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Books and IdeasJuly 16, 2008
Intergenerational Turmoil in China
Three recent books trace the generational fault lines of the Confucian family during China’s past and present revolutions.
Matt Steinglass
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HistoryApril 3, 2008
Questions of Loyalty
Revisionist histories of the Vietnam War challenge the notion that the South Vietnam government was a dysfunctional pseudo-state.
Matt Steinglass
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Cultural Criticism and AnalysisJune 23, 2005
The Heart of the Matter
Graham Greene remains a compelling figure in this moment of moral bankruptcy.
Matt Steinglass
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Criminal JusticeJuly 1, 2004
Requiem for a Dream
In a cluster of beach bungalows in Ghana in December 2000, my wife and I encountered the Peace Corps dream.
Matt Steinglass
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FictionMarch 18, 2004
Moses Goes Down
If upon reading the first sentence of Moses Isegawa’s debut novel, Abyssinian Chronicles, in an Amsterdam bookstore a few years back, I quickly re-read it a few times and committed it to m
Matt Steinglass