Non-fiction

Off-Key: On Paul Elie Off-Key: On Paul Elie

Can recordings of classical music ever be in concert with concert hall performances?

Dec 31, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell

Suspicious Minds: On Timothy Melley

Suspicious Minds: On Timothy Melley Suspicious Minds: On Timothy Melley

How thrillers inform spycraft, and the fictions that belie them both.

Dec 19, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Edward Luttwack’’s The Rise of China vs. the Logic of Strategy

Nov 20, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Wertheim

After the Euphoria: On the Arab Uprisings After the Euphoria: On the Arab Uprisings

What are the new rules of the political game in the Middle East? Nobody knows, but Marc Lynch’s The Arab Uprising is a useful guide.

Oct 16, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Patrick Cockburn

Exit Stage Left: The FBI and Student Radicals

Exit Stage Left: The FBI and Student Radicals Exit Stage Left: The FBI and Student Radicals

How in 1960s Berkeley the state waged a two-front war to stamp out opponents, real and imagined, to its rule.

Oct 10, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Steve Wasserman

What Remains: On the European Union What Remains: On the European Union

How the twentieth century’s confidence in social solidarity, human dignity and a better future died a slow, quiet death.

Sep 5, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Mark Mazower

Liehards: On Political Hypocrisy Liehards: On Political Hypocrisy

Hard truths about lying in politics

Aug 22, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Sophia Rosenfeld

Behind the Bureau: On the FBI

Behind the Bureau: On the FBI Behind the Bureau: On the FBI

Tim Weiner’s Enemies is not so much a history of the FBI as a compendium of interesting historical material.

Aug 22, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Beverly Gage

A World of Hillbilly Heroin A World of Hillbilly Heroin

The hollowing out of America, up close and personal.

Aug 21, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco

For Real: Torture America Style

For Real: Torture America Style For Real: Torture America Style

Institutionalized torture says not look what we can do, but look what we disown, what only the bad apples among us require.

Jul 24, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker

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