Kennan: The Fallible Prophet We Need

Kennan: The Fallible Prophet We Need

by | Nov 5, 2023

George Kennan for Our Time  By Lee Congdon. Northern Illinois University Press, 2022. Paperback, 232 pages, $19.95. Reviewed by Francis P. Sempa. The United States in the early 21st century, Lee Congdon writes, suffers from a wayward internationalist foreign policy...
Non-Western Conservatism

Non-Western Conservatism

by | Aug 13, 2023

Russian Conservatism By Paul Robinson. Northern Illinois University Press, 2019. Hardcover, 300 pages, $41.95. Reviewed by Matthew Slaboch. On February 24, 2022, Russian military forces under the order of President Vladimir Putin invaded neighboring Ukraine,...
Inside the Split Mind of George Kennan

Inside the Split Mind of George Kennan

by | Jul 23, 2023

Kennan: A Life Between Worlds By Frank Costigliola. Princeton University Press, 2023.  Hardcover, 648 pages, $39.95. Reviewed by John C. Chalberg. Biographies of George Frost Kennan can have tales of their own. Or so concludes Kennan’s most recent biographer,...
Reagan as Peacemaking Cold Warrior

Reagan as Peacemaking Cold Warrior

by | Jul 2, 2023

The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink By William Inboden. Dutton, 2022. Hardcover, 608 pages, $35. Reviewed by Jason C. Phillips. Mikhail Gorbachev’s recent death has led to a renewed interest in the Cold War, making the recent...
The Troubled Science of the Middle East

The Troubled Science of the Middle East

by | May 14, 2023

The Political Science of the Middle East: Theory and Research Since the Arab Uprisings Edited by Marc Lynch, Jillian Schwedler, and Sean Yom. Oxford University Press, 2022. Paperback, $29.95, 320 Pages. Reviewed by Samuel Sweeney. The last ten years have upended the...