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Margaret Macmillan

Review Essay
Mar/Apr
2007
Chinese Lessons:Nixon, Mao, and the Course of U.S.-Chinese Relations
Warren I. Cohen

Margaret MacMillan's engaging narrative history shows how Nixon's trip to visit Mao helped end the Cold War. But neither leader anticipated how fast China would rise or how that rise would force the U.S.-Chinese relationship to evolve.
Review Essay
Jan/Feb
2003
The War to End All Wars? Lessons of World War I Revisited
Hew Strachan

Two new books examine World War I's role in shaping the twentieth century and place current foreign policy dilemmas in historical perspective.
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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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