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Walter Russell Mead

Capsule Review
Jan/Feb
2009
The Irish Americans: A History
Walter Russell Mead
Essay
Jan/Feb
2009
Change They Can Believe In
Walter Russell Mead

If it hopes to bring peace to the Middle East, the Obama administration must put Palestinian politics and goals first.
Capsule Review
Nov/Dec
2008
Habits of Empire: A History of American Expansion
Walter Russell Mead
Capsule Review
Nov/Dec
2008
To Lead the World: After the Bush Doctrine
Walter Russell Mead
Capsule Review
Nov/Dec
2008
Old World, New World: Great Britain and America From the Beginning
Walter Russell Mead
Capsule Review
Nov/Dec
2008
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans From the Civil War to World War II
Walter Russell Mead
Capsule Review
Nov/Dec
2008
The Power Makers: Steam, Electricity, and the Men Who Invented Modern America
Walter Russell Mead
Capsule Review
Sep/Oct
2008
Defying Dixie: The Radical Roots of Civil Rights, 1919-1950
Walter Russell Mead
Essay
Jul/Aug
2008
The New Israel and the Old
Walter Russell Mead

The real key to Washington’s pro-Israel policy is long-lasting and broad-based support for the Jewish state among the American public at large.
Capsule Review
May/June
2008
Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq
Walter Russell Mead
Capsule Review
May/June
2008
Ike: An American Hero
Walter Russell Mead
Capsule Review
May/June
2008
Washington Irving: An American Original
Walter Russell Mead
Capsule Review
May/June
2008
FDR
Walter Russell Mead
Capsule Review
May/June
2008
Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1920s and 30s: "The Shores of Light," "Axel's Castle," Uncollected Reviews
Walter Russell Mead
Capsule Review
Mar/Apr
2008
Forge of Empires, 1861-1871: Three Revolutionary Statesmen and the World They Made
Walter Russell Mead
Capsule Review
Mar/Apr
2008
The American Mission and the "Evil Empire": The Crusade for a Free Russia Since 1881
Walter Russell Mead
Capsule Review
Mar/Apr
2008
George H. W. Bush
Walter Russell Mead
Capsule Review
Mar/Apr
2008
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848
Walter Russell Mead
Capsule Review
Mar/Apr
2008
American Transcendentalism: A History
Walter Russell Mead
Capsule Review
Jan/Feb
2008
A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States
Walter Russell Mead
Capsule Review
Jan/Feb
2008
The Puritan Origins of American Patriotism
Walter Russell Mead
Capsule Review
Jan/Feb
2008
The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
Walter Russell Mead
Capsule Review
Jan/Feb
2008
Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans, and Vagabonds: Mexican Immigration and the Future of Race in America
Walter Russell Mead
Capsule Review
Jan/Feb
2008
America's Three Regimes: A New Political History
Walter Russell Mead
Capsule Review
Nov/Dec
2007
George Kennan: A Study of Character
Walter Russell Mead
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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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