2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Current Interest Winner
The New Chinese Empire And What It Means for the United States
Ross Terrill
A new society and economy has blossomed in post-Mao China, but an old state holds it back. The Chinese dynastic state’s blend of idealism and realism, attachment to doctrine, paternalism, and obsession with unity has continued to shadow ‘revolutionary Chin…
2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Current Interest Shortlist
Cut Time: An Education at the Fights
Carlo Rotella
Jarhead: A Marine’s Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
Anthony Swofford
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Jon Krakauer
