Requiem for a Dream Requiem for a Dream
Daniel Fuchs's The Golden West is best read as an author's requiem for the Hollywood he loved.
Sep 1, 2005 / Books & the Arts / David L. Ulin
Patriotic Bore Patriotic Bore
Two recent books on Tom Paine and on the unruly birth of US democracy reveal that liberal historians have become believers in the 'radicalism' of the American Revolution.
Aug 25, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare
After Hours After Hours
At Day's Close details everything that went on in the pre-industrial night, from fear to licentiousness.
Aug 11, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Terry Eagleton
Fables of the Reconstruction Fables of the Reconstruction
The Informant and Son of the Rough South examine the dynamics of moral choice through the lens of the civil rights movement.
Jul 28, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Diane McWhorter
Willing Executioners Willing Executioners
Machete Season is an attempt to trace what went on in the minds of the Hutus who helped exterminate their Tutsi fellow citizens in Rwanda.
Jul 14, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Fatin Abbas
No Exit Strategy No Exit Strategy
Two new books examine what went wrong in the planning and conduct of the war in Iraq.
Jul 14, 2005 / Books & the Arts / David Rieff
Giving Chutzpah New Meaning Giving Chutzpah New Meaning
Alan Dershowitz is on the defensive over his research on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Jun 23, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
The Cool War The Cool War
The US government employed jazz musicians as ambassadors to the world during the cold war.
Jun 9, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Brian Morton
Revolutionary Suicide Revolutionary Suicide
Eritrea betrayed.
May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Rice
An Acquired Taste An Acquired Taste
The story of the American products, producers and salesman that took over Europe in the last century.
May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Linda Colley