The World Next Week: Summer Reading Special 2017
In this special edition, CFR.org Editor Robert McMahon, CFR’s Director of Studies Jim Lindsay and Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy Gayle Lemmon start off the summer with a list of books that they will be reading in the weeks ahead. Listen in for recommendations from their reading lists.
Published
Hosts
- James M. LindsayMary and David Boies Distinguished Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy
- Robert McMahonManaging Editor
- Gayle Tzemach LemmonAdjunct Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy
Show Notes
In this special edition, CFR.org Editor Robert McMahon, CFR’s Director of Studies Jim Lindsay and Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy Gayle Lemmon start off the summer with a list of books that they will be reading in the weeks ahead. Listen in for recommendations from their reading lists.
Gayle’s Picks:
Code Girls, by Liza Mundy
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, by Arundhati Roy
I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad, by Souad Mekhennet
“Halt and Catch Fire” on AMC
“Berlin Station” on EPIX
Robert’s Picks:
Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic, by Sam Quinones
Redeployment, by Phil Klay
“All Things Considered,” produced by BBC Wales
Jim’s Picks:
Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department, by Dean Acheson
Profiles in Courage, by John F. Kennedy and Ted Sorenson
Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam, by Mark Bowden
“Dunkirk,” dir. Christopher Nolan (U.S. release date: July 21, 2017)
