2009 Arthur Ross Book Award Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China

Friday, June 26, 2009
Speaker
Philip P. Pan
Author, Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China; Moscow Bureau Chief, Washington Post
Presider
James F. Hoge Jr.
Peter G. Peterson Chair and Editor, Foreign Affairs

Honoring:

Gold Medalist: Philip Pan for Out of Mao's Shadow

Silver Medalist: Ahmed Rashid for Descent into Chaos

Honorable Mention: Gareth Evans for The Responsibility to Protect

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