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Over$ the$ past$ decade,$ costs$ for$ back$ pain$ care$ have$

risen$ faster$ than$ overall$ medical$ expenses.$ Yet,$ even$

as$ treatment$ gets$ more$ intensive,$ annual$ surveys$ of$

those$ with$ back$ pain$ report$ steadily$ worse$

impairments.$ While$ work$ disability$ due$ to$ heart$

disease$ has$ been$ falling,$ disability$ due$ to$ back$ pain$

has$ been$ increasing.$ Growing$ evidence$ suggests$ that$

more$ MRI$ scans,$ narcotic$ painkillers,$ injections,$ and$

surgery$aren't$the$solution.$

Dr.$ Richard$Deyo$ documents$ these$ disturbing$ trends$

and$ advocates$ an$ alternative,$ less$ intuitive$ approach$

involving$ more$ active$ patient$ engagement;$ exercise$

and$ cognitive$ therapy$ to$ reduce$ fear;$ and$ shared$

decisionUmaking$ regarding$ medical$ procedures.$ Dr.$

Deyo$chairs$a$National$Institutes$of$Health$(NIH)$Task$

Force$developing$research$standards$for$low$back.$His$

book$ is$ free$of$pedantic$anatomy$lessons,$proprietary$

cures,$ or$ pet$ theories.$ It$ exposes$ those$ who$ take$

advantage$ of$ desperate$ patients$ and$ offers$ realistic$

advice$to$patients,$doctors,$and$policy$makers$ for$ the$

problem$ Dr.$ Deyo$ characterizes$ as$ "the$ poster$ child$

for$medical$waste."$

Richard' A.' Deyo$ is$ a$ primary$ care$ internist$ and$

Kaiser$ Permanente$ Professor$ of$ EvidenceUBased$

Family$ Medicine$ at$ Oregon$ Health$ and$ Science$

University,$ where$ he$ also$ is$ Professor$ of$ Internal$

Medicine$ and$ Professor$ of$ Public$ Health$ and$

Preventive$Medicine.$

Dr.$ Deyo$ is$ an$ elected$member$ of$ the$ Association$ of$

American$Physicians,$a$Fellow$of$the$American$College$

of$Physicians,$and$ is$on$ the$Board$of$Directors$of$ the$

Informed$Medical$Decisions$Foundation$in$Boston.$

His$ work$ has$ resulted$ in$ over$ 300$ research$

publications$ and$ dozens$ of$ invited$ editorials,$ review$

articles,$ and$ book$ chapters.$ He$ has$ written$ for$

Scientific' American' and$ the$ international$ edition$ of$Newsweek.$ He$ is$ the$ coauthor$ of$ Hope' or' Hype:' the'Obsession'with'Medical'Advances'and' the'High'Cost'of'False' Promises$ and$ the$ coeditor$ of$ EvidenceLBased'Clinical'Practice:'Concepts'and'Approaches.$

There$are$so$many$competing$approaches$to$treating$back$pain$that$you're$very$ likely$to$get$

multiple,$ sometimes$ conflicting$ recommendations.$Back$ pain$ is$ so$ common$ that$ almost$ anyone$

can$hang$out$a$shingle,$claim$to$have$a$cure,$and$make$a$living.$One$of$the$things$we'll$explore$is$

why$so$many$treatments$of$dubious$value$can$survive.$

But$things$aren't$as$bleak$as$this$may$sound.$The$reality$is$that$there$are$effective$treatments.$

They$don't$promise$a$permanent$cure$of$all$back$pain,$but$they$offer$big$improvements,$and$much$

better$ quality$ of$ life.$ And$ they$ are$ generally$ treatments$ that$ the$ patient$ has$ within$ his$ or$ her$

control.$The$key$to$ improvement$ is$often$taking$a$more$active$role$ in$decisionUmaking$and$selfU

care.$We’ll$look$at$the$scientific$evidence$to$support$this$claim.$

—from'the'Preface'

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Watch'Your'Back!'

How$the$Back$Pain$Industry$Is$Costing$Us$More$and$Giving$Us$Less—and$

What$You$Can$Do$to$Inform$and$Empower$Yourself$in$Seeking$Treatment$

RICHARD$A.$DEYO,$MD$

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The'Edge'of'Extinction'

JULES$PRETTY$

Jules$ Pretty$ explores$ life$ and$ change$ in$ a$ dozen$environments$and$cultures$across$the$world.$In$deserts$and$ marshes,$ along$ coasts$ and$ mountaintops,$ across$steppes$ and$ snowscapes,$ he$ examines$ the$relationships$between$people$and$ place.$His$ aim$ is$ to$reveal$ important$ lessons$ for$ industrialized$ countries$facing$ the$ deleterious$ effects$ of$ modern$ consumption$on$the$natural$world.$

Pretty$shows$how$communities$have$changed$the$land$and$ how$ the$ land$ has$ changed$ people:$ how$ "nature"$has$ both$ shifted$ and$ endured.$Although$he$ chronicles$the$ tragic$ loss$of$ cultures$ and$ their$ ecologies,$ he$ also$reveals$a$world$of$steadfast$commitment$and$reasoned$hope.$

Jules'Pretty$is$Professor$of$Environment$and$Society,$and$Deputy$Vice$Chancellor,$at$the$University$of$Essex.$He$ is$ the$author$of$eighteen$books,$most$recently$ the$award^winning$ This' Luminous' Coast' (Full$ Circle$Editions).$He$is$a$Fellow$of$the$Society$of$Biology$and$the$ Royal$ Society$ of$ Arts,$ and$ the$ editor$ of$ the$International' Journal' of' Agricultural' Sustainability.$ In$2006$ he$ was$ awarded$ an$ OBE$ by$ the$ British$government$for$services$to$sustainable$agriculture.$

I$ walked$ with$ local$ Māori$ people$ along$ the$ coasts$ of$ the$Pacific,$ climbed$ newly$ accessible$ mountains$ in$ China$ with$thousands$ of$ others,$ and$ journeyed$ into$ petroglyph^rich$deserts$ of$ Australia$ where$ oil$ and$ gas$ have$ come$ but$ the$locals$ are$ extinct.$ I$ travelled$ with$ nomads$ across$ the$continent^wide$ steppes$ of$ southern$ Siberia,$ walked$ and$boated$ in$ the$ inland$ swamps$ of$ southern$ Africa$ rich$ with$wildlife,$ and$ journeyed$ out$ onto$ the$ Arctic$ cold$ with$ ice^fishermen$ in$ Finland.$ I$ explored$ the$ coasts$ and$ inland$marshes$ of$ eastern$ England$ and$ the$ coastal$ glens$ of$Northern$Ireland,$trekked$with$Innu$people$across$the$taiga's$snowy$ forests$ and$ lakes$ of$ the$ Labrador$ interior.$ The$passages$ continued$ in$ the$ Americas$ on$ the$ small$ farms$ of$Amish$horse^cultures$ that$ thrive$ alongside$ the$ failing$ cities$of$ the$ rust^belt,$ then$ with$ Cajun$ swampers$ of$ the$ deep$South's$ largest$ inland$ swamp,$ and$ finally$ in$ the$ deadly$deserts$ of$ the$ west,$ to$ the$ lowest$ places$ where$ live$ the$Timbisha,$and$to$some$of$the$highest,$ending$up$at$the$Pacific$Ocean$again.$

I$ met$ and$ travelled$ with$ people$ defending$ nature^based$cultures,$proud$of$their$relationships$with$the$land,$and$only$willing$to$join$with$the$modern$world$on$their$terms.$Lessons$for$moderns$may$lie$in$some$of$the$stories$from$these$places.$

—from'the'Preface'From'top,$Atchafalaya$Swamp,$USA;$Huangshan,$China;$Karelia,$Finland.$

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For'Friendship'

GREGORY$JUSDANIS$

Although$ it$ may$ come$ as$ no$ surprise$ that$ scientists$ and$ social$

scientists$are$ latecomers$ to$the$study$of$friendship,$it$ is$surprising$

that$ the$ subject$ also$ has$ been$ ignored$ by$ the$ humanities.$ In$ fact,$

Gregory$ Jusdanis$writes,$ friendship$has$been$largely$overlooked$in$

western$thought$since$Classical$times.$

Jusdanis$ considers$ what$ he$ sees$ as$ the$West's$ social$ ambivalence$

toward$ friendship.$To$ find$the$reasons$behind$ this,$he$looks$at$the$

world$of$literature.$Friendship$and$literature,$he$says,$have$a$natural$

affinity,$both$having$been$tangential$to$human$concerns$for$at$least$

the$ last$ century.$ This$ social$ marginalization$ has$ given$ each$ an$

empathetic$ perspective—the$ capacity$ to$ grasp$ the$ view$ of$ other$

people,$to$stand$in$their$shoes,$to$understand$their$positions.$

Investigating$ the$ ethics,$ aesthetics,$ and$ politics$ of$ friendship,$

Jusdanis$ draws$ from$ a$ broad$ range$ of$ writings,$ from$ the$ Epic' of'Gilgamesh$ to$ “Brokeback$ Mountain,”$ as$ well$ as$ from$ philosophy,$sociology,$evolutionary$biology,$psychology,$and$political$theory.$

NOVEMBER'

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Gregory' Jusdanis$ is$ Distinguished$ Humanities$ Professor$ and$

Professor$of$Modern$Greek,$Department$of$Greek$and$Latin,$The$Ohio$

State$University.$The$author$of$books$from$Stanford$and$Princeton,$he$

is$ a$ regular$ blogger$ on$ Arcade,$ a$ digital$ literary$ and$ cultural$ salon$

hosted$by$Stanford$University.$

What'Galileo'Saw'

Imagining$the$Scientific$Revolution$

LAWRENCE$LIPKING$

The'Viral'Network'

A$Pathography$of$Influenza$in$Global$Public$Health$

THERESA$MACPHAIL$

The$ various$ narratives$ about$ "bird$ flu"$ or$ influenza$ within$ this$

book$ are$ pertinent$ examples$ of$ the$ ordinary,$ and$ somewhat$

permanent,$crises$that$continue$to$unfold$without$end.$

—from'the'book$

NOVEMBER'

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Theresa' MacPhail$ is$ Assistant$ Professor$ in$ the$ John$ W.$ Draper$

Interdisciplinary$ Master's$ Program$ in$ Humanities$ and$ Social$

Thought,$New$York$University.$

With$ fieldwork$ in$ the$ Global$ Disease$ Detection$ unit$ of$ the$ U.S.$

Centers$ for$ Disease$ Control$ and$ in$ Hong$ Kong's$ Centre$ for$ Health$

Protection,$MacPhail$says$influenza$continues$to$shape$our$world.$

Lipking$ brings$ intelligence$ and$ wit$ to$ bear$ on$ his$ subject,$ from$ a$

vantage$ point$ outside$ the$ history$ of$ science.$ He$ takes$ science$

seriously,$however,$and$engages$the$most$current$scholarship$on$the$

critical$issues$that$still$bedevil$historians$of$science.$

Lawrence'Lipking$is$Professor$Emeritus$at$Northwestern$University$

and$a$fellow$of$the$American$Academy$of$Arts$and$Sciences.$He$is$the$

author$of$books$from$Princeton,$Chicago,$and$Harvard,$and$he$edited$

High'Romantic'Argument:'Essays'for'M.'H.'Abrams,$from$Cornell.$

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Questions$ about$ the$ significance$ of$ the$ Scientific$ Revolution$

continue$ to$ stir$ debate.$ Our$ understanding$ of$ how$ the$ modern$

world$came$ to$ be$ depends,$ to$a$ large$extent,$on$ how$we$ interpret$

the$meaning$of$the$Scientific$Revolution.$

Lawrence$ Lipking$ offers$ fresh$ insight$ into$ these$ questions.$ A$

common$ thread$ running$ through$ all$ accounts,$ he$ says,$ is$ the$

presumption$ that$ scientific$ methods$ stand$ in$ opposition$ to$ the$

"wanderings$ of$ the$ imagination."$ The$ unfortunate$ result$ has$ been$

the$ inexorable$separation$of$ science$ from$the$arts$and$humanities.$

"When$ science$won$ its$ divorce$ from$ imagination,"$ Lipking$ writes,$

"two$ points$ of$ view$ began$ to$ divide$ the$ world,$ and$ the$ custody$

battle$continues."$This$divorce,$however,$does$not$reflect$the$reality$

of$ the$ 17th$ century.$ Throughout$ Lipking's$ book$ Galileo,$ Bacon,$

Kepler,$and$Newton$share$ the$stage$with$Shakespeare,$Milton,$and$

Donne$in$ the$unfolding$drama.$The$result$is$a$much$richer$portrait$

of$the$Scientific$Revolution$and$its$legacy.$

Theresa$MacPhail$explores$the$global$public$health$experience$of$the$

2009$ H1N1$ pandemic$ Rather$ than$ offer$ one$ "definitive"$ narrative$

however,$she$uses$an$approach$she$calls$a$"pathography."$Typically$

associated$ with$ medicine$ or$ literature$ to$ describe$ a$ biographical$

study$of$ the$effects$of$a$disease$on$ individuals$or$communities,$ the$

term$here$ encompasses$ the$multiple$ narratives$ of$ the$ pandemic—

historical,$ biological,$ social,$ individual,$ political,$ economic,$ and$

cultural—which$ she$ considers.$ To$ understand$ any$ pandemic$ or$

infectious$disease$outbreak,$she$argues,$one$must$consider$all$these$

narratives$at$once.$

A' rare' look' inside' the' U.S.' Centers' for' Disease' Control' and'Hong'Kong’s'Centre'for'Health'Protection'during'a'pandemic'

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American'Biodefense'

How$Dangerous$Ideas$about$Biological$Weapons$Shape$

National$Security$

FRANK$L.$SMITH$III$

JULY'

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Frank'L.'Smith'III$is$Lecturer$in$the$Centre$for$International$Security$

Studies,$University$of$Sydney.$

Much$has$been$written$about$biological$weapons$ like$anthrax$and$

smallpox,$ but$ the$ history$ of$ defense$ against$ these$ weapons$ is$

puzzling$and$largely$untold.$Frank$Smith$provides$a$comprehensive$

history$of$U.S.$biodefense.$

After$September$11th$and$ the$anthrax$attacks$of$2001,$ the$United$

States$ began$ spending$ billions$ of$ dollars$ per$ year$ on$

countermeasures$ and$ detection$ for$ biodefense,$ but$ most$ of$ the$

funding$ came$ from$ civilian$ organizations$ like$ the$ Department$ of$

Health$and$Human$Services$rather$than$the$Department$of$Defense.$

Smith$ explains$ why$ the$ military$ neglected$ biodefense,$ and$ why$

civilian$ organizations$ sponsored$ biodefense$ when$ biological$

weapons$were$traditionally$a$military$problem.$

American'Power'after'the'Financial'Crisis'

JONATHAN$KIRSHNER$

An$ underUappreciated$ result,$ he$ says,$ will$ be$ a$ growing$ disparity$

between$U.S.$economic$policy$beliefs$and$ those$ in$other$capitals.$As$

the$ U.S.$ spends$ more$ and$ more$ to$ try$ to$ enforce$ its$ vision$ of$

economic$comity$on$an$increasingly$recalcitrant$world,$the$result$will$

be$ longerUterm$ adverse$ effects$ on$ U.S.$ hegemony$ for$ nonUfinancial$

policy.$

The$ Global$ Financial$ Crisis$ of$ 2007U2008$ will$ be$ seen$ in$

retrospect$as$a$"learning$moment"$in$world$politics….$

…but$much$ of$ that$ learning$will$ take$ place$outside$ of$ the$U.S.$And$that$lesson,$embraced$to$varying$extent,$import,$and$

consequence$ in$ different$ parts$ of$ the$ world,$ will$ be$ that$

unbound$finance$does$not$work,$and$that$the$American$model$

associated$ with$ the$ dominance$ of$ a$ large,$ leading,$ and$

liberated$financial$sector$is$disreputable.$

—from'the'book$

Jonathan' Kirshner$ is$ the$ Friedman$ Professor$ of$ International$

Political$Economy,$and$Director$of$the$Reppy$Institute$for$Peace$and$

Conflict$ Studies,$ Cornell$ University.$ He$ is$ the$ author$ of$ Monetary'Orders:' Ambiguous' Economics,' Ubiquitous' Politics$ and$ coUeditor$ of$The'Future'of'the'Dollar,$both$from$Cornell.$

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There$ is$ a$deepUrooted$belief$ that$bioweapons$expertise$ transfers$

easily$ via$ written$ documents,$ and$ bioweapons$ can$ be$ produced$

simply$and$cheaply.$With$longUterm$research$on$the$Soviet$and$U.S.$

bioweapons$ programs$ and$ evidence$ from$ other$ scientifically$

sophisticated$ WMD$ programs,$ Sonia$ Ben$ OuagrhamUGormley$

reveals$just$how$unjustified$this$belief$is.$

Biological$ agents$ in$ a$ laboratory$ setting$ are$ extremely$ sensitive,$

and$ scaling$ up$ from$ laboratory$ experiments$ to$ fullUblown$

production$ of$ weaponized$ biological$ agents$ involves$ huge$

problems.$Even$with$massive$funding,$the$U.S.$and$Soviet$programs$

found$it$very$difficult$to$build$reliable$bioweapons.$

Terrorists$ may$ want$ bioweapons,$ but$ Ben$ OuagrhamUGormley$

shows$ we$ grossly$ overestimate$ their$ ability$ to$ produce$ them.$

Sophisticated$ bioweapons$ are$ beyond$ the$ capacity$ of$ even$ the$

bestUfunded$terrorists$(and$most$stateUfunded$programs$as$well).$

Barriers'to'Bioweapons'

The$Challenges$of$Expertise$and$Organization$for$

Weapons$Development$

SONIA$BEN$OUAGRHAMUGORMLEY$

Sonia'Ben'OuagrhamPGormley$ is$Assistant$Professor$of$Public$and$

International$Affairs$at$George$Mason$University.$ Formerly$director$

of$the$MIIA$Center$for$Nonproliferation$Studies$office$in$Kazakhstan,$

she$ was$ the$ founding$ editor$ of$ the$ International' Export' Control'Observer.$She$has$published$in$journals$such$as$International'Security$and$Bulletin'of'the'Atomic'Scientists.$

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Commentary$ on$ the$ economic$ crisis$ that$ started$ in$ late$ 2007$

focuses$ on$ its$ economic$ and$ institutional$ aspects—Wall$ Street$

malfeasance,$ new$ financial$ regulation,$ placing$ blame,$ the$ world$

economic$ impact.$ Jonathan$ Kirshner$ explores$ the$ political$consequences,$ concentrating$ on$ the$ impact$ of$ the$ crisis$ on$ the$

position$of$the$United$States$in$global$politics.$$

Smith$ finds$ that$ the$ stereotypes$ and$ influential$ ideas$ within$ the$

military$ itself$ explain$ why$ it$ excels$ in$ kinetic$ warfare$ (e.g.,$ bullets$

and$bombs)$yet$ struggles$ to$defend$against$biological$weapons,$and$

why$some$civilian$organizations$are$more$willing$and$able$to$address$

biodefense.$

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Scholars$ from$ political$ science,$ history,$ law,$ philosophy,$ and$

anthropology$ address$ the$ complicated$ way$ norms$ evolve$ in$

relation$to$dynamic$military$capacities.$Many$of$the$essays$focus$on$

unmanned$aerial$strikes$as$the$most$recent$ innovation.$They$shed$

light$ on$ larger$developments$ in$ airpower$ since$World$War$ II—as$

the$ physical$ distance$ between$ combatants$ has$ grown$ and$ more$

noncombatants$ have$ been$ put$ at$ risk—and$ highlight$ the$ crucial$

interaction$among$technologies,$strategies,$and$institutions.$

Matthew'Evangelista$is$President$White$Professor$of$History$and$

Political$Science$and$Chair,$Department$of$Government$at$Cornell.$

His$books$include$Unarmed'Forces:'The'Transnational'Movement'to'End' the' Cold' War,$ and$ the$ coedited$ volume$ Partners' or' Rivals?'EuropeanLAmerican'Relations'after'Iraq,$both$from$Cornell.$

Henry' Shue$ is$ Senior$ Research$ Fellow$ at$ the$ Centre$ for$

International$ Studies$ and$ Professor$ of$ Politics$ and$ International$

Relations$at$Merton$College,$University$of$Oxford.$His$books$include$

Preemption:'Military'Action'and'Moral'Justification$(Oxford).$

The'American'Way'of'Bombing'

Changing$Ethical$and$Legal$Norms,$from$BU17s$to$Drones$

EDITED$BY$MATTHEW$EVANGELISTA$&$HENRY$SHUE$

CONTRIBUTORS:$

Tami$Davis$Biddle,$US'Army'War'College$Sahr$ConwayULanz,'Yale'University'Library$Neta$C.$Crawford,$Boston'University$Janina$Dilla,'University'of'Oxford$Charles$J.$Dunlap$Jr.,'Duke'University'Law$Matthew$Evangelista,$Cornell'University$Charles$Garraway,$University'of'Essex'Hugh$Gusterson,'George'Mason'University$Richard$W.$Miller,'Cornell'University'Mary$Ellen$O'Connell,$Notre'Dame'University$Margarita$H.$Petrova,$Institut'Barcelona'd'Estudis'Internacionals$Klem$Ryan,$University'of'Oxford$Henry$Shue,$University'of'Oxford'$

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Constructive'Illusions'

Misperceiving$the$Origins$of$International$Cooperation$

ERIC$GRYNAVISKI$

Conventional$wisdom$ holds$ that$misunderstandings$ often$ lead$ to$

conflict.$ Eric$ Grynaviski$ finds$ that$ misperceptions$ can$ promote$

international$ cooperation$ between$ states.$ It$ can$ be$ more$

productive$ for$ states$wrongly$ to$ believe$ in$mutual$ understanding$

than$if$they$act$on$actual$mutual$understanding,$which$can$reveal$

intractable$conflicts$of$interest$and$ideological$differences.$

If$cooperation$occurs$without$shared$ideas$ in$ important$cases—if,$

as$ Grynaviski$ writes,$ some$ illusions$ are$ constructive—then$ we$

must$rethink$how$we$describe$the$international$system.$He$shows$

that$during$the$U.S.USoviet$détente,$cooperation$actually$ improved$

because$of$a$false$intersubjective$belief.$

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Eric'Grynaviski$ is$Assistant$Professor$of$Political$Science$at$George$

Washington$University.$

Diplomacy's'Value'

Creating$Security$in$1920s$Europe$and$the$Contemporary$

Middle$East$

BRIAN$C.$RATHBUN$

Brian$ Rathbun$ shows$ the$ role$ diplomacy$ played$ in$ a$ difficult$

case—relations$ between$ France,$ Germany,$ and$ Britain$ in$ the$

1920s,$in$the$aftermath$of$World$War$I.$

He$corrects$the$mistaken$impression$that$ the$period$was$simply$a$

prelude$to$an$inevitable$second$world$war$given$the$distribution$of$

power$ and$ the$ outstanding$ grievances$ between$ France$ and$

Germany.$ The$ diplomacy$ of$ the$ 1920s,$ he$ says,$ offered$ the$

possibility$of$a$lasting$peace$among$the$European$powers.$Only$the$

twin$ tidal$ waves$ of$ the$ Great$ Depression$ and$ the$ rise$ of$ Nazi$

Germany$overturned$this$new$state$of$affairs.$

Rathbun$shows$the$continuing$relevance$of$his$argument$by$testing$

it$ against$ IsraeliUPalestinian$ negotiations$ from$ the$ late$ 1980s$ to$

today,$emphasizing$the$Israeli$side.$

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Brian'C.'Rathbun$is$Associate$Professor$of$International$Relations$at$

the$ University$ of$ Southern$ California.$ He$ is$ the$ author$ of$ a$ book$

published$by$Cambridge,$as$well$as$Partisan'Interventions:'European'Party'Politics'and'Peace'Enforcement'in'the'Balkans,$from$Cornell.$

Diplomacy' is' not' the' formulation' of' foreign' policy' interests;' it' is' the'pursuit'of'them'without'recourse'to'force.' —from'the'book'

POLITICS ,'continued'$

It$ is$ indeed$ possible,$ Grynaviski$ writes,$ to$ form$ what$ French$

President$Valéry$Giscard$d'Estaing$called$"a$superb$agreement$based$

on$complete$misunderstanding."$

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Dictators'at'War'and'Peace'

JESSICA$L.$P.$WEEKS$

Using$ three$ case$ studies—North$ Vietnam's$ January$ 1968$

intensification$ of$ its$ war$ with$ the$ US,$ the$ 1982$ Argentinean$

occupation$of$the$Falklands/Malvinas$Islands,$and$Saddam$Hussein's$

1990$invasion$of$Kuwait—she$reveals$ the$factors$affecting$how$and$

when$they$go$to$war.$$

Jessica' L.' P.' Weeks$ is$ Assistant$ Professor$ of$ Political$ Science$ and$

Trice$Family$Faculty$Scholar$at$the$University$of$Wisconsin–Madison.$

Jessica$Weeks$upsets$the$standard$view$of$the$relationship$between$

regime$type$and$foreign$policy,$including$the$idea$that$democracies$

are$ uniquely$ selective$ about$ initiating$ international$ conflict.$ The$

failure$to$take$into$account$variation$among$authoritarian$regimes,$

she$ says,$ fosters$ mistaken$ conclusions$ about$ the$ effects$ of$

democracy$on$foreign$relations.$

Weeks$ provides$ valuable$ lessons$ for$ today's$ policymakers$

confronting$authoritarian$regimes$in$international$politics.$

The'Wages'of'Oil'

Parliaments$and$Economic$Development$in$Kuwait$and$

the$UAE$

MICHAEL$HERB$

Before$ oil,$ Kuwait$and$Dubai$were$very$similar—small$ Gulf$ports,$

dependent$ on$ pearling$ and$ trade,$ ruled$ by$ Arab$ families$ under$

British$ tutelage.$ Today,$ Kuwait$ has$ a$ powerful$ parliament,$ while$

the$ UAE$ has$ a$ virtually$ powerless$ "national$ council;"$ the$ UAE's$

economy$is$diversifying,$while$Kuwait's$remains$utterly$dependent$

on$oil$revenues.$

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Michael' Herb$ is$ Associate$Professor$ of$ Political$ Science$ at$Georgia$

State$University.$

The$ obstacles$ facing$ the$ Gulf$ monarchies$ in$ creating$ productive,$

democratic$societies$are$perhaps$no$greater$than$those$facing$other$

countries,$ but$ they$ are$ of$ a$ very$ distinctive$ sort—and$ this$

distinctiveness$ is$ created$ by$ a$ combination$ of$ rentierism,$ a$

tradition$ of$ importing$ foreign$ labor$ without$ naturalizations,$ and$

monarchical$ systems$ that$ potentially$ make$ regime$ leaders$ the$

leading$capitalists$in$their$societies.$ —from'the'book$

Michael$ Herb$ explains$ this$ divergence,$ how$ extreme$ oil$ wealth$

combines$with$political$participation.$Most$books$on$ the$subject,$he$

says,$ are$mired$ in$ older$ versions$ of$ rentier$ theory—that$ oil$makes$

the$Gulf$states$authoritarian.$He$shows$what$oil$actually$does$to$the$economies$(affecting$their$labor$markets),$then$examines$the$effect$of$

political$participation$on$the$economics.$

Dictatorships,$in$their$great$variety,$are$likely$to$remain$part$of$the$

international$ landscape$ for$ the$ foreseeable$ future.$What$ kinds$ of$

authoritarian$ regimes$ are$ best—and$ worst—for$ international$

peace,$and$why?$ —from'the'book$

POLITICAL$ECONOMY$'

The'Great'Wall'of'Money'

Politics$and$Power$in$China's$International$Monetary$

Relations$

EDITED$BY$ERIC$HELLEINER$&$JONATHAN$KIRSHNER$

Experts$on$China$and$experts$on$the$politics$of$international$money$

come$ together$ to$ address$ the$ politics$ (rather$ than$ economics)$ of$China's$ international$ monetary$ relations.$ Essays$ cover$ China's$

accumulation$ of$ foreign$ reserves,$ contribution$ to$ global$

imbalances,$ exchange$ rate$ policies,$ currency$ internationalization,$

bilateral$ and$ regional$ monetary$ diplomacy,$ and$ historical$

relationship$ to$ the$ Bretton$ Woods$ system$ and$ the$ IMF's$

surveillance$mechanisms.$

Eric' Helleiner$ is$ Professor$ and$ Faculty$ of$ Arts$ Chair$ in$

International$ Political$ Economy,$ Department$ of$ Political$ Science$

and$Balsillie$School$of$International$Affairs,$University$of$Waterloo.$

He$is$the$author$of$three$books$from$Cornell,$as$well$as$others$from$

Oxford$and$Routledge.$

Jonathan' Kirshner$ is$ the$ Friedman$ Professor$ of$ International$

Political$ Economy,$ and$ Director$ of$ the$ Reppy$ Institute$ for$ Peace$

and$ Conflict$ Studies,$ at$ Cornell$ University.$ His$ books$ include$ this$

season's$American'Power'after'the'Financial'Crisis,$from$Cornell.$

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CONTRIBUTORS:$

Gregory$Chin,$York'University$Benjamin$J.$Cohen,'University'of'California,'Santa'Barbara$Eric$Helleiner,$University'of'Waterloo$Yang$Jiang,$Copenhagen'Business'School'Jonathan$Kirshner,$Cornell'University'Bessma$Momani,$University'of'Waterloo'David$Steinberg,$University'of'Oregon'Andrew$Walter,$University'of'Melbourne'Hongying$Wang,$University'of'Waterloo$

POLITICS ,'continued''

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Black'Vienna'

The$Radical$Right$in$the$Red$City,$1918U1938$

JANEK$WASSERMAN$

"Red$Vienna"$is$often$used$for$interwar$Vienna,$celebrating$the$social$

and$ intellectual$ advances$ achieved$ under$ Social$ Democratic$

leadership.$Yet$Austrian$conservatives$coined$ the$ term$ in$ the$1920s$

to$ condemn$ precisely$ those$ Social$ Democrats$ and$ their$ policies$ as$

presaging$the$Bolshevization$of$Austria.$

Janek$ Wasserman$ corrects$ the$ picture$ of$ interwar$ Vienna,$ arguing$

that$despite$its$reputation$as$a$bastion$of$socialist$thought$and$praxis,$

it$ was$ a$ battleground$ between$ progressive$ (red)$ and$ conservative$

(black)$ intellectuals$ for$ dominance$ and$ political$ influence.$ "One$

cannot$begin$ to$understand$ the$richness$of$ 'Red$Vienna'$without$ its$

opposite$number,$'Black$Vienna,'"$he$writes.$

The$ "Black"$ bloc—including$ Christian$ Socials,$ Catholic$ monarchists,$

and$ German$ nationalists—criticized$ the$ Austrian$ First$ Republic's$

democratic$order$and$paved$the$way$for$the$Nazi$takeover$in$1938.$

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Janek'Wasserman$is$Assistant$Professor$of$History$at$the$University$

of$Alabama.$

Wasserman's$Vienna$is$thus$a$crucible$in$which$the$larger$ideological$

battles$of$interwar$Europe$played$out$with$disastrous$results.$

Brotherly'Love'

Freemasonry$in$France$

KENNETH$LOISELLE$

Freemasonry$ was$ the$ largest$ and$ most$ diverse$ voluntary$

organization$ in$ Old$ Regime$ France.$ Members$ ranged$ from$ skilled$

artisans$ to$ the$ highest$ nobility.$With$ its$ large,$ diverse$membership$

and$extensive$recordkeeping,$Kenneth$Loiselle$finds$Freemasonry$an$

ideal$ arena$ in$ which$ to$ explore$ the$ changing$ nature$ of$ male$

friendship$in$Enlightenment$France.$

Men$ were$ attracted$ to$ the$ lodges,$ he$ says,$ as$ places$ to$ cultivate$

enduring,$ egalitarian$ friendships$ grounded$ in$ emotion.$ These$ men$

thus$exemplified$ the$fundamental$ change$ in$the$nature$of$ friendship$

that$historians$have$noted$across$Europe$in$these$decades.$

For$ French$ Freemasons$ the$ lodges,$ where$ sociability$ promoted$

Christian$benevolence,$offered$a$stark$contrast$to$the$corruption$and$

abuse$ of$ power$ of$ the$ Old$ Regime.$ Freemasons$ believed$ the$ ethos$

they$ nurtured$ was$ key$ to$ the$ revitalization$ of$ both$ monarchy$ and$society.$

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Kenneth'Loiselle$is$Assistant$Professor$of$History,$Trinity$University.$

Loiselle$ insists$Freemasonry$must$be$understood$within$ the$ context$

of$Old$Regime$ society;$ it$was$ in$no$sense$ a$ precursor$of$ the$French$

Revolution.$ In$ this$ he$ breaks$ with$ the$ dominant$ historiography,$

which$considers$the$lodges$as$political$phenomena$and$posits$a$causal$

link$between$Freemasonry$and$the$Revolution.$

EUROPEAN$HISTORY$$

Irina$ Paperno$ focuses$ on$ the$ vast$ corpus$ of$ nonfiction$ writings$

produced$by$Leo$Tolstoy$from$the$1850s$until$his$death$in$1910.$For$

her,$ these$ diaries,$ religious$ tracts,$ personal$ confessions,$ letters,$

autobiographical$ fragments,$ and$meticulous$ accounts$of$ dreams$are$

Tolstoy's$ lifelong$attempt$ to$ adequately$ represent$ the$ self,$ to$probe$

its$ limits$ and,$ ultimately,$ to$ arrive$ at$ an$ identity$ not$ based$ on$ the$

bodily$self$and$its$accumulated$life$experience.$

By$ reconstructing$ his$ religious$ and$ philosophical$ quest,$ Paperno$

provides$ an$ intellectual$ and$ psychological$ biography$ of$ the$ writer.$

She$ shows$ us$ a$ man$ torn$ by$ contradictory$ impulses:$ to$ narrativize$

the$self,$turning$himself$into$an$open$book,$and$to$transcend$the$self$by$merging$it$with$the$consciousness$of$the$entire$world.$

Although$he$became$the$model$for$millions$worldwide,$Tolstoy$never$

resolved$ the$ paradox,$ to$ realize$ a$ narrative$ representation$ of$ the$

selfless$being,$"to$write$himself$into$silence,"$in$Paperno's$words.$

LITERATURE$"Who,'What'Am'I?"'

Tolstoy's$Nonfiction$and$the$Narrative$of$Self$

IRINA$PAPERNO$

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Irina' Paperno$ is$ Professor$ and$ Chair,$ Department$ of$ Slavic$

Languages$and$Literatures,$University$of$California,$Berkeley.$Among$

her$ previous$ books$ are$ two$ from$ Cornell—Suicide' as' a' Cultural'Institution' in'Dostoevsky's'Russia$ and$Stories'of'the'Soviet'Experience:'Memoirs,'Diaries,'Dreams.$

Author'retained'Russian'language'rights'

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Orchids$ represent$ the$ richest$ flowering$ plant$ family,$ the$

Orchidaceae,$ evidenced$ by$ the$ 25,000+$ worldwide$ species$assigned$to$over$800$genera.$This$is$more$than$twice$as$many$

species$as$the$second$largest$plant$family,$the$Asteraceae,$and$some$four$ times$ the$number$of$mammal$species.$Many$wild$

orchid$ species$ —$ including$ hundreds$ yet$ to$ be$ discovered$

and$ described$ —$ are$ threatened$ by$ collection$ for$ sale$ to$

orchid$ fanciers$ and$ nurseries.$ Many$ also$ are$ threatened$ by$

habitat$destruction$from$logging$and$forest$clearing.$

Attractively$ written$ and$ generously$ illustrated,$ Orchids' of'Tropical' America$ is$ an$ accessible$ identification$ tool$ for$ the$orchid$ tourist$ and$ enthusiast,$ highlighting$ 120$ of$ the$ most$

widespread$ and$ speciesUrich$ genera$ to$ be$ found$ in$ tropical$

North$ America,$ focusing$ on$ two$ vast$ regions:$ $ the$

northwestern$ region$ (encompassing$ Southern$ Mexico,$

Central$ America,$ western$ Venezuela,$ and$ Bolivia)$ and$ the$

south$eastern$regions$of$Brazil.$

After$ introductory$ sections$ outlining$ key$ orchid$

characteristics$ and$ an$ overview$ of$ orchid$ diversity,$ biology,$

ecology,$and$conservation,$each$important$neotropical$orchid$

genera$is$presented$in$a$fullUpage$account$with$a$description$

of$ the$ plant,$ flower,$ distribution,$ diversity,$ habitat,$

pollinators,$ natural$ history,$ conservation$ status,$ and$

etymology,$as$well$as$the$spectacular$photographs.$

The$ authors$ also$ include$ a$ thoroughly$ researched$ chapter$

highlighting$ reserves$ from$Mexico$ to$Brazil$where$ travelers$

can$enjoy$orchids$in$the$wild.$

Whether$you$journey$abroad$to$see$these$unique$plants,$raise$

them$in$your$home$or$merely$admire$them$from$afar,$Orchids'of' Tropical' America$ provides$ fascinating$ insights$ into$ the$diversity$and$natural$history$of$orchids.$

Orchids'of'Tropical'America'

An$Introduction$and$Guide$

JOE$E.$MEISEL,$RONALD$S.$KAUFMANN,$AND$FRANCO$PUPULIN$

Foreword$by$DR.$PHILLIP$J.$CRIBB,$Royal$Botanic$Gardens,$Kew$

From'Top:'$C.$Psychopsis,$D.$Mormodes$maculate,$B.$Masdevallia.$

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Joe' E.' Meisel$ is$ Adjunct$ Professor,$ Universidad$ San$ Francisco$ de$

Quito,$ Ecuador;$ Lead$ Instructor$ for$ the$ University$ of$ Wisconsin's$

Tropical$ Conservation$ Semester$ studyUabroad$ field$ program;$ and$

founding$ director$ and$ viceUpresident$ of$ the$ Ceiba$ Foundation$ for$

Tropical$ Conservation.$ He$ helped$ establish$ the$ El$ Pahuma$ Orchid$

Reserve$and$ the$Lalo$Loor$Dry$Forest$Reserve$protecting$one$of$ the$

last$remnants$of$coastal$forest.$

Ronald' S.' Kaufmann$ is$Associate$ Professor$ and$Graduate$ Program$

Director,$ Marine$ Science$ and$ Environmental$ Studies$ Department,$

University$ of$ San$ Diego.$ He$ is$ the$ chair$ of$ the$ Conservation$

Committee$ of$ the$ San$ Diego$ County$ Orchid$ Society,$ a$ founding$

member$ of$ the$ Orchid$ Conservation$ Alliance,$ and$ an$ experienced$

grower$of$New$World$species$orchids.$

A$COMSTOCK$BOOK$

Franco'Pupulin$is$Orchid$Curator$at$the$Lankester$Botanical$Garden$

in$San$José,$Costa$Rica,$and$is$the$author$of$books$including$Orchids'of'the' Central' American' Isthmus$ (with$ Carlos$ Ossenbach$ and$ Robert$Dressler)$ and$ Vanishing' Beauty–Native$ Costa' Rican' Orchids,' Vol.' 1:'AciantheraLKegeliella.$

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