Announcing the 2012 Gelber Prize finalists

Posted By Joshua Keating Monday, February 13, 2012 - 9:26 PM Share

Every year, Foreign Policy is proud to partner with the Lionel Gelber Foundation and the Munk School for Global Affairs at the University of Toronto to present the Lionel Gelber Prize, which is awarded to the year's best book on foreign affairs.

Today, Sara Charney, chair of the Lionel Gelber Prize Board, today announced the shortlist for the 2012 Lionel Gelber Prize.

The shortlisted books are:

A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War by Amanda Foreman, published by Random House

Berlin 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth by Frederick Kempe, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin Group (U.S.A.)

Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China by Ezra F. Vogel, published by Belknap Press/Harvard University Press

George F. Kennan: An American Life by John Lewis Gaddis, published by The Penguin Press/Penguin Group (U.S.A.)

On China by Henry Kissinger, published by The Penguin Press/Penguin Group (U.S.A.)

The five-person prize jury selected their shortlist from their previously-announced longlist of ten titles, all of which were written in English and published in 2011.

Throughout the week, we will be featuring audio interviews with the authors of the finalists. The winner will be announced on Feb. 27.

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