May 2008    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, G. John Ikenberry gives his picks for the best books about political and legal issues.

	Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium Ronald Findlay and Kevin H. O'Rourke Princeton University Press, 2007 Read March/April 2008 review
	Empires Herfried Münkler Polity, 2007 Read January/February 2008 review
	For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War Melvyn P. Leffler Hill and Wang, 2007 Read November/December 2007 review
	Democracy Charles Tilly Cambridge University Press, 2007 Read September/October 2007 review
	Containment: Rebuilding a Strategy Against Global Terror Ian Shapiro Princeton University Press, 2007 Read May/June 2007 review

The Year in Books Index

2008: June | 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