Using and accessible style and an interdisciplinary approach, this popular text provides students with fundamental information on current issues and problems common to developing areas, while also offering regional coverage of Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Southern Near Abroad, and the Middle East. The authors describe the similarities and differences among nations within these regions and trace events and issues in selected countries.
"In the game of nations there are no winners only losers. The objective of each player is not so much to win as to avoid loss. Problems do not get solved. They are managed. Success is achieved if disaster is avoided or postponed until the next administration." -Former Egiptian Vice President Zaharia Moheddin