Thursday, August 16 2007
Japan Rising: The Resurgence of Japanese Power and Purpose by Kenneth B. Pyle
The book is a penetrating survey of Japan from the 1868 Meiji Restoration to the present, an informative analysis of why the Japanese behave as they do.
Friday, April 20 2007
Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life by Sari Nusseibeh
Bring together Palestinian philosopher Sari Nusseibeh (1949- ) and Israeli statesman Shimon Peres (1923-) and the first thought that occurs to any longtime observer of the Arab-Israeli conflict is: Get a room.
































