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The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order
by Parag Khanna
from Random House
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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Excellent Overview 
This is an excellent overview of the current world situation and look at what is developing. Political forecasters take note, this is one-stop shopping.
Author does a good job juggling a mountain of information and making a coherent whole out of the disparate world at large.
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Tour de force tour of the second world.
Why are the United States and Europe so invested in the outcome of the hostilities between Russia and Georgia? Khanna's lucid tour of "second world" countries, including Georgia and a few dozen others across the globe, provides context for that conflict and identifies other potential hotspots where the major powers are jostling for influence.
I have some familiarity with global politics primarily informed by the New York Times, but I have no particular professional or personal expertise in this area. I... more info
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Best reading for several years!
This book has an amazing amount of information about the second world countries and written with excellent form.
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One is the Loneliest Number
One is the Loneliest Number
RAJESH C. OZA, Aug 16, 2008
In The Second World, foreign relations think-tank analyst Parag Khanna gives a whirlwind tour of "tipping-point" countries "where geopolitics and globalization clash and merge." These nations are a rather disparate group including Ukraine and Kazakhstan in the former Soviet Union, Argentina and Brazil in South America, Iran and Iraq in the Middle East, and Malaysia and Indonesia in Asia. According to the author's bio-blurb, "Khanna has... more info
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