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Company bid to acquire American port operations and the earlier Chinese attempt to buy Unocal. This study proposes ways to reduce the risks associated with foreign direct investment without forfeiting economic gains. Brent Scowcroft, national security adviser to presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush, calls this book “a very important and compre- hensive assesment of a critical issue in a post-9/11 world.” He adds: “Protecting national security and maintaining an open investment regime are twin imperatives for the United States.” Edward M. Graham, a senior fellow at the Institute for International Economics, has been an adjunct professor at Columbia University since 2002. He is the author or co-author of numerous studies. David M. Marchick, a partner with Covington & Burling, served as deputy assistant secretary of State for transportation affairs, deputy assistant secretary for trade policy and principal deputy assistant secre- tary of commerce for trade development during the Clinton administration (1993-1999). Half-Life of a Zealot Swanee Hunt, Duke University Press, 2006, $29.95, paperback, 360 pages. In this absorbing memoir, H.L. Hunt’s daughter recounts her journey from the wealth and ultra-conservatism of her family background to involve- ment in pioneering progressive causes — specifically, the inclusion of women in peace processes around the world — and her recognition today as an expert on foreign affairs and diplomacy. She seamlessly com- bines discussion of her views on policy and philan- thropy with explanations of how she has maintained a balance among her roles as wife, mother, ambas- sador, professor, philanthropist, commentator and activist. Swanee Hunt served as ambassador to Austria from 1993 to 1997 and, among other accomplish- ments, played an important role in securing the peace in the neighboring Balkan states. She is the director of the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Govern- ment and president of the Hunt Alternatives Fund, a private foundation. Her previous book, This Was Not Our War: Bosnian Women Reclaiming the Peace (Duke University Press, 2005), won the 2005 PEN/New England Award for nonfiction. Plunging into Haiti Ralph Pezzullo, University Press of Mississippi, 2006, $45.00, hardback, 312 pages. Here is a detailed insider’s account of the U.S. role in Haiti from the election of President Jean-Bertrand Ari- stide in 1990, to his over- throw shortly thereafter, Washington’s ambivalent res- ponse, and the Clinton administration’s decision in 1993 to intervene to restore Aristide. Through his father, Lawrence Pezzullo, who served as the U.S. special envoy to Haiti, the author gained access to important players on all sides. An instructive study of the strengths and weaknesses of American diplomat- ic and military efforts, presented with the energy of a political thriller, this book is also a contemporary his- tory of Haiti. It is part of ADST’s Diplomats and Diplomacy series. Ralph Pezzullo is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, novelist, poet and journalist. He is the author of Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al- Qaeda (Crown Publishers, 2005) and At the Fall of Somoza (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1994). His articles have been published in the Wall Street Journal , Newsweek and other national media. War of Nerves: Chemical Warfare from World War I to al-Qaeda Jonathan B. Tucker, Pantheon Books, 2006, $30.00, hardcover, 496 pages. Statesmen, generals and diplomats have long debated the military utility and morality of chemical N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 6 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 73