Conservatism in the United States Books & Reviews

A God For All Seasons

Alan Wolfe | Aug 25, 2009
Scholars of international relations have only recently begun to appreciate the power of religion. Their next step is to get religion right. No longer mysterious and magical, modernity has demystified the Higher Power.

If Sarah Palin is the Answer . . .

Geoffrey Wheatcroft | Aug 25, 2009
Conservatism is once again facing an identity crisis. The recent passing of William F. Buckley, Jr., offers a perfect opportunity to look back at the movement, with its antecedents, its birth, its triumphs and now its potential demise.

Exodus

Walter Laqueur | Mar 02, 2009
Morris turns to the origins of the one-state and two-state conceptions. It helps explain how the Israelis and Palestinians got themselves into this intractable conflict in the first place.

Reflections from the Right

Jacob Heilbrunn | Oct 30, 2008
The conservative movement is cracking up—just look at three memoirs of former administration officials. These new books may engage in justification and self-aggrandizement, but they do prescribe salves for fixing the conservative experiment.

Homo Neoconus

Jacob Heilbrunn | Jul 02, 2008
Everyone knows about Bill Kristol and Robert Kagan. But what about their intellectual godfather? A look at the original democracy-promoting liberal defense hawk, JFK and LBJ advisor Walt Rostow.

Pride and Prudence

Jacob Heilbrunn | Feb 29, 2008
A spate of books provides a welcome opportunity to reassess Nixon.

Flawed but Still Important

Geoffrey Kemp | Aug 27, 2007
Mearsheimer and Walt should have included more field work in their research. Yet their book still deserves to be read and discussed.

Books and Reviews: A Uniter, Not a Decider

Jacob Heilbrunn | Jul 01, 2007
Jacob Heilbrunn analyzes a spate of recent Reagan biographies, which demonstrate that neither George W. Bush nor any of the presidential candidates can lay claim to Reagan's unique legacy.

Beyond the Illusions

J. Peter Pham | Jul 01, 2007
Wishful thinking is preventing the formation of a responsible American foreign-policy strategy.

Revolutionary DeLay

Paul J. Saunders | Jul 01, 2007
Tom DeLay may not see any problems with the phrase, "one vote, one person, one time", but the rest of America might.

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