Law Books & Reviews

Heirs of Sargon

Robert D. Kaplan | Jun 30, 2009

Iraq has a long and tortured history. Home to the tyrant, the origins of despotism lie in the primordial ooze of the Mesopotamian swamp. Yet for a brief moment fifty years ago, the land of two rivers experienced democracy.

The Laws of War

Raymond Bonner | Mar 02, 2009

Stopping torture and changing the policies of the Bush administration may not be enough. With a whole new type of terrorist bred from extraordinary rendition and torture, the last eight years may well prove inescapable.

Wuthering Ike

Martin Walker | Feb 29, 2008

A review of Ike: An American Hero by Michael Korda.

The Origin of Modernity

S. T. Karnick | Jun 01, 2005

Modern Western discord stems from differing Enlightenment experiences.

French Without Tears

Martin Walker | Mar 01, 2005

Cet animal est très méchant; quand on l'attaque, il se défend. Quelquefois.

A Man of Faith

Paul Hollander | Jun 01, 2003

Eric Hobsbawm's autobiography is a most revealing book--wittingly and otherwise. He turns out to have been a most catholic fellow.

Imperialism: the Highest Stage of American Capitalism?

Gideon Rose | Mar 01, 2003

Andrew Bacevich's American Empire is really two books in one: one quite good, the other quite inexplicable.

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.

Contact: The Politics of Migration

Jeremy Black | Sep 01, 2002

Impressive historical scholarship on migration cannot save Professor Hoerder from the miasma of current academic fashions.

Summer Reading Guide

| Jun 01, 2002

Summer reading suggestions from: Irving Kristol, Owen Harries, James Schlesinger, Samuel Huntington, Robert Tucker, Midge Decter, Michael Mandelbaum and others.

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