Reviewed by David Criekemans
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower. New York: Basic Books, 2007, 234 pp.

Reviewed by John M. Handley, Ph.D.

Uneasy Neighbo(u)rs: Canada, The USA and the Dynamics of State, Industry, and Culture by David Jones and David Kilgour, Ontario, Canada: John Wiley and Sons, 2007 (ISBN 978-0-470-15306-2) 314 pages

Reviewed by John W. Coffey
Robert Kagan, The Return of History and the End of Dreams (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008), 116 pp.

Reviewed by John Brown Elisabeth Bumiller, Condoleezza Rice: An American Life: A Biography. New York: Random House, 2007. 400 pages, $27.95. Marcus Mabry, Twice As Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power. New York: Modern Times/Rodale, 2007. 362 pages. … Read more

Review by John M. Handley, Ph.D.
US Foreign Policy and Islamist Politics, by Ahmad S. Moussalli, Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida, 2008 (ISBN 978-0-8130-3149-1), 225 pages

How the United States Gained and Wielded Global Dominance
Reviewed by Henry E. Mattox, Contrib. Ed.
Michael H. Hunt, THE AMERICAN ASCENDANCY: How the United States Gained and Wielded Global Dominance. The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, N. C. 2007. Illus. 405 pages.

The Story of Ancient Empires, Modern States, and the Quest for a Global Nation
Reviewed by James L. Abrahamson, contributing editor
The Great Experiment: The Story of Ancient Empires, Modern States, and the Quest for a Global Nation. By Strobe Talbott (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008. Pp. viii, 479

Russia’s Master Spy in America
Reviewed by John M. Handley, Ph.D.

Comrade J: The Untold Secrets of Russia’s Master Spy in America after the End of the Cold War, by Pete Earley, New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2007 (ISBN -13: 978-0-399-15439-3) 340 pages

Reviewed by Jacqueline E. Whitt
Randall Woods, LBJ: Architect of American Ambition, Harvard University Press (paperback edition), 2007, 1007 pp

Review by John Brown
Yale Richmond, Practicing Public Diplomacy: A Cold War Odyssey. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2008. 175 pages.

Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World
Reviewed by Francis P. Sempa, Contributing Editor
Walter Russell Mead, God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 2007. 449 pages.

U.S. Covert Operations in Chile 1964-1975
Review by Amb. (ret.) Michael W. Cotter
Hostile Intent: U.S. Covert Operations in Chile 1964-1975. By Kristian Gustafson. (Washington: Potomac Books, Inc., 2007. Pp. xiv, 244.

Reviewed by John M. Handley
Losing the Golden Hour: An Insider’s View of Iraq’s Reconstruction by James “Spike” Stephenson, Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books, 2007 (ISBN 978-1-59797-151-5) 166 pages

Review by Norvell B. DeAtkine
A Chronology of United States-Iraqi Relations, 1920-2006. By Henry E. Mattox (McFarland and Company; Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: 2008. 190 pages.

The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America’s Enemies
Reviewed by Henry E. Mattox, Contributing Editor
Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America’s Enemies. By M. Stanton Evans (Crown Forum, 2007, 660 pages

Review by Bart Moon
The Boys from Dolores: Fidel Castro’s Schoolmates from Revolution to Exile. By Patrick Symmes (Pantheon Books, New York, NY, 2007. 352 pp.

Review by Louis V. Riggio
The Confidante: Condoleezza Rice and the Creation of the Bush Legacy. By Glenn Kessler (St. Martin’s Press, First Edition, Sept. 2007, 288 pages, $25.95)

Reviewed by J. R. Bullington, Editor
FDR’s 12 Apostles: The Spies Who Paved the Way for the Invasion of North Africa. By Hal Vaughn (The Lyons Press, Guilford, CT, 2006. 311 pp. $24.95)

by Lou Riggio

by James L. Abrahamson