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Conor Cruise O'Brien

Capsule Review
Mar/Apr
1996
On the Eve of the Millennium: The Future of Democracy Through an Age of Unreason
Francis Fukuyama
Review Essay
Nov/Dec
1993
The Wrath of Ages: Nationalism's Primordial Roots
Conor Cruise O'Brien

Nationalism is not a modern, nineteenth-century phenomenon, author William Pfaff's claims to the contrary. Rather, it has deep, primordial roots. It will neither go away nor sober up into a sane "liberal" variety. Our hatreds are here to stay.
Capsule Review
Summer
1989
Passion And Cunning: Essays On Nationalism, Terrorism And Revolution
John C. Campbell
Capsule Review
Spring
1986
The Siege: The Saga of Israel and Zionism
John C. Campbell
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In the Magazine

November/December 2009 / 6, 88
Essay
In the Quicksands of Somalia
Bronwyn Bruton

Washington's repeated attempts to bring peace to Somalia with state-building initiatives have failed, even backfired. It should renounce political intervention and encourage local development without trying to improve governance.
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