George Weigel: Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II
In reading the previous book, I learned that man is unlimited in the evil he is willing to do. In reading this book, I learned that truly good men do indeed exist, and that there is hope.
Jung Chang: Mao : The Unknown Story
So much for the adage that time wounds all heels
Benny Morris: Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-2001
For a book written by Jewish history professor of an Iaraeli university, fairly objective.
Theodore Dalrymple: Our Culture, What's Left of It : The Mandarins and the Masses
A book of masterful essays, many of which I've linked to here at TR.
Ian Buruma: Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies
An old Japan hand turns the tables on Edward Said and explores the roots of the irrational hatred of the west--qand the U.S.-- that has reared it's nasty head in the form of Nazism, Isalamofascism, and Chiracnaphobia.