![]() ![]() However, the previously unpublished diary offers the most insight to the state of the world after September 11. The columns, which are the bulk of the book, represent a comprehensive album of the past two years-ranging from the usefulness of building a missile shield to analyzing the structure of Arab societies-yet they rarely stray from the central theme of promoting thoughtful and measured consideration of the U.S.' role in the world. "History just took a right turn into a blind alley," comments the New York TimesĬolumnist in his latest book, "and something very dear has just been taken away from us." Tackling this observation from many different angles, this lucid book, consisting of Friedman's exceptionally frank and convincing columns and an insightful post-September 11 diary, prods at the questions surrounding that day and offers an invaluable reporter's perspective on the world from outside U.S. ![]()
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