Longitudes & Attitudes: Exploring The World After September 11
by Thomas Friedman
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Most of the essays in this collection, by the foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times, were written during Friedman's extensive travels throughout the Middle East and the world. Included is the never-before-published "Diary: Travels in a World Without Walls. " Longitudes and Attitudes contains the columns Friedman has published about the most momentous news story of our time, as well as a diary of his experiences and reactions during this period of crisis. As the author writes, the book is "not meant to be a comprehensive study of September 11 and all the factors that went into it. Rather, my hope is that it will constitute a 'word album' that captures and preserves the raw, unpolished, emotional and analytical responses that illustrate how I, and others, felt as we tried to grapple with September and its aftermath, as they were unfolding. Derived from a Kirkus review: Sharply pointed, finely delivered observations on world politics and the ongoing war on terrorism, by New York Times columnist Friedman. Friedman gathers columns from the last two years that are eminently helpful in understanding the great divide yawning between the Western and Arab worlds. The author's roving beat with the New York Times permits him to travel wherever he finds a story. In his journeys, he turns up a few surprises. He notes, for instance, that in India, home to "the second-largest Muslim community in the world", Muslims have for the most part been friendly to the US because, he explains, India is a representative democracy, not one of the barbarous, repressive states that rule most of the Islamic world. Though not shy of sword-rattling-he insists that we are now fighting WWIII, even if most of the country seems not to know it-Friedman is also highly critical of the Bush administration for its many failures in explaining American interests to the world and in freeing the nation from the need to do business with Saudi Arabia and company in the first place. Controversial, yes. Smart, yes. And essential reading for anyone keeping track on world events over the last year.
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- Title
- Longitudes & Attitudes: Exploring The World After September 11
- Author
- Thomas Friedman
- Book Condition
- Used - Temple X-Library, Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine DJ & vinyl cover.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Ed, 1st Prtg
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374190666
- ISBN 13
- 9780374190668
- Publisher
- Farar, Straus, & Giroux, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2002
- Pages
- 383
- Keywords
- Current Affairs
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