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Garrett Graff, “The Threat Matrix: The FBI at War in the Age of Global Terror” (Little Brown, 2011)
Garrett Graff
The Threat Matrix
The FBI at War in the Age of Global Terror
Little Brown, 2011

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network May 26, 2011 Tevi Troy

How has the FBI evolved since the days of chasing gangsters and bootleggers, and is it equipped to face the challenges of a global war on terror? According to Garrett Graff’s The Threat Matrix: The FBI at War in the Age of Global Terror (Little Brown, 2011), the FBI has... Read More
Jonathan Steinberg, “Bismarck: A Life” (Oxford UP, 2011)
Jonathan Steinberg
Bismarck
A Life
University Press, 2011

New Books in BiographyNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in German StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network May 24, 2011 Marshall Poe

What is the role of personality in shaping history? Shortly before the beginning of the First World War, the German sociologist Max Weber puzzled over this question. He was sure that there was a kind of authority that drew strength from character itself. He called this authority “charismatic,” a type... Read More
James Brabazon, “My Friend the Mercenary: A Memoir” (Canongate, 2010)
James Brabazon
My Friend the Mercenary
A Memoir
Canongate, 2010

New Books in African StudiesNew Books in JournalismNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network May 23, 2011 Nicholas Walton

In February 2002, British journalist James Brabazon set out to travel with guerrilla forces into Liberia to show the world what was happening in that war-torn country. To protect him, he hired Nick du Toit, a former South African Defence Force soldier who had fought in conflicts across Africa for... Read More
Charles Emmerson, “The Future History of the Arctic: How Climate, Resources and Geopolitics are Reshaping the North, and Why it Matters to the World” (Vintage, 2010)
Charles Emmerson
The Future History of the Arctic
How Climate, Resources and Geopolitics are Reshaping the North, and Why it Matters to the World
Vintage Books, 2010

New Books in Environmental StudiesNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Russian and Eurasian StudiesNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network May 23, 2011 Nicholas Walton

I don’t know how many young boys develop a fascination with the world from having a map of the world hung above their beds, but this certainly fits in with the experiences of both Charles Emmerson and myself. Charles’ interest in the Arctic was born from a childhood of staring... Read More
Elizabeth Cohen, “Semi-Citizenship in Democratic Politics” (Cambridge UP, 2009)
Elizabeth Cohen
Semi-Citizenship in Democratic Politics

Cambridge University Press, 2009

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network May 20, 2011 Cyril Gosh

Practically everyone thinks they understand what citizenship means. Yet, there is a great deal of conceptual ambiguity about the term and scholars studying citizenship often disagree about what citizenship actually entails, how it developed, and so on. In Semi-Citizenship in Democratic Politics (Cambridge UP, 2009), Elizabeth Cohen clarifies the idea... Read More