Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: International Relations theory Neo‐liberalism as exception: mutations in citizenship and sovereignty. By Aihwa Ong. Foreign policy China and Iran: ancient partners in a post‐imperial world. By John W. Garver. Conflict, security and armed forces Countering terrorism. By Michael Chandler and Rohan Gunaratna. The ideological War on Terror: worldwide strategies for counterterrorism. Edited by Anne Aldis and Graeme Herd. Pre‐emption: a knife that cuts both ways. By Alan Dershowitz. Insurgents, terrorists and militias: the warriors of contemporary combat. By Richard H. Shultz Jr and Andrea J. Dew. Root causes of suicide terrorism: the globalization of martyrdom. Edited by Ami Pedahzur. Politics, democracy and social affairs Politics without sovereignty: a critique of contemporary international relations. Edited by Christopher J. Bickerton, Philip Cunliffe and Alexander Gourevitch. Political economy, economics and development The WTO in the twenty‐first century: dispute settlement, negotiations and regionalism in Asia. Edited by Yasuhei Taniguchi, Alan Yanovich and Jan Bohanes. Global issues for global citizens: an introduction to key development challenges. Edited by Vinay Bhargava. Emergent economies, divergent paths: economic organization and international trade in South Korea and Taiwan. By Robert C. Feenstra and Gary G. Hamilton. Ethnicity and cultural politics Peacemakers in action: profiles of religion in conflict resolution. Edited by David Little. Energy and environment Oil wars. Edited by Mary Kaldor, Terry Lynn Karl and Yahia Said. Fairness in adaptation to climate change. Edited by W. Neil Adger, Jouni Paavola, Saleemul Haq and M. J. Mace. Global environmental institutions. By Elizabeth R. DeSombre. History Dean Acheson: a life in the Cold War. By Robert L. Beisner. War plans and alliances in the Cold War: threat perceptions in the east and west. Edited by Vojtech Mastny, Sven G. Holtsmark and Andreas Wenger. Europe Testimony. By Nicolas Sarkozy. Translated by Robert Harneis. Maintenant: 200 mots pour changer la France. By Ségolène Royal and Marie‐Françoise Colombani. Europe in the global age. By Anthony Giddens. Five Germanys I have known. By Fritz Stern. Zuneuen Ufern? Die deutsche Sicherheits‐ und Verteidigungspolitik in einer Welt des Wandels 1990–2000. By Franz‐Josef Meiers. The European economy since 1945: coordinated capitalism and beyond. By Barry Eichengreen. Russia and Eurasia Russia's oil barons and metal magnates: oligarchs and the state in transition. By Stephen Fortescue. Russia in the Middle East: friend or foe? By Andrej Kreutz. The Kremlin and the high command: presidential impact on the Russian military from Gorbachev to Putin. By Dale R. Herspring. Russia transformed: developing popular support for a new regime. By Richard Rose, William Mishler and Neil Munro. Resisting the state: reform and retrenchment in post‐Soviet Russia. By Kathryn Stoner‐Weiss. Russia's Islamic threat. By Gordon M. Hahn. Middle East and North Africa Iraq: people, history, politics. By Gareth Stansfi eld. Iran's nuclear ambitions. By Shahram Chubin. Hidden Iran: paradox and power in the Islamic republic. By Ray Takeyh. Analysing Middle East foreign policies: the relationship with Europe. Edited by Gerd Nonneman. Sub‐Saharan Africa Mandela: a critical life. By Tom Lodge. A culture of corruption: everyday deception and popular discontent in Nigeria. By Daniel Jordan Smith. Darfur: the long road to disaster. By J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins. Asia and Pacific Frontline Pakistan: the struggle with militant Islam. By Zahid Hussain. Kashmir: new voices, new approaches. Edited by Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu, Bushra Asif and Cyrus Samii. The writing on the wall: China and the West in the twenty‐first century. By Will Hutton. The coming China wars: where they will be fought and how they can be won. By Peter Navarro. A troubled peace: US policy and the two Koreas. By Chae‐Jin Lee. North America Containment: rebuilding a strategy against global terror. By Ian Shapiro. American fascists: the Christian right and the war on America. By Christopher Hedges. Second chance: three presidents and the crisis of American superpower. By Zbigniew Brzezinski. Liberal order and imperial ambition: essays on American power and world politics. By G. John Ikenberry. Latin America and the Caribbean Anti‐Americanism in Latin America and the Caribbean. Edited by Alan McPherson.