Lists of Bests: jeh720's "Foreign Service Reading List" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/37573 recommended by the State Dept. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:18:29 GMT en-us 0 50 11 0 0 The War for Muslim Minds: Islam and the West http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1685204 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1685204"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/067401992X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gilles Kepel</div> A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24601 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24601"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0805068848.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Fromkin</div> The Venture of Islam, Volume 1: The Classical Age of Islam (Venture of Islam) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/91655 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/91655"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0226346838.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marshall G. S. Hodgson</div> A History of the Twentieth Century: The Concise Edition of the Acclaimed World History http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/73265 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/73265"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/006050594X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Gilbert</div> Understanding Contemporary Africa (Understanding: Introductions to the States & Regions of the Contemporary World) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2627937 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2627937"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1588264661.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Economic Poicy Beyond the Headlines http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2823968 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates and the Story of the New China http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2823969 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2823969"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01daMK8E9aL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Pomfret</div> The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History (Revised and Updated Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14309 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14309"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0465051626.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Don Oberdorfer</div> In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1609295 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1609295"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385514743.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward Luce</div> The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/90046 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/90046"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618226478.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E. D. Hirsch</div> Longman Guide to the Web, The http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1542996 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1542996"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0321067304.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056432281_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lester Faigley</div>