Book of the week: Kissinger's "On China"
My book of the week is former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's latest, On China. This is a must read. Part history, part memoir of Kissinger's extensive dealings with Chinese leaders over 40...
View ArticleBook of the Week: Banned by Mubarak regime
My book of the week was published three years ago, but - in a strikingly prescient way - foretold the January revolution here. It's called "Inside Egypt: The Land of the Pharoahs on the Brink of a...
View ArticlePerfect Father's Day Gift: The Post-American World (Release 2.0)
Looking for the perfect Father's Day gift? How about a book that can put today's rapidly changing world in lucid perspective? Fareed's updated book, The Post-American World (Release 2.0), is the...
View ArticleBook of the week on Zimbabwe
This week's "Book of the Week" is Peter Godwin's The Fear. It's a beautifully written, harrowing account of the ruin of a country. The country is Zimbabwe, formerly Rhodesia, where Godwin was born. The...
View ArticleGetting bin Laden
Instead of my usual book of the week, I highly recommend you all read this article by Nicholas Schmidle in The New Yorker magazine . Here's an excerpt: Shortly after eleven o’clock on the night of May...
View Article6 books to catch up with during summer
Looking for a good read this summer? On each episode, the "Fareed Zakaria GPS" show highlights a Book of the Week. Have you missed any? Then catch up on these past five recommendations and tell us what...
View ArticleA list of Fareed's GPS book recommendations
Here is a list of the books Fareed has recommended over the course of the GPS show. Stock up your library. 01/18/15 @War by Shane Harris 12/14/14 The Terror Presidency by Jack Goldsmith 12/07/14...
View ArticleBook of the Week: War Front to Store Front
By John Cookson Fareed’s ‘Book of the Week’ is Paul Brinkley's War Front to Store Front. Brinkley was the Pentagon official tasked with getting capitalism going in Iraq and Afghanistan. GPS's John...
View ArticleBook of the Week: The limits of partnership
By John Cookson Fareed’s ‘Book of the Week’ is Angela Stent's The Limits of Partnership: U.S.-Russian Relations in the Twenty-First Century. Stent is the director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian...
View ArticleBook of the Week: The Leading Indicators
By John Cookson Fareed’s ‘Book of the Week’ is Zachary Karabell’s The Leading Indicators: A Short History of the Numbers That Rule Our World. GPS's John Cookson spoke with him about trade with China...
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