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Europe   November/December 2018 Capsule Review

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Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times

Fryderyk Chopin’s music is one of Europe’s great cultural legacies.

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Europe   November/December 2018 Capsule Review

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The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire

This graceful account of Habsburg diplomacy from 1700 to the outbreak of World War I explains how the empire survived so long: its diplomats dampened threats through...

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Ideology   November/December 2018 Capsule Review

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Scots and Catalans: Union and Disunion

In this erudite and engaging book, Elliott, one of the most distinguished historians of early modern Spain, explores the similarities and differences between Scottish...

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Brexit   November/December 2018 Capsule Review

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Complexity's Embrace: The International Law Implications of Brexit

In this book, a group of European legal specialists examine the practical issues the British are up against, covering topics as varied as what regional electrical...

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Refugees & Migration   November/December 2018 Capsule Review

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Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America's Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe

This sober, well-documented book by an archivist at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum advances a more nuanced view of the American response to the Holocaust. It...

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Politics & Society   November/December 2018 Capsule Review

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Journey Into Europe: Islam, Immigration, and Identity

This sprawling book by a Pakistani diplomat and anthropologist examines why relations between Muslims and non-Muslims in Europe are so contentious—and what might be...

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Europe   September/October 2018 Capsule Review

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Postwar Europe and the Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest, founded in 1956, is an annual televised pop extravaganza in which bands from dozens of countries compete before a live audience.

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EU   September/October 2018 Capsule Review

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EuroTragedy: A Drama in Nine Acts

In this book, the best history of the recent eurozone crisis yet to appear, Mody argues that the euro is dysfunctional “because it defies the principles of economics.”

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Law & Institutions   September/October 2018 Capsule Review

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The Good Mothers: The True Story of the Women Who Took on the World’s Most Powerful Mafia

Perry tells the tale of three women who turned on the ’Ndrangheta, the Calabrian Mafia.

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Politics & Society   September/October 2018 Capsule Review

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The History of the European Migration Regime: Germany’s Strategic Hegemony; Migration and Refugee Policies in Germany: New European Limits of Control?

Germany has dominated Europe’s collective arrangements for governing migration for almost 70 years.

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Politics & Society   September/October 2018 Capsule Review

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Hitler and Film: The Führer's Hidden Passion

Hitler’s passion for art, architecture, and Wagnerian opera is common knowledge. Yet the Führer was, above all, a film addict.

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Politics & Society   March/April 2018 Capsule Review

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Absolute Power: How the Pope Became the Most Influential Man in the World

Collins aims to show how popes have consolidated their hold within the Catholic Church itself since the turn of the nineteenth century.

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Politics & Society   March/April 2018 Capsule Review

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The Gourmands’ Way: Six Americans in Paris and the Birth of a New Gastronomy

Spring recounts the experiences of Julia Child, Alice B. Toklas, and four other mid-twentieth-century culinary writers who introduced Americans to fine French cooking.

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Politics & Society   March/April 2018 Capsule Review

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European Civil Service in (Times of) Crisis: A Political Sociology of the Changing Power of Eurocrats

In recent years, civil-service reforms have much diminished the power and perks that Eurocrats enjoy.

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Politics & Society   March/April 2018 Capsule Review

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Dilemmas of Inclusion: Muslims in European Politics

European political parties have been ruthlessly pragmatic in attracting Muslim votes.

Andrew Moravcsik

Europe   March/April 2018 Capsule Review

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Go, Went, Gone

This brilliantly understated novel traces with uncommon delicacy and depth the interior transformation of a retired German classicist named Richard.

Andrew Moravcsik

Europe   January/February 2018 Capsule Review

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How the French Saved America: Soldiers, Sailors, Diplomats, Louis XVI, and the Success of a Revolution

French assistance made the difference between defeat and victory in the American Revolution.

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Health   January/February 2018 Capsule Review

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The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire

Harper offers a striking reinterpretation of the fall of Rome with worrisome implications for the present day.

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Europe   January/February 2018 Capsule Review

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The Taste of Empire: How Britain’s Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World

Pepper and other spices, cod, wheat, meat, tea, cocoa, sugar, rice, and other culinary delights, as well as drugs such as opium and tobacco, dominated British...

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Security   January/February 2018 Capsule Review

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Al-Qaeda’s Revenge: The 2004 Madrid Train Bombings

During the morning rush hour of March 11, 2004, ten bombs exploded nearly simultaneously on Madrid’s commuter trains, killing 191 people and injuring almost 2,000.

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