Review Essays

Recently Received Books: Regional Focus on Asia

 

Enemy Lines: Warfare, Childhood and Play in Batticaloa

Enemy Lines: Warfare, Childhood and Play in Batticaloa
By Margaret Trawick

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2007. 307pp.

*Cross-listed in War, War Crimes & Genocide
Women, Children & Gender

Cannibal Island: Death in a Siberian Gulag

Cannibal Island: Death in a Siberian Gulag
By Nicolas Werth

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007. 223pp.

*Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History
How We Missed the Story: Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and the Hijacking of Afghanistan

How We Missed the Story:
Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and the Hijacking of Afghanistan
By Roy Gutman

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2008. 321pp.

* Cross-listed in Humanitarianism, Intervention & Terrorism
& Theory, Philosophy & History
Stitching Identities in a Free Trade Zone: Gender and Politics in Sri Lanka

Stitching Identities in a Free Trade Zone:
Gender and Politics in Sri Lanka
By Sandya Hewamanne

Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. 287pp.

* Cross-listed in Women, Children & Gender
Globalization, Labor & Economic Rights

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