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Fleeing to the Oceans
Leti Volpp Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 3:10 PM
A review of Jeffrey S. Kahn, "Islands of Sovereignty: Haitian Migration and the Borders of Empire" (University of Chicago Press, 2019)
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The Irony of 'White House Warriors'
Christopher Fonzone Thu, Aug 15, 2019, 3:28 PM
A review of John Gans, "White House Warriors: How the National Security Council Transformed the American Way of War" (Liveright, 2019).
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Partisan Politics and Federal Law Enforcement: The Promise and Corruption of Reconstruction
Daniel Richman Mon, Jul 22, 2019, 3:22 PM
A review of Charles Lane, ‘Freedom’s Detective: The Secret Service, the Ku Klux Klan and the Man Who Masterminded America’s First War on Terror" (Hanover Square Press, 2019)
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How to Lose the Rule of Law
Mary Ellen O’Connell Tue, Jul 16, 2019, 2:47 PM
Review of Rebecca Sanders, “Plausible Legality: Legal Culture and Political Imperative in the Global War on Terror” (New York: Oxford University Press, 2018)
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Wishful Nationalism
Peter Spiro Tue, Jun 11, 2019, 2:00 PM
A review of Yael Tamir, “Why Nationalism” (Princeton University Press, 2019)
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Keeping the Adversary’s Secrets Secret
Sam Winter-Levy Wed, Apr 17, 2019, 5:11 PM
A review of Austin Carson, “Secret Wars: Covert Conflict in International Politics” (Princeton University Press, 2018)
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Justice, the Rule of Law and the Role of the Prosecutor
Chuck Rosenberg Tue, Mar 12, 2019, 2:06 PM
A review of Preet Bharara, "Doing Justice: A Prosecutor’s Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and The Rule of Law" (Knopf, 2019)
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Jewish Human Rights
Doreen Lustig Thu, Dec 13, 2018, 3:57 PM
A review of James Loeffler, “Rooted Cosmopolitans: Jews and Human Rights in the Twentieth Century” (Yale UP, 2018)
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A User’s Guide to Ending the Trump Presidency
Gabriel Schoenfeld Tue, Dec 4, 2018, 3:57 PM
A review of David Priess, “How to Get Rid of a President: History’s Guide to Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief Executives” (PublicAffairs, 2018)
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Presidents and War Powers
Matthew Waxman Thu, Nov 15, 2018, 2:29 PM
A review of Michael Beschloss, “Presidents of War” (Crown Books, 2018).