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ASSIGNEMNT: BOOK CRITIQUE AND POLICY REVIEW PAPER INSTRUCTIONS

You are required to write a book review on the book title: The Sovereignty Solution by Anna Simons, Joe McGraw, & Duane Lauchengco.

Simons, Anna, Joe McGraw, and Diane Lauchengco. The Sovereignty Solution: A Common Sense Approach to Global Security. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2011. ISBN: 9781612510507.

The Book Critique and Policy Review Paper must be 6-7 pages, not including the title and reference page. Format the body of your review in 4 main sections: summary, critique, application, and policy review. Do not summarize or critique the chapters chronologically. Consider the book as a whole. Avoid excessive quotations. State the authors' viewpoints in your own words and give specific page references when paraphrasing.

• Summary

Summarize the main theme of the book. What is the overall perspective, purpose, or argument of the book? If the author wanted you to get one idea from the book, what would it be?

• Critique

This section needs to balance the book's strengths and weaknesses in order to unify your evaluation. What strikes you as noteworthy? What has the book accomplished? In what ways was the book effective or persuasive? Challenge assumptions, approaches, or arguments made by the author. Does the argument make sense? You can offer agreement or disagreement and identify where you find the work exemplary or deficient in its knowledge, judgments, or organization. Provide concrete evidence for your assertions. Support judgments with references from the textbook reading in this course and other scholarly resources. All citations must be in current Turabian. Be sure that your evaluation is balanced, respectful, and fair. Control the tone of your critique.

• Application

This section must demonstrate how the book has enhanced your understanding of current public policy issues. Why is this topic important today? How can this information be used in forming and maintaining a strong foreign policy?

• Policy Review

Identify and assess a current public policy issue in current events in light of the theories presented in this material. Do not merely state what the policy is. Explain the policy and provide a short but detailed briefing on the policy. Additionally, state if the policy is good or bad based on the perspective you gained in reading this book. You must also introduce new ideas that go beyond the book if they complement ideas you have gleaned from reading in the book. Support judgments by referencing the book. But you must indicate specific page number(s) for easy cross-checking. If you use other books or sources to support your policy review, you must also indicate specific page number(s) for easy cross-checking. Falsification is 100% prohibited.

Note: if your book review is identical, reflect others's review, and/or is parallel to any book review related to this book, your review will not be accepted. Check your work in Turnit In for similarity or plagiarism.