Mixed Signals: U.S. Human Rights Policy and Latin America
by Kathryn Sikkink
". . . [an] illuminating account of how persistent policy entrepreneurs armed with fresh ideas inserted and then institutionalized human rights promotion into inter-American relations."  —Richard Feinberg
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The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and America
by Kenneth M. Pollack
" . . . this informed and eminently readable study provides a detailed narrative of that turbulent quarter-century of U.S.-Iranian relations from the advent of the Islamic Republic to the present."
  —L. Carl Brown
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The Democracy Advantage: How Democracies Promote Prosperity and Peace
by Morton H. Halperin, Joseph T. Siegle, and Michael M. Weinstein
" . . . [a] forceful case for a 'democracy centered' foreign policy . . . "  —G. John Ikenberry
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Freeing God's Children: The Unlikely Alliance for Global Human Rights
by Allen D. Hertzke
"Freeing God's Children is the best available account of . . . the rise of the religious right in foreign policy . . ."
  —Walter Russell Mead
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Africa Since Independence: A Comparative History
by Paul Nugent
"Nugent's book is easily the best single-volume history of postcolonial Africa written in the last 20 years."  —Nicolas Van De Walle
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