Robert D. Kaplan

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1. Robert D. Kaplan

   Author of Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History, The Ends of the Earth: From Togo to Turkmenistan, from Iran to Cambodia, a Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy, The Coming Anarchy: Shattering the Dreams of the Post Cold War

2. Bernard Lewis

   Author of The Middle East, The Muslim Discovery of Europe, Islam and the West

3. Paul Theroux

   Author of The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas, The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific, Pillars of Hercules

4. Ryszard Kapuściński

   Author of The Shadow of the Sun, Imperium, Another Day of Life

5. Victor Davis Hanson

   Author of Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power, A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War, Ripples of Battle: How Wars of the Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think

6. Rebecca West

   Author of Black Lamb and Grey Falcon

7. Colin Thubron

   Author of In Siberia, The Lost Heart of Asia, Behind the Wall: A Journey Through China

8. Robert Kagan

   Author of Of Paradise and Power, The Return of History and the End of Dreams, Dangerous Nation

9. Misha Glenny

   Author of The Balkans: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers, 1804-1999, The Fall of Yugoslavia: The Third Balkan War

10. Daniel Yergin

    Author of The Prize : The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power, The Commanding Heights : The Battle for the World Economy, The Quest: The Global Race for Energy, Security, and Power

11. Samuel P. Huntington

    Author of The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, Who Are We: The Challenges to America's National Identity, The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations (Belknap Press)

12. Max Boot

    Author of The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power, War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History: 1500 to Today

13. Thomas L. Friedman

    Author of The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization, From Beirut to Jerusalem, Longitudes and Attitudes: The World in the Age of Terrorism

14. Henry Kissinger

    Author of Diplomacy, Does America Need a Foreign Policy? : Toward a Diplomacy for the 21st Century, On China

15. Rick Atkinson

    Author of An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, The Day of Battle, Crusade; the Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War

16. Peter Hopkirk

    Author of The great game : on secret service in high Asia, Setting the East Ablaze: Lenins Dream of an Empire in Asia, Like Hidden Fire: The Plot to Bring Down the British Empire

17. Paul M. Kennedy

    Author of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Preparing for the Twenty-First Century

18. Barbara W. Tuchman

    Author of A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War: 1890–1914

19. John Keegan

    Author of A History of Warfare, Intelligence in War: Knowledge of the Enemy from Napoleon to Al-Qaeda, The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare

20. Neil Sheehan

    Author of A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam, A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon