Fouad Ajami’s Ill-Starred Land
The thrust of the book is that the wretched plight of the Arabs will last until there is a state in which Sunni and Shia meet on equal terms.
Hungary: A Country Apart
Hungarian refugee Victor Sebestyen writes with such knowledge and sympathy that he no doubt thinks the days of heroic defeats are over for Hungary.
Traitor King: The Duke of Windsor’s Dishonor
A review of Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, by Andrew Lownie.
Infamy at Wannsee
A review of Wannsee: The Road to the Final Solution, by Peter Longerich
The War Stalin Wanted
A review of Stalin’s War: A New History of World War II, by Sean McMeekin.
The Shah’s Undoing
A review of The Last Shah: America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty, by Ray Takeyh.
On the Death of George Blake
George Blake has just died in Moscow at the age of 98. Had he been of any other nationality than British, he would not have been allowed to die peacefully.
The New Middle East
From Israel to the Gulf States to Iran, the troubled region is changing.