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4/5; probably only Robert D. Kaplan could have done it-- circle the Indian Ocean and use it as the hinge point for an exploration of both history and futurology. will the monsoon ocean be flooded with three Indian flat-tops, 2 Chinese, as well as cruisers from Australia, Japan, South Korea, and the ...
[★★★★☆-4/5]If all of our human behavior could be explained through simple logic, probably everything would be tremendously easier. Mass transit, for one, would be a lot better, and with logical, rational food-distribution, we'd have feeding troughs running into inner cities. Fresh vegetables! Plenty...
in the end, what separates a greater writer from the merely good is some unknown recipe of personality, experience, life choices, plain analytical talent, and luck. there are not a few hundred journalists working in kabul or central asia, but many of them are just fed stories by local stringers, nev...
☆☆☆★★-- Kaplan's 2005 BALKAN GHOSTS probably deserves the fourth star, but after the 5/5 tour de force of ENDS OF THE EARTH and the probably over-generous 4/5 rating on COMING ANARCHY, I'll for these two separate reasons (the over-accomplishment on the former; the over-rating on the latter) ease dow...
☆☆☆☆☆--Robert D. Kaplan's 1996 ENDS OF THE EARTH is his best work, a true "tour de force" as he backpacks, budget airlines and jeeps his ways from Tehran to Kazakhstan to Thailand. the scope and reach of his travels--Iran itself being worth the price of admission--earns him full accolades as he dare...
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