<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Foreign Policy Journal &#187; Books</title> <atom:link href="http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/category/arts-culture/books/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com</link> <description>World news, political analysis, and opinion commentary</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:43:25 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Review: Beyond Tribal Loyalties</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/02/01/review-beyond-tribal-loyalties/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/02/01/review-beyond-tribal-loyalties/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:26:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jim Miles</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel / Palestine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jim Miles]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=14380</guid> <description><![CDATA[This is a wonderful work of human emotional effort and physical presence to overcome layers of prejudice, lies, and mythology. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/02/01/review-beyond-tribal-loyalties/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Khun Khmer: Cambodian Martial Art Diary by Antonio Graceffo</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/28/khun-khmer-cambodian-martial-art-diary-by-antonio-graceffo/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/28/khun-khmer-cambodian-martial-art-diary-by-antonio-graceffo/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:16:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Calleja</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cambodia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Calleja]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=14255</guid> <description><![CDATA[American author Antonio Graceffo traverses Cambodia to reveal Bokator in Khun Khmer: Cambodian Martial Arts Diary.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/28/khun-khmer-cambodian-martial-art-diary-by-antonio-graceffo/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Review: The Palestinian Arab In/Outsiders</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/17/review-the-palestinian-arab-in-outsiders/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/17/review-the-palestinian-arab-in-outsiders/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:04:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jim Miles</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel / Palestine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jim Miles]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=14165</guid> <description><![CDATA[“The Palestinian Arab In/Outsiders” is an apparently comprehensive textbook on the newspapers and journals published in Palestine, and more specifically after the nakba, within the Israeli green line.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/17/review-the-palestinian-arab-in-outsiders/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Review: The Anatomy of Israel&#8217;s Survival</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/12/31/review-the-anatomy-of-israels-survival/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/12/31/review-the-anatomy-of-israels-survival/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:39:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jim Miles</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel / Palestine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jim Miles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=13997</guid> <description><![CDATA[For all my criticisms of the work, it is engagingly written and may be fairly indicative of the general Israeli academic mindset at this point in time.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/12/31/review-the-anatomy-of-israels-survival/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Review of &#8216;Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work&#8217;</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/12/23/review-of-imperial-messenger-thomas-friedman-at-work/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/12/23/review-of-imperial-messenger-thomas-friedman-at-work/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:46:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jim Miles</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jim Miles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=13939</guid> <description><![CDATA[Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work. Belen Fernandez. Verso Books, London/New York, 2011. Thomas Friedman is a writer whom I have avoided reading over the past several years, mainly due to my distinct disdain for his writing and his thinking. It was therefore very good to be able to read Imperial Messenger and be brought [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/12/23/review-of-imperial-messenger-thomas-friedman-at-work/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Book Review: Jewish Identity and Palestinian Rights</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/12/09/book-review-jewish-identity-and-palestinian-rights/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/12/09/book-review-jewish-identity-and-palestinian-rights/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:38:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jim Miles</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel / Palestine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jim Miles]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=13821</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jewish Identity and Palestinian Rights: Diaspora Jewish Opposition to Israel. David Landy. Z Books, London/New York, 2011. The mainstream media does not cover this kind of topic and only hints at it in the form of criticism of those calling for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. David Landy’s academic study of the trends [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/12/09/book-review-jewish-identity-and-palestinian-rights/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Review of Postmodern Imperialism: Geopolitics and the Great Games</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/11/09/review-of-postmodern-imperialism-geopolitics-and-the-great-games/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/11/09/review-of-postmodern-imperialism-geopolitics-and-the-great-games/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 03:52:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jonathan Reynolds</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=13599</guid> <description><![CDATA[Postmodern Imperialism – Geopolitics and the Great Games, Eric Walberg. 300 pages. Clarity Press, Atlanta. Reviewed by Jonathan Reynolds I. Let the Games Begin…Again…and Again The great disaffected masses tell us that history is on the march and, as usual, guns and butter are the simpler issues. In America, support dwindles for a war that [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/11/09/review-of-postmodern-imperialism-geopolitics-and-the-great-games/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Totally Corrupt America</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/10/24/totally-corrupt-america/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/10/24/totally-corrupt-america/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:35:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Paul Craig Roberts</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paul Craig Roberts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=13476</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last March, I reviewed Matt Taibbi’s important book Griftopia, an entertaining account of the through-going financial fraud that gave us the financial crisis.  Taibbi shows that the US “superpower” can match any third world backwater in the magnitude of greed and fraud that is endemic in business and government. 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With the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement becoming more and more prominent, Chris Hedges’ writing and observations on power and control by the corporate class has come [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/10/20/chris-hedges-a-man-of-our-times/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Book Review: &#8216;The Longest War&#8217; by Peter L. Bergen</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/09/26/book-review-the-longest-war-by-peter-l-bergen/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/09/26/book-review-the-longest-war-by-peter-l-bergen/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 05:09:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jim Miles</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jim Miles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=13280</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict Between America and Al-Qaeda. Peter L. Bergen. Free Press, New York, 2011. Writing history is a matter of placing points in time as bookends or markers for significant events that have occurred around the world. Generally, this is done by the winners of the particular struggles that create the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/09/26/book-review-the-longest-war-by-peter-l-bergen/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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