NYT Books in Review: “Hot, Flat and Crowded,” “Tell Me How This Ends,” “Lion of Jordan,” “King Hussein of Jordan”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/books/review/Freedland-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

Hot, Flat and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America, by Thomas L. Friedman

“[Friedman] makes the case that green politics are compatible with big business.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/books/review/Traub-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

Tell Me How This Ends: General David Petraeus and the Search for a Way Out of Iraq, by Linda Robinson

“[Petraeus] wanted to fight smarter in Iraq as well as to send more troops.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/books/review/Cockburn-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace, by Avi Shlaim
King Hussein of Jordan: A Political Life, by Nigel Ashton

“For almost half a century, Hussein balanced delicately between the Arab world, Israel and the United States.”

 

 

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