What Every American Should Know About the Rest of the World: Your Guide to Today's Hot Spots, Hot Shots, and Incendiary Issues - Couverture souple

Rossi, Melissa

 
9780452284050: What Every American Should Know About the Rest of the World: Your Guide to Today's Hot Spots, Hot Shots, and Incendiary Issues
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ISBN 10 : 0452284058 ISBN 13 : 9780452284050
Editeur : Penguin Publishing Group, 2003

Synopsis

Confused about the news? Slip out of the room when friends talk current events? Now you can keep up with ease and learn to talk like a diplomat.

Among the things you’ll soon be able to slip into everyday conversation:

  • What is the difference between Kurdistan and Kazakhstan?

  • Why did North Korea’s leader kidnap his favorite actress?

  • Why is Osama bin Laden so mad?

  • Which countries still have slaves?

  • Why is Kashmir “the most dangerous place in the world?”

  • What country has the most Muslims?

  • Why are they fighting in Chechnya?

  • What little box prompted Hutus to kill Tutsis?

  • Who is Prince Turki and how did his hunting trip change history?

  • How are cows fueling the fighting between India's Muslims and Hindus?

  • Which country drew maps that have resulted in the most intractable wars?

  • What is controversial UN Resolution 242?

  • What makes Qatar stand out?

  • What country does Sumatran coffee come from?

  • What country’s fakes forced the US to redesign the $100 bill?

  • Who is the FARC and why have they been fighting for decades?

An entertaining guide to political science, current events, foreign affairs, and history, What Every American Should Know about the Rest of the World gives you the vocabulary and background you need to decipher the modern world in a simple-to-understand format.

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À propos de l?auteur

Melissa Rossi is an award-winning veteran journalist who has penned articles for Newsweek, Newsday, Esquire, George, MSNBC, The New York Observer, and, until recently, wrote a regular column for National Geographic Traveler. She has written extensively about Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, and has lived abroad for many years.

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Éditeur
Penguin Publishing Group
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0452284058
ISBN 13 
9780452284050
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
400
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0452158877 ISBN 13 :  9780452158870
Editeur : Plume Books, 2003
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