Non-fiction

The View From the Top Table: On Timothy Garton Ash The View From the Top Table: On Timothy Garton Ash

Timothy Garton Ash is a fine writer of "analytic reportage," but his work has lately displayed symptoms of columnitis.

Nov 10, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Stefan Collini

That Seventies Show

That Seventies Show That Seventies Show

The continuous readjustment of expectations downward: For historians like Jefferson Cowie and Judith Stein, that was the key experience of the 1970s.

Oct 20, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein

Representative Women

Representative Women Representative Women

Christine Stansell's The Feminist Promise is a landmark book, yet is indifferent to the role of ideas in feminism's history.

Oct 6, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Martha C. Nussbaum

Fair Warning Fair Warning

In Our Orbit: Tom Engelhardt's The American Way of War.

Oct 6, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Frederick Deknatel

Unsettled: The Great Plains Unsettled: The Great Plains

The myths and misconceptions that distort the beauty and problems of the Plains.

Sep 15, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Charles Petersen

How Much Do We Learn From the First Cut of History? How Much Do We Learn From the First Cut of History?

One year later, the blockbuster Game Change can be read as much for how little election narratives explain about history as for the story of the 2008 campaign.

Sep 8, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Julian E. Zelizer

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Ruth Harris's Dreyfus; Deborah Amos's Eclipse of the Sunnis.

Sep 2, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

The Book of Amos: On Gideon Levy The Book of Amos: On Gideon Levy

Because of Gaza, "everything is tainted" in Israel, according to Gideon Levy.

Aug 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ben Ehrenreich

Resisting Reforms: On Diane Ravitch Resisting Reforms: On Diane Ravitch

In The Death and Life of the Great American School System, Diane Ravitch has found a new métier as a critic of neo-capitalist school reform.

Aug 12, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Joseph Featherstone

A Wedge Against Tyranny A Wedge Against Tyranny

Franklin Roosevelt v. the Supreme Court.

Jul 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell

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