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1 FOREIGN POLICY NEW TITLES for 2014 EXAMINATION COPY OFFER: $5.00 PAPERBACKS $10.00 HARDCOVERS PENGUIN GROUP USA

2 JOHN MICKLETHWAIT and ADRIAN WOOLDRIDGE The Fourth Revolution The Global Race to Reinvent the State Micklethwait and Wooldridge argue that there have been three great revolutions in government in the history of the modern world. The West has led these revolutions, but now we are in the midst of a fourth revolution, and it is Western government that is in danger of being left behind. PENGUIN PRESS HARDCOVER 320 PP $27.95 ERIC SCHLOSSER Command and Control Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety Investigative journalist Eric Schlosser interweaves a riveting minute-by-minute account of an H-bomb accident with a historical narrative that spans more than fifty years, providing a chilling assessment of the grave threat we face from nuclear weapons. PENGUIN PRESS HARDCOVER 640 PP $36.00 MARK MAZOWER Governing the World The Rise and Fall of an Idea, 1815 to the Present Indispensable...for its full and subtle account of American policies since 1917, always with a fine touch for the hitherto neglected person or little noticed moment that illuminates historic processes. Profound, relevant, and morally instructive and a pleasure to read. Fritz Stern, Columbia University PENGUIN PAPERBACK 496 PP $18.00 NIALL FERGUSON The Great Degeneration How Institutions Decay and Economies Die The acclaimed historian presents a taut and potent volume targeted at perhaps our most pressing social question what parts of our society limit our progress, and what aspects empower us to enduring and deepening success. PENGUIN PRESS HARDCOVER 192 PP $26.95 PENGUIN PAPERBACK 192 PP $16.00 PAPERBACK AVAILABLE JUNE 2014 JOEL BRENNER Glass Houses Privacy, Secrecy, and Cyber Insecurity in a Transparent World A chilling and revelatory appraisal of the new faces of espionage and warfare on the digital battleground from the former inspector general of the National Security Agency and head of counterintelligence for the director of National Intelligence. PENGUIN PAPERBACK 320 PP $17.00

3 STEVE COLL Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Steve Coll investigates the notoriously secretive Exxon- Mobil Corporation, revealing the true extent of its power. Magisterial...A revealing history of our time, a chronicle of the intersection between energy and politics. Bill McKibben, The New York Review of Books PENGUIN PAPERBACK 704 PP $18.00 DAVID ROHDE Beyond War: Reimagining America s Role and Ambitions in a New Middle East [Rohde] expose(s) the deep contradiction between Washington s long experiment in slashing the civilian instruments of American power and its post-9/11 attempt to use those same instruments to remake the greater Middle East. The New York Times PENGUIN PAPERBACK 240 PP $16.00 MARK MAZZETTI The Way of the Knife The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth The United States fought three wars after 9/11: Iraq, Afghanistan and the one in the shadows. This is an authoritative account of that third war, conducted by the CIA and military Special Operators in Yemen, East Africa and, most of all, Pakistan. Thomas E. Ricks, author of Fiasco PENGUIN PAPERBACK 400 PP $17.00 DAVID CRIST The Twilight War The Secret History of America s Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran A senior historian for the federal government presents the dramatic secret history of our undeclared thirty-year conflict with Iran, revealing newsbreaking episodes of covert and deadly operations that brought the two nations to the brink of open war. Crist s painstakingly researched and elegantly written account of the United States Iran cold war is an earnest chronicle of this shadowy history. The New York Times PENGUIN PAPERBACK 656 PP $18.00 HENRY A. CRUMPTON The Art of Intelligence Lessons from a Life in the CIA s Clandestine Service A legendary CIA spy and counterterrorism expert tells the spellbinding story of his high-risk, action-packed career. Offers important new insights into the CIA s role in the Taliban s overthrow in 2001, as well as a wider portrait of modern intelligence that is frank and compelling. Steve Coll, author of Ghost Wars PENGUIN PAPERBACK 352 PP $17.00

4 LAYLA AL-ZUBAIDI, MATTHEW CASSEL, and NEMONIE CRAVEN RODERICK, editors Diaries of an Unfinished Revolution Voices from Tunis to Damascus TRANSLATED BY ROBIN MOGER AND GEORGINA COLLINS INTRODUCTION BY SAMAR YAZBEK These stories of the Arab Spring are the brave first draft of history, written by its participants even as they were blinded by tear gas, arrested, running from the gunshots. Wendell Steavenson, author of The Weight of a Mustard Seed PENGUIN PAPERBACK 224 PP $17.00 PETER MANSFIELD A History of the Middle East: Fourth Edition REVISED AND UPDATED BY NICOLAS PELHAM The best overall survey of the politics, regional rivalries, and economics of the contemporary Arab world. The Washington Post Book World PENGUIN PAPERBACK 592 PP $20.00 LINDSEY HILSUM Sandstorm: Libya in the Time of Revolution Hilsum s powerful book is both a history of one of the world s most bizarre regimes and an unforgettable account of Gaddafi s rapid decline and fall. If only all revolutions had such intelligent and observant witnesses. Misha Glenny, author of The Balkans PENGUIN PAPERBACK 352 PP $17.00 AHMED RASHID Pakistan on the Brink The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan The leading journalist on Pakistan lays out America s options with Pakistan and Afghanistan in the post-bin Laden years. Provides essential insights for anyone who hopes to understand what s going on in Central Asia and the alternative futures that stretch out before it. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PENGUIN PAPERBACK 256 PP $16.00 DAVID C. UNGER The Emergency State America s Pursuit of Absolute Security at All Costs From The New York Times veteran foreign policy expert, a lucid and far-reaching analysis of the cumulative harm caused by post-wwii America s outdated, bipartisan, and increasingly misdirected national security state. Unger argues that in the annals of the American presidency, ignoring the law in pursuit of political and military power is nothing new. The Seattle Times PENGUIN PAPERBACK 368 PP $17.00

5 ALFREDO CORCHADO Midnight in Mexico A Reporter s Journey Through a Country s Descent into Darkness A crusading journalist s search for justice and hope in an increasingly violent Mexico, interwoven with his own quest for belonging as a Mexican-American. Anyone who wants to learn about Mexico on the inside, especially how the United States affects it, illegally and legally, will learn much from this sharply perceptive and moving account. John Womack Jr., Harvard University PENGUIN PAPERBACK 304 PP $17.00 RORY CARROLL Comandante: Myth and Reality in Hugo Chávez s Venezuela An impressively well-researched and readable portrait...carroll s book should serve as a useful reminder of what el Comandante did and didn t achieve, how he got away with it and the danger of statesmen-as-showmen whose promises are too good to be true. The New York Times Book Review PENGUIN PAPERBACK 336 PP $17.00 RANA DASGUPTA Capital: The Eruption of Delhi Interweaving over a century of history with his personal journey, Dasgupta presents us with an illuminating literary portrait of Delhi. Capital is a beautifully written study of a corrupt, violent and traumatized city growing so fast it is almost unrecognizable to its own inhabitants. An astonishing tour de force by a major writer at the peak of his powers. William Dalrymple, author of City of Djinns PENGUIN PRESS HARDCOVER 496 PP $27.95 CATHY SCOTT-CLARK and ADRIAN LEVY The Siege: 68 Hours Inside the Taj Hotel With a deep understanding of the region and its politics, journalists Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy vividly unfold the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. A propulsive and exceedingly well-reported book that offers an intense ticktock account, the fullest we have had, of the attack on the Taj...It s a tragedy and a thriller with concussive human and political resonance. The New York Times PENGUIN PAPERBACK 352 PP $16.00 MICHAEL FULLILOVE Rendezvous with Destiny: How Franklin D. Roosevelt and Five Extraordinary Men Took America into the War and into the World The untold story of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the five envoys he sent on dangerous missions to Europe between 1939 and 1941 greatly affecting America s entry into the war. Reads as easily as a good novel, but it is also an important history of one of the most crucial decisions of the twentieth century. Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University PENGUIN PAPERBACK 480 PP $18.00

6 CLASSROOM FAVORITES FOREIGN POLICY LIZZIE COLLINGHAM The Taste of War World War II and the Battle for Food PENGUIN PAPERBACK 656 PP $22.00 JOSHUA FREEMAN American Empire The Rise of a Global Power, the Democratic Revolution at Home, PENGUIN PAPERBACK 544 PP $20.00 ROBERT BICKERS The Scramble for China Foreign Devils in the Qing Empire, PENGUIN GLOBAL PAPERBACK 512 PP $24.00 JOSHUA S. GOLDSTEIN Winning the War on War The Decline of Armed Conflict Worldwide PLUME PAPERBACK 400 PP $17.00 ANA FUENTES From the Dragon s Mouth 10 True Stories that Unveil the Real China C.A. PRESS 256 PP $16.95 JOHN LEWIS GADDIS George F. Kennan An American Life PENGUIN PAPERBACK 800 PP $22.00 JOHN LEWIS GADDIS The Cold War A New History PENGUIN PAPERBACK 352 PP $17.00 BLAINE HARDEN Escape from Camp 14 One Man s Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West PENGUIN PAPERBACK 224 PP $15.00 STEVEN PINKER The Better Angels of Our Nature Why Violence Has Declined PENGUIN PAPERBACK 832 PP $20.00 GRAHAM EVANS and RICHARD NEWNHAM The Penguin Dictionary of International Relations PENGUIN PAPERBACK 640 PP $20.00 DAN SMITH The Penguin State of the World Atlas Ninth Edition PENGUIN PAPERBACK 144 PP $22.00 CRAIG TIMBERG and DANIEL HALPERIN Tinderbox How the West Sparked the AIDS Epidemic and How the World Can Finally Overcome It PENGUIN PAPERBACK 432 PP $18.00 STEVE COLL Ghost Wars The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 PENGUIN PAPERBACK 738 PP $20.00 STEPHEN E. AMBROSE and DOUGLAS G. BRINKLEY Rise to Globalism American Foreign Policy Since 1938 NINTH REVISED EDITION PENGUIN PAPERBACK 592 PP $18.00

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