Dennis Leyden Greensboro, NC, USA

I like the general approach of the book. However, there are some technical mistakes in the book (probably typograpical), and it does not have much in the way of support materials (practice problems, test backs, etc.).

I read Antigone in anticipation of Bertold Brecht's Die Antigone des Sophokles (http://www.berliner-ensemble.de/repertoire.php?c=1) in Berlin. I have always had some difficulty reading plays because so much of the content of a play is in how the words are delivered and how the actors move ... (continue)

This is a wonderful book, but Huntington puts too little stock in the role of globalization as a tempering force. The result is a gloomier picture than justified. Reading this in conjunction with Friedman's THE WORLD IS FLAT provides a more realistic view of the world today.