Genesis of the jihadi mindset
Robert Manne’s new book on Islamic State glosses over a fundamental problem with the Muslim religion.
Robert Manne’s new book on Islamic State glosses over a fundamental problem with the Muslim religion.
The Phoenix Years is required reading to understand how China has stumbled repressively through the past four decades.
Long held up as a beacon of religious tolerance, Islamic Spain in the middle ages was a place of violence and bigotry.
Mao Zedong and the Communist Party’s catastrophic impact on China has been exposed by historian Frank Dikotter.
There is no higher praise for a war historian than calling their work Thucydidean. Pierre Razoux deserves such praise.
Henry Kissinger’s authorised biographer magnificently depicts his evolution as a towering exponent of statecraft.
Henry Kissinger’s authorised biographer, Niall Ferguson, has produced a masterpiece he expects to be savaged.
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