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The Divided Diplomat

Ralph Bunche and the Contradictions of Liberal Order

By Zachariah Mampilly

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Up in Arms: How Military Aid Stabilizes—and Destabilizes—Foreign Autocrats

In this original and compelling analysis, Casey asks whether Western military aid actually helped autocrats hold on to power.

Reviewed by Lawrence D. Freedman

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

In a rich blend of history and biography, Kearns Goodwin, a presidential historian, explores a period of the American past that was both transcendently hopeful and tragic.

Reviewed by Jessica T. Mathews

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Climate Change Challenges and Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean

A comprehensive approach to help inform policies on climate-related issues. The book offers a systematic overview of climate change challenges and opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean and the instruments available at the disposal of the regional policy makers. It analyzes the impact of mitigation policies on growth and labor markets in a large sample of countries and a novel analysis of the adaptation issues in the region, including the impact on the financial sector.

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Impossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century

In one of the best books about Paris by an expatriate, Kuper goes beyond the city’s familiar touristy core and explores the French capital as an emerging model for twenty-first-century multiethnic urban life.

Reviewed by Andrew Moravcsik

The Ghosts of Iraq’s Marshes: A History of Conflict, Tragedy, and Restoration

A stunningly lyrical evocation of the marshes of southern Iraq and the people who call them home, this book follows an irrigation engineer whose life tracks the arc of modern Iraqi history.

Reviewed by Lisa Anderson