Andrew J. Bacevich laments American militarism.
America has thrived thanks to its Anglo-Protestant culture. But does that culture carry the seeds of its own demise?
There is no shortage of books on security and strategy in a world beset by terror. "Fortunately," writes Harvey Sicherman, "most are short."
Primo Levi's biographers offer no improvement on the original, whose unabridged voice we need to heed more than ever.
Edward Teller's life vindicated Francis Bacon's prediction of the man of science in the public realm. Teller's memoir would vindicate Teller.
Christopher Hitchens' diatribe against Henry Kissinger should disappoint even the most credulous of the statesman's opponents. Effective polemic this is not.
Well-trained historians need not be specialists, as P.M.H. Bell's illuminating new volume confirms.
A dissection of the few pluses and many minuses of the crusading approach to American foreign policy.
Vichy functionary, socialist politician, conservative president--the story of an amazingly adaptable Frenchman.
The death of the Ottoman Empire was a case of suicide, not homicide.