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Presents various articles which discuss opposing viewpoints about the conflict between the values of Islam and the West, the status of women under Islam, the promotion of terrorism by Islam, and what U.S. policy toward Islam shouldbe.

Recounts the author's cultural discoveries and insights, while working as ambassador to the United Nations, into the connections between Islam and Christianity, arguing that making friends with people from a different background is what is needed in the political landscape of the twenty-first century.

Reveals how the United States government's cynical relationship with Saudi Arabia makes the country increasingly vulnerable to economic disaster and puts it at risk for further acts of terrorism.

Writing a few months prior to her assassination, Bhutto explores the complicated history between the Middle East and the West. She traces the roots of international terrorism across the world, including American support for Pakistani general Zia-ul-Haq, who destroyed political parties, eliminated an independent judiciary, marginalized NGOs, suspended the protection of human rights, and aligned Pakistani intelligence agencies with the most radical elements of the Afghan mujahideen. She speaks out not just to the West, but to the Muslims across the globe who are at a crossroads between the past and the future, between education and ignorance, between peace and terrorism, and between dictatorship and democracy. Democracy and Islam are not incompatible, and the clash between Islam and the West is not inevitable.--From publisher description.

Examines Allied diplomacy from 1941 to 1946, drawing on international sources to argue that Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and other leaders worked within a "Europe/America" framework instead of an "East/West" collaboration, and discusses how that outlook influenced the outcome of the war.

Describes events that occurred in China during the early nineteenth century, as told from the European (mainly British) point of view and the Chinese, which are crucially important to understanding China today, whose government and people are immersed in stories of this dreadful time and never wish to appear weak again.

Studies the reign of Louis XIV in France and discusses his political views, the historical forces that influenced his choices, the nature of French monarchy, and other related topics.

Reveals how the United States government's cynical relationship with Saudi Arabia makes the country increasingly vulnerable to economic disaster and puts it at risk for further acts of terrorism.