Gandhi and South Africa Gandhi and South Africa
Why was Joseph Lelyveld’s history of Gandhi’s years in South Africa attacked by India’s Hindu right?
Oct 12, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Martha C. Nussbaum
Innocents Lost: On Postwar Orphans Innocents Lost: On Postwar Orphans
Tara Zahra explains why orphaned children held a special grip on Europe’s postwar imagination.
Oct 12, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Holly Case
Getting to Denmark: On Francis Fukuyama Getting to Denmark: On Francis Fukuyama
The Origins of Political Order, a work of total world history, pits the old Fukuyama against the new.
Oct 5, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Meaney
The Truth About the Civil War The Truth About the Civil War
Too many Americans have fallen prey to narratives that erase the role of slavery in the war’s origins and legacy.
Sep 21, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
Whispers of Jackie O Whispers of Jackie O
The former first lady speaks from beyond the grave—and shows how far we’ve come (and haven’t).
Sep 21, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt
Uncertainty and Anxiety: On Khrushchev’s Thaw Uncertainty and Anxiety: On Khrushchev’s Thaw
Why did different segments of the Soviet population experience Khrushchev’s reforms in radically different ways?
Sep 6, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Nathans
Epitaph for Another September 11 Epitaph for Another September 11
Chile and the United States offer contrasting models of how to react to a collective trauma.
Aug 30, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Ariel Dorfman
Double Vantage: On Jorge Castañeda Double Vantage: On Jorge Castañeda
In Mañana Forever? Jorge Castañeda chronicles the growth of the middle class to argue that Mexico is not a failed state.
Aug 30, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Natasha Wimmer
Moral Portents: On Adam Goodheart Moral Portents: On Adam Goodheart
Capes, torches, secret meetings! Adam Goodheart’s 1861 tells the story of the unyielding idealism awakened by the Civil War.
Aug 30, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Wineapple
Trains in Vain: On Richard White Trains in Vain: On Richard White
The building of the transcontinental railroads is not the story of a managerial revolution, argues Richard White, but of incompetence and corruption rewarded.
Aug 30, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Robin Einhorn