Civilizations Books & Reviews

Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?

Harvey Sicherman | Jun 01, 2004
There is no shortage of books on security and strategy in a world beset by terror. "Fortunately," writes Harvey Sicherman, "most are short."

A Matter of Writing Life and Death

Michael P. McDonald | Dec 01, 2002
Primo Levi's biographers offer no improvement on the original, whose unabridged voice we need to heed more than ever.

Bacon's Proof

Adam Schulman | Mar 01, 2002
Edward Teller's life vindicated Francis Bacon's prediction of the man of science in the public realm. Teller's memoir would vindicate Teller.

Scathing on Thin Ice

George Jonas | Sep 01, 2001
Christopher Hitchens' diatribe against Henry Kissinger should disappoint even the most credulous of the statesman's opponents. Effective polemic this is not.

1945 and All That

John Lukacs | Sep 01, 2001
Well-trained historians need not be specialists, as P.M.H. Bell's illuminating new volume confirms.

The Guns of 17th Street

Jonathan Clarke | Mar 01, 2001
A dissection of the few pluses and many minuses of the crusading approach to American foreign policy.

The Many Faces of Mitterand

Daniel J. Mahoney | Sep 01, 2000
Vichy functionary, socialist politician, conservative president--the story of an amazingly adaptable Frenchman.

But the Patient Died

David Pryce-Jones | Mar 01, 2000
The death of the Ottoman Empire was a case of suicide, not homicide.

The Way It Ought To Be

Andrew J. Bacevich | Dec 01, 1999
War on the silver screen. A new film refights the Gulf War--but this time for a higher purpose/

Crazy over Cuba

Andrew J. Bacevich | Dec 01, 1998
As this important volume demonstrates,  the overriding requirement of the era was not guts but wisdom. On that score, the Kennedys and their lieutenants flunked.

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