Martin Walker

Essays

Society

Not the Faith of Their Fathers

| 06.01.04

Two unlikely adherents to their respective faiths, Bush and Blair find peace in war.

Reviews

Society

Wuthering Ike

| 02.29.08

A review of Ike: An American Hero by Michael Korda.

Society

Europe's New Narrative

| 12.01.05

Why the Cold War was so instrumental in Europe's success.

Society

French Without Tears

| 03.01.05

Cet animal est très méchant; quand on l'attaque, il se défend. Quelquefois.

Security

Night and Fog

| 12.01.04

Alan Furst recreates the atmosphere of Europe's second Dark Ages (1933-45) as few others have. Today, Western civilization is again under attack, and Furst can teach us a great deal.

Society

A Nation under Guilt

| 09.01.04

Two recent histories of Nazi Germany shore up the dyke against the rising flood of "Germany as victim" revisionism.

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Commentary

The New German Army

| 01.21.04

Most of the attention on Germany's sweeping cuts in its defense budget has focused on the money.

Two-Speed Europe

| 01.07.04

The failure of the European Union summit to agree on a draft new constitution has encouraged France and Germany to look hard at their fallback position, pushing for a two-speed Europe in which they strike out on their own to become a federal core, le

The World and WMD: Where We Stand

| 12.24.03

It was an extraordinarily well-kept secret.

Europe and the Tories

| 10.29.03

After the election of Michael Howard as the new leader of the Conservative party, there may at last-after 7 years out of office-be a serious chance of defeating Prime Minister Tony Blair in the next election.

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