Who Hates Whom: Well-Armed Fanatics, Intractable Conflicts, and Various Things Blowing Up A Woefully Incomplete Guide
by Bob Harris
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Author: Bob HarrisEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-25
ISBN: 0307394360
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
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Book Review: Very, very well done
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm not sure how to characterize this book, but I'll just go with: THIS FREAKING RULES. It provides the CONTEXT to world events, so you have a better idea of what's going on. I only bought it a few weeks ago, but I've read it cover to cover twice already. It does a great job of boiling down the major players and conflicts in each regional hot spot.
For example, I admit that I never really understood what was going in Africa. I knew vaguely that there were some bad rebels in Darfur, and had joined a facebook group condemning the violence (gotta love my generation's concept of activism). I knew that lots of people died and people were poor and malnourished. Also, a few years ago under the Clinton administration, there was something about Rwanda and mass genocide. Seriously, that was the extent of my knowledge/involvement for the continent.
But NOW, AFTER READING THE BOOK, I look at Africa and know more -- and not just about those regions I mentioned above.
I look at the news and think, wow, in Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvengirai agreed to share power? What does this mean for the destitute people of Zimbabwe? Can the Zanu PF really work with the MDC? Wasn't it still a raw deal for the MDC because Mugabe tortured a bunch of people so the second run off election was in his favor?
Or moving across the globe to Thailand, I look at the PPP and think, aren't people now protesting a government that they democratically elected in November 2007? (Yes, but the rich people who don't believe in one person one vote are doing the protesting is the counterpoint. But the counterpoint to that is the current administration is a proxy for the ousted billionaire leader Thaksin Shrinawatra and reeks of corruption.)
This review has gone on too long, and I need to get back to work, but
I just want to say to Bob Harris: (1) thanks for explaining to me what happened in the Sopranos ending (yes, I am fully cognizant of all your disclaimers but c'mon, you KNOW you nailed it); and (2) thanks for making me care about foreign policy. Hopefully others will catch on, too.
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