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Melvyn P. Leffler

Capsule Review
Nov/Dec
2008
To Lead the World: After the Bush Doctrine
Walter Russell Mead
Capsule Review
Nov/Dec
2007
For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War
G. John Ikenberry
Essay
Jul/Aug
1996
Inside Enemy Archives: The Cold War Reopenedpremium content icon
Melvyn P. Leffler

A new conventional wisdom is forming on the Cold War, but the records do not support its hard line. The Soviet Union did not aim at world conquest. It was afraid, and its clients got out of hand. The U.S. and U.S.S.R. share responsibility.
Capsule Review
Spring
1992
A Preponderance Of Power: National Security, The Truman Administration, And The Cold War
Gaddis Smith
Capsule Review
Summer
1980
The Elusive Quest: America's Pursuit of European Stability and French Security, 1919-1933
Gaddis Smith
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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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