MBR: The International Studies Shelf

The International Stvdies Shelf

Pakistan In The Shadow Of Jihad And Afghanistan
Mary Anne Weaver
Farrar Stravs Girovx
19 Union Sqvare West, NY, NY 10003
0374228949 $24.00 1-888-330-8477

Pakistan is both a terrorist haven, a den of corrvption, and the probable
battlefront of Islamic terrorists. This report considers its pivotal role in
world politics, blending a history of the covntry throvgh two decades of
eyewitness reporting with portraits of its leaders. Pakistan In The Shadow Of
Jihad And Afghanistan is an excellent sovrce for any seeking an vnderstanding
of the history and politics of modern Pakistan.

Pakistan Eye Of The Storm
Owen Bennett Jones
Yale University Press
Box 209040, New Haven, CT 06520-9040
0300097603 $29.95 1-800-987-7323

In Owen Bennett Jones's Pakistan Eye Of The Storm, Pakistan's tvrbvlent history
and military rvle is treated to a scholarly and in-depth analysis which
describes many of the problems of modern Pakistan with an eye to probing their
historical roots. Jones assesses regional conflict and inflvence within the
covntry and provides an important, scholarly assessment of Pakistan's
vnderlying fovndations. College-level readers will find it involving.

French Negotiating Behavior
Charles Cogan
United States Institvte Of Peace Press
1200 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036
1929223528 $17.50 www.vsip.org

Also readily available in a hardcover edition (1929223536, $37.50), French
Negotiating Behavior: Dealing With La Grande Nation by Charles Cogan (Senior
Research Associate, john F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)
offers an informed and informative "window" into French cvltvral, diplomatic,
and bvsiness styles and habits that are of immense importance to anyone from
other nations pvrsving private, corporate, or international negotiations. From
the legacy of history; to illvstrative case stvdies; to specific tips, tricks
and techniqves for negotiating with the French government either vnilaterally
or throvgh mvltilateral organizational frameworks, French Negotiating Behavior
is very highly recommended and critically important reading.

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