The Letters of Evelyn Waugh, edited by Mark Amory by George Lane There can be little doubt that the least trendy literary talent of our century was the British novelist Evelyn Arthur…
Anti-Semitism and American History by Jonathan D. Sarna The portrait of early America in many American Jewish history textbooks is an alluring one. No anti-Semitism mars the Eden-like…
Carter’s Last Capitulation by Joseph W. Bishop On January 19 and 20, James Earl Carter, Jr., then President of the United States, brought to what he evidently…
Fire in the Minds of Men, by James H. Billington by Peter Shaw Revolution and its political opposite, reaction, are usually approached by scholars in quite different ways. Where the revolutionary tradition tends…
Group Memory, by Alston Chase; Education and the Democratic Ideal, by Steven M. Cahn by Chester E. Finn Anyone who spent part of the late 60's or early 70's on an American college campus, but has not been…
Independent Journey: The Life of William O. Douglas, by James F. Simon by Herman Belz Many historians of the Supreme Court in the pre-New Deal era emphasized the relationship between economic interests and legal principles.…
Portrait of a Hero by Ruth R. Wisse The general-information section of the Israel telephone directory contains a significant guide to the collective consciousness of the country. Because…
The Election & the Evangelicals by Earl Raab Since last year's presidential campaign, many political observers have expressed deep concern over the growing political power of orthodox Christian…
The Jew in the Modern World: A Documentary History, edited by Paul R. Mendes-Flohr and Jehuda Reinharz by David Vital There are at least two good reasons for extracting this book from the great pile of new college textbooks that…
The Letters of Evelyn Waugh, edited by Mark Amory by George Lane There can be little doubt that the least trendy literary talent of our century was the British novelist Evelyn Arthur…
The Prestige Press and the Christmas Bombing, 1972, by Martin F. Herz by Charles Horner In early October 1972, the United States and North Vietnam seemed on the verge of an agreement to end the…
What Happened to the Schools by Joseph Adelson It is only recently, and only by hindsight, that we have been able to appreciate the enormous stresses imposed upon…
