zakaria provides history and the insight needed to understand where we are and how we got here. Without that insight you cannot best understand where we are going. I believe he is spot on. It is time for us, Americans, to realize we are only a part of the whole. We are currently a big part of it but in the end it is the whole that matters. He is correct in that we failed by succeeding. The world learned what we wanted to teach them. We succeeded. Now they are our competition. If ... Read more

Review:Good, fun, easy read. Style of writing was poor. Did, t explain what happened after legal process. Something I felt was important was just left out, preety amateur style of writing, but I did enjoy and thought the story to be amazing. Read more

Review:Like a lot of people my age, opposing Apartheid was the moral equivalent of fighting fascism at the time. With divestment campaigns and protest marches on college campuses around the country, we did what we could to bring about the end of that system. After 1994 with victory won, we walked away and turned our focus on other things. One doesn't have to agree with Ms. Mercer's libertarian views to recognize that something went seriously wrong in South Africa when we were no longer paying attent... Read more

Review:Breaking Cover: My Secret Life in the CIA and What It Taught Me about What's Worth Fighting For is a great insight into what life in the CIA looks like. Something we don't get to see very often. Michele is definitely a woman who stands up the impossible.

I loved how Michele gives credit to God for leading her steps. Michele and her husband were able to help Iraqi Christians to get away from Isis. They probably wouldn't have been as successful ifs they didn't have their previous training.<... Read more

Review:I love spy novels and espionage books in general. This book was a thorough story about a man's journey from the cold hell of east Germany to the "evil" capitalist society - USA as a kgb spy. In the end freedom, family, and the truth about capitalism prevailed - screw communism! Read more

Review:Having read much about the modern state of, and state of affairs in, Iraq in recent years, the Assasin's Gate sets the bar very high both in terms of scope and detail. Packer paints quite a thorough portrait of many of the actors involved in the lead up to the war and speculates in detail the byzantine reasoning behind their varying motivations. From Atlantic avenue in Brooklyn to Firdous Square in central Baghdad, this writings contained in this book hit close to home for me. Recalling a simila... Read more

Review:A great book. An excellent analysis of the history and culture of Islam. Identifies many of the inconsistencies of the religion. Useful for any comparative religion course, politician, academic, or journalist. Too liberal for many liberals, it is a well researched treatise of enlightenment. Read more