The Ends of the Earth
From Togo to Turkmenistan, from Iran to Cambodia--A Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy
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Author of Balkan Ghosts, Robert D. Kaplan now travels from West Africa to Southeast Asia to report on a world of disintegrating nation-states, warring nationalities, metastasizing populations, and dwindling resources. He emerges with a gritty tour de force of travel writing and political jourContinue
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nybooks published on Mon, 23 Aug 2010
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Wow.
Actually, it's the best travel journal I've read in my whole life. Sure, other books from Kaplan are good books, well written and with some great ideas on foreign policy, culture clash, demography – and places. I loved them all.
This one, though, is truly a gem.Sejo said on May 16, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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- English Books
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10: 084467124X
- ISBN-13: 9780844671246
- Publisher: Peter Smith Pub Inc
- Pub date: Jun 01, 2001
- Also available as: Paperback
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