"A masterpiece." (Martin Amis). "The best book about homicide detectives by an American writer." (Norman mailer). Based on a year on the killing streets of Baltimore, David Simon's true crime masterpiece reveals a city few will ever experience. Day in day out citizens are shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the centre of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, a small brotherhood of men who fight for whatever justice is possible in a deadly world.

Crucial to an understanding of regional dynamics in southern Africa is the enormous asymmetry between South Africa and the other states. South Africa in Southern Africa takes an extended look at the various relationships between South Africa and its neighbors. In-depth studies include the military legacy stemming from South Africa's policy of destabilization, especially in small-arms proliferation and in land mines; the reengagement of South Africa with the region through a peacetime foreign policy; economic integration, focusing on electricity and the sugar trade; and patterns of migration...