People of the Book: a review
This is a review of Zachary Karabell's People of the Book: The Forgotten History of Islam and the West. John Murray. 2007. In Samuel Huntington’s The Clash of Civilizations, the author envisioned...
Author: Jonathan Mok
Jonathan Mok lives in Hong Kong. He reviews music and literature. Some of his chief interests include American and Middle Eastern politics.
Lion of Jordan: A Review
This is a review of Avi Shlaim's Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace. Allen Lane. 2007. Many volumes on the lives of Israeli and Palestinian politicians, and their involvement...
The Oil and the Glory: A Review
This is a review of Steve LeVine's The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea. Random House. 2007. Steve LeVine has worked as a freelance journalist for The Wall...
Power, Faith, and Fantasy: A Review
Super Capers movie This is a review of Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East 1776 to the Present by Michael Oren. W.W. Norton, 2007
Soldier film It is believed that America only...
Dangerous Nation: A Review
This is a review of Dangerous Nation: America’s Foreign Policy from Its Earliest Days to the Dawn of the Twentieth Century by Robert Kagan. Vintage Books, November 2007
When it comes to America’s...
Investments and Construction Workers- The Income Gap in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is a global financial center, and a city famous for its “laissez-faire” economic policy. However, it is also a city with one of the highest income gaps in the world. The United...
The Other Side of Israel
This is a review of The Other side of Israel: My Journey Across the Jewish-Arab Divide. Author: Susan Nathan. Publisher: HarperCollins, 2006 The State of Israel is a Jewish nation. Every Jew is...