Review Essays

Recently Received Books: 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
& Regional: Asia

Democratic Authority: A Philosophical Framework

Democratic Authority: A Philosophical Framework
By David M. Estlund

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008. 309pp.

* Cross-listed in Development, Democracy & Health

Human Rights and Foreign Aid: For Love or Money?

Human Rights and Foreign Aid: For Love or Money?
By Bethany Barratt

New York, NY: Routledge, 2008. 239pp.

* Cross-listed in Globalization, Labor & Economic Rights

Understanding U.S. Human Rights Policy: A Paradoxical Legacy

Understanding U.S. Human Rights Policy: A Paradoxical Legacy
By Clair Apodaca

New York, NY: Routledge, 2006. 231pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Europe & the West

The Future Almost Arrived: How Jimmy Carter Failed to Change U.S. Foreign Policy

The Future Almost Arrived: How Jimmy Carter
Failed to Change U.S. Foreign Policy

By Itai Nartzizenfield Sneh

New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2008. 373pp.

Burden or Benefit?: Imperial Benevolence and Its Legacies

Burden or Benefit?:
Imperial Benevolence and Its Legacies

Edited by Helen Gilbert & Chris Tiffin

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. 2008. 229pp.

*Cross-listed in Humanitarianism, Intervention & Terrorism

International Human Rights Law: Returning to Universal Principles

International Human Rights Law:
Returning to Universal Principles

By Mark Gibney

Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2008. 149pp.

*Cross-listed in International Law & Ethics

Anthropological Intelligence: The Deployment and Neglect of American Anthropology in the Second World War

Anthropological Intelligence: The Deployment and
Neglect of American Anthropology in the Second World War

By David H. Price

Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 2008. 370pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Europe & the West

Welfare, Right, and the State: A framework for thinking

Welfare, Right, and the State:
A framework for thinking

By David P. Levine

New York, NY: Routledge. 2008. 146pp.

Reparations to Africa

Reparations to Africa
By Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann

Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2008. 257pp.

*Cross-listed in International Law & Ethics
& Regional: Africa & the Middle East

Sorry States: Apologies in International Politics

Sorry States: Apologies in International Politics
By Jennifer Lind

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 2008. 242pp.

*Cross-listed in International Law & Ethics

Preventive Diplomacy at the UN

Preventive Diplomacy at the UN
By Bertrand G. Ramcharan

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. 2008. 266pp.

*Cross-listed in International Law & Ethics

Getting By in Postsocialist Romania: Labor, the Body, and Working-Class Culture

Getting By in Postsocialist Romania:
Labor, the Body, and Working-Class Culture

By David A. Kideckel

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. 2008. 266pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Europe & the West

The Return of the State of War: A Theoretical Analysis of Opertion Iraqi Freedom

The Return of the State of War: A Theoretical
Analysis of Opertion Iraqi Freedom

By Dario Battistella

Colchester, UK: ECPR Press. 2008. 204pp.

* Cross-listed in War, War Crimes, & Genocide

Americans at the Gate: The United States and Refugees during the Cold War

Americans at the Gate: The United States
and Refugees during the Cold War

By Carl J. Bon Tempo

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 2008. 264pp.

*Cross-listed in War, War Crimes & Genocide
& Refugees & Displaced Persons

A Poverty of Rights: Citizenship and Inequality in Twentieth-Century Rio de Janeiro

A Poverty of Rights: Citizenship and
Inequality in Twentieth-Century Rio de Janeiro

By Brodwyn Fischer

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. 2008. 464pp.

* Cross-listed in Regional: Latin America

The International Struggle for New Human Rights

The International Struggle for New Human Rights
Edited by Clifford Bob

Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2009. 194pp.

*Cross-listed in International Law & Ethics
& Global Governance & Civil Society

Democracy Works: Joining Theory and Action to Foster Global Change

Democracy Works: Joining Theory
and Action to Foster Global Change

Edited by Torry D. Dickinson, Terrie A. Becerra & Summer B.C. Lewis

Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers. 2008. 268pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Latin America
& Development, Democracy & Health

Iran in World Politics: The Question of the Islamic Republic

Iran in World Politics: The Question
of the Islamic Republic

By Arshin Adib-Moghaddam

New York, NY: Columbia University Press. 2008. 272pp.

* Cross-listed in Regional: Africa & the Middle East

Constitutional Protection of Human Rights in Latin America: A Comparative Study of Amparo Proceedings

Constitutional Protection of Human Rights in
Latin America: A Comparative Study of Amparo Proceedings

By Allan R. Brewer-Carķas

New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 2009. 432pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Latin America
& International Law & Ethics

East Asia's Haunted Present: Historical Memories and the Resurgence of Nationalism

East Asia's Haunted Present: Historical Memories
and the Resurgence of Nationalism

Edited by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa & Kazuhiko Togo

Westport, CT: Praeger Security International. 2008. 261pp.

* Cross-listed in Regional: Asia

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