BOOKS IN SUMMARY

Books reviewed in this issue. History and Psyche : Culture , Psychoanalysis , and the Past . Edited by Sally Alexander and Barbara Taylor. Turning Traditions Upside Down : Rethinking Giordano Bruno's Enlightenment . Edited by Anne Eusterschulte and Henning Hufnagel. Baroque Science . By Ofer Gal and Raz Chen‐Morris. Presence : Philosophy , History , and Cultural Theory for the Twenty ‐First Century . Edited by Ranjan Ghosh and Ethan Kleinberg. Made in the Margins : Latina/o Constructions of US Religious History . By Hjamil A. Martínez‐Vázquez. On Historical Distance . By Mark Salber Phillips. Dasein Disclosed : John Haugeland's Heidegger . Edited by Joseph Rouse. Memory and History : Understanding Memory as Source and Subject . Edited by Joan Tumblety.     

章太炎《春秋》学三变考论——兼论章氏“六经皆史”说的本意

经学消亡,其所述历史"神话"被否定,经学作为史料寄身于史学门下。按照中国学术"古今之变"的这一大线索来看,章太炎的"六经皆史"说对于中国学术、思想的现代转型具有里程碑式的地位和意义。自新文化运动以来,后世学者基本上按照这一线索将章太炎以"六经皆史"为要义的"古文经学"进行一分为二的评说:一方面肯定章太炎破除由经见道、通经致用的经学思维,将"六经"历史文献化,使儒家六经从神圣宝典下降到了古史资料地位。另一方面,又批评其"六经皆史"之说终未能脱离儒家经学的羁绊,仍为尊经崇圣的观念所困。这样一种以"传统/现代"为框架的二分法往往使我们忽略章太炎"古文经学"形成发展的内在轨迹和自身意图,从而造成对章太炎学术思想的割裂和简化。章太炎的《春秋》、《左传》学是其"古文经学"的主干,最能表现其"古文经学"形成发展的内在自身的思想轨迹。本文试图追迹章氏《春秋》学的变化发展,并以《春秋》学为中心,考察其"六经皆史"说的本意,提示其中值得重新审视的思想内涵。     

Through a glass,darkly: Some non‐anthropological approaches to cross‐cultural research

Croll, Elisabeth, Delia Davin, and Penny Kane, eds. China's One‐Child Family Policy. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. xvi + 237 pp. including individual chapter notes and references and index. $27.50 cloth.

Unschuld, Paul U. Medicine in China: A History of Ideas. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985. xi + 423 pp. including appendix bibliography, and index. $40.00 cloth.     

In Defense of "Geopolitical Remote Sensing": Reply to Moisio and Harle

The author of a recently published paper on Finland's identity politics and national identity (Antonsich, 2005) responds to comments presented in the preceding paper in this issue of Eurasian Geography and Economics (Moisio and Harle, 2006). The rejoinder focuses on the nature of place knowledge acquired "in place" versus "at distance" as well as on more specific differences in perspective (e.g., use of sources, terminology, critical geopolitcs). Journal of Economic Literature, Classification Numbers: O52, Z13, 14 references.     

Book reviews

Books reviewed in this issue. International Relations theory Hedley Bull and the accommodation of power. By Robert Ayson. The social evolution of international politics. By Shiping Tang. Is God happy? Selected essays. By Leszek Kolakowski. International organization, law and ethics * 1 See also Patricia Clavin, Securing the world economy: the reinvention of the League of Nations, 1920–1946, pp. 1332–33.
‘Crimes against peace’ and international law. By Kirsten Sellars. The international human rights movement: a history. By Aryeh Neier. Life in crisis: the ethical journey of Doctors Without Borders. By Peter Redfield. The terror courts: rough justice at Guantanamo Bay. By Jess Bravin. The end of power: from boardrooms to battlefields and churches to states, why being in charge isn't what it used to be. By Moisés Naím. Conflict, security and defence * 2 See also Su Hoon Lee, ed., Nuclear North Korea: regional dynamics, failed policies, and ideas for ending a global stalemate, pp. 1355–56.
The thistle and the drone: how America's war on terror became a global war on tribal Islam. By Akbar Ahmed. Investment in blood: the real cost of Britain's Afghan war. By Frank Ledwidge. Confronting the bomb: Pakistani and Indian scientists speak out. Edited by Pervez Hoodbhoy. The opportunity: next steps in reducing nuclear arms. By Steven Pifer and Michael E. O'Hanlon. Terrorism: a philosophical enquiry. By Anne Schwenkenbecher. The Routledge companion to UK counter‐terrorism. Edited by Andrew Staniforth and Fraser Sampson. Commercialising security in Europe: political consequences for peace operations. Edited by Anna Leander. Political economy, economics and development; The locust and the bee: predators and creators in capitalism's future. By Geoff Mulgan. Symbolic power in the World Trade Organization. By Matthew Eagleton‐Pierce. From miracle to maturity: the growth of the Korean economy. By Barry Eichengreen, Dwight H. Perkins and Kwanho Shin. Energy, environment and global health Land. By Derek Hall. International history The undivided past: history beyond our differences. By David Cannadine. The emergence of international society in the 1920s. By Daniel Gorman. Securing the world economy: the reinvention of the League of Nations, 1920–1946. By Patricia Clavin. Stalin's curse: battling for communism in war and Cold War. By Robert Gellately. In search of power: African Americans in the era of decolonization, 1956–1974. By Brenda Gayle Plummer. Battleground Africa: Cold War in the Congo, 1960–1965. By Lise Namikas. Europe Shaping Europe: France, Germany, and embedded bilateralism from the Elysée Treaty to twenty‐first century politics. By Ulrich Krotz and Joachim Schild. The lost continent: the BBC's Europe editor on Europe's darkest hour since World War Two. By Gavin Hewitt. Britain and the European Union. By Andrew Geddes. EU climate policy: industry, policy interaction and external environment. By Elin Lerum Boasson and Jørgen Wettestad. Russia and Eurasia * 3 See also Robert Gellately, Stalin's curse: battling for communism in war and Cold War, pp. 1333–35.
Bear traps on Russia's road to modernization. By Clifford G. Gaddy and Barry W. Ickes. Can Russia modernise?Sistema, power networks and informal governance. By Alena Ledeneva. Russia, the near abroad and the West: lessons from the Moldova‐Transdniestria conflict. By William H. Hill. Middle East and North Africa Of empires and citizens: pro‐American democracy or no democracy at all? By Amaney A. Jamal. The Six‐Day War and Israeli self‐defense: questioning the legal basis for preventive war. By John Quigley. Sub‐Saharan Africa * 4 See also Lise Namikas, Battleground Africa: Cold War in the Congo, 1960–1965, pp. 1336–37.
The dying Sahara: US imperialism and terror in Africa. By Jeremy Keenan. Mandela and Mbeki: the hero and the outsider. By Lucky Mathebe. South Asia * 5 See also Pervez Hoodbhoy, ed., Confronting the bomb: Pakistani and Indian scientists speak out, pp. 1316–17.
Pakistan: the garrison state: origins, evolution, consequences 1947–2011. By Ishtiaq Ahmed. Samudra manthan: Sino‐Indian rivalry in the Indo‐Pacific. By C. Raja Mohan. East Asia and Pacific Nuclear North Korea: regional dynamics, failed policies, and ideas for ending a global stalemate. Edited by Su Hoon Lee. 3.11: disaster and change in Japan. By Richard J. Samuels. North America * 6 See also Jess Bravin, The terror courts: rough justice at Guantanamo Bay, pp. 1311–12.
Presidential leadership and the creation of the American era. By Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Latin America and Caribbean Criminal insurgencies in Mexico and the Americas: the gangs and cartels wage war. Edited by Robert J. Bunker. Bolivia: processes of change. By John Crabtree and Ann Chaplin. Mobilizing Bolivia's displaced: indigenous politics and the struggle over land. By Nicole Fabricant. La cooperación Sur‐Sur y triangular en América Latina: políticas afirmativas y prácticas transformadas. Edited by Bruno Ayllón and Tahina Ojeda.     

Italy under scrutiny

Paul Ginsborg, Storia d'Italia dal dopoguerra ad oggi, Turin, Einaudi, 1989, 622 p., ISBN 88–06–11386–0 (A History of Contemporary Italy. Society and Politics, 1943–1988, London, Penguin Books, 1990).

Paul Ginsborg ed., Stato dell'Italia, Milan, il Saggiatore‐Mondadori, 1994, 704 p., ISBN 88–428–0147‐X.     

Mormon History,Text, Colour,and Rites

Mormonism's growth from its 1830 inception to its 2005 near twelve million world membership, has not only initiated a debate over whether, perhaps, it is likely to become the next world‐religion after Islam, ¹ 1 Stark, Rodney , “The Rise of a New World Faith,” Review of Religious Research 26 (1984 ): 18 – 27 .
but has, in recent decades, also witnessed the publication of numerous books that help foster an interest in what is already becoming a distinctive field of study. Though none of the four books reviewed here constitutes an introductory overview, ² 2 For which see, Thomas O'Dea, The Mormons (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1957); Jan Shipps, The Story of a New Religious Tradition (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1985); Douglas J. Davies, Introduction to Mormonism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003).
each introduces a set of major issues within contemporary Mormon studies and engages, respectively, with faith‐related attitudes to historical material, the Book of Mormon, the changing status of black males in the church, and Freemasonry's impact on Mormonism's origin.     

BOOKS IN SUMMARY

Books reviewed in this issue. Introducción a la historia teorica (Introduction to Theoretical History ). By José Carlos Bermejo Barrera. Introduced and edited by Pedro Piedras Monroy. Seeing Things Their Way : Intellectual History and the Return of Religion . Edited by Alister Chapman, John Coffey, and Brad S. Gregory. Gatekeepers of the Arab Past : Historians and History Writing in Twentieth ‐Century Egypt . By Yoav Di‐Capua. The Historians ' Paradox : The Study of History in Our Time . By Peter Charles Hoffer. At the Limits of History : Essays on Theory and Practice . By Keith Jenkins. Recasting the Past : History Writing and Political Work in Modern Africa . Edited by Derek R. Peterson and Giacomo Macola. Recent Themes in American Religious History : Historians in Conversation . Edited by Randall J. Stephens. Recent Themes in the History of Science and Religion : Historians in Conversation . Edited by Donald A. Yerxa.     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Scott Campbell and Susan S. Fainstein (eds), Readings in Planning Theory, 2nd Edition Noel Castree and Bruce Braun (eds), Social Nature: Theory, Practice and Politics Thomas V. Cech, Principles of Water Resources; History, Development, Management and Policy Jonathan Crush and David McDonald (eds),Transnationalism and New African Immigration to South Africa K. O’Connor, R. Stimson and M. Daly, Australia's Changing Economic Geography. A Society Dividing B. Roberts and D. Wadley (eds), Planning for Sustainable Industry Sima Williamson, David Brunckhorst and Gerard Kelly, Reinventing the Common: Cross‐Boundary Farming for a Sustainable Future     

Book reviews

Books reviewed in this issue. International Relations theory The morality of defensive war. By Cécile Fabre and Seth Lazar. Risk and hierarchy in international society: liberal interventionism in the post‐Cold War era. By William Clapton. New constitutionalism and world order. Edited by Stephen Gill and A. Claire Cutler. International organization, law and ethics 1 See also Cécile Fabre and Seth Lazar, The morality of defensive war, pp. 1453–4, and David Sloggett, The anarchic sea: maritime security in the 21^st century, pp. 1464–5.
Peace diplomacy, global justice and international agency: rethinking human security and ethics in the spirit of Dag Hammarskjöld. Edited by Carsten Stahn and Henning Melber. We the peoples: a UN for the 21st century. By Kofi Annan and edited by Edward Mortimer. Cyber operations and the use of force in international law. By Marco Roscini. NATO's balancing act. By David S. Yost. Conflict, security and defence The rise and fall of intelligence: an international security history. By Michael Warner. The anarchic sea: maritime security in the 21^st century. By David Sloggett. International maritime security law. By James Kraska and Raul Pedrozo. Gender, war and conflict. By Laura Sjoberg. Democratic participation in armed conflict: military involvement in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq. By Patrick A. Mello. Governance, civil society and cultural politics 1 Stephen J. C. Andes, The Vatican and Catholic activism in Mexico and Chile: the politics of transnational Catholicism, 1920–1940, pp. 1508–510.
Do Muslim women need saving? By Lila Abu‐Lughod. The Russian Orthodox Church and human rights. By Kristina Stoeckl. Political economy, economics and development Capital in the twenty‐first century. By Thomas Piketty. The system worked: how the world stopped another Great Depression. By Daniel W. Drezner. The great escape: health, wealth, and the origins of inequality. By Angus Deaton. The great convergence: Asia, the West, and the logic of one world. By Kishore Mahbubani. Energy, environment and global health Global resources: conflict and cooperation. Edited by Roland Dannreuther and Wojciech Ostrowski. Nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi: social, political and environmental issues. Edited by Richard Hindmarsh. International history July crisis: the world's descent into war, summer 1914. By T. G. Otte. The Cold War in the Third World. Edited by Robert J. McMahon. Scars of partition: postcolonial legacies in French and British borderlands. By William F. S. Miles. Europe Post‐war statebuilding and constitutional reform: beyond Dayton in Bosnia. By Sofía Sebastián‐Aparicio. The rise of Turkey: the twenty‐first century's first Muslim power. By Soner Cagaptay. Britannia and the bear: the Anglo‐Russian intelligence wars 1917–1929. By Victor Madeira. Russia and Eurasia 1 See also Kristina Stoeckl, The Russian Orthodox Church and human rights, pp. 1469–70, and Victor Madeira, Britannia and the bear: the Anglo‐Russian intelligence wars 1917–1929, pp. 1485–7.
Brothers armed: military aspects of the crisis in Ukraine. Edited by Colby Howard and Ruslan Pukhov. US foreign policy in the Caucasus and Central Asia: politics, energy and security. By Christoph Bluth. Middle East and North Africa Israel since the Six‐Day War: tears of joy, tears of sorrow. By Leslie Stein. U.S.—Iran misperceptions: a dialogue. Edited by Abbas Maleki and John Tirman. Sub‐Saharan Africa Eritrea at a crossroads: a narrative of triumph, betrayal and hope. By Andebrhan Welde Giorgis. Inside South Africa's foreign policy: diplomacy in Africa from Smuts to Mbeki. By John Siko. South Asia Bargaining with a rising India: lessons from the Mahabharata. By Amrita Narlikar and Aruna Narlikar. The Blood telegram: Nixon, Kissinger and a forgotten genocide. By Gary Bass. 1971: a global history of the creation of Bangladesh. By Srinath Raghavan. East Asia and Pacific 1 Richard Hindmarsh, Nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi: social, political and environmental issues, pp. 1477–9.
South Korea's rise: economic development, power, and foreign relations. By Uk Heo and Terence Roehrig. Annual report on China's national security studies (2014). Edited by Hui Liu. Following the leader: ruling China, from Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping. By David M. Lampton. Will China dominate the 21^st century? By Jonathan Fenby. North America 1 See also Christoph Bluth, US foreign policy in the Caucasus and Central Asia: politics, energy and security, pp. 1488–9, and Abbas Maleki and John Tirman, eds, U.S.—Iran misperceptions: a dialogue, pp. 1491–2.
US foreign policy and the Iranian Revolution: the Cold War dynamics of engagement and strategic alliance. By Christian Emery. A war that can't be won: binational perspectives on the war on drugs. Edited by Tony Payan, Kathleen Staudt and Z. Anthony Kruszewski. Two nations indivisible: Mexico, the United States, and the road ahead. By Shannon O'Neil. Why walls won't work: repairing the US–Mexico divide. By Michael Dear. Latin America and Caribbean Security in South America: the role of states and regional organizations. By Rodrigo Tavares. 18 dias: quando Lula e FHC se uniram para conquistar o apoio de Bush. By Matias Spektor. The Vatican and Catholic activism in Mexico and Chile: the politics of transnational Catholicism, 1920–1940. By Stephen J. C. Andes.     

Observations on the Population of Vilnius: The Grim Years and the 1942 Census

An American geographer, commenting on the preceding paper in this issue (Weeks, 2006), focuses more deeply on the results of a little-known but significant census organized by the Germans in May 1942. The author seeks to produce a credible estimate of the city's Jewish population (excluded from the census) some 11 months after the German invasion of Vilnius, and explores the factors underlying various claims that the census distorted the size of the Lithuanian and Polish populations. In the process, he sheds light on a deep interlayering of relationships among the city's diverse ethnic groups that contributes to a unique "sense of place" experienced by city residents. Journal of Economic Literature, Classification Numbers: O15, O18, R14. 7 figures, 3 tables, 63 references.     

Establishing a ‘Cultural Base’? The Creation of the Fulbright Program in Portugal

This paper deals with the cultural and educational relations between the United States and Portugal during the Cold War. It is built upon the premise that cultural policies and cultural relations between states are a fundamental part of international relations. History of International Relations, therefore, should overcome an analysis based only upon political and diplomatic dimensions to address what can also be referred to as ‘cultural diplomacy’. The Cold War period, because of its historical features, is particularly relevant to the study of processes of cultural diplomacy and some authors even consider it as the ‘golden age’ of cultural diplomacy.¹1. William Glade, ‘Issues in the Genesis and Organization of Cultural Diplomacy: A Brief Critical History’ in The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society (Winter 2010), vol. 39, issue 4, 242. For cultural diplomacy during the Cold War see Jessica Gienow-Hecht, ‘Culture and the Cold War in Europe’ in Leffler, Melvyn & Westad, Odd Arne, The Cambridge History of the Cold War Vol. i, (Cambridge University Press, 2010), 398–419; Akira Iriye, ‘Culture and International History’ in Michael J. Hogan and Thomas G. Paterson (ed), Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations, 2nd ed. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004); Richard T. Arndt, The First Resort Of Kings: American Cultural Diplomacy In The Twentieth Century (Virgínia: Potomac Books, 2005).View all notes     

Books in brief

Text books

William G. Andrews, with the assistance of Franz D. Scholz, eds.: Soviet Institutions and Policies: Inside Views, Van Nostrand, N.J., 1966, pp. 411, $5.45.

Lewis P. Fickett, Jr., ed.: Problems of the Developing Nations, Crowell. N.Y., 1966, pp. 211, $U.S.2.50.

E. E. Schattschneider: Political Parties and Democracy, New York, 1964, pp. 64; William Ebenstein, Communism in Theory and Practice, N.Y., 1964, pp. 94; Juanita M. Kreps, Taxation, Spending, and the National Debt, N.Y., 1964, pp. 64. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, $1.15 each. Australian distributor: Rigby Ltd., Adelaide.

Cyril Roseman, Charles G. Mayo, F. B. Collinge: Dimensions of Political Analysis, Prentice‐Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1966, pp. 368, $8.30.

M. Kent Jennings and L. Harmon Zeigler, eds.: The Electoral Process, Prentice‐Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1966, pp. 304, $8.10.

E. K. Fisk, ed.: New Guinea on the Threshold, Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1966, pp. 290 + xix, $3.95.

Donald G. Herzberg and Gerald M. Pomper: American Party Politics: Essays and Readings. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1966, pp. 562 ‐f xiv, $6.55. Distributor: Rigby's.

Benjamin Baker and Stanley H. Friedelbaum: Government in the United States, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, pp. 561 + xiv, $9.95. Distributor: Thomas C. Lothian.

Norman D. Palmer: South Asia and United States Policy, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, pp. 332 ‐f‐ x, $5.75. Distributor: Lothian.

John H. Fenton: Midwest Politics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, pp. 244 + viii, $4.60. Distributor: Rigby's.

Raymond E. Wolfinger, ed.: Readings in American Political Behaviour, Prentice‐Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1966, pp. 338 + viii, $5.00.

Robert C. Fried: Comparative Political Institutions, Collier‐Macmillan, London, 1966, pp. 152, $1.75.

Francis J. Sorauf: Political Science: an informal overview, Charles E. Merrill, Columbus, Ohio, 1965, pp. 115 + x, $2.00.     

Book reviews

Books reviewed in this issue. International Relations theory The social in the global: social theory, governmentality and global politics. By Jonathan Joseph . Power, Realism and constructivism. By Stefano Guzzini . International organization, law and ethics * 1 See also Alex J. Bellamy, Massacres and morality: mass atrocities in an age of civilian immunity, pp. 1029–30.
The law of targeting. By William H. Boothby. Just business: multinational corporations and human rights. By John Ruggie . Unimaginable atrocities: justice, politics, and rights at the war crimes tribunal. By William Schabas. No one's world: the West, the rising rest and the coming global turn. By Charles A. Kupchan. Conflict, security and defence The Cambridge history of war, volume IV: war in the modern world. Edited by Roger Chickering, Dennis Showalter and Hans van de Ven. Invisible armies: an epic history of guerrilla warfare from ancient times to the present. By Max Boot . Massacres and morality: mass atrocities in an age of civilian immunity. By Alex J. Bellamy . After war ends: a philosophical perspective. By Larry May . Ballistic missile defence and US national security policy: normalisation and acceptance after the Cold War. By Andrew Futter . Privatizing war: private military and security companies under public international law. By Lindsey Cameron and Vincent Chetail . Governance, civil society and cultural politics Federal dynamics: continuity, change, and the varieties of federalism. Edited by Arthur Benz and Jörg Broschek . Of virgins and martyrs: women and sexuality in global conflict. By David Jacobson . Political economy, economics and development New spirits of capitalism? Crises, justifications, and dynamics. Edited by Paul du Gay and Glenn Morgan . Masters of the universe: Hayek, Friedman, and the birth of neoliberal politics. By Daniel Stedman Jones . Governing guns, preventing plunder: international cooperation against illicit trade. By Asif Efrat . Energy, environment and global health China's environmental challenges. By Judith Shapiro. Green innovation in China: China's wind power industry and the global transition to a low‐carbon economy. By Joanna I. Lewis . The governance of energy in China: transition to a low‐carbon economy. By Philip Andrews‐Speed . Global health and International Relations. By Colin McInnes and Kelley Lee . International history The sleepwalkers: how Europe went to war in 1914. By Christopher Clark . Lenin's terror: the ideological origins of early Soviet state violence. By James Ryan . Hitler's philosophers. By Yvonne Sherratt . Empire of secrets: British intelligence, the Cold War and the twilight of empire. By Calder Walton . Nasser's gamble: how intervention in Yemen caused the Six‐Day War and the decline of Egyptian power. By Jesse Ferris . The killing zone: the United States wages Cold War in Latin America. By Stephen G. Rabe . Visions of power in Cuba: revolution, redemption and resistance, 1959–1971. By Lillian Guerra . Europe European security: the roles of regional organisations. By Bjørn Møller . Six moments of crisis: inside British foreign policy. By Gill Bennett . Defending the realm? The politics of Britain's small wars since 1945. By Aaron Edwards . A special relationship? British foreign policy in the era of American hegemony. By Simon Tate . Britain's quest for a role: a diplomatic memoir from Europe to the UN. By David Hannay . Russia and Eurasia * 2 See also James Ryan, Lenin's terror: the ideological origins of early Soviet state violence, pp. 1046–7; and Marlene Laruelle and Sebastien Peyrouse, The Chinese question in Central Asia: domestic order, social change and the Chinese factor, pp. 1076–7.
Wheel of fortune: the battle for oil and power in Russia. By Thane Gustafson . Edge of empire: a history of Georgia. By Donald Rayfield . Georgia: a political history since independence. By Stephen Jones . Middle East and North Africa Revolutionary Iran: a history of the Islamic Republic. By Michael Axworthy . Lebanon after the Cedar Revolution. Edited by Are Knudsen and Michael Kerr . Dynamics of change in the Persian Gulf: political economy, war and revolution. By Anoushiravan Ehteshami . Sub‐Saharan Africa Multiethnic coalitions in Africa: business financing of opposition election campaigns. By Leonardo R. Arriola . Nigeria since independence: forever fragile? By J. N. C. Hill . Peacebuilding, power, and politics in Africa. Edited by Devon Curtis and Gwinyayi A. Dzinesa . South Asia Policing Afghanistan. By Antonio Giustozzi and Mohammed Isaqzadeh . East Asia and Pacific * 3 See also Judith Shapiro, China's environmental challenges; Joanna I. Lewis, Green innovation in China: China's wind power industry and the global transition to a low‐carbon economy; and Philip Andrews‐Speed, The governance of energy in China: transition to a low‐carbon economy, pp. 1041–3.
The Chinese question in Central Asia: domestic order, social change and the Chinese factor. By Marlene Laruelle and Sebastien Peyrouse . China's search for energy security: domestic sources and international implications. Edited by Suisheng Zhao . North America Foreign policy begins at home: the case for putting America's house in order. By Richard N. Haass . US foreign policy and democracy promotion: from Theodore Roosevelt to Barack Obama. Edited by Michael Cox, Timothy J. Lynch and Nicolas Bouchet . The Secretary: a journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the heart of American power. By Kim Ghattas . Latin America and Caribbean * 4 See also Stephen G. Rabe, The killing zone: the United States wages Cold War in Latin America, pp. 1052–3; and Lillian Guerra, Visions of power in Cuba: revolution, redemption and resistance, 1959–1971, pp. 1054–5.
The Mapuche in modern Chile: a cultural history. By Joanna Crow .     

Book reviews

Books reviewed in this issue International Relations theory Africa and International Relations in the 21st century. Edited by Scarlett Cornelissen, Fantu Cheru and Timothy M. Shaw. International organization, law and ethics Promoting democracy abroad: policy and performance. By Peter Burnell. Conceptual politics of democracy promotion. Edited by Christopher Hobson and Milja Kurki. All the missing souls: a personal history of the war crimes tribunals. By David Scheffer. Conflict, security and defence * 1 See also Anthony King, The transformation of Europe's armed forces: from the Rhine to Afghanistan, pp. 424–25; Adekeye Adebajo, UN peacekeeping in Africa: from the Suez crisis to the Sudan conflicts, pp. 436–37; and William Reno, Warfare in independent Africa, pp. 438–40.
NATO: the power of partnerships. Edited by Håkan Edström, Janne Haaland Matlary and Magnus Petersson. The shadow world: inside the global arms trade. By Andrew Feinstein. Small arms, crime and conflict: global governance and the threat of armed violence. Edited by Owen Greene and Nicholas Marsh. The rise and fall of Al‐Qaeda. By Fawaz A. Gerges. The 9/11 wars. By Jason Burke. Losing small wars: British military failure in Iraq and Afghanistan. By Frank Ledwidge. Governance, civil society and cultural politics Radicalism and political reform in the Islamic and western worlds. By Kai Hafez. The leaderless revolution: how ordinary people will take power and change politics in the 21st century. By Carne Ross. Why it's kicking off everywhere: the new global revolutions. By Paul Mason. Political economy, economics and development The price of civilization: economics and ethics after the fall. By Jeffrey Sachs. Crises and opportunities: the shaping of modern finance. By Youssef Cassis. World 3.0: global prosperity and how to achieve it. By Pankaj Ghemawat. Private ratings, public regulations: credit rating agencies and global financial governance. By Andreas Kruck. Energy, resources and environment Food. By Jennifer Clapp. International history Spies and commissars: Bolshevik Russia and the West. By Robert Service. Symbols and legitimacy in Soviet politics. By Graeme Gill. The shock of the global: the 1970s in perspective. Edited by Niall Ferguson, Charles S. Maier, Erez Manela and Daniel J. Sargent. Britain's empire: resistance, repression and revolt. By Richard Gott. America, Hitler and the UN: how the Allies won World War II and forged a peace. By Dan Plesch. Allende's Chile and the inter‐American Cold War. By Tanya Harmer. Europe The transformation of Europe's armed forces: from the Rhine to Afghanistan. By Anthony King. The coalition and the constitution. By Vernon Bogdanor. Peace, reform and liberation: a history of liberal politics in Britain 1679–2011. By Robert Ingham and Duncan Brack. Russia and Eurasia * 2 See also Robert Service, Spies and commissars: Bolshevik Russia and the West, pp. 416–17; and Graeme Gill, Symbols and legitimacy in Soviet politics, pp. 417–18.
Eastern partnership: a new opportunity for the neighbours? Edited By Elena Korosteleva. Vladimir Putin and Russian statecraft. By Allen C. Lynch. Belarus: the last European dictatorship. By Andrew Wilson. Constructing grievance: ethnic nationalism in Russia's republics. By Elise Giuliano. Middle East and North Africa Insecure Gulf: the end of certainty and the transition to the post‐oil era. By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen. The new post‐oil Arab Gulf: managing people and wealth. Edited by Nabil A. Sultan, David Weir and Zeinab Karake‐Shalhoub. Salafism in Yemen: transnationalism and religious identity. By Laurent Bonnefoy. Sub‐Saharan Africa * 3 See also Scarlett Cornelissen, Fantu Cheru and Timothy M. Shaw, eds, Africa and International Relations in the 21st century, pp. 393–94.
Citizen of Zimbabwe: conversations with Morgan Tsvangirai. By Stephen Chan. Southern Africa: old treacheries and new deceits. By Stephen Chan. UN peacekeeping in Africa: from the Suez crisis to the Sudan conflicts. By Adekeye Adebajo. Obasanjo, Nigeria and the world. By John Iliffe. Warfare in independent Africa. By William Reno. South Asia An enemy we created: the myth of the Taliban/Al Qaeda merger in Afghanistan, 1970–2010. By Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn. The wars of Afghanistan: Messianic terrorism, tribal conflicts, and the failures of Great Powers. By Peter Tomsen. In the shadow of shari'ah: Islam, Islamic law and democracy in Pakistan. By Matthew J. Nelson. East Asia and Pacific Beyond North Korea: future challenges to South Korea's security. Edited by Byung Kwan Kim, Gi‐Wook Shin and David Straub. Korea 2010: politics, economy and society. Edited by Rüdiger Frank, James E. Hoare, Patrick Köllner and Susan Pares. Korea's foreign policy dilemmas: defining state security and the goal of national unification. By Sung‐Hack Kang. Southeast Asia and the rise of China: the search for security. By Ian Storey. Worse than a monolith: alliance politics and problems of coercive diplomacy in Asia. By Thomas J. Christensen. North America Liberty's surest guardian: American nation‐building from the founders to Obama. By Jeremi Suri. The decline and fall of the American republic. By Bruce Ackerman. Latin America and Caribbean * 4 See also Tanya Harmer, Allende's Chile and the inter‐American Cold War, pp. 422–23.
Leftist governments in Latin America: successes and shortcomings. Edited by Kurt Weyland, Raúl L. Madrid and Wendy Hunter. The resurgence of the Latin American left. Edited by Steven Levitsky and Kenneth M. Roberts. The triumph of politics: the return of the left in Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador. By George Philip and Francisco Panizza. Right‐wing politics in the new Latin America: reaction and revolt. Edited by Francisco Dominguez, Geraldine Lievesley and Steve Ludlam.     

The Geopolitics of Terrorism: A Commentary on Flint and Radil's Approach

An American political geographer and prominent specialist in electoral geography presents a measured and informative critique of the preceding paper by Colin Flint and Steven M. Radil (2009) on "Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: Situating al-Qaeda and the Global War on Terror within Geopolitical Trends and Structures." Among the issues explored are the extent to which the observed patterns of terrorism might differ depending on whether "international" or "domestic" incidents are the focus of attention, and whether fatalities associated with incidents might prove a better metric of terrorism's psychological impact than per capita incident frequency alone. A deeper issue debated in the critique involves the thorny question of whether a singular focus on relative economic deprivation (and on its variations between countries rather than also within countries) offers an adequate explanation for the incidence of terrorism given the complexity of cultural (including ethnicity and religion), social, economic, and political factors that motivate terrorist acts in diverse settings across the world. Journal of Economic Literature, Classification Numbers: I390, O100, Y900. 32 references.     

Red Brick in the Land of Steady Habits: Creating the Univeristy of Connecticut, 1881-2006

At first blush, the opportunity to read the history of a universityfrom which you did not graduate, for which you do not work,or near which you do not live, may not sound all that appealing.However, to dismiss Bruce M. Stave's Red Brick in the Land ofSteady Habits: Creating the University of Connecticut, 1881–2006would be a mistake of considerable proportions, for not onlyis the volume enlightening with regard to higher education inthe United States over the course of the twentieth century,it is also the proverbial "good read." Stave,     

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Populism and Feminism in Iran: Women's Struggle in a Male‐Defined Revolutionary Movement ,Haideh Moghissi, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994, 217 pp., $59.95.

La Beauté menacée: anthropologie des maladies de la peau en Iran , Niloufar Jozani, Tehran: Institut Français de Recherche en Iran, 1994, 317 pp., illustrations, tables, Bibliography, Index.

Iranian Cities: Formation and Development ,Masoud Kheirabadi, Austin: University of Texas Press, 1991, xiv + 132 pp., illustrations, glossary, and appendixes.

Faith and Freedom ,ed. Mahnaz Afkhami, Syracuse: Syracuse Univ. Press, 1995.

Mongolia: The Legacy of Chinggis Khan ,Patricia Berger and Terese Tse Bartholomew, New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995, 340 pp., 310 illustrations, 237 in color, $60.00.

Mongol Jewelry ,Martha Boyer, Carlsberg Foundation's Nomad Research Project, New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995, 278 pp., 200 illustrations, 90 in color, $50.00.

Frühe iranische Moscheen vom Beginn des Islam bis zur Zeit sal?ūqischer Herrschaft ,Barbara Finster [Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Tehran: Archäologische Mitteliungen aus Iran, Erganzungsband 19] Berlin: Dietrich Riemer, 1994, 319 pp., 1 map, 149 figures, 48 plates, Bibliography, Index.

Khomeini's Forgotten Sons: The Story of Iran's Boy Soldiers ,Ian Brown, London: Grey Seal Books, 1990, viii + 190 pp.

Dancing Barefoot on Broken Glass ,Leonardo Alishan, New York: Ashod Press, 1991, xvi + 77 pp., $7.50.

Persico‐Kurdica: Études d'ethnomusicologie, de dialectologie, d'histoire et de religion (parues dans les années 1964–1978), Mohammad Mokri, Louvain: Peeters, 1995, lv + 505 pp.

Padyavand ,ed. Amnon Netzer, Judeo‐Iranian and Jewish Studies Series, vol. 1, Costa Mesa, Calif.: Mazda Publishers, 1996, xxvi + 143 English + 367 Persian.

The Throne Carrier of God: The Life and Thought of ‘Ala'; ad‐Dawla as‐Simnani ,Jamal J. Elias, Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995, xvi + 255 pp., $ 16.95.

The History of al‐Tabari ,vol. XXXIII: Storm and Stress along the Northern Frontiers of the ^cAbbasid Caliphate ,trans, and annot. C. E. Bosworth, SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies and Bibliotheca Persica, Albany: State University of New York Press, 1991.

The Hidden Hand: Middle East Fears of Conspiracy ,Daniel Pipes, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996, xii + 404 pp.

The History of al‐Tabari , vol. XII: The Battle of al‐Qadisiyyah and the Conquest of Syria and Palestine , trans. Yohanan Friedmann, Albany: State University of New York Press, 1992, xxii + 237 pp.

La Region d'Arak et de Hamadan: cartes et documents ethnographiques , Hélène Desmet‐Gregoire and Patrice Fontaine, with the collaboration of Mohammad ^cAli Ahmadian and Abolqasem Taheri, Studia Iranica, Cahier 6, association pour l'avancement des études iraniennes, Leuven: Teeters, 1988.

Myth and Mobilization in Revolutionary Iran: The Use of the Friday Congregational Sermon , Haggay Ram, Washington, D.C.: The American University Press, 1994, xiii + 250 pp., $59.00 cloth.