Iraq War Books & Reviews

The Tao of the Arab Center

Paul R. Pillar | Oct 30, 2008
The Bush administration may have gotten a lot wrong, but there is still hope for America’s policy in the Middle East. Three books shed some light on how the United States can get over Iraq.

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.

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.

Betting on the Wrong Donkey

Christopher A. Preble | Nov 01, 2007
Recent proposals for beefing up Democratic national-security policy offer little in the way of fresh strategic thinking.

Books: Some Unconventional Wisdom

J. Peter Pham | Sep 01, 2006
A review of The J Curve by Ian Bremmer and Winning the Un-War by Charles Peña.  Two authors turn their critical, discerning eye on the foibles of U.S. counter-terror and nation-building strategy. Just one offers a constructive course

Strategic Horizons

J. Peter Pham | Mar 01, 2006
Despite predictions to the contrary, America's superpower status remains uncontested.

Pride and Prejudice

Paul Hollander | Sep 01, 2004
Anti-Americanism takes many forms -- most of them unfair. But as long as it strives to be a City upon a Hill, America Must learn to live with it.

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."

Pericles and 'Big Bill' Thomson

Clifford Orwin | Mar 01, 1999
James Ceaser's Reconstructing America locates the "real America" in the ideas and values of the Founders. But a purely political conception of America is inadequate.

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