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Bad Statesman, Good Prophet

Michael Mandelbaum | Jun 01, 2001
The shape of the post-Cold War world is not really elusive. It is defined by the Wilsonian triad of democracy, free trade and arms control.

Books & Reviews

Woodrow Wilson's War

Michael C. Desch | Jan 21, 2009
George W. Bush’s decision to invade Iraq was more consistent with the American tradition than many of his critics claimed, and some of his erstwhile supporters wished. The Wilsonians try to distance themselves from Bush, but they wind  up demonstr

The Four Schoolmasters

H. W. Brands | Dec 01, 2001
Walter Russell Mead's new book deploys the ideas and heirs of Hamilton, Wilson, Jefferson and Jackson to illuminate the future of U.S. foreign policy.

Road Hogs, Review of Joshua Muravchik's The Imperative of American Leadership

Adam Garfinkle | Jun 01, 1996
Two of the books reviewed here describe how Joshua Muravchik and the late Eric Nordlinger read the post-Soviet map and would have us travel upon it. Both recommend sharp turns at high speeds. The third contains the counsel of Peter Rodman, a man l

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