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 Vol. 086 Issue 003 (May 1 2003)
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••Contents••
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 The Liberation That Went Sour
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SCHORR, DANIEL
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Washington Notebook By Daniel Schorr The Liberation That Went Sour Across a wide swath of Islamic nations, anti-Western violence is spreading like SARS. Suicide bombings show...
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Chirac's Narrow Path
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VALLS-RUSSELL, JANICE
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France and the Muslim World Chirac's Narrow Path By Janice Valls-Russell Paris There are times when politicians and their constituents seem to take pains to outdo their own...
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The China Paradox
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CHU, VALENTIN
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A Traveler's Notebook The China Paradox By Valentin Chu Communism in China is dead, but the Communist Party is thriving. That is the stunning paradox of the prosperity one sees while...
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Taking a Tough Look at Terror
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GRAY, PAUL
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SUMMER BOOKS Taking a Tough Look at Terror By Paul Gray During the 1930s, France's Socialist prime minister, Leon Blum, grew alarmed at the rants and rumblings emanating from Germany and...
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How to Succeed in Washington
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CRITCHLOW, JAMES
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How to Succeed in Washington Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History By George Crile Atlantic Monthly. 550 pp. $26.00. Reviewed by James...
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The Follies of Power Politics
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DIGGINS, JOHN PATRICK
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The Follies of Power Politics The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence, and the Will of the People By Jonathan Schell Metropolitan. 433 pp. $27.50. Reviewed by John Patrick...
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Searching for the Roots of Mass Murder
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ROSENFELD, GAVRIEL
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Searching for the Roots of Mass Murder A Century of Genocide: Utopias of Race and Nation By Eric D. Weitz Princeton. 360 pp. $29.95. Reviewed by Gavriel Rosenfeld Assistant professor of...
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An Operatic Art
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DOLMAN, JOSEPH
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An Operatic Art The Great Mayor: Fiorello La Guardia and the Making of the City of New York By Alyn Brodsky St. Martin's. 530 pp. $40.00. Reviewed by Joseph Dolman Editorial writer...
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Suspect Evidentiary Standards
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LAKOFF, SANFORD
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Suspect Evidentiary Standards Racism on Trial: The Chicano Fight for Justice By Ian F. Haney Lopez Harvard. 324 pp. $27.95. Reviewed by Sanford Lakoff Professor emeritus of political...
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Lord of the Black Tower
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SHEPPARD, RON
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Lord of the Black Tower When Hollywood Had a King: The Reign of Lew Wasserman By Connie Bruck Random. 512 pp. $29.95. Reviewed by Ron Sheppard Freelance writer and critic Admirers of...
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The Inner Conflict
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ROSENFELD, ALVIN H.
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The Inner Conflict A People Who Live Apart: Jewish Identity and the Future of Israel By Els van Diggele Prometheus. 310 pp. $28.00. Reviewed by Alvin H. Rosenfeld Professor of English;...
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A Crucial Turning Point?
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GROSSMAN, LAWRENCE
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A Crucial Turning Point? Support Any Friend: Kennedy's Middle East and the Making of the U.S.-Israel Alliance By Warren Bass Oxford. 336 pp. $30.00. Reviewed by Lawrence...
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What Wilson Wrought
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O'NEILL, WILLIAM L.
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What Wilson Wrought The Illusion of Victory: America in World War I By Thomas Fleming Basic Books. 576 pp. $35.00. Reviewed by William L. O'Neill Professor of history, Rutgers; author, "A...
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Eisenhower as 'Military Statesman'
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PARMET, HERBERT
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Eisenhower as 'Military Statesman' General Ike: A Personal Reminiscence By John S. D. Eisenhower Free Press. 277 pp. $27.00. Reviewed by Herbert Parmet Professor emeritus of history, City...
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Deft Staging and Spinning
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GRAFF, HENRY F.
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Deft Staging and Spinning The Modern American Presidency By Lewis L. Gould Kansas. 301pp. $29.95. Reviewed by Henry F. Graff Professor emeritus of history, Columbia; author,...
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Midlife Passions
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ALLEN, BROOKE
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On Fiction Midlife Passions By Brooke Allen Middle age is supposed to be a time of cooling down. Passion has safely receded into the past; marriage dulls the emotions with custom and...
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A Feminist Folk Tale
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HASKELL, MOLLY
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A Feminist Folk Tale The Probable Future By Alice Hoffman Doubleday. 336 pp. $24.95. Reviewed by Molly Haskell Film critic and author We are drawn to certain writers over others by the...
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Stumbling from Stage to Page
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BROWN, ROSELLEN
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Stumbling from Stage to Page Getting Mother's Body By Suzan-Lori Parks Random. 257 pp. $23.95. Reviewed by Rosellen Brown Author, "Half a Heart," "Street Games" IT IS a matter of little...
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The Secular vs. the Spiritual
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REICH, TOVA
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The Secular vs. the Spiritual Liars and Saints By Maile Meloy Scribner. 260 pp. $24.00. Reviewed by Tova Reich Author, "The Jewish War" Mauje Meloy's strengths as a writer are her ability...
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Breaking Away from the Herd
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PRICE, CINDY
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Breaking Away from the Herd The Quality of Life Report By Meghan Daum Viking. 309 pp. $24.95. Reviewed by Cindy Price Freelance writer and critic There is a freshly designated shelf...
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Questions of Guilt and Complicity
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KAMINE, MARK
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Questions of Guilt and Complicity Schopenhauer's Telescope By Gerard Donovan Counterpoint. 288 pp. $25.00. Reviewed by Mark Kamine Short story writer; contributor, "Times...
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The Music of Words
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PETTINGELL, PHOEBE
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On Poetry The Music of Words By Phoebe Pettingell For much of the 20th century a fierce debate raged among English-speaking poets and their readers about the value of traditional uses of...
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War in Real Time
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FRANK, REUVEN
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On Television War in Real Time By Reuven Frank Almost 2500 years ago, the young soldier Pheidippides ran the 40 kilometers from Marathon to tell the citizens of Athens their army had...
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Bantock's Banter and Bravura
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SIMON, JOHN
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On Music Bantock's Banter and Bravura By John Simon If his distinguished surgeon father had prevailed, Sir Granville Bantock(1869-1946)wouldhave become a chemical engineer or Indian...
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three Home Runs
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KANFER, STEFAN
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On Stage Three Home Runs By Stefan Kanfer In a Parisian suburb, a dinner engagement obeys both the letter and the spirit of Murphy's Law: Everything that can go wrong will go wrong. The host...
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