guests, posts on events of the day by me and friends of the show. you can find it where you ve always found it, cnn.com/gps. this week s book is called great soul. it s about joseph lelevelle the former editor of the new york times, not a conventional biography. it tells the story of how a young lawyer, an indian lawyer went to south africa, politically inactive and was transformed into this great leader of a mass nonviolent resistance movement. how did gandhi become gandhi? fascinating story. now for the last look. let s take a look at the development of warfare. the u.s. civil war and all the wars throughout time that preceded it were fought on horseback and on foot. world war i was the first mechanized war with the introduction of tanks and planes and the war in afghanistan will probably go down in history as the first robotic war.
now for our question of the week. here s what i want to know. who do you think won the economic debate you just saw? neal ferguson, who says we need to slash budgets, or robert kodowski who says we need to slash spending. and don t forget, we have our video and ipodcast. go to cnn.com/gps. once you subscribe, you will never miss a show, and please remember it s free. as i do every week, i want to recommend a book. we re all in a slump these days. the rational optimist. ridley is here to tell us that we will indeed prosper. this is the book that tells the good news about humankind, that
now for our question of the week. here s what i want to know. who do you think won the economic debate you just saw? niall ferguson, who says we need to slash budgets, or robert skidelsky, who says what s needed is more stimulus spending? let me know what you think. and don t forget, we now have both a video and an audio podcast. to subscribe go to itunes or to our website, cnn.com/gps. and once you subscribe, you will never miss a show. and please remember, it s free. now, as i do every week, i want to recommend a book. we re all in such a funk these days. if you want to get out of it, pick up matt ridley s book the rational optimist. amongst all the bad news about the economy, afghanistan, terrorism, the environment, ridley s here to tell us that we will endure and prosper. this is a book that tells the
cnn.com/gps. i find there is very little new to say about the middle east, but the author stephen kinzer has found things to say in his book, reset. he recommends the united states find now partners in the region, that saudi arabia and israel aren t cutting it anymore. the logical partners, he says, are turkey, and surprisingly, iran, but he makes a strong and interesting case. both nations share our democratic values, for the most part, as well as our interest in regional stability. he talks about the fascinating tale about a missionary who 100 years after his death is still a hero in iran today. it s a good read. we will be right back.
do you think the world can realistically move off its addiction to oil and gasoline in the next 20 years? let me know what you think. some exciting news. we have received countless requests from you for an audio version of the gps podcast. the video file is too big, you said, you wanted to listen to it on your ipod, your car stereo, et cetera. we heard you, and we ve done it. you can now subscribe to either the audio or video podcast at itunes. and you can always see either version on our website, cnn.com/gps. all this is free. now, as i do every week, i want to recommend a book. i find that there s usually very little new to say about the middle east. but the author steven kinsler has found something quite novel and interesting to say in his new book reset: iran, turkey, and america s future. he recommends that the united states find new partners in the region, that saudi arabia and israel aren t cutting it anymore.