Review
List of Review articles
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Two people dressed in military gear in the cockpit of an airplane, flying above cloud cover. ‘A House of Dynamite’ Isn’t Explosive Enough
Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear thriller is terrifying—but falls short of true provocation.
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Henry Kissinger holds papers under one arm as he looks out of a tall window with drapes on either side. It’s (Still) Henry Kissinger’s World
A new documentary argues Nixon’s secretary of state learned the wrong lessons from his experiences with Nazi Germany.
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A woman is seen in mid-thigh deep water on a flooded street. Other people are behind her with buses on either side. Even Doomsday Will Divide Us
Megha Majumdar’s “A Guardian and a Thief” interrogates how the have-nots get by in a climate catastrophe.
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A soldier is seen through bare branches as he reads by a campfire. 7 Books That Reveal How Kremlin Decision-Makers Think
Don’t read these new titles on Russia’s wars before bedtime.
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The Life and Thought of Alexandre Kojève, Marco Filoni, trans. David Broder, Northwestern University Press, 280 pp., $38, July 2025 The Forgotten Beginning of the End of History
Alexandre Kojève was one of the most influential 20th-century thinkers. How can we make sense of him today?
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Luca Marinelli as Benito Mussolini in a film still. Mussolini, the Rock Star Antihero
A new historical drama chronicles the birth of fascism as seen through the eyes of Il Duce himself.
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A child is silhouetted as he walks across a pile of rubble while carrying a flag. How Washington’s Israel-Palestine Peace Process Theology Failed Again and Again
Trump’s plan is just the latest example.
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A woman in a red face mask and a coat over a red hoodie stands on a sidewalk, holding a laptop and speaking on her phone. Cars drive past behind her, with a suitcase and an international airport visible in the background. Putin vs. the Press
You’d have to be fearless or a fanatic to persist in journalism in Russia. These women are both.
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Bill Clinton looks up as he speaks in front of a WTO globe backdrop. Is Globalization a Lost Cause?
How an idea that promised a brave new world seemingly delivered dystopia instead.
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Jason Momoa wears a large headdress and traditional Hawaiin attire. Jason Momoa Schools Hollywood on Hawaiian History
The show-don’t-tell side of Chief of War keeps the series lingering in the mind.
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Black-and-white photo of a man in a suit speaking into multiple microphones at a press conference, with a large map of Southeast Asia and a Department of Defense seal visible in the background. Robert McNamara Chose Loyalty to the President
A new biography should be required reading for everyone currently working in silence in Washington.
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An aerial view shows several workers in hard hats and vests amid a circular rebar gridded construction site. China’s New Gilded Age Comes to Life in ‘Breakneck’
Dan Wang’s account of an engineering state mixes the grand and the intimate.
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Three people eat lunch by candlelight at a restaurant table. ‘Strong Roots’ Turns Cooking Into Resistance
A memoir of Ukrainian cuisine seeks to preserve worlds threatened by Russia.
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A photographer takes a photo of a pop art panting of Queen Elizabeth hangin on a wall with an exhibit card displayed next to it. All the Queen’s Gossips
Two new books explore the tangled world of royal stories and real crimes.
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A close-up of a man's face with one eye looking through a gun scope. The Coup That Started in a WeWork
A new documentary about the time a small band of misguided Americans attempted to overthrow the Venezuelan government.
