Briefly Noted
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In his latest book, Marcus Schulzke analyzes the ethical traditions of three national militaries—the U.S. Army, the British Army and Royal Marine Commandos, and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)—to highlight the strengths and limitations of different ethical training systems in promoting moral warfare.
Briefly Noted: Burying Jihadis: Bodies Between State, Territory, and Identity
A short book review of “Burying Jihadis: Bodies Between State, Territory, and Identity”
Briefly Noted: Grave New World: The End of Globalization, the Return of History, by Stephen D. King
A brief book review of Stephen D. King’s Grave New World.
Briefly Noted: Psychology of a Superpower: Security and Dominance in U.S. Foreign Policy, by Christopher J. Fettweis
In this book, Christopher J. Fettweis applies lessons from psychology to analyze the impact that being the world’s sole superpower has had on the leaders of the United States and the foreign policies they have crafted since the end of the Cold War.
Briefly Noted: Dictators without Borders and The Fateful Triangle
The editors review two recent books, Dictators without Borders: Power and Money in Central Asia, and The Fateful Triangle: Race, Ethnicity, Nation.
Briefly Noted: When States Come Out: Europe’s Sexual Minorities and the Politics of Visibility
A brief review of Philip Ayoub’s When States Come Out: Europe’s Sexual Minorities and the Politics of Visibility.
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A brief book review of Susan P. Murphy’s Responsibility in an Interconnected World: International Assistance, Duty, and Action.
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Far-Right Politics in Europe, Jean-Yves Camus and Nicolas Lebourg, trans. Jane Marie Todd (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2017), 320 pp., $29.95 cloth. A wave of migration, coupled with a dramatic increase in the exchange of ideas, results in a surge of discrimination and authoritarianism. One might assume that Jean-Yves Camus and Nicolas Lebourg are […]
