For many Americans in the aftermath of September 11th there seems to be heightened awareness of religious, ethnic, and political unrest around the world, and particularly in those conflicts that have had and will continue to have some impact on American society. Considering that the United States is the sole superpower and often the world's policeman, those conflicts are many. Of the books on the market that attempt to analyze various conflicts around the world, almost all of them have a professorial, academic take on the issues and are limited to those conflicts in a given region or that share a common relationship.