THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | NOVEMBER 2024 43 new book tells the story of Washington’s two-decade war from the point of view of the Afghans themselves. Peter Bergen, the author of e Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden, says: “Rasmussen’s coverage of Afghanistan has long been superlative. Now comes his excellent new book, which is deeply reported, well written, and moving, telling the story of America’s abandonment of the Afghan people. It’s a somber story that he tells very well.” Sune Engel Rasmussen has reported on Afghanistan extensively for e Guardian and e Wall Street Journal, where he is now a correspondent who covers Afghanistan, Iran, and North European a airs. e author of a 2019 Danish-language book on the country, he now lives in London. His work has also appeared in Harper’s, e Economist, National Geographic, GQ, Newsweek, and Time magazine. Historical Perspective and International Relations Yoav J. Tenembaum, Matador, 2023, $19.95/paperback, e-book available, 304 pages. Yoav Tenembaum says this collection of short essays (most previously published) aspires “to combine the rigor of academic thought with the style of analytic journalism. e book, in a sense, is an intellectual hors d’oeuvre, a brief journey into the realm of history and international relations.” Some of the essays dwell on more theoretical aspects of international relations and diplomacy, while others examine the intersection of international law and diplomacy. Tenembaum’s second chapter, “Learning from History in Shaping Foreign Policy—A eoretical Framework,” may be of particular interest to FSJ readers, given its focus on a distinction between “e ective and deceptive analogies” when
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