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Piers Brendon

Capsule Review
Mar/Apr
2009
The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997
<p>Philip H. Gordon</p>

Starting his tale in 1781, with General Charles Cornwallis' surrender to George Washington, and ending it with the British transfer of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, Brendon shows how the British Empire "ended as haphazardly as it began."
Capsule Review
Nov/Dec
2000
The Dark Valley: A Panorama of the 1930s
G. John Ikenberry
Capsule Review
Winter
1986
Eisenhower: At War, 1943-1945; Ike: His Life and Times
Gaddis Smith
Capsule Review
Fall
1984
Winston Churchill: A Biography
Fritz Stern
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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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