Film Books & Reviews

Recovering Our Nerve

Niall Ferguson | Jun 01, 2004
"Getting the wind up", is an old British expression for panicking.

Revolutionary Nepotism

Steve Sailer | Dec 01, 2003
Why "keeping it in the family" remains popular under dictatorships--and democracies.

Burying Nikita

Susan Eisenhower | Mar 01, 2003
William Taubman's biography of Chairman Khrushchev combines original research and good sense to produce the best last word so far on the late Soviet leader.

The Beginning of Economic Wisdom

Michael Novak | Mar 01, 2003
Two primers on economics reveal a lingering philosophical divide in the intellectual imagination of our time.

'Oh James': 007 as International Man of History

Jeremy Black | Dec 01, 2002
How a fictional secret agent came to epitomize the Anglo-American relationship and interpret the evolving Cold War for the movie-going masses.

Endless Churchill

Harvey Sicherman | Dec 01, 2002
Churchill remains a figure of fascination, especially for Americans. Five new books should sate our appetites for awhile.

Meaning Well

Larry Wolff | Dec 01, 2001
Maximilian II managed to be both ahead of his time and behind it simultaneously. His life warns us against allowing ourselves to fall into a similar predicament.

Kissinger's Wisdom . . . and Advice

John J. Mearsheimer | Sep 01, 2001
An eminent realist reacts to a pre-eminent's vision for 21st-century geopolitics.

Communist Crowd Control

George Walden | Jun 01, 2001
The secretly constructed record of the Communist Party decision to crack down on Tiananmen protesters rings true to an old China hand.

A Slithy Tove

George Walden | Mar 01, 2001
Twentieth-century atrocities receive an unrewarding spin for the television age.

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