August 2007    Each month (except for a summertime hiatus in June and July) a different member of our distinguished panel of book reviewers recommends the best books discussed in Foreign Affairs in the past year. This month, Richard Feinberg gives his picks for the best books about the Western Hemisphere.

	The State of State Reform in Latin America Eduardo Lora (ed.) Inter-American Development Bank, 2006 Read May/June 2007 review
	Gunboat Democracy: U.S. Interventions in the Dominican Republic, Greneda, and Panama Russell Crandall Rowman & Littlefield, 2006 Read March/April 2007 review
	The Last Forest: The Amazon in the Age of Globalization Mark London and Brian Kelly Random House, 2007 Read March/April 2007 review
	Argentine Democracy: The Politics of Institutional Weakness Edited by Steven Levitsky and Maria Victoria Murillo Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006 Read November/December 2006 review
	Hugo Chavez Cristina Marcano and Alberto Barrera Tyszka Random House, 2007 Read September/October 2007 review

The Year in Books Index

2008: May | April | March | February

2007: November | October | September | August | April | March | February | January

2006: December | November | October | September | August | May | April | March | February | January

2005: December | November | October | September | August | May | April | March | February | January

2004: December | November | October | September | June | May | April | March | February | January

2003: December | November | October | August | July | June | May