Sociology Books & Reviews

Flawed but Still Important

Geoffrey Kemp | Aug 27, 2007
Mearsheimer and Walt should have included more field work in their research. Yet their book still deserves to be read and discussed.

Strategic Horizons

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

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 Nation under Guilt

Martin Walker | Sep 01, 2004
Two recent histories of Nazi Germany shore up the dyke against the rising flood of "Germany as victim" revisionism.

Revolutionary Nepotism

Steve Sailer | Dec 01, 2003
Why "keeping it in the family" remains popular under dictatorships--and democracies.

Fighting Men

Geoffrey Parker | Sep 01, 2002
Eliot Cohen's look at the greatest democratic statesman of recent centuries affirms Clemenceau's quip that war is too important to be left to the generals--even American generals.

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.

Wasserstein's Jerusalem

Yossi Klein Halevi | Jun 01, 2002
Discounting the Jewish claim to Jerusalem in the name of evenhandedness is no way to achieve a just settlement.

Summer Reading Guide

Irving Kristol
Owen Harries
James Schlesinger
Samuel P. Huntington
Robert W. Tucker
Midge Decter
Michael Mandelbaum
| 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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