Posted in: Political
Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid - Jimmy Carter - 20 Feb. 2007 - 9:58:09 AM
President Jimmy Carter achieved the most important breakthrough in Arab-Jewish relations with the Camp David Accords, in this book he points out that some aspects of the accords were never implemented and that the Israeli government needs to comply with international law, with the Roadmap for Peace and to accept its own legal borders if there is to be peace in the Holy Land. 
This is an important contribution to the debate on the struggle between Israelis and Palestinians.

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Review of "National Competitiveness and Economic Growth" - 19 Oct. 2006 - 2:22:00 PM

Review of “National Competitiveness and Economic Growth, The Changing Determinants of Economic Performance in the World Economy” - Timo J Hämäläin

Pub. 2003 Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, England and Northampton, Massachusetts

This book is, in my opinion, is one of the most important economic books published in the last few years.  

Posted in: Political
American Theocracy - 29 Jun. 2006 - 12:18:00 AM

“American Theocracy” - Kevin Phillips

Viking, New York, 2006

Posted in: Political
Blood and Oil by Michael T Klare, A review - 16 Sep. 2005 - 11:46:00 PM
A review of Blood and Oil in which Michael Klare argues that current US policies with regards to oil are unsustainable.

Posted in: Other
Chester L Karrass's - The Negotiating Game - 14 Sep. 2005 - 8:00:00 AM
A Review of Chester L Karrass's - The Negotiating Game

Posted in: Political
Paul Krugman: The Great Unravelling - 17 Aug. 2004 - 11:20:00 AM
A collection of articles by Paul Krugman which together make an effective attack on the Bush Administration and its neo-conservative ideology.

Posted in: Military
Yeager – by General Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos - 8 Jan. 2004 - 10:49:00 AM
The autobiography of General Chuck Yeager, America's best known pilot.

Posted in: History
Andrew Wheatcroft – Infidels, The Conflict between Christendom and Islam 638 – 2002 - 6 Jan. 2004 - 10:05:00 PM
Wheatcroft gives a historic account of the

Posted in: History
Samurai William – The Adventurer Who Unlocked Japan, by Giles Milton, pub. Hodder & Stoughton, London 2002 - 6 Jan. 2004 - 1:08:00 PM
This is the story of William Adams, an English sailor, who landed in Japan in 1600 and after a series of difficulties including the threat of execution and imprisonment, became the confidant of the Shogun.

Posted in: History
Berlin, The Downfall 1945 – Antony Beevor, - 28 Oct. 2003 - 1:46:00 AM
The dying days of the Third Reich and the chaos and confusion.