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Timothy Naftali

Capsule Review
Mar/Apr
2008
George H. W. Bush
Walter Russell Mead
Capsule Review
Nov/Dec
2006
Krushchev's Cold War: The Inside Story of an American Adversary
Robert Legvold
Response
Nov/Dec
2004
Spies Like Us
Hans-Georg Wieck, Clarence W. Schmitz, and Timothy Naftali
Review Essay
Jul/Aug
2004
Berlin to Baghdad: The Pitfalls of Hiring Enemy Intelligence
Timothy Naftali

Washington wants to hire ex-Baathists to help rebuild Iraq. The CIA's experience using ex-Nazis to run West Germany's intelligence service should give it pause.
Capsule Review
Nov/Dec
2001
The Presidential Recordings: John F. Kennedy: The Great Crises
WARREN BASS
Capsule Review
Nov/Dec
2001
The Presidential Recordings: John F. Kennedy: The Great Crises
WARREN BASS
Review Essay
Jul/Aug
1997
How Close We Came
Steven Merritt Miner

With exclusive access to newly opened Soviet records, Aleksandr Fursenko and Timothy Naftali reveal that Kennedy blinked too soon and Khrushchev declared victory.
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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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