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Gr. 6-12. In each of these overviews in the World's Hot Spots series, a dozen-plus reprinted chapters, essays, editorials, position papers, speeches, and official statements analyze causes, courses, and implications of violent events in a present or future theater of war. Written, by and large, by foreign policy experts, the selections are all sourced and backed up by both a time line (through mid-2003) and extensive lists of Web and print resources. As nearly all were written in English and first published in the U.S., the views tend to be from the outside looking in, so readers won't get a truly balanced picture of most issues. But that doesn't mean that there isn't plenty of brisk give-and-take; for instance, dueling editorials in the volume on Iraq, taken from May 2003 issues of The National Review and The Nation, proclaim, respectively, a "great victory," and a "swindle." Though already dated by events, these dry but meaty studies will benefit readers with a serious interest in modern diplomacy's greatest challenges. John Peters
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