Theodore Roosevelt Books & Reviews

Contending Schools

Three distinct schools of thought shape the debate on how America should best pursue its post-Cold War interests in the world.

Hyphenating Foreign Policy

The new game of ethnic politics in foreign polics is a curious development--no less than American leaders' support of it.

Strong State, Weaker Theory

A group of five Americans gathered in Paris a century ago to negotiate an end to the Spanish-American War.

Bearish on Teddy

Brands deserves congratulation on his new biography, an honest, enjoyable, sympathetic portrait of our twenty-sixth president, aside from a melodramatic prologue and some unfortunate bows to modern psychology.

Enough Blame to Go Round

H.R. McMaster has written a scathing indictment of America's civilian and military leadership during the early phases of the Vietnam war, and he speaks--to a military audience, at any rate--with unique moral authority.

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May 26, 2012