The Ends of the Earth
From Togo to Turkmenistan, from Iran to Cambodia, a Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy (Vintage Dep…
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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 | Add your feedback
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- English Books
- Paperback 496 Pages
- Edition: 1st Vintage Departures Ed
- ISBN-10: 0679751238
- ISBN-13: 9780679751236
- Publisher: Vintage
- Pub date: Jan 28, 1997
- Dimensions: 1355 mm x 839 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover
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| 9780679751236 | Paperback | $16.00 | $11.42 | bn.com |
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Map1 Map2 In February 1994 The Atlantic Monthly shocked its readers—as it loves to do from time to time—with a lurid front cover depicting a crumpled and burning globe, above which were the words: THE COMING ANARCHY: NATIONS BREAK UP UNDER THE TIDAL ... (read full critics)