Great Purge Books & Reviews

Terror In Extremis

| Oct 30, 2008

Bridge On The River Euphrates

Colin H. Kahl | Sep 02, 2008
The much-vaunted surge has made Iraq safer. But more boots in the desert is not the only reason security has improved. As U.S. forces get ready to leave, we have to face some inconvenient political realities.

A Ticking Bomber

Raymond Bonner | Sep 02, 2008
There is no simple answer to the causes of terrorism. But three books offer insight into the complexities of man and his motivation to kill. These explanations come not from academic tomes, nor expositions by the burgeoning cottage industry of ter

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.

Of Democracy & Dinero

Jorge Castañeda
Patricio Navia
| Jul 02, 2008
Latin America’s post-independence history has been a bumpy ride. Things are getting better thanks to solid growth of late, but inequality threatens to bring the whole thing down.

Unsage Advice

David B. Rivkin, Jr. | Apr 25, 2008
With the campaign season heating up, David Rivkin says that new books by Madeleine Albright and Zbigniew Brzezinski might not provide the soundest advice.

Rule, Britannia?

Mark Gilbert | Apr 25, 2008
Walter Rusell Mead glosses over British history in God and Gold; Brendan Simms paints a clearer picture in Three Victories and a Defeat.

Wuthering Ike

Martin Walker | Feb 29, 2008
A review of Ike: An American Hero by Michael Korda.

Pride and Prudence

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

The Changing of the Guard

Rajan Menon | Jan 02, 2008
Rajan Menon evaluates the latest works on the future of East Asia and its impact on the world. Is Pax Americana in decline, and are we on the verge of a Pax Sinica?

Follow The National Interest

May 26, 2012