John Lewis Gaddis, The Cold War: A New History
Interesting and off-beat enough to work for me. Sees the "everything else" nicely.

Burton Malkiel and Patricia Taylor, From Wall Street to the Great Wall: How Investors Can Profit from China's Booming Economy
Very bullish. Inside-out take on demographics that wowed me some. Lots of detail on financial markets there.

Kendrick A. Clements, Woodrow Wilson: World Statesman
It is amazing that there's no big bio out there on Wilson, just the B range stuff. This is the best of the lot. I tried a couple of others and gave up.

Nicholas Wapshott, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher: A Political Marriage
Really good and very enjoyable to read. Great bios of both in the process. You can't help liking Reagan, but I was surprised how sympathetic Thatcher can be made, with the right writer.

The beat goes on ...