Political Tribes

Political Tribes:  Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations by Amy Chua         Audio Book: 7 hours    Paperback Book:  464 pages             

This book blew me away.    Another author I would like to do that Vulcan Mind Meld with.   Man!   Amy Chua knows not just the background histories on countries around the world which gives one an inkling to their culture,  she goes deeper into the various sectors within the societies and in some cases the tribal backgrounds and sects, not just historically or geologically but also with their various belief systems which can be numerous all within the boundaries of each country.     Never have I read such in-depth knowledge of groups of peoples within the geographical boundaries of a country.    As if using a high-powered microscope to see every bit of DNA chromosomes within the body of what is each culture and each belief system.      Amy Chua breaks down into layman’s language highly involved  discourse on both what the U.S. went into foreign lands thinking (whether as allies or as liberators) and the many different veins of groups that either felt assuaged or assaulted by American presence there.    It is so eye-opening.    She gives you so much information from behind the scenes, giving one pause to think how little that is often understood before the United States enters another land.    I was both floored and enlightened.    Many questions are answered here especially good intel on why so many countries and peoples hate Americans today.   Fascinating book.    I couldn’t put it down.    No blanket approach will do across the board and Ms. Chua explains it in understandable terminology throughout.    EXCELLENT BOOK.    This book should be in every school and also in every college and university curriculum.     It would do much to broaden global understanding.