Product Description

What is the difference between Kurdistan and Kazakhstan?
Why did North Korea's leader kidnap his favorite actress?
Why is Osama bin Laden so mad?
Which countries still have slaves?
Why is Kashmir "the most dangerous place in the world?"
What country has the most Muslims?
Why are they fighting in Chechnya?
What little box prompted Hutus to kill Tutsis?
Who is Prince Turki and how did his hunting trip change history?
How are cows fueling the fighting between India's Muslims and Hindus?
Which country drew maps that have resulted in the most intractable wars?
What is controversial UN Resolution 242?
What makes Qatar stand out?
What country does Sumatran coffee come from?
What country's fakes forced the US to redesign the $100 bill?
Who is the FARC and why have they been fighting for decades?

Confused about the news? Slip out of the room when friends talk current events? Now you can keep up with ease.

An entertaining guide to political science, current events, foreign affairs, and history, What Every American Should Know about the Rest of the World gives you the vocabulary and background you need to decipher the modern world in a simple-to-understand format.

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Product Details

Publisher	Plume
ISBN	0452284058
Format	Paperback
Author	Melissa L. Rossi
EAN	9780452284050
Label	Plume
Edition	Second Printing
Dewey Decimal Number	909.83
Studio	Plume
Number Of Pages	400
Title	What Every American Should Know About the Rest of the World: Your Guide to Today's Hot Spots, Hot Shots and Incendiary Issues
Release Date	2003-04-29
Publication Date	2003-04
Manufacturer	Plume

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Customer Reviews

Great reference for doing business outside of the U.S.

Review by Aaron Reule, 2009-10-26

This book is more or less a compilation on what you can find on the CIA World Fact Book website. But, it has proved to be invaluable to have a hard copy of the information at your disposal. I would recommend the author to make an updated version, but still rather useful.

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America to know the rest of the world.

Review by Enzo P. Bruni, 2009-04-07

This book describes facts and events that are not easy to find in the press. It gives the reader an insight about world political games and the countries which will shape the future of the world. Melissa Rossi is a humorous and opinioned writer and this book, easy to read and understand, will lead the reader into more reading about other countries and other people, which is very important to open our mind and to understand our geopololitical planet.

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Good Quick Guide

Review by USCDancer04, 2008-04-27

This book gives a good quick overview of situations with welcome bouts of humor, but it is horribly outdated. The book was written before Saddam Hussein was "found," so be mindful that politics and the landscape of the war have changed greatly since the book went to press.

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A Good Book To Have in the Bathroom.

Review by Gene P. Louie, 2007-12-29

The book contains interesting anecdotes and facts on various countries of the world. It is pretty hard to put down.

Like GUINNESS WORLD'S RECORD, it needs to be located in the bathroom as short reading materials. The content is amusing and entertaining, something to occupy one's time in a more productive way.

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Uggh!

Review by snackdaddy, 2006-11-27

Sit down, kick back, and get plastered while you read this book.

Obviously the author did when she wrote it!

So full of holes, contradictions, and glaring fairy tales that it makes "Peter Pan" look like a history channel documentary!

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