Politics of the United States Books & Reviews

If Sarah Palin is the Answer . . .

Geoffrey Wheatcroft | Aug 25, 2009
Conservatism is once again facing an identity crisis. The recent passing of William F. Buckley, Jr., offers a perfect opportunity to look back at the movement, with its antecedents, its birth, its triumphs and now its potential demise.

The Age of Woman

Bruce Hoffman | Jan 21, 2009
Can women keep us safe? For all the talk of a rise of women to positions of power, there is still a dearth of the female perspective in national security. With the unprecedented appointment of three women to some of the highest posts in the new ad

Pride and Prudence

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

Books and Reviews: A Uniter, Not a Decider

Jacob Heilbrunn | Jul 01, 2007
Jacob Heilbrunn analyzes a spate of recent Reagan biographies, which demonstrate that neither George W. Bush nor any of the presidential candidates can lay claim to Reagan's unique legacy.

Revolutionary DeLay

Paul J. Saunders | Jul 01, 2007
Tom DeLay may not see any problems with the phrase, "one vote, one person, one time", but the rest of America might.

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.

Power, Wealth and Wisdom

David Calleo | Jun 01, 2003
Is the United States really as strong and wise, and "Old Europe" as weak and wooly-headed, as many American foreign policy pundits and practitioners think? Another way to read Transatlantic realities.

The Guns of 17th Street

Jonathan Clarke | Mar 01, 2001
A dissection of the few pluses and many minuses of the crusading approach to American foreign policy.

You Had To Be There

Walter Laqueur | Dec 01, 1999
A legacy besmirched: an ill-informed portrait of the Congress for Cultural Freedom.

Reagan's Plan

Kiron K. Skinner | Jun 01, 1999
Despite protestations to the contrary, Reagan did have a grand strategy.

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