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Volume 124 · Number 1 · Spring 2009
The 2008 Presidential and Congressional Elections: Anti-Bush Referendum and Prospects for the Democratic Majority

pp. 1-30

GARY C. JACOBSON analyzes the 2008 presidential and congressional elections. He concludes that the elections were, through myriad pathways, largely a referendum on the Bush administration and a reaction to the economic meltdown. He questions whether Democratic Party control of the presidency and Congress will be a stable phenomenon.

Volume 124 · Number 1 · Spring 2009
Herbert J. Gans, Imagining America in 2033: How the Country Put Itself Together after Bush

pp. 169-170

Reviewed by Jennifer L. Hochschild

Volume 124 · Number 1 · Spring 2009
Yong Deng, China's Struggle for Status: The Realignment of International Relations

pp. 177-178

Reviewed by Andrew Scobell

Volume 124 · Number 1 · Spring 2009
Colin Gordon, Mapping Decline: St. Louis and the Fate of the American City

pp. 180-182

Reviewed by Kenneth T. Jackson

Volume 124 · Number 1 · Spring 2009
Edward J. Lincoln, Winners Without Losers: Why Americans Should Care More About Global Economic Policy

pp. 205-206

Reviewed by Thomas D. Willett

Volume 124 · Number 2 · Summer 2009
Freedom Fighters and Zealots: Al Qaeda in Historical Perspective

pp. 269-296

CHRISTOPHER J. FETTWEIS argues that too many post-September 11 analyses of terrorism seem to regard the phenomenon as brand new. Terrorism has existed throughout history, and its groups come in two forms: nationalist and ideological. This simple binary typology illuminates a number of important characteristics of terrorism, from group strategy and tactics to overall life expectancy. Perhaps most important, counter-terrorism measures that prove effective against groups in one category will often fail against those in the other.

Volume 124 · Number 2 · Summer 2009
Stephen Skowronek, Presidential Leadership in Political Time: Reprise and Reappraisal

pp. 341-342

Reviewed by Richard Holtzman

Volume 124 · Number 2 · Summer 2009
Emmett H. Buell, Jr. and Lee Sigelman, Attack Politics: Negativity in Presidential Campaigns Since 1960

pp. 349-350

Reviewed by Darrell M. West

Volume 124 · Number 2 · Summer 2009
, Virginia Page Fortna, Does Peacekeeping Work? Shaping Belligerents’ Choices after Civil War; Lise Morjé Howard, UN Peacekeeping in Civil Wars

pp. 352-354

Reviewed by Richard Gowan

Volume 124 · Number 3 · Fall 2009
Human Rights and Public Opinion: From Attitudes to Action

pp. 443-459

SHAREEN HERTEL, LYLE SCRUGGS, and C. PATRICK HEIDKAMP examine original public opinion data on American attitudes regarding human rights and ethical consumption. They find a higher acceptance of economic rights than have previous studies, and a high willingness to pay for ethically produced goods—though with notable variation among demographic groups.

Volume 124 · Number 3 · Fall 2009
Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft, America and the World: Conversations on the Future of American Foreign Policy

pp. 537-540

Reviewed by Tony Smith

Volume 124 · Number 3 · Fall 2009
Gordon M. Goldstein, Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam

pp. 540-541

Reviewed by Bruce W. Jentleson

Volume 124 · Number 3 · Fall 2009
Sean Theriault, Party Polarization in Congress

pp. 551-552

Reviewed by Nolan McCarty

Volume 124 · Number 3 · Fall 2009
Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Joseph N. Cappella, Echo Chamber: Rush Limbaugh and the Conservative Media Establishment

pp. 560-562

Reviewed by Danny Hayes

Volume 124 · Number 4 · Winter 2009-10
The False Promise of the Nobel Peace Prize

pp. 593-625

RONALD R. KREBS discusses the history, politics, and effects of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize. While conferral of the Prize seeks to change the world, Krebs argues the award only occasionally draws attention to ignored problems. He claims that the award has sometimes produced unexpected and unwanted outcomes, which have become more common in recent years as the Peace Prize has increasingly been awarded to promote domestic liberalization.

Volume 124 · Number 4 · Winter 2009-10
Helen J. Knowles, The Tie Goes to Freedom: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on Liberty

pp. 721-722

Reviewed by Geoffrey R. Stone

Volume 124 · Number 4 · Winter 2009-10
David W. Moore, The Opinion Makers: An Insider Exposes the Truth Behind the Polls

pp. 722-724

Reviewed by Robert Y. Shapiro

Volume 124 · Number 4 · Winter 2009-10
Ivo H. Daalder and I.M. Destler, In the Shadow of the Oval Office: Profiles of the National Security Advisers and the Presidents they Served—From JFK to George W. Bush

pp. 739-740

Reviewed by Brent A. Strathman

Volume 124 · Number 4 · Winter 2009-10
Kent E. Calder, Pacific Alliance: Reviving U.S.–Japan Relations

pp. 761-762

Reviewed by Kenneth B. Pyle

Volume 123 · Number 1 · Spring 2008
On To the Convention!

p. 1-9

JASON BELLO and ROBERT Y. SHAPIRO argue that the extended campaign needed to determine the 2008 presidential candidates for the Democratic Party was not surprising, given the current delegate selection rules across the states. The 2008 campaign is a test case for whether the national party conventions themselves, not the voters, will ever again be the final deciders of the presidential candidates.

Volume 123 · Number 1 · Spring 2008
Daniel L. Byman and Kenneth M. Pollack, Things Fall Apart: Containing the Spillover from an Iraqi Civil War

pp. 157-158

Reviewed by James J. Wirtz

Volume 123 · Number 1 · Spring 2008
W. Lance Bennett, Regina G. Lawrence, and Steven Livingston, When the Press Fails: Political Power and the News Media from Iraq to Katrina

pp. 167-168

Reviewed by Doris A. Graber

Volume 123 · Number 1 · Spring 2008
Thomas P. Kim, The Racial Logic of Politics: Asian Americans and Party Competition

pp. 180-181

Reviewed by Claire Jean Kim

Volume 123 · Number 1 · Spring 2008
David L. Leal, Electing America’s Governors: The Politics of Executive Elections

pp. 183-184

Reviewed by Thad Kousser

Volume 123 · Number 2 · Summer 2008
Does One Right Make a Realist? Conservatism, Neoconservatism, and Isolationism in the Foreign Policy Ideology of American Elites

pp. 271-300

BRIAN C. RATHBUN looks at whether we can speak meaningfully of an ideological ‘‘right’’ in foreign policy. Through a brief historical review and an analysis of a survey of American political elites, he argues that there are in fact three ideological rights, bound together by an egoistic pursuit of the national interest but utilizing very different strategies.

Volume 123 · Number 2 · Summer 2008
Mohammed M. Hafez, Suicide Bombers in Iraq: The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom

pp. 321-323

Reviewed by Mia Bloom

Volume 123 · Number 2 · Summer 2008
Debra L. Dodson, The Impact of Women in Congress

pp. 347-349

Reviewed by Georgia Duerst-Lahti

Volume 123 · Number 2 · Summer 2008
Sarwar A. Kashmeri, America and Europe after 9/11 and Iraq: The Great Divide

pp. 355-356

Reviewed by Thomas Alan Schwartz

Volume 123 · Number 3 · Fall 2008
Psychological Reflections on Barack Obama and John McCain: Assessing the Contours of a New Presidential Administration

pp. 391-434

STANLEY A. RENSHON analyzes the probable psychological baseline contours of a Barack Obama or John McCain presidency. He explores the psychology, worldview, and approach to leadership that are likely to inform and shape the presidency of each candidate in the context of his own developmental history and the psychology of public expectations and concerns.

Volume 123 · Number 3 · Fall 2008
Kenneth F. Greene, Why Dominant Parties Lose: Mexico's Democratization in Comparative Perspective

pp. 502-503

Reviewed by Jorge I. Domínguez

Volume 123 · Number 3 · Fall 2008
Elizabeth Borgwardt, A New Deal for the World: America's Vision for Human Rights

pp. 507-509

Reviewed by Peter Juviler

Volume 123 · Number 3 · Fall 2008
Kathleen M. Shaw, Sara Goldrick-Rab, Christopher Mazzeo, and Jerry A. Jacobs, Putting Poor People to Work: How the Work-First Idea Eroded College Access for the Poor

pp. 518-519

Reviewed by Sandra K. Danziger

Volume 123 · Number 3 · Fall 2008
Lee W. Anderson, Congress and the Classroom: From the Cold War to “No Child Left Behind”

pp. 529-531

Reviewed by Priscilla Wohlstetter

Volume 123 · Number 4 · Winter 2008-09
The Political and Economic Forces Shaping Concentrated Poverty

pp. 555-571

WILLIAM JULIUS WILSON examines the racial and nonracial political forces as well as the impersonal economic forces that have adversely impacted inner-city areas. He suggests a new policy agenda that reflects an awareness and appreciation of the effects of systemic changes on poor urban neighborhoods.

Volume 123 · Number 4 · Winter 2008-09
Neil Vidmar and Valerie P. Hans, American Juries: The Verdict

pp. 677-678

Reviewed by Geoffrey R. Stone

Volume 123 · Number 4 · Winter 2008-09
Abdulkader H. Sinno, Organizations at War in Afghanistan and Beyond

pp. 678-679

Reviewed by Kimberly Marten

Volume 123 · Number 4 · Winter 2008-09
Uwe Steinhoff, On the Ethics of War and Terrorism

pp. 685-686

Reviewed by Jerome Slater

Volume 123 · Number 4 · Winter 2008-09
Colleen M. Grogan and Michael K. Gusmano, Healthy Voices, Unhealthy Silence: Advocacy and Health Policy for the Poor

pp. 694-696

Reviewed by Michael Givel

Volume 122 · Number 1 · Spring 2007
Referendum: The 2006 Midterm Congressional Elections

pp. 1-24

GARY C. JACOBSON analyzes the 2006 midterm election as a referendum on the performance of President Bush, the war in Iraq, and the Republican Congress. He argues that the Democrats won control of Congress by nationalizing the election and exploiting widespread public discontent with the Republican regime to overcome the Republicans’ formidable structural advantage in present-day electoral politics.

Volume 122 · Number 1 · Spring 2007
Jeffrey T. Richelson, Spying on the Bomb: American Nuclear Intelligence from Nazi Germany to Iran and North Korea

pp. 146-147

Reviewed by Robert Jervis

Volume 122 · Number 1 · Spring 2007
P. Edward Haley, Strategies of Dominance: The Misdirection of U.S. Foreign Policy

pp. 161-163

Reviewed by David V. Edwards

Volume 122 · Number 1 · Spring 2007
Jason Scott Smith, Building New Deal Liberalism: The Political Economy of Public Works, 1933-1956

pp. 173-174

Reviewed by Gary Mucciaroni

Volume 122 · Number 2 · Summer 2007
Iran’s Nuclear Challenge

pp. 189-205

COLIN DUECK and RAY TAKEYH describe the political, ideological and security motivations behind Iran’s nuclear program and examine various strategic alternatives available to the United States. They conclude that the United States should pursue comprehensive, direct negotiations with Tehran on the nuclear issue, within an overarching framework of containment.

Volume 122 · Number 2 · Summer 2007
Karen DeYoung, Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell

pp. 313-315

Reviewed by Fred I. Greenstein

Volume 122 · Number 2 · Summer 2007
Jonathan Renshon, Why Leaders Choose War: The Psychology of Prevention

pp. 315-316

Reviewed by Yael S. Aronoff

Volume 122 · Number 2 · Summer 2007
Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein, The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track

pp. 323-324

Reviewed by Sean M. Theriault

Volume 122 · Number 2 · Summer 2007
Walter F. Baber and Robert V. Bartlett, Deliberative Environmental Politics: Democracy and Ecological Rationality

pp. 346-348

Reviewed by Simone Chambers

Volume 122 · Number 3 · Fall 2007
The UN Security Council’s Response to Terrorism: Before and After September 11, 2001

pp. 409-432

HILDE HAALAND KRAMER and STEVE A. YETIV argue that the UN Security Council’s response to global terrorism has been more forceful and comprehensive since September 11 and that it has broken some new ground. The authors posit that although the UN remains controversial in the United States, Washington benefited from its response to September 11, as imperfect as it was.

Volume 122 · Number 3 · Fall 2007
Ron Suskind, The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America’s Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11

pp. 481-482

Reviewed by Akira Iriye

Volume 122 · Number 3 · Fall 2007
John W. Garver, China and Iran: Ancient Partners in a Post-Imperial World

pp. 482-484

Reviewed by Andrew J. Nathan

Volume 122 · Number 3 · Fall 2007
Bob Woodward, State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III

pp. 489-492

Reviewed by Stanley A. Renshon

Volume 122 · Number 3 · Fall 2007
Daron R. Shaw, The Race to 270: The Electoral College and the Campaign Strategies of 2000 and 2004

pp. 511-512

Reviewed by Michael John Burton

Volume 122 · Number 4 · Winter 2007-08
From the ‘‘Red Juggernaut’’ to Iraqi WMD: Threat Inflation and How It Succeeds in the United States

pp. 555-584

JEFFREY M. CAVANAUGH analyzes the process of ‘‘threat inflation’’ in the United States by examining three positive cases and one negative case of threat inflation since 1945. He concludes that successful threat inflation and hawkish policies stem from the interaction of several factors.

Volume 122 · Number 4 · Winter 2007-08
Robert M. Pallitto and William G. Weaver, Presidential Secrecy and the Law

pp. 657-658

Reviewed by John M. Ackerman

Volume 122 · Number 4 · Winter 2007-08
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower

pp. 658-660

Reviewed by Steven R. David

Volume 122 · Number 4 · Winter 2007-08
Sanford Levinson, Our Undemocratic Constitution: Where the Constitution Goes Wrong (and How We the People Can Correct It)

pp. 663-664

Reviewed by Michael C. Dorf

Volume 121 · Number 1 · Spring 2006
An Empirical Analysis of Failed Intelligence Reforms Before September 11

pp. 33-60

AMY B. ZEGART examines the failures to reform U.S. intelligence agencies before the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks. She finds that during the 1990s, intelligence officials and policy makers understood the rising terrorist threat and the urgent need for reform, but failed to address critical organizational deficiencies.

Volume 121 · Number 1 · Spring 2006
Richard Davis, Electing Justice: Fixing the Supreme Court Nomination Process

pp. 141-142

Reviewed by Donald Grier Stephenson, Jr.

Volume 121 · Number 1 · Spring 2006
Charles Tilly, Trust and Rule

pp. 148-150

Reviewed by Omar G. Encarnación

Volume 121 · Number 1 · Spring 2006
Mia Bloom, Dying To Kill: The Allure of Suicide Terror

pp. 151-152

Reviewed by Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca

Volume 121 · Number 1 · Spring 2006
Ali Carkoglu and Barry Rubin, eds., Greek-Turkish Relations in an Era of Détente

pp. 160-161

Reviewed by Nikolaos Zahariadis

Volume 121 · Number 2 · Summer 2006
Tragic Choices in the War on Terrorism: Should We Try to Regulate and Control Torture?

pp. 191-215

JEROME SLATER argues that in certain circumstances in the war on terrorism, the coercion or perhaps even the torture of captured terrorists may be both necessary for national security and morally a lesser evil than the preventable mass murder of innocents.

Volume 121 · Number 2 · Summer 2006
John Lewis Gaddis, The Cold War: A New History

pp. 321-322

Reviewed by Fred I. Greenstein

Volume 121 · Number 2 · Summer 2006
David L. Phillips, Losing Iraq: Inside the Postwar Reconstruction Fiasco

pp. 333-334

Reviewed by Patrice C. McMahon

Volume 121 · Number 2 · Summer 2006
Sharon E. Jarvis, The Talk of the Party: Political Labels, Symbolic Capital and American Life

pp. 344-345

Reviewed by Darrell M. West

Volume 121 · Number 2 · Summer 2006
Jennifer L. Lawless and Richard L. Fox, It Takes a Candidate: Why Women Don’t Run for Office

pp. 354-355

Reviewed by Elizabeth S. Smith

Volume 121 · Number 3 · Fall 2006
The Geneva Conventions and New Wars

pp. 369-395

RENÉE DE NEVERS explores how ‘‘new’’ wars—ranging from civil wars to asymmetric war—and new warriors, including warlords, private security companies, and children, fit within the Geneva Conventions. Although the nature of warfare and warriors has changed from the time the Conventions were adopted in 1949, she challenges the view that the Conventions should be abandoned. Rather, she argues, the Conventions should be revitalized to address a broader spectrum of war, because this will generate greater international support for U.S. efforts to combat terrorism.

Volume 121 · Number 3 · Fall 2006
Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor, Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq

pp. 499-501

Reviewed by Robert Jervis

Volume 121 · Number 3 · Fall 2006
, Robert Lieber, The American Era: Power and Strategy for the 21st Century; Michael Mandelbaum, The Case for Goliath: How America Acts as the World’s Government in the Twenty-first Century

pp. 501-503

Reviewed by Patrice McMahon

Volume 121 · Number 3 · Fall 2006
Nelson W. Polsby, How Congress Evolves: Social Bases of Institutional Change

pp. 510-512

Reviewed by Alan Ware

Volume 121 · Number 4 · Winter 2006-07
Airbus and Boeing: Strengths and Limitations of Strong States

pp. 629-651

JOHN G. FRANCIS and ALEX F. PEVZNER focus on the rise of Airbus in the global aviation market over the past three decades to near parity with Boeing. They argue that the fortunes of Airbus cannot be understood without recognizing that historically, the manufacture of large commercial aircraft has been shaped by the industrial policies of strong states. The European consortium that produced Airbus was able to work as a strong state, anticipating the deepening economic integration of the European Union.

Volume 121 · Number 4 · Winter 2006-07
Thomas G. Hansford and James F. Spriggs II, The Politics of Precedent on the U.S. Supreme Court

pp. 699-700

Reviewed by Mark S. Hurwitz

Volume 121 · Number 4 · Winter 2006-07
Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder, Electing to Fight: Why Emerging Democracies Go to War

pp. 701-703

Reviewed by Bruce Russett

Volume 121 · Number 4 · Winter 2006-07
Mikhail A. Alexseev, Immigration Phobia and the Security Dilemma: Russia, Europe, and the United States

pp. 706-707

Reviewed by Kimberly Marten

Volume 121 · Number 4 · Winter 2006-07
Peter L. Francia, The Future of Organized Labor in American Politics

pp. 722-723

Reviewed by Joseph A. McCartin

Volume 120 · Number 1 · Spring 2005
The Implications of Leadership Change in the Arab World

pp. 59-83

DANIEL L. BYMAN addresses how changes in leadership in the Arab world will affect the region’s politics and relationship to the United States. He pays particular attention to identifying which factors hinge upon individual leaders, which are related to particular regimes, and which are inherent to the interests of the state in question.

Volume 120 · Number 1 · Spring 2005
Noah Feldman, What We Owe Iraq: War and the Ethics of Nation Building

pp. 133-134

Reviewed by Robert I. Rotberg

Volume 120 · Number 1 · Spring 2005
Nancy Bermeo, Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times: The Citizenry and the Breakdown of Democracy

pp. 137-138

Reviewed by Marc Morjé Howard

Volume 120 · Number 1 · Spring 2005
James M. Goldgeier and Michael McFaul, Power and Purpose: U.S. Policy Toward Russia After the Cold War

pp. 152-154

Reviewed by Peter Juviler

Volume 120 · Number 1 · Spring 2005
Edward D. Berkowitz, Robert Ball and the Politics of Social Security

pp. 166-167

Reviewed by Brian Balogh

Volume 120 · Number 2 · Summer 2005
What Political Institutions Does Large-Scale Democracy Require?

pp. 187-197

ROBERT A. DAHL examines the political institutions necessary for a democratic country. He argues that a large-scale democracy requires the following political institutions: elected officials; free, fair, and frequent elections; freedom of expression; alternative sources of information; associational autonomy; and inclusive citizenship.

Volume 120 · Number 2 · Summer 2005
Jie Chen, Popular Political Support in Urban China

pp. 303-304

Reviewed by Andrew J. Nathan

Volume 120 · Number 2 · Summer 2005
Francis Fukuyama, State-Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century

pp. 307-308

Reviewed by Richard Rosecrance

Volume 120 · Number 2 · Summer 2005
Leonard C. Feldman, Citizens Without Shelter: Homelessness, Democracy, and Political Exclusion

pp. 309-310

Reviewed by Ralph da Costa Nunez

Volume 120 · Number 2 · Summer 2005
Jeb Barnes, Overruled? Legislative Overrides, Pluralism, and Contemporary Court–Congress Relations

pp. 317-318

Reviewed by Keith E. Whittington

Volume 120 · Number 3 · Fall 2005
Why the Bush Doctrine Cannot Be Sustained

pp. 351-377

ROBERT JERVIS argues that despite some successes, the Bush Doctrine cannot be sustained because it has many internal contradictions, requires more sustained domestic support than is possible, makes excessive demands on intelligence, places too much faith in democracy, and is overly ambitious. It will, however, be difficult to construct a replacement foreign policy.

Volume 120 · Number 3 · Fall 2005
Michael Comiskey, Seeking Justices: The Judging of Supreme Court Nominees

pp. 508-509

Reviewed by Ronald Stidham

Volume 120 · Number 3 · Fall 2005
Stanley Hoffmann with Frédéric Bozo, Gulliver Unbound: America’s Imperial Temptation and the War in Iraq

pp. 509-510

Reviewed by Ronald R. Krebs

Volume 120 · Number 3 · Fall 2005
Pradeep K. Chhibber and Ken Kollman, The Formation of National Party Systems: Federalism and Party Competition in Canada, Great Britain, India, and the United States

pp. 523-524

Reviewed by Joseph LaPalombara

Volume 120 · Number 4 · Winter 2005-06
Killing Civilians Intentionally: Double Effect, Reprisal, and Necessity in the Middle East

pp. 555-579

MICHAEL L. GROSS examines the arguments that Palestinians and Israelis offer when innocent lives are taken. He challenges Palestinian claims that existential threats (supreme emergency) or reprisals for past wrongs can justify terror attacks on noncombatants. At the same time, he objects to Israeli explanations that invoke the doctrine of double effect and claim that noncombatants are not killed intentionally but die as an unintended side effect of necessary military operations.

Volume 120 · Number 4 · Winter 2005-06
Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan

pp. 675-676

Reviewed by Robert Jervis

Volume 120 · Number 4 · Winter 2005-06
Thomas W. Lippman, Inside the Mirage: America’s Fragile Partnership with Saudi Arabia

pp. 678-679

Reviewed by Joseph A. Kéchichian

Volume 120 · Number 4 · Winter 2005-06
James A. Stimson, Tides of Consent: How Public Opinion Shapes American Politics

pp. 685-686

Reviewed by Fay Lomax Cook

Volume 119 · Number 1 · Spring 2004
Presidential Selection: Electoral Fallacies

pp. 21-37

JACK N. RAKOVE examines the conventional arguments made on behalf of preserving the state-based system of presidential elections and concludes that the familiar defenses of the electoral college are fallacious. If one person-one vote is the fundamental norm of modern democracy, there is no persuasive rationale that can legitimate the leveraging effect of the “senatorial bump” on the voting weights of differently sized states.

Volume 119 · Number 1 · Spring 2004
Presidential Selection: Complex Problems and Simple Solutions

pp. 39-59

JUDITH A. BEST analyzes the electoral vote system in terms of six complex and interdependent goals for presidential elections and concludes that the current system, although not perfect, meets them all. She then examines six alternative plans for presidential selection and concludes that they would deform, rather than reform, our presidential elections.

Volume 119 · Number 1 · Spring 2004
Philip B. Heymann, Terrorism, Freedom, and Security: Winning Without War

pp. 179-180

Reviewed by Brigitte L. Nacos

Volume 119 · Number 1 · Spring 2004
Juan J. Lopez, Democracy Delayed: The Case of Castro’s Cuba

pp. 189-190

Reviewed by Jorge I. Domínguez

Volume 119 · Number 1 · Spring 2004
Kim Hopper, Reckoning With Homelessness

pp. 192-193

Reviewed by Ralph Nunez

Volume 119 · Number 1 · Spring 2004
Fred I. Greenstein, ed., The George W. Bush Presidency: An Early Assessment

pp. 205-207

Reviewed by Stephen J. Wayne

Volume 119 · Number 2 · Summer 2004
The Debate over North Korea

pp. 229-254

VICTOR D. CHA and DAVID C. KANG debate the strengths and weaknesses of an engagement policy to rid North Korea of its nuclear weapons program. From different perspectives, the two authors analyze common misconceptions about North Korean intentions and strategies as well as debate the merits of a harder-line approach taken by the United States toward the reclusive regime. Whether one views Pyongyang’s intentions with greater skepticism (Cha) or greater flexibility (Kang), the authors argue that some form of engagement, not military preemption, is advisable.

Volume 119 · Number 2 · Summer 2004
Lou Cannon, Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power

pp. 339-340

Reviewed by Mark J. Rozell

Volume 119 · Number 2 · Summer 2004
Rogers M. Smith, Stories of Peoplehood: The Politics and Morals of Political Membership

pp. 342-343

Reviewed by Elisabeth S. Clemens

Volume 119 · Number 2 · Summer 2004
William E. Odom, Fixing Intelligence: For a More Secure America

pp. 352-353

Reviewed by Stephen Marrin

Volume 119 · Number 3 · Fall 2004
American Nationalism and U.S. Foreign Policy from September 11 to the Iraq War

pp. 399-423

PAUL T. McCARTNEY examines how the Bush administration drew upon nationalist imagery first to interpret the terrorists attacks of 11 September 2001 and then to frame the war against Iraq. He demonstrates how President Bush drew on both enduring elements of American identity and security concerns following September 11 to provide normative justification for the Iraq invasion. He concludes that the exceptionalist dimension of American nationalism that underpins the Bush doctrine is outdated and dangerous to current foreign policy interests.

Volume 119 · Number 3 · Fall 2004
Samuel P. Huntington, Who Are We? The Challenges to America's National Identity

pp. 521-522

Reviewed by Rogers M. Smith

Volume 119 · Number 3 · Fall 2004
Michael J. Towle, Out of Touch: The Presidency and Public Opinion

pp. 526-527

Reviewed by Robert Y. Shapiro

Volume 119 · Number 3 · Fall 2004
Robert J. Art and Patrick M. Cronin, eds., The United States and Coercive Diplomacy

pp. 536-537

Reviewed by Stacie E. Goddard

Volume 119 · Number 3 · Fall 2004
Yongnian Zheng, Globalization and State Transformation in China

pp. 551-553

Reviewed by Dorothy J. Solinger

Volume 119 · Number 4 · Winter 2004-05
What Was the Cold War About? Evidence from Its Ending

pp. 609-631

JOHN MUELLER assesses the rhetoric and actions of important international actors and concludes that the Cold War essentially ended in the spring of 1989. This suggests that the Cold War was principally about an ideological conflict and not about the military, nuclear, or economic balance or about Communism as a form of government -issues that would be resolved later.

Volume 119 · Number 4 · Winter 2004-05
, John Prados, Hoodwinked: The Documents That Reveal How Bush Sold Us a War; James Bamford, A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence

pp. 677-680

Reviewed by Robert Jervis

Volume 119 · Number 4 · Winter 2004-05
Joseph S. Nye, Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics

pp. 680-681

Reviewed by Barry M. Blechman

Volume 119 · Number 4 · Winter 2004-05
Louis Fisher, The Politics of Executive Privilege

pp. 687-688

Reviewed by Athan Theoharis

Volume 119 · Number 4 · Winter 2004-05
Peter L. Francia, Paul S. Herrnson, John C. Green, Lynda W. Powell, and Clyde Wilcox, The Financiers of Congressional Elections: Investors, Ideologues, and Intimates

pp. 693-694

Reviewed by Burdett A. Loomis

Volume 118 · Number 1 · Spring 2003
Terror, Terrain, and Turnout: Explaining the 2002 Midterm Elections

pp. 1-22

GARY C. JACOBSON argues that the results of the 2002 congressional election were consistent with past midterm elections as referenda on the administration and the economy, although the terrorist attacks of September 11 profoundly affected the referendum's substance. The modest Republican victory was a consequence of the post- September 11 rally in support for President George W. Bush, redistricting (in the House), and higher turnout among Republican loyalists. There was no evidence of any national shift in public sentiment toward the Republican party.

Volume 118 · Number 1 · Spring 2003
, What Government Can Do: Dealing with Poverty and Inequality, Benjamin I. Page and James R. Simmons; Why Government Succeeds and Why It Fails, Amihai Glazer and Lawrence S. Rothenberg

pp. 138-140

Reviewed by Hugh Heclo

Volume 118 · Number 1 · Spring 2003
Taeku Lee, Mobilizing Public Opinion: Black Insurgency and Racial Attitudes in the Civil Rights Era

pp. 143-144

Reviewed by Charles S. Bullock III

Volume 118 · Number 1 · Spring 2003
Benjamin S. Lambeth, NATO's Air War for Kosovo: A Strategic and Operational Assessment

pp. 159-160

Reviewed by David M. Edelstein

Volume 118 · Number 1 · Spring 2003
, The Power of Tiananmen: State-Society Relations and the 1989 Beijing Movement, Dingxin Zhao; The Perils of Protest: State Repression and Student Activism in China and Taiwan, Teresa Wright

pp. 165-167

Reviewed by Stanley Rosen

Volume 118 · Number 2 · Summer 2003
Shoring Up the Right to Vote for President: A Modest Proposal

pp. 181-203

ALEXANDER KEYSSAR argues that the 2000 presidential election has made clear the desirability of a constitutional amendment guaranteeing to all American citizens the right to vote for president and to have those votes determine each state’s vote in the electoral college. Tracing certain features of the history of suffrage in the United States, he maintains that such an amendment would make the Constitution consistent with the now broadly based consensus (not present at the nation’s founding) that voting is a right that inheres in all citizens.

THE PANELISTS (D. Caraley, L. Greenhouse, S. Issacharoff, R. Pildes, G. Pomper, J. Rakove, R. Shapiro, R. Smith) discuss the points raised by the Keyssar article. They end up with consensus on the need for a constitutional right to vote for president, but have some differences on additional aspects of reforming the system.

Volume 118 · Number 2 · Summer 2003
Joseph Hayden, Covering Clinton: The President and the Press in the 1990s

pp. 315-316

Reviewed by Doris A. Graber

Volume 118 · Number 2 · Summer 2003
Mohammed el-Nawawy and Adel Iskandar, Al-Jazeera: How the Free Arab News Network Scooped the World and Changed the Middle East

pp. 316-318

Reviewed by John L. Esposito

Volume 118 · Number 2 · Summer 2003
David Cole and James X. Dempsey, Terrorism and the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National Security

pp. 320-321

Reviewed by Christopher H. Pyle

Volume 118 · Number 3 · Fall 2003
Understanding the Bush Doctrine

pp. 365-388

ROBERT JERVIS argues that the Bush doctrine presents a highly ambitious conception of U.S. foreign policy. Based on the premise that this is a period of great threat and great opportunity, the doctrine calls for the assertion and expansion of American power in service of hegemony. He concludes that this assertion and expansion is not likely to succeed.

Volume 118 · Number 3 · Fall 2003
John R. Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, Stealth Democracy: Americans’ Beliefs about How Government Should Work

pp. 497-499

Reviewed by Robert Shapiro

Volume 118 · Number 3 · Fall 2003
Charles A. Kupchan, The End of the American Era: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Geopolitics of the Twenty-first Century

pp. 499-500

Reviewed by Walter LaFeber

Volume 118 · Number 3 · Fall 2003
Robert H. Scales, Jr., Yellow Smoke: The Future of Land Warfare for America’s Military

pp. 511-513

Reviewed by William Odom

Volume 118 · Number 4 · Winter 2003-2004
Misperceptions, the Media, and the Iraq War

pp. 569-598

STEVEN KULL, CLAY RAMSAY, and EVAN LEWIS examine the prevalence of misperceptions related to the Iraq war among the American public: that weapons of mass destruction and evidence of close links between Iraq and al Qaeda had been found and that world public opinion approved of the United States going to war with Iraq. Such misperceptions were powerful predictors of support for the war, and their prevalence varied dramatically according to respondents’ primary source of news.

Volume 118 · Number 4 · Winter 2003-2004
Steven E. Schier, You Call This an Election? America’s Peculiar Democracy

pp. 678-679

Reviewed by Judith A. Best

Volume 118 · Number 4 · Winter 2003-2004
Glenn W. Richardson, Jr., Pulp Politics: How Political Advertising Tells the Stories of American Politics

pp. 683-684

Reviewed by Doris A. Graber

Volume 118 · Number 4 · Winter 2003-2004
Christopher I. Xenakis, What Happened to the Soviet Union? How and Why American Sovietologists Were Caught by Surprise

pp. 688-690

Reviewed by Mark Kramer

Volume 118 · Number 4 · Winter 2003-2004
Richard Rose and Neil Munro, Elections without Order: Russia’s Challenge to Vladimir Putin

pp. 691-692

Reviewed by Joshua A. Tucker

Volume 117 · Number 1 · Spring 2002
An Interim Assessment of September 11: What Has Changed and What Has Not

pp. 37-54

ROBERT JERVIS argues that contrary to much conventional wisdom, terrorism has not weakened most states, understanding the “root causes” of terrorism is not a firm foundation for policy, the concept of a war on terrorism is flawed, and American policy is likely to be more unilateral than multilateral.

Volume 117 · Number 1 · Spring 2002
, America's Choice 2000: Entering a New Millenium, William Crotty, ed.; The Perfect Tie: The True Story of the 2000 Presidential Election, James W. Ceaser and Andrew E. Busch

pp. 127-129

Reviewed by Dennis Hale

Volume 117 · Number 1 · Spring 2002
David McCullough, John Adams

pp. 130-132

Reviewed by Jean Edward Smith

Volume 117 · Number 1 · Spring 2002
Dennis Kux, The United States and Pakistan, 1947-2000: Disenchanted Allies

pp. 135-136

Reviewed by Sunil Dasgupta

Volume 117 · Number 2 · Summer 2002
Bradley Graham, Hit to Kill: The New Battle Over Shielding America From Missile Attack

pp. 312-313

Reviewed by James J. Wirtz

Volume 117 · Number 2 · Summer 2002
Lawrence R. Jacobs and Robert Y. Shapiro, Politicians Don't Pander: Political Manipulation and the Loss of Democratic Responsiveness

pp. 343-344

Reviewed by David R. Mayhew

Volume 117 · Number 2 · Summer 2002
Jacob Lentz, Electing Jesse Ventura: A Third-Party Success Story

pp. 346-348

Reviewed by Frank J. Sorauf

Volume 117 · Number 2 · Summer 2002
CIA's Strategic Intelligence in Iraq

pp. 191-207

RICHARD L. RUSSELL examines the strengths and weaknesses of American intelligence during the Gulf War in gauging Iraqi political intentions and military capabilities. He finds that overall strategic intelligence served policy makers well, but that some shortcomings, particularly in human intelligence collection, need to be corrected if the United States is to successfully deal with Iraq in the post-September 11 world. The role of the CIA was diminished after the war, even though he finds that the CIA’s estimates were more accurate than those of the Defense establishment.

Volume 117 · Number 3 · Fall 2002
Al Qaeda, Military Commissions, and American Self-Defense

pp. 357-372

RUTH WEDGWOOD critically examines the U.S. detainment of al Qaeda prisoners and others accused of visa violations or of being enemy combatants. She explains that “In a world where terrorist action flirts with catastrophic weapons, the competing paradigms of crime and war may provide no more than analogies. Fitting the law to this unwanted new world thus will require tact, judgment, and the weight of a heavy heart.”

Volume 117 · Number 3 · Fall 2002
Gary R. Hess, Presidential Decisions for War: Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf

pp. 493-494

Reviewed by David A. Crockett

Volume 117 · Number 3 · Fall 2002
Nancy Burns, Kay Lehman Schlozman, and Sidney Verba, The Private Roots of Public Action: Gender, Equality, and Political Participation

pp. 497-499

Reviewed by Robert Y. Shapiro

Volume 117 · Number 3 · Fall 2002
Meg Greenfield, Washington

pp. 507-508

Reviewed by Doris Graber

Volume 117 · Number 4 · Winter 2002-2003
Limits of American Power

pp. 545-559

JOSEPH S. NYE, JR. discusses the paradox of the United States having unparalleled military power, yet being unable to impose its will unilaterally on either its allies or its antagonists. He explains clearly why America must adopt a more cooperative engagement with the rest of the world.

Volume 117 · Number 4 · Winter 2002-2003
Robert A. Caro, The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Master of the Senate

pp. 667-668

Reviewed by Michael Kazin

Volume 117 · Number 4 · Winter 2002-2003
, Supreme Injustice: How the High Court Hijacked Election 2000, Alan M. Dershowitz; The Votes that Counted: How the Court Decided the 2000 Presidential Election, Howard Gillman

pp. 674-677

Reviewed by Mark A. Graber

Volume 117 · Number 4 · Winter 2002-2003
John Rohr, Civil Servants and Their Constitutions

pp. 683-684

Reviewed by Louis Fisher

Volume 117 · Number 4 · Winter 2002-2003
Newton R. Bowles, The Diplomacy of Hope: The United Nations since the Cold War

pp. 699-700

Reviewed by James S. Sutterlin

Volume 116 · Number 1 · Spring 2001
Editor's Opinion:
Why Americans Need a Constitutional Right to Vote for Presidential Electors

p. 1-3

DEMETRIOS JAMES CARALEY, your editor argues that the Constitution needs to be amended to give Americans the constitutional right they believed they had but the Supreme Court in Bush v. Gore denied--the right to vote for and select the president.

Volume 116 · Number 1 · Spring 2001
A House and Senate Divided:
The Clinton Legacy and the Congressional Elections of 2000

pp. 5-27

GARY C. JACOBSON asserts the 2000 election and its bizarre aftermath in Florida accurately reflected the configuration of partisan politics that crystallized during the Clinton administration: close partisan balance in Congress and in the electorate; distinct regional, cultural, and ideological divisions between the parties' respective electoral coalitions; and a sharp partisan polarization among political elites, echoed, though more faintly, in the broader public. The trends that produced this political configuration predated the 1990s, but they accelerated during the Clinton years, and Clinton himself was a catalyst in their development.

Volume 116 · Number 1 · Spring 2001
Timothy J. Colton, Transitional Citizens: Voters and What Influences Them in Russia

pp. 132-133

Reviewed by Anders Åslund

Volume 116 · Number 1 · Spring 2001
Avi Shlaim, The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World

pp. 137-138

Reviewed by Jerome Slater

Volume 116 · Number 1 · Spring 2001
Richard Davis, The Web of Politics: The Internet's Impact on the American Political System

pp. 138-139

Reviewed by David L. Paletz

Volume 116 · Number 2 · Summer 2001
What Went Wrong? The Collapse of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

pp. 171-199

JEROME SLATER examines the collapse of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process in 2000 and argues provocatively that contrary to the prevailing view, it is Israel rather than the Palestinians that bears the primary responsibility, not only for the latest breakdown but for the entire course of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since 1948.

Volume 116 · Number 2 · Summer 2001
Timothy J. Power, The Political Right in Postauthoritarian Brazil: Elites, Institutions, and Democratization

pp. 306-308

Reviewed by Jorge I. Domínguez

Volume 116 · Number 2 · Summer 2001
Jeffrey W. Helsing, Johnson's War/Johnson's Great Society

pp. 319-320

Reviewed by Joseph A. Califano, Jr.

Volume 116 · Number 2 · Summer 2001
G. John Ikenberry, After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order After Major Wars

pp. 333-334

Reviewed by Peter Liberman

Volume 116 · Number 3 · Fall 2001
Hegemon on the Offensive: Chinese Perspectives on U.S. Global Strategy

pp. 343-365

YONG DENG examines Chinese perceptions of and reactions to the U.S. global power status and grand security strategy after the cold war. He shows that conflict between the United States and China is structural and has been on the rise. The author believes there is a real danger of an escalation of balancing and counterbalancing unless a mechanism of peaceful change is devised.

Volume 116 · Number 3 · Fall 2001
Xiaobo Lü, Cadres and Corruption: The Organizational Involution of the Chinese Communist Party

pp. 455-456

Reviewed by Patricia M. Thornton

Volume 116 · Number 3 · Fall 2001
H. Michael Erisman, Cuba’s Foreign Relations in a Post-Soviet World

pp. 458-459

Reviewed by Jorge I. Domínguez

Volume 116 · Number 3 · Fall 2001
Milton J. Esman, Government Works: Why Americans Need the Feds

pp. 488-489

Reviewed by James W. Davis

Volume 116 · Number 4 · Winter 2001-2002
Ending Welfare As We Know It: A Reform Still in Progress

pp. 525-560

DEMETRIOS JAMES CARALEY summarizes the political and social dynamics that brought about the repeal of Aid to Families of Dependent Children (AFDC) and analyzes the effects of the new Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program over its first four years. He considers possibilities for further changes in cash assistance for poor families during the program’s necessary reauthorization in 2002.

Volume 116 · Number 4 · Winter 2001-2002
Willard C. Matthias, America’s Strategic Blunders: Intelligence Analysis and National Security Policy, 1936–1991

pp. 637-638

Reviewed by Robert Jervis

Volume 116 · Number 4 · Winter 2001-2002
Nicholas Guyatt, Another American Century? The United States and the World After 2000

pp. 640-641

Reviewed by Joseph Lepgold

Volume 116 · Number 4 · Winter 2001-2002
Debra L. DeLaet, U.S. Immigration Policy in an Age of Rights

pp. 658-659

Reviewed by Richard Sobel

Volume 115 · Number 1 · Spring 2000
Chinese Nationalism and Its International Orientations

pp. 1-33

SUISHENG ZHAO explores whether or not Chinese nationalism is a source of international aggression by examining its different perspectives, orientations, and characteristics. He finds that Chinese nationalism has been a situational matter, more reactive than proactive in international affairs.

Volume 115 · Number 1 · Spring 2000
Michael Lind, Vietnam: The Necessary War

pp. 123-124

Reviewed by Robert Jervis

Volume 115 · Number 1 · Spring 2000
Scott P. Mainwaring, Rethinking Party Systmes in the Third Wave of Democratization: The Case of Brazil

pp. 127-129

Reviewed by Jorge I. Dominguez

Volume 115 · Number 1 · Spring 2000
Paul C. Light, The True Size of Government

pp. 136-137

Reviewed by Richard M. Pious

Volume 115 · Number 1 · Spring 2000
Myron J. Aronoff, The Spy Novels of John LeCarre: Balancing Ethics and Politics

pp. 150-151

Reviewed by Raymond L. Garthoff

Volume 115 · Number 2 · Summer 2000
Economic Insecurity, Prejudicial Stereotypes, and Public Opinion on Immigration Policy

pp. 201-225

PETER BURNS and JAMES G. GIMPEL examine mass attitudes toward immigration policy in the United States, asking whether widespread restrictionist sentiment is stirred more by economic insecurity, by negative ethnic stereotypes, or by some combination of the two. For some, prejudice is rooted in economic insecurity, but prejudice also has roots that are quite independent of economic fears. Anti-immigrant sentiment will not disappear simply because economic conditions improve.

Volume 115 · Number 2 · Summer 2000
Gerald Curtis, The Logic of Japanese Politics: Leaders, Institutions, and the Limits of Change

pp. 283-285

Reviewed by Dennis P. Patterson

Volume 115 · Number 2 · Summer 2000
Steven Heydemann, Authoritarianism in Syria: Institutions and Social Conflict 1946-1970

pp. 288-289

Reviewed by Dirk Vandewalle

Volume 115 · Number 2 · Summer 2000
Adam Clymer, Edward M. Kennedy: A Biography

pp. 292-293

Reviewed by Wendy J. Schiller

Volume 115 · Number 2 · Summer 2000
Philip A. Klinkner and Rogers M. Smith, The Unsteady March: The Rise and Decline of Racial Equality in America

pp. 309-311

Reviewed by Charles Hirschman

Volume 115 · Number 3 · Fall 2000
Effective National Security Advising:
Recovering the Eisenhower Legacy

pp. 335-345

FRED I. GREENSTEIN and RICHARD H. IMMERMAN provide an account of the impressively rigorous process of national security policy planning in the Eisenhower presidency. They commend it as a model for the next administration.

Volume 115 · Number 3 · Fall 2000
Effective National Security Advising
A Most Dubious Precedent

pp. 347-351

ARTHUR SCHLESINGER, JR. argues that the Eisenhower heavily-layered national security apparatus did not produce a coherent foreign policy and did not save the administration from gross errors. He believes that future presidents would benefit from a more flexible approach--such as those of FDR and JFK--to the conduct of foreign affairs.

Volume 115 · Number 3 · Fall 2000
David M. Kennedy, Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945

pp. 449-451

Reviewed by Clarence Lang

Volume 115 · Number 3 · Fall 2000
Robert E. Lane, The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies

pp. 456-457

Reviewed by Brian Barry

Volume 115 · Number 3 · Fall 2000
Michael Janeway, Republic of Denial: Press, Politics, and Public Life

pp. 473-474

Reviewed by Doris Graber

Volume 115 · Number 4 · Winter 2000-2001
After the Storm
U.S. Policy Toward Iraq Since 1991

pp. 493-516

DANIEL BYMAN argues that criticism of U.S. policy toward Iraq is often overstated and fails to appreciate the accomplishments of the Bush and Clinton administrations. The author discusses which mechanisms have proven particularly effective but also analyzes the room for improvement in U.S. policy.

Volume 115 · Number 4 · Winter 2000-2001
Robert D. Putnam^[*], Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community

pp. 618-620

Reviewed by Robert Y. Shapiro

Volume 115 · Number 4 · Winter 2000-2001
Alvin Y. So^[*], Hong Kong's Embattled Democracy: A Societal Analysis

pp. 625-626

Reviewed by James L. Perry

Volume 115 · Number 4 · Winter 2000-2001
Frances FitzGerald^[*], Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War

pp. 630-632

Reviewed by Robert Jervis

Volume 114 · Number 1 · Spring 1999
Defining Moment: The Threat and Use of Force in American Foreign Policy

pp. 1-30

BARRY M. BLECHMAN and TAMARA COFMAN WITTES examine the uses of military threats and military interventions in the Bush and first Clinton administrations. Based on case studies and interviews with U.S. decision makers, they conclude that domestic and international political constraints are preventing U.S. leaders from making threats decisive enough to persuade foreign leaders to comply with U.S. demands.

Volume 114 · Number 1 · Spring 1999
Ofra Bengio, Saddam's Word: Political Discourse in Iraq

pp. 137-138

Reviewed by F. Gregory Gause III

Volume 114 · Number 1 · Spring 1999
Michael O'Hanlon, How to Be a Cheap Hawk: The 1999 and 2000 Defense Budgets

pp. 141-142

Reviewed by Randy Willoughby

Volume 114 · Number 1 · Spring 1999
Douglas Brinkley, The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter's Journey Beyond the White House

pp. 162-163

Reviewed by Erwin C. Hargrove

Volume 114 · Number 2 · Summer 1999
A Snapshot of Family Homelessness Across America

pp. 289-307

RALPH NUNEZ and CYBELLE FOX provide the most current snapshot of family homelessness in America. Looking at ten diverse cities this study examines the demographics and housing, education, and income histories of homeless families within the context of changing social policies.

Volume 114 · Number 2 · Summer 1999
William E. Odom, The Collapse of the Soviet Military

pp. 313-314

Reviewed by Kimberly Marten Zisk

Volume 114 · Number 2 · Summer 1999
Robert W. Speel, Changing Patterns of Voting in the Northern United States: Electoral Realignment, 1952-1996

pp. 315-317

Reviewed by Everett Ladd

Volume 114 · Number 2 · Summer 1999
Donna Rich Kaplowitz, Anatomy of a Failed Embargo: U.S. Sanctions Against Cuba

pp. 320-321

Reviewed by Jorge I. Dominguez

Volume 114 · Number 2 · Summer 1999
Paul L. Posner, The Politics of Unfunded Mandates: Whither Federalism?

pp. 322-323

Reviewed by John Kincaid

Volume 114 · Number 3 · Fall 1999
Israel's National Security and the Myth of Exceptionalism

pp. 409-434

GIL MEROM challenges the Israeli belief in national security exceptionalism. He compares strategic and moral dimensions of Israeli security with those of other states and concludes that the notion of Israel's national security exceptionalism is unfounded.

Volume 114 · Number 3 · Fall 1999
Sheldon Garon, Molding Japanese Minds: The State in Everyday Life

pp. 503-504

Reviewed by Akira Iriye

Volume 114 · Number 3 · Fall 1999
Niall Ferguson, The Pity of War

pp. 504-505

Reviewed by Robert Jervis

Volume 114 · Number 3 · Fall 1999
George Bush and Brent Scowcroft, A World Transformed: The Collapse of the Soviet Empire, The Unification of Germany, Tiananmen Square, The Gulf War

pp. 509-510

Reviewed by Thomas A. Schwartz

Volume 114 · Number 3 · Fall 1999
Robin Kolodny, Pursuing Majorities: Congressional Campaign Committees in American Politics

pp. 511-512

Reviewed by John R. Petrocik

Volume 114 · Number 4 · Winter 1999-2000
Getting into the Black: Race, Wealth, and Public Policy

pp. 595-612

DALTON CONLEY examines the causes and consequences of the black-white asset gap in the United States. He argues that it is wealth, more than any other measure of socio-economic well being, that captures the nature of racial inequality in the post-civil rights era. Conley discusses policy implications that may be used to address such "equity inequity."

Volume 114 · Number 4 · Winter 1999-2000
Henry Kissinger, Years of Renewal

pp. 693-694

Reviewed by Walter LaFeber

Volume 114 · Number 4 · Winter 1999-2000
Jorge I. Dominguez, Democratic Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean

pp. 698-699

Reviewed by Marifeli Perez-Stable

Volume 114 · Number 4 · Winter 1999-2000
George Stephanopoulos, All Too Human: A Political Education

p. 701

Reviewed by Anthony King

Volume 113 · Number 1 · Spring 1998
The Internet and Political Control in Singapore

pp. 63-89

GARRY RODAN investigates the political implications of the Internet in Singapore, where authorities have embarked on an ambitious attempt to restrain the liberalizing impact of the new technology. His findings contradict popular expectations of the Internet necessarily aiding the erosion of authoritarian rule.

Volume 113 · Number 1 · Spring 1998
Michael Schaller, Altered States: The United States and Japan since the Occupation

pp. 133-134

Reviewed by Akira Iriye

Volume 113 · Number 1 · Spring 1998
Wayne Bert, The Reluctant Superpower: United States' Policy in Bosnia, 1991-95

pp. 135-136

Reviewed by James Ron

Volume 113 · Number 1 · Spring 1998
Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Philip D. Zelikow, and David C. King, Editors, Why People Don't Trust Government

pp. 141-142

Reviewed by Gary Wasserman

Volume 113 · Number 2 · Summer 1998
The Politics of Reforming Social Security

pp. 213-240

R. DOUGLAS ARNOLD analyzes the political difficulties in reforming Social Security in the absence of a short-term crisis. He argues that the chief political problem is to find a way to impose short-term costs on current taxpayers when the benefits of advance funding are exclusively long-term for future retires.

Volume 113 · Number 2 · Summer 1998
Leonard J. Schoppa, Bargaining with Japan: What American Pressure Can and Cannot Do

pp. 314-315

Reviewed by Ellis S. Krauss

Volume 113 · Number 2 · Summer 1998
Sheldon Goldman, Picking Federal Judges: Lower Court Selection from Roosevelt to Reagan

pp. 324-325

Reviewed by Charles Cameron

Volume 113 · Number 2 · Summer 1998
Kathryn Edin and Laura Lein, Making Ends Meet: How Single Mothers Survive Welfare and Low-Wage Work

pp. 350-351

Reviewed by Ralph da Costa Nunez

Volume 113 · Number 3 · Fall 1998
From Our Archives: A New Look at the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

pp. 493-511

MICHAEL LES BENEDICT's interpretation of the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson destroys the conventional textbook wisdom which portrays Johnson as a martyred president unjustifiably pilloried by a vindictive Congress. Benedict shows that the decision to impeach was made reluctantly after a series of presidential actions over the years convinced even the most conservative members of Congress that impeachment was the only means left for defending their constitutional prerogatives.

Volume 113 · Number 3 · Fall 1998
Glenn H. Snyder, Alliance Politics

pp. 513-514

Reviewed by Randall L. Schweller

Volume 113 · Number 3 · Fall 1998
Karl Von Vorys, American Foreign Policy: Consensus at Home, Leadership Abroad

pp. 518-519

Reviewed by Walter LaFeber

Volume 113 · Number 4 · Winter 1998-1999
The Escalation of U.S. Immigration Control in the Post-NAFTA Era

pp. 591-615

PETER ANDREAS examines the rapid escalation of U.S. immigration control efforts along our southwest border in recent years. He argues that enhanced border policing has less to do with actual deterrence and more to do with projecting an image of order and coping with the deepening contradictions of economic integration.

Volume 113 · Number 4 · Winter 1998-1999
, Vittorio Bufacchi and Simon Burgess, Italy Since 1989: Events and Interpretations; and Stanton H. Burnett and Luca Mantovani, The Italian Guillotine: Operation Clean Hands and the Overthrow of Italy's First Republic

pp. 703-705

Reviewed by Joseph LaPalombara

Volume 113 · Number 4 · Winter 1998-1999
, Pei-te Lien, The Political Participation of Asian Americans; and Angelo Ancheta, Race, Rights, and the Asian American Experience

pp. 706-708

Reviewed by Claire Jean Kim

Volume 113 · Number 4 · Winter 1998-1999
Sherry Glied, Chronic Condition: Why Health Reform Fails

pp. 712-714

Reviewed by Lawrence R. Jacobs

Volume 113 · Number 4 · Winter 1998-1999
Timothy E. Cook, Governing with the News: The News Media as a Political Institution

pp. 716-717

Reviewed by Jeffrey J. Mondak

Volume 112 · Number 1 · Spring 1997
Full Faith and Credit for Same-Sex Marriages?

pp. 117-136

KEN I. KERSCH addresses federalism questions involving the obligations of states to recognize same-sex marriages under the full faith and credit clause. He argues that a consideration of traditional norms of comity among states along with the nation's experience with analogous disputes concerning slavery and antimiscegnation statutes would be useful to policy makers grappling with the issue.

Volume 112 · Number 1 · Spring 1997
Stanley A. Renshon, High Hopes, The Clinton Presidency and the Politics of Ambition

pp. 142-143

Reviewed by Erwin C. Hargrove

Volume 112 · Number 2 · Summer 1997
Turkey--the Return of the Reluctant Generals?

pp. 191-215

BEN LOMBARDI reviews developments currently affecting Turkish politics. He compares current trends with events in Turkey that preceded the three military coups in 1960, 1971, and 1980, and suggests that intervention in that country's domestic politics by the armed forces is a distinct possibility.

Volume 112 · Number 2 · Summer 1997
Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order

pp. 307-308

Reviewed by Robert Jervis

Volume 112 · Number 3 · Fall 1997
Teenage Childbearing and Personal Responsibility: An Alternative View

pp. 405-430

ARLINE T. GERONIMUS examines widely-shared assumptions about teen childbearing that informed the welfare reform debate. She argues that the scientific basis for these assumptions is equivocal and questions the belief that teen childbearing always represents irrationality and the abdication of personal responsibility.

Volume 112 · Number 3 · Fall 1997
Donald R. Kinder and Lynn M. Sanders, Divided by Color: Racial Politics and Democratic Ideals

pp. 497-498

Reviewed by Jennifer Hochschild

Volume 112 · Number 4 · Winter 1997-1998
Opinion: Netanyahu, A Palestinian State, and Israeli Security Reassessed

pp. 675-689

In one of our occasional opinion essays, JEROME SLATER discusses the arguments for and against a Palestinian state as the solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. He argues that an appropriately structured Palestinian state would enhance rather than threaten Israel's national security.

Volume 112 · Number 4 · Winter 1997-1998
Gary Orfield, Susan E. Eaton, and the Harvard Project on School Desegregation, Dismantling Desegregation: The Quiet Reversal of Brown vs. Board of Education

pp. 691-692

Reviewed by Paul Teske

Volume 112 · Number 4 · Winter 1997-1998
Jorge I. Dominguez and Marc Lindenberg, Democratic Transitions in Central America

pp. 694-695

Reviewed by Consuelo Cruz

Volume 112 · Number 4 · Winter 1997-1998
Akira Iriye, Cultural Internationalism and World Order

pp. 695-696

Reviewed by Thomas Schoonover

Volume 112 · Number 4 · Winter 1997-1998
Kristi Andersen, After Suffrage: Women in Partisan and Electoral Politics before the New Deal

pp. 697-698

Reviewed by Jane Junn

Volume 111 · Number 1 · Spring 1996
Why Western Europe Needs the United States and NATO

pp. 1-39

ROBERT J. ART analyzes the six-year political struggle that took place within Western Europe to define its post-cold war security arrangements. He shows why NATO and the American military presence remain essential ingredients of Western Europe's stability.

Volume 111 · Number 2 · Summer 1996
Dismantling the Federal Safety Net: Fictions versus Reality

pp. 225-258

DEMETRIOS CARALEY shows that arguments for dismantling the federal social safety net and devolving parts of it to the states have been based on six major claims about reality, but that five of those claims are fictional and the sixth only partially true. Nevertheless, he concludes that the forces for dismantling the safety net and for cutting the federal government's revenues to make it constantly broke have formidable staying power and may eventually succeed in weakening the federal government as an effective instrument of governance.

Volume 111 · Number 3 · Fall 1996
Clinton and the Economy: The Paradox of Policy Success and Political Mishap

pp. 403-436

M. STEPHEN WEATHERFORD and LORRAINE M. McDONNELL discuss the formulation and congressional conflict over President Clinton's economic program during the new administration's first year, arguing that the success of presidential initiatives cannot be adequately evaluated without considering changes in national politics over the last two decades.

Volume 111 · Number 3 · Fall 1996
, Evan Thomas, The Very Best Men, Four Who Dared: The Early Years of the CIA; Roy Godson, Ernest R. May, and Gary Schmitt, U.S. Intelligence at the Crossroads: Agendas for Reform; and H. Bradford Westerfield, Editor, Inside CIA's Private World: Declassified Articles from the Agency's Internal Journal, 1955-1992

pp. 530-533

Reviewed by Raymond L. Garthoff

Volume 111 · Number 4 · Winter 1996-1997
Regional Security After the Gulf War

pp. 597-618

MICHAEL N. BARNETT explores the prospect of regional security in the Middle East by examining the discussion over the political rules of the game, the chances for cooperative security, and the relationship between domestic and regional order.

Volume 111 · Number 4 · Winter 1996-1997
Edwin Diamond and Robert A. Silverman, White House to Your House: Media and Politics in Virtual America

pp. 708-709

Reviewed by John J. Smee