Annotated Bibliography
Albright, M. K., & Woodward, W. (2006). The mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and world affairs. New York: HarperCollins.
In this book, The Mighty and Almighty: Reflections on America, God and World Affairs, the author Albright discusses the link between politics and religion as from the American Revolution. The book is relevant topic as it discusses the details of the tensions that characterize the Middle East. Most of its topics in the book give an insight into the increasingly crucial role of religion in the American conservatism. The author describes foreign policy challenges that the united States face and has been encountering them k for a long time. Albright shares her piece of advice to the new president of the United States. She talks about how military intervention into civil wars pulls third parties into a conflict. She criticizes the president Bush’s foreign policy suggesting diplomacy as the first way forward as opposed to military intervention.
Albright as a child was introduced to politics, diplomacy as well as foreign relations as she was a daughter of a Czech diplomat. In the year 1997 she was appointed as the sixty-fourth secretary of state after she was unanimously approved by the senate. At the time she was appointed into the position the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were attacked and the crises in the Middle East were high. Her dedication and background regarding foreign policy as well as her achievements make her work relevant to this research topic.
Tight, M. (2005). International relations. Amsterdam: Elsevier JAI.);
Tight is a renowned writer who has penned several articles on international relations and political issue. International relations is a critical issues and involves several factors such as democracy and diplomatic ties. The book targets the general population; the author intends to make the people aware of the need for various countries to coexist. Diplomatic ties offer a good platform for countries to relate through trade; when countries relate through trade there is mutual benefit in terms of economic gains. It is worth noting that the author’s opinion in the book can be relied upon because the author has huge experience and rich knowledge in the issues of international relations. The book has rich information that can be used in putting to perspective the research topic of the effects of war on technology on international relations and politics. The concepts in this book are precise and insightful and as such, they can be used to formulate the recommendations for the research. The book delves on critical issues such as how America and the globe can win war against terrorism. Terrorism is a global problem that the world has been grappling with over the years. The fight against terrorism has been relentless with the likes of the United States leading the pack. Despite the relentless efforts by various states, terrorism is still rampant. Terrorist are well organized, trained, and armored group bent of causing havoc. It is right to say that terrorist find pleasure in mass killing; their objective is to kill as many people as they can. They do not fight for any meaningful cause. Lately terrorism has taken a new platform, which makes the fight against it even harder and complicated because they embrace technology. This is evident on how they use nuclear and chemical weapons to perform their deadly acts.
The book offers recommendations on how terrorism can be countered through the concept of international relations. According to Tight the war on terrorism should be fought from a common front by all countries through global bodies such as United Nations. When all countries boost their diplomatic ties, they can forge a common strategy on how to win the fight against terrorism. Without doubt, this book will therefore come handy in dealing with the research topic.
Zakaria, F. (2008). The post-American world. New York: W.W. Norton
The Post-American World is a book by an Indian American journalist Fareed Zakaria. The journalist registers his appreciation of the United States actions in encouraging liberal democracy around the world. As a reaction other nations are competing relative to the United States concerning economic, industrial as well as cultural mighty. The author of the book notes that as the United States work to be the leaders in political military mighty, other nations of the world such as China and India have managed to shine in many other fields globally. The book is non-fiction and detailing the influence of military intervention. Zakaria’s writing is intelligent as well as strident making it relevant for discussion concerning research paper. At the moment when the book was published the author was an editor of the international Newsweek. He has just arrived in the United States from India. He has a PHD in political science. Before joining with the Newsweek international, he was working with a magazine that dealt with foreign policy. The journalist is also famous for criticizing the Bush administration for its attack on Iraq. His rich background on political issues, the education on political science as well as his work as an editor for political and foreign policy publications make the book relevant for discussion for this particular research topic.
The book recommends approach on how conflicts can be countered through talks. When all countries boost their diplomatic ties, they can forge a common strategy on how to win the solve conflicts without military action. Without doubt, this book will therefore come handy in dealing with the research topic
References
Albright, M. K., & Woodward, W. (2006). The mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and world affairs. New York: HarperCollins.
Tight, M. (2005). International relations. Amsterdam: Elsevier JAI.
Zakaria, F. (2008). The post-American world. New York: W.W. Norton