The Care of the Self, by Michel Foucault; Foucault: A Critical Reader, edited by David Couzens Hoy by Richard T. Marin When Michel Foucault died in 1984 at the age of fifty-seven, he had already established himself as France's reigning maitre…
Can the Sandinistas Still Be Stopped? by George Russell From the viewpoint of Nicaragua's ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), the war against U.S. "imperialism" is not going badly…
Defenders of the Faith by Robert Alter Readers may be a little surprised to discover that Cynthia Ozick's new novel, The Messiah of Stockholm, is dedicated to…
Descent to Suez, by Evelyn Shuckburgh by David Pryce-Jones Over a long period prior to World War II the British Foreign Office was a principal institution in defense not…
Fantasies About South Africa by Peter Berger "The West" has long been an important presence in the politics of South Africa. "South Africa" has now become, at…
Janus and Minerva, by Stanley Hoffmann by David Gress Inside this rather fat book by Stanley Hoffmann, a professor of international relations at Harvard and a well-known liberal proponent…
Literacy at the Barricades by James W. Tuttleton We are at present embroiled in a public crisis over the literacy of the American people, sparked a couple of…
Prophets With Tenure by Richard J. Neuhaus Michael Walzer is in the front ranks of contemporary social critics. Still, although we know what Walzer has done, until…
Strategy, by Edward N. Luttwak by Eliot A. Cohen Among civilian defense analysts, Edward Luttwak has no peer. In part this is because he is quite inimitable.
The Care of the Self, by Michel Foucault; Foucault: A Critical Reader, edited by David Couzens Hoy by Richard T. Marin When Michel Foucault died in 1984 at the age of fifty-seven, he had already established himself as France's reigning maitre…
The Lobby, by Edward Tivnan by Joshua Muravchik Edward Tivnan believes that a principal obstacle to peace in the Middle East--perhaps the principal obstacle--is Israeli intransigence.
The Selected Letters of Mark Van Doren, edited by George Hendrick by Jeffrey Hart It is startling how little remains of Mark Van Doren, how little he is present to us today, fifteen years…
