Stephen Holmes

Stephen Holmes teaches at the New York University School of Law. His most recent book is The Matador’s Cape: America’s Reckless Response to Terror (Cambridge).

Non-fictionMay 27, 2009

Vice: The Dispiriting Legacy of Dick Cheney

Assessing the stealth, subterfuge and delusion of the Cheney vice presidency.

Stephen Holmes
Non-fictionOctober 11, 2007

Apocalypse Now?

According to Chalmers Johnson, Bush’s imperial presidency may be the final chapter in the collapse of American democracy.

Stephen Holmes
Books and IdeasApril 13, 2006

John Yoo’s Tortured Logic

The Berkeley law professor’s carte blanche constitutionalism was a gift to the Bush Administration, offering legalistic justifications for lawless behavior.

Stephen Holmes
Non-fictionOctober 26, 2005

The War of the Liberals

Power and the Idealists clings to the notion that the Iraq War was waged for humanitarian ideals, while At the Point of a Gun documents the inner torment of humanitarian interventionists who, without forgetting Rwanda and Bosnia, have gazed into the Iraqi abyss.

Stephen Holmes
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Foreign PolicyApril 22, 2004

The National Insecurity State

Keen to control the flow of information, the Bush political machine has labored day and night to obstruct public oversight of US foreign policy. But the basic reality cannot be hidden.

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Stephen Holmes

Non-fictionMay 27, 2009

Assessing the stealth, subterfuge and delusion of the Cheney vice presidency.

Non-fictionOctober 11, 2007

According to Chalmers Johnson, Bush’s imperial presidency may be the final chapter in the collapse of American democracy.

Books and IdeasApril 13, 2006

The Berkeley law professor’s carte blanche constitutionalism was a gift to the Bush Administration, offering legalistic justifications for lawless behavior.

Non-fictionOctober 26, 2005

Power and the Idealists clings to the notion that the Iraq War was waged for humanitarian ideals, while At the Point of a Gun documents the inner torment of humanitarian interventionists who, without forgetting Rwanda and Bosnia, have gazed into the Iraqi abyss.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

Foreign PolicyApril 22, 2004

Keen to control the flow of information, the Bush political machine has labored day and night to obstruct public oversight of US foreign policy. But the basic reality cannot be hidden.