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Labor Jan 14, 2019 Review Essay

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The Trouble With the “Working Hypothesis”

Oren Cass, domestic issues director for Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign and a writer for National Review and other journals, has produced a conservative's...

James K. Galbraith

Political Development January/February 2019 Review Essay

Life After Liberation

Timothy Garton Ash reviews Polish journalist Witold Szablowski's rollicking account of life in the postcommunist world, asking whether people in Central and Eastern...

Timothy Garton Ash

Theory January/February 2019 Review Essay

More, Less, or Different?

Jake Sullivan reviews new books by Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer criticizing U.S. foreign policy.

Jake Sullivan

Terrorism & Counterterrorism January/February 2019 Capsule Review

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Islamist Terrorism in Europe

Nesser shows that although their basic goals are constant, Islamist terrorists adapt their tactics with the times.

Andrew Moravcsik

Foreign Policy January/February 2019 Capsule Review

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The Empire’s New Clothes: The Myth of the Commonwealth

Murphy, the director of the University of London’s Institute of Commonwealth Studies, argues that the Commonwealth of Nations does not exist.

Andrew Moravcsik

Foreign Policy January/February 2019 Capsule Review

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Empires of the Weak: The Real Story of European Expansion and the Creation of the New World Order

Europeans were rarely in a position to dominate the world solely by means of their military might. Instead, they subtly co-opted foreign elites by trading with them,...

Andrew Moravcsik

Germany January/February 2019 Capsule Review

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Berlin

Jason Lutes, a legendary artist, devoted two decades to this magisterial graphic novel about Berlin under the Weimar Republic.

Andrew Moravcsik

United Kingdom January/February 2019 Capsule Review

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Plugging In the British: Completing the Circuit

This study on Brexit argues that sober negotiations could preserve most current cooperation under another name—but that the changes that must occur will generally...

Andrew Moravcsik

Theory January/February 2019 Capsule Review

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The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History

Ratner-Rosenhagen offers a brisk walk through the American intellectual tradition, from New England Puritanism to modern pragmatism.

Walter Russell Mead

U.S. Foreign Policy January/February 2019 Capsule Review

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Grand Improvisation: America Confronts the British Superpower, 1945–1957

Leebaert’s history of the U.S.-British relationship from V-E Day to the aftermath of the 1956 Suez crisis highlights attacks the view that the postwar period saw a...

Walter Russell Mead

Middle East January/February 2019 Capsule Review

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Lords of the Desert: The Battle Between the United States and Great Britain for Supremacy in the Modern Middle East

This is a gripping story, and Barr, a gifted narrative historian, tells it well, casting light on both the history of the U.S. presence in the modern Middle East and...

Walter Russell Mead

Politics & Society January/February 2019 Capsule Review

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Reconstruction: A Concise History

Guelzo offers a concise, clear, and temperate account of one of the most complex periods in U.S. history.

Walter Russell Mead

Trump Administration January/February 2019 Capsule Review

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Fear: Trump in the White House

The latest of Woodward’s 12 books of instant history based on insider access to the White House spotlights the struggles of the often dysfunctional Trump administration.

Walter Russell Mead

Terrorism & Counterterrorism January/February 2019 Capsule Review

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Terrorism, Betrayal, and Resilience: My Story of the 1998 U.S. Embassy Bombings

Bushnell's book is an autobiography and an account of the 1998 attack.

Lawrence D. Freedman

War & Military Strategy January/February 2019 Capsule Review

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Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945–1975; Road to Disaster: A New History of America’s Descent Into Vietnam

These two books take on a familiar topic but manage to be original and thought provoking—and very different from each other.

Lawrence D. Freedman

War & Military Strategy January/February 2019 Capsule Review

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Haig’s Enemy: Crown Prince Rupprecht and Germany’s War on the Western Front; The First Soldier: Hitler as Military Leader

Military history tends to be seen through the eyes of the victors, but these two books show the two world wars from the perspective of the defeated Germans.

Lawrence D. Freedman

Science & Technology January/February 2019 Capsule Review

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Fiber: The Coming Tech Revolution—and Why America Might Miss It

This trenchant and personal book describes the powerful benefits that result from bringing ultrafast fiber-optic Internet cables directly to households and small firms.

Richard N. Cooper

Globalization January/February 2019 Capsule Review

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The Willing World: Shaping and Sharing a Sustainable Global Prosperity

Bacchus champions free foreign trade and free foreign investment, as long as they are subject to international rules and the right institutions are set up to settle...

Richard N. Cooper

Globalization January/February 2019 Capsule Review

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Discreet Power: How the World Economic Forum Shapes Market Agendas

In this informative study, Garsten and Sorbom explore both the inner workings and the communication strategies of the WEF.

Richard N. Cooper

Science & Technology January/February 2019 Capsule Review

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The Globotics Upheaval: Globalization, Robotics, and the Future of Work

This speculative book attempts to describe the future of work and explain how to prepare for it.

Richard N. Cooper

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