Review:Barbara Tuchman examines the history of Sino-American relations in the 20th Century through the life of the highly gifted soldier, Joseph Stilwell. Through his Army career, we see him intertwined with China and her struggles through the first five decades of this century. We follow Stilwell as he meets an exceptional number of Chinese leaders of all political persuasions and developes an intimate knowledge of China. Flown to China after the start of World War II, General Stilwell is face... Read more

Review:This book ties together historical threads which leads to the consistent notion of American exceptionalism. Are we truly making progress or do we simply recycle through the patina of individual liberty covering our desire for certainty and want for caretakers? Th carefully crafted explanation of the never resolved civil war which morphed into ongoing manifold terrorism both physically and verbally continues. The book is clear about this until the year 1968. The last 50 years are given short shri... Read more

Review:Christopher Hitchens is dead, Hillary is retiring, and we have seen the arrival of two presidents who are certainly Clinton's intellectual inferiors. While they may be moral in matters of the bedroom, their politics seem almost as smarmy as the Clintons'. This year's field of Republican candidates does not seem as tainted by scandal as Clinton, but they are likewise untainted by much promise of talent.

Read this for historical interest, and the beauty of Hitchens' writing. Read more

Review:Well articulated, excellently reasons, nuanced, clear, non-partisan. It is the best book I’ve read on Foreign Policy in a very long time. It is as much a book as a very long very well researched article. Hard to put down. Read more