ISOLATIONISM RECONFIGURED: AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY FOR A NEW CENTURY
Eric A. Nordlinger
Princeton University Press, 1995, x + 335 pgs.
WHAT’S RIGHT: THE NEW CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY AND THE REMAKING OF AMERICA
David Frum
Basic Books, 1996, xv + 208 pgs.
THE NINTH AMENDMENT AND THE POLITICS OF CREATIVE JURISPRUDENCE
Marshall L. De Rosa
Transaction Publishers, 1996, viii + 216 pgs.
UP FROM CONSERVATISM: WHY THE RIGHT IS WRONG FOR AMERICA
Michael Lind
The Free Press, 1996, viii + 295 pgs.
“REVIEW OF ROTHBARD”
Roger Backhouse
History of Economic Thought Newsletter 56 (Summer 1996): 16–21
ENDGAMES: QUESTIONS IN LATE MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT
John Gray
Polity Press, 1997, xii + 212 pgs.
John Gray is a hard man to pin down. Just when you think you have understood his position, he declares inadequate what he has advocated only moments before. Endgames thus marks a definite stage forward in John Gray’s thought. Before this book, he changed ideologies every six months: now, matters stay in constant uproar within the confines of a single book.
THE VICES OF ECONOMISTS — THE VIRTUES OF THE BOURGEOISIE
Deirdre N. McCloskey
Amsterdam University Press, 1996, 135 pgs.
Let me set readers’ minds at ease. As most people will have heard, our distinguished author has recently found the gender in which he was born overly confining. Donald McCloskey, a noted economic historian, is now Deirdre McCloskey, and he often calls himself “Aunt Deirdre.”
MARX, HAYEK, AND UTOPIA
Chris Matthew Sciabarra
SUNY Press, 1995. x + 178 pgs.
Within Marx, Hayek, and Utopia lies a very good book struggling to escape. Chris Sciabarra has asked a penetrating question and brought to light important material in his pursuit of an answer to it. Unfortunately, he is enamored of an odd philosophical doctrine that he cannot refrain from discussing. This skews, but does not ruin, his presentation.
THE COSTS OF WAR: AMERICA’S PYRRHIC VICTORIES
John V. Denson, Editor
Transaction Publishers, 1997, viii + 450 pgs.
ASSIMILATION, AMERICAN STYLE
Peter D. Salins
Basic Books, 1997, xi + 259 pgs.
Peter Salins, Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning at Hunter College, has good news. Americans need no longer worry about immigration, so long as a simple and straightforward plan is adopted: all immigrants must assimilate.
