James MannJames Mann is the author of the New York Times bestseller Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet and The China Fantasy: How Our Leaders Explain Away Chinese Repression, among others. He is currently author-in-residence in the Paul H. itze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Mann has also served as staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the Baltimore Sun, and other publications. He has earned a number of awards, including the New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Award for best book of the year by a journalist and the Asia-Pacific Award for the best book about Asia. Read More Read Less