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Germany from Napoleon to Bismarck, 1800-1866, by Thomas Nipperdey

by Jeffrey Gedmin

The Wilson Quarterly, Summer 1996, p. 94

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    1. Editor's Comment, p. 3
    2. Correspondence, pp. 4-5
    3. Findings, pp. 6-7
    4. At Issue, pp. 8-10
    5. The Vanishing Father, p. 11
    6. A World Without Fathers by David Popenoe, pp. 12-29
    7. Women and the Future of Fatherhood by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, pp. 30-35
    8. The State of the Art by John Barth, pp. 36-45
    9. Sweden After the Fall by Gordon F. Sander, pp. 46-71
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      1. Isaiah Berlin by John Gray
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      1. Why the Allies Won by Richard J. Overy
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      Keepsades of a Satirist by Richard Selzer, pp. 77-78 - 1 Review
      1. The Diaries of Dawn Powell, 1931-1965 by Tim Page and Dawn Powell
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        Black Athena Revisited by Mary R. Lefkowitz and Guy MacLean Rogers
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        A Twilight Struggle by Robert Kagan
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        Mothers of Invention by Drew Gilpin Faust
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        The Enchanted World of Sleep by Peretz Lavie
        Sleep Thieves by Stanley Coren
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        The Internet and World Wide Web by Angus J. Kennedy
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        Charles Ives: A Life with Music by Jan Swafford
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        Soul Says by Helen Vendler
        The Given and the Made by Helen Vendler
        The Breaking of Style by Helen Vendler
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        Review Emerson Among the Eccentrics, by Carlos Baker by John F. Callahan, p. 85 - 1 Review
        Emerson Among the Eccentrics by Carlos Baker
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      Contemporary Affairs (2 Reviews)
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        The Bamboo Network by Murray L. Weidenbaum and Samuel Hughes
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        True Stories of the Korean Comfort Women by Keith Howard
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      Religion & Philosophy (2 Reviews)
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        Review Machiavelli's Virtue, by Harvey C. Mansfield by Bernard Crick, pp. 87-88 - 1 Review
        Machiavelli's Virtue by Harvey C. Mansfield
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        Review The Church Visible, by James-Charles Noonan, Jr. by George Weigel, p. 89 - 1 Review
        The Church Visible by James-Charles Noonan, Jr.
    18. Poetry by Anthony Hecht, p. 90
    19. Poems by Carl Dennis, pp. 91-95
    20. America's Forgotten War by Robert W. Johannsen, pp. 96-107
    21. Our Enemy, the State? by John Lukacs, pp. 108-116
    22. Periodicals, pp. 117-146
    23. Cover: Detail from Boy on Roof (1967) by Hughie Lee-Smith
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    Summer 1996 Issue = 35 Articles
    1. Editor's Comment, p. 3
    2. Correspondence, pp. 4-5
    3. Findings, pp. 6-7
    4. At Issue, pp. 8-10
    5. Healing American Health Care, p. 11
    6. Mismanaged Care by Caroline Poplin, pp. 12-24
    7. A New Prescription by Peter J. Ferrara, pp. 25-27
    8. The Two Faces of Primary Care by Eric J. Cassell, pp. 28-30
    9. The Future of the Hospital by C. Everett Koop, pp. 31-33
    10. The Research Dilemma by Louis Lasagna, pp. 34-37
    11. Health Unlimited by Willard Gaylin, pp. 38-43
    12. Frederick Taylor's Apprenticeship by Robert Kanigel, pp. 44-51
    13. The Little Island That Could by Anne F. Thurston, pp. 52-67
    14. "And Now a Word from Our Sponsor" by James B. Twitchell, pp. 68-77
    15. Rebecca West and the God That Failed by Carl Rollyson, pp. 78-85
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      The Gremlin in the Machine by Jackson Lears, pp. 86-88 - 1 Review
      1. Why Things Bite Back by Edward Tenner
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      Ragged Individualism by Samuel H. Beer, pp. 89-90 - 1 Review
      1. Democracy's Discontent by Michael J. Sandel
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      Can Nigeria Be One? by Makau wa Mutua, pp. 91-93 - 1 Review
      1. The Open Sore of a Continent by Wole Soyinka
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      History (3 Reviews)
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        Review Germany from Napoleon to Bismarck, 1800-1866, ... by Jeffrey Gedmin, p. 94 - 1 Review
        Germany from Napoleon to Bismarck, 1800-1866 by Thomas Nipperdey
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        Review A Tale of Two Utopias, by Paul Berman by Jonah Goldberg, p. 94 - 1 Review
        A Tale of Two Utopias by Paul Berman
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        Review Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twent... by Michael Lacey, p. 95 - 1 Review
        Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century by Stanley I. Kutler
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      Arts & Letters (3 Reviews)
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        Review Blake: A Biography, by Peter Ackroyd by Jay Tolson, p. 96 - 1 Review
        Blake: A Biography by Peter Ackroyd
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        Review Ornament, by Michael Snodin by Martha Bayles, p. 97 - 1 Review
        Ornament by Michael Snodin
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        Review Rosebud, by David Thomson by James Morris, p. 97 - 1 Review
        Rosebud by David Thomson
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        Review The End of Science, by John Horgan by Paul R. Gross, p. 98 - 1 Review
        The End of Science by John Horgan
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        Review History of the Hour, by Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum by Steven Lagerfeld, p. 99 - 1 Review
        History of the Hour by Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum
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        An Island Out of Time by Tom Horton
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        The Social Misconstruction of Reality by Richard F. Hamilton
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        Review The Price of a Dream, by David Bornstein by Ronald Bailey, p. 101 - 1 Review
        The Price of a Dream by David Bornstein
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        Review The Politics of Faith and the Politics of Scep... by Joseph Landau, p. 102 - 1 Review
        The Politics of Faith and the Politics of Scepticism by Michael Oakeshott and Timothy Fuller
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        Review Three Gospels, by Reynolds Price by James Carman, pp. 102-103 - 1 Review
        Three Gospels by Reynolds Price
    24. Poetry by Anthony Hecht, pp. 104-105
    25. Poems by Joseph Brodsky, pp. 106-116
    26. Periodicals, pp. 117-146
    27. Cover Design by Adrianne Onderdonk Dudden
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    Autumn 1996 Issue = 36 Articles
    1. Editor's Comment, p. 3
    2. Correspondence, pp. 4-7
    3. Findings, pp. 8-9
    4. At Issue, pp. 10-12
    5. The Rise and Fall of Civility in America, p. 13
    6. The Genteel Republic by Richard L. Bushman, pp. 14-23
    7. Democracy Deguiled by James Morris, pp. 24-35
    8. Descartes the Dreamer by Anthony Grafton, pp. 36-46
    9. The End of Indonesia's New Order by James Clad, pp. 47-64
    10. George Washington's Farewell Address by Matthew Spalding, pp. 65-71
    11. Six Days to Reinvent Japan by Alex Gibney, pp. 72-80
    12. Huck's Black Voice by Shelley Fisher Fishkin, pp. 81-85
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      Resisting Temptation by Robert Royal, pp. 86-88 - 1 Review
      1. Forbidden Knowledge by Roger Shattuck
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      Are Jobs the Solution? by Glenn C. Loury, pp. 89-92 - 1 Review
      1. When Work Disappears by William Julius Wilson
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        Hail to the Chief by Robert Dallek
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        The Unknown Lenin by Richard Pipes, David Brandenberger, and Vladimir I. Lenin, ...
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        The Opening of the American Mind by Lawrence W. Levine
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        Demonic Males by Dale Peterson and Richard Wrangham
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        Review Where Does the Weirdness Go?, by David Lindley by James Morris, p. 96 - 1 Review
        Where Does the Weirdness Go? by David Lindley
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        Review Life of a Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke, by Ralph F... by Richard Pettit, p. 96 - 1 Review
        Life of a Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke by Ralph Freedman
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        Homage to Robert Frost by Joseph Brodsky, Seamus Heaney, and Derek Walcott, ...
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        Wittgenstein's Ladder by Marjorie Perloff
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      Contemporary Affairs (4 Reviews)
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        Review All That We Can Be, by Charles C. Moskos and J... by A.J. Bacevich, p. 98 - 1 Review
        All That We Can Be by Charles C. Moskos and John Sibley Butler
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        A Grand Illusion? by Tony Judt
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        Origins of a Catastrophe by Warren Zimmermann
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        Review Home from Nowhere, by James Howard Kunstler by Steven Lagerfeld, p. 101 - 1 Review
        Home from Nowhere by James Howard Kunstler
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      Religion & Philosophy (3 Reviews)
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        Review Mary Through the Centuries, by Jaroslav Pelikan by Joseph Brinley, p. 101 - 1 Review
        Mary Through the Centuries by Jaroslav Pelikan
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        Review Hayek: The Iron Cage of Liberty, by Andrew Gamble by Adam Wolfson, p. 102 - 1 Review
        Hayek: The Iron Cage of Liberty by Andrew Gamble
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        Review The Importance of Living, by Lin Yutang by Martha Bayles, p. 103 - 1 Review
        The Importance of Living by Lin Yutang
    20. Poetry by Edward Hirsch, pp. 104-105
    21. Poems by Miklos Radnoti, pp. 106-110
    22. Periodicals, pp. 111-136
    23. Research Reports, pp. 137-138
    24. Biennial Index, pp. 139-143
    25. From the Center by Charles Blitzer, pp. 144-146
    26. Cover Design by Adrianne Onderdonk Dudden
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    Winter 1996 Issue = 38 Articles
    1. Editor's Comment, p. 3
    2. Correspondence, pp. 4-7
    3. Findings, pp. 8-10
    4. At Issue, pp. 11-12
    5. The Return of Human Nature, p. 13
    6. My Life in the Human Nature Wars by Lionel Tiger, pp. 14-25
    7. The Birth of Natural Classicism by Frederick Turner, pp. 26-33
    8. The First Contract With America by James A. Henretta, pp. 34-42
    9. What's Wrong With the American University?, p. 43
    10. Behind the Curtain by Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Bruno V. Manno, pp. 44-53
    11. The Feudal Culture of the Postmodern University by Alan Wolfe, pp. 54-67
    12. Quebec's Soul City by Clark Blaise, pp. 68-75
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      A Millennium on the Margins by William McPherson, pp. 76-78 - 1 Review
      1. Bury Me Standing by Isabel Fonseca
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      A Proverb Among All Nations by Andrew J. Bacevich, pp. 79-80 - 1 Review
      1. Ancient Zionism by Avi Erlich
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      The First Angry White Man by Robert Dallek, pp. 81-82 - 1 Review
      1. The Politics of Rage by Dan T. Carter
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      Contemporary Affairs (4 Reviews)
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        Review Voice and Equality, by Sidney Verba, Kay Lehma... by Sidney M. Milkis, p. 83 - 1 Review
        Voice and Equality by Sidney Verba, Kay Lehman Schlozman, and Henry E. Brady, ...
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        Review Uncommon Ground, by William Cronon by Steven Lagerfeld, p. 83 - 1 Review
        Uncommon Ground by William Cronon
      3. [+]
        Review An Unquiet Mind, by Kay Redfield Jamison by Martha Bayles, p. 84 - 1 Review
        An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison
      4. [+]
        Review Aging and Old Age, by Richard A. Posner by Joseph Brinley, p. 84 - 1 Review
        Aging and Old Age by Richard A. Posner
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      History (3 Reviews)
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        Review God's Chinese Son, by Jonathan D. Spence by Benjamin L. Self, p. 85 - 1 Review
        God's Chinese Son by Jonathan D. Spence
      2. [+]
        Review Keeping Together in Time, by William H. McNeill by Mark Gauvreau Judge, p. 86 - 1 Review
        Keeping Together in Time by William H. McNeill
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        Review Intimacy and Terror, by Veronique Garros, Nata... by Ji Park, p. 86 - 1 Review
        Intimacy and Terror by Veronique Garros, Natalia Korenevskaya, and Thomas Lahusen, ...
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      Arts & Letters (3 Reviews)
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        Review A Companion to American Thought, by Richard Wi... by Wilfred M. McClay, p. 87 - 1 Review
        A Companion to American Thought by Richard Wightman Fox and James T. Kloppenberg, ...
      2. [+]
        Review Lewis Carroll: A Biography, by Morton N. Cohen by James Carman, p. 88 - 1 Review
        Lewis Carroll: A Biography by Morton N. Cohen
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        Review Not Entitled, by Frank Kermode by James Morris, pp. 88-89 - 1 Review
        Not Entitled by Frank Kermode
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      Religion & Philosophy (3 Reviews)
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        The Defeat of the Mind by Alain Finkielkraut
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        Review Arguing Euthanasia, by Jonathan D. Moreno by Jay Tolson, p. 90 - 1 Review
        Arguing Euthanasia by Jonathan D. Moreno
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        The Magician's Doubts by Michael Wood
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        Engineers of Dreams by Henry Petroski
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        Review The Same and Not the Same, by Roald Hoffmann by Susan Ginsburg, p. 92 - 1 Review
        The Same and Not the Same by Roald Hoffmann
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        Review Life on the Screen, by Sherry Turkle by James Morris, p. 92 - 1 Review
        Life on the Screen by Sherry Turkle
    21. Poetry by Helen Vendler, pp. 93-96
    22. Poems by Seamus Heaney, pp. 97-101
    23. Edmund Wilson and the Public Intellectuals by David Samuels, pp. 102-112
    24. Periodicals, pp. 113-138
    25. Research Reports, pp. 139-143
    26. From the Center by Charles Blitzer, pp. 144-146
    27. Cover Illustration by Paul Davis
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