Jacob Heilbrunn Archives All Years = 1 Book, 138 Articles Decade 1990s = 95 Articles Year 1990 = 3 Articles Year 1991 = 1 Article Year 1992 = 5 Articles Year 1993 = 5 Articles Year 1994 = 7 Articles Year 1995 = 7 Articles Year 1996 = 16 Articles Year 1997 = 15 Articles Year 1998 = 18 Articles Year 1999 = 18 Articles Decade 2000s = 1 Book, 43 Articles Year 2000 = 11 Articles Year 2001 = 7 Articles Year 2002 = 8 Articles Year 2003 = 5 Articles Year 2004 = 2 Articles Year 2005 = 1 Article Year 2006 = 3 Articles Year 2007 = 2 Articles Year 2008 = 1 Book, 1 Article Year 2009 = 3 Articles Jacob Heilbrunn • 139 Items / 1 Book, 84 Articles, 54 Reviews
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Absolving Adolf (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
A Republic, Not an Empire, by Patrick J. Buchanan
A Republic, Not an Empire by Patrick J. Buchanan After You've Gone Jacob Heilbrunn
Reston Peace
After You've Gone: Crippled Giant Jacob Heilbrunn
Fulbright's legacy
After You've Gone: True Believer Jacob Heilbrunn
William Colby, liberal
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Aid and Comfort (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
David Rieff's eloquent--but dated--meditations on the failure of humanitarian action.
A Bed for the Night by David Rieff Albright's Mission Jacob Heilbrunn
Madeleine Albright is the only forceful articulators of foreign policy in the Clinton a...
Ambassador Feelgood Jacob Heilbrunn
Bill Richardson, America's new man at the United Nations, wants to be friends with ever...
The Arabist Jacob Heilbrunn
Meet the State Department's Middle East guru, Dennis Ross, the man who would be the pea...
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Arts & Letters (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Arthur Koestler: The Homeless Mind, by David Cesarani
Arthur Koestler: The Homeless Mind by David Cesarani As the Kremlin Turns Jacob Heilbrunn
The latest pointless power struggle in Yeltsin's increasingly illiberal democracy
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Austria & War Criminals (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Justice Not Vengeance, by Simon Wiesenthal
Justice Not Vengeance by Simon Wiesenthal [+]
Bad Company (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
The Fifty-Year Wound, by Derek Leebaert
The Fifty-Year Wound by Derek Leebaert Beijing Bull Jacob Heilbrunn
China is neither as dangerous as critics of U.S. policy say nor as benign as makers of ...
The Big East Jacob Heilbrunn
While Bill Clinton seeks a new "partnership" with Russia, Boris Yeltsin is looking for ...
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BMOC (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Uncivil Wars, by David Horowitz
Uncivil Wars by David Horowitz [+]
Bombs Away (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
The Bomb in the Basement, by Michael Karpin
The Bomb in the Basement by Michael Karpin Bonn Mots Jacob Heilbrunn
Germany is finally sounding hard-line on Ira. Don't believe it
Borderline Insanity Jacob Heilbrunn
Why too much respect for sovereignty hamstrings American foreign policy
Political Booknotes
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Bread Or Bullets (2 Reviews) Jacob Heilbrunn
The Dynamics of Global Dominance, by David B. Abernethy
The Dynamics of Global Dominance by David B. AbernethyEastward to Tartary by Robert D. Kaplan [+]
Broadcast Blues (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Why Zbigniew Brzezinski thinks Bart Simpson is a threat to the New World Order.
Out of Control by Zbigniew BrzezinskiThe Washington Monthly, May 1993 , pp. 56-59
Cambridge Postcard: Heil Harvard Jacob Heilbrunn
Where does Europe's leading far-right nationalist go to get his democratic bona fides? ...
The Case for Iran Jacob Heilbrunn
Our enemy's enemy is, let's face it, our friend
Christian Rights Jacob Heilbrunn
The White House and most of the human rights community don't think the persecution of C...
Clothed Ambition Jacob Heilbrunn
Warren Christopher's frictionless ascent
Profiles
Condolezza Rice Jacob Heilbrunn
George W.'s Realist
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Continental Drift (3 Reviews) Jacob Heilbrunn
In Europe's Name, by Timothy Garton Ash
In Europe's Name by Timothy Garton AshThe German Revolution of 1989 by Gert-Joachim Glaessner and Ian WallaceGermany Divided by A. James McAdams [+]
The Cool Zionist (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Support Any Friend, by Warren Bass
Support Any Friend by Warren Bass Courage Under Fire Jacob Heilbrunn
Supreme Allied Commander Wesley Clark is unpopular with the U.S. military---maybe for a...
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Curious George (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Turmoil and Triumph, by George P. Shultz
Turmoil and Triumph by George P. Shultz [+]
The Declinist (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Kissinger: A Biography, by Walter Isaacson
Kissinger: A Biography by Walter Isaacson [+]
Diplomatic Immunity (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Lyndon Johnson and Europe, by Thomas Alan Schwartz
Lyndon Johnson and Europe by Thomas Alan Schwartz A Disdain for the Past Jacob Heilbrunn
Jorg Haider's Austria
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Double Legacy (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Have a political childhood and eight years under Clinton prepared Al Gore for the presi...
Inventing Al Gore by Bill Turque [+]
Dove Tales (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
The Russia Hand, by Strobe Talbott
The Russia Hand by Strobe Talbott [+]
Eclipse of a Statesman (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Why Dr. K's star has fallen.
Years of Renewal by Henry KissingerThe Washington Monthly, May 1999 , pp. 45-47
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The Elusive Englishman (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Benjamin Disraeli, by Adam Kirsch
Benjamin Disraeli by Adam Kirsch Flirting with Disaster Jacob Heilbrunn
Bill Clinton's foreign policy has operated on a simple premise: defer problems and let ...
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From Sarajevo to Baghdad (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
At the Point of a Gun, by David Rieff
At the Point of a Gun by David Rieff [+]
The Fuehrer Myth (2 Reviews) Jacob Heilbrunn
Hitler, 1889-1936: Hubris, by Ian Kershaw
Hitler, 1889-1936: Hubris by Ian KershawHitler, 1936-1945: Nemesis by Ian Kershaw Full Retreat Jacob Heilbrunn
As NATO bombs fall on Kosovo, foreign policy confusion envelops the Republican Party
Gaulling Jacob Heilbrunn
Why is Jacques Chirac meddling in the Middle East?
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Generally Wrong (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Supreme Command, by Eliot A. Cohen
Supreme Command by Eliot A. Cohen [+]
Glasnost Generation (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Kife: The Lives and Dreams of Soviet Youth, by Nancy Traver
Kife: The Lives and Dreams of Soviet Youth by Nancy Traver [+]
Globalization's Boosters and Critics (2 Reviews) Jacob Heilbrunn
The Lexus and the Olive Tree, by Thomas L. Friedman
The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas L. FriedmanFalse Dawn by John GrayThe National Interest, Fall 1999 , pp. 118-122
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Grand Strategy (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Special Providence, by Walter Russell Mead
Special Providence by Walter Russell Mead The Great Equivocator Jacob Heilbrunn
Senate Republicans are out to get Anthony Lake because they think he's an ideological o...
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An Historian's Tale (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Richard Hofstadter: An Intellectual Biography, by David S. Brown
Richard Hofstadter: An Intellectual Biography by David S. Brown [+]
History (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Explaining Hitler, by Ron Rosenbaum
Explaining Hitler by Ron Rosenbaum [+]
History (2 Reviews) Jacob Heilbrunn
The Haunted Wood, by Allen Weinstein and Alexander Vassiliev
The Haunted Wood by Allen Weinstein and Alexander VassilievVenona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America by John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr [+]
History (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
The Passing of an Illusion, by Francois Furet
The Passing of an Illusion by Francois Furet [+]
Hitler's Historian (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Lying About Hitler, by Richard J. Evans
Lying About Hitler by Richard J. Evans [+]
The Hollow Man (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Promise and Power, by Deborah Shapley
Promise and Power by Deborah Shapley [+]
Holy Warriors? (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Thicker Than Oil, by Rachel Bronson
Thicker Than Oil by Rachel Bronson [+]
At Home Abroad (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Being America, by Jedediah Purdy
Being America by Jedediah Purdy [+]
The House that Adenauer Built (2 Reviews) Jacob E. Heilbrunn
A History of West Germany, Vol I, by Dennis L. Bark and David R. Gress
A History of West Germany, Vol I by Dennis L. Bark and David R. GressA History of West Germany, Vol. II by Dennis L. Bark and David R. Gress Isolated Jacob Heilbrunn
Now it's conservatives who always seem to blame America first
Just Say Nyet Jacob Heilbrunn
In propping up Boris Yeltin's corrupt government, the United States has fueled Russian ...
Kalinograd Postcard: Homesick Jacob Heilbrunn
The weirdness of Konigsberg
Features
Ker-Splat! Jacob Heilbrunn
How comic books lost their edge.
Lake Inferior Jacob Heilbrunn
Anthony Lake, Clinton's national security adviser, is a quintessential Clintonite: a sm...
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The Leaker (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Secrets, by Daniel Ellsberg
Secrets by Daniel Ellsberg [+]
Leftover (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Crashing the Party, by Ralph Nader
Crashing the Party by Ralph Nader Letters Jonathan P. Reider, Harry V. Jaffa, and Allan Bloom, ...
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Malcontent du Jour (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
One Market Under God, by Thomas Frank
One Market Under God by Thomas Frank [+]
The Man Without Qualities (2 Reviews) Jacob Heilbrunn
Driven Patriot, by Townsend Hoopes and Douglas Brinkley
Driven Patriot by Townsend Hoopes and Douglas BrinkleyEberstadt and Forrestal by Jeffery M. Dorwart Mao More Than Ever Jacob Heilbrunn
The West clings to the belief that China has de-Maoed itself and is ready to bloom into...
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Meat Market (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Body Bazaar, by Lori Andrews and Dorothy Nelkin
Body Bazaar by Lori Andrews and Dorothy Nelkin [+]
The Monitor (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Taking Liberties, by Aryeh Neier
Taking Liberties by Aryeh Neier Moral Capital Jacob Heilbrunn
Why Christian conservatives think Cheerios are destroying America's families
Features
The Moynihan Enigma Jacob Heilbrunn
Mr. Heilbrun's Planet Josef Joffe and Jacob Heilbrunn
Mr. Nice Guy Jacob Heilbrunn
National security adviser Sandy Berger, the new vicar of the Clinton administration's f...
Neocon v. Theocon Jacob Heilbrunn
The neoconservatives used to have it good. In the arena of right-wing big think, the la...
The New New Democrats Jacob Heilbrunn
The Democratic Leadership Council's centrist vision has become conventional wisdom. So ...
The Next Cold War Jacob Heilbrunn
Washington is divided over whether to contain China or appease it. But there's a saner ...
Norman's Conquest Jacob Heilbrunn
Why Rudi Giuliani loves Norman Podhoretz
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The Old Boy at War (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Gentleman Spy: The Life of Allen Dulles, by Peter Grose
Gentleman Spy: The Life of Allen Dulles by Peter Grose On Pat Robertson Michael Lind and Jacob Heilbrunn
On Political Books
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Onward Conservative Soldiers (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
What we can learn about the conservative movement from five stalwarts.
Gang of Five by Nina J. EastonOut to Lunch Jacob Heilbrunn
David Irving has found defenders in journalist Christopher Hitchens and German historia...
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The Playboy of the Western World (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Spanning the Century, by Rudy Abramson
Spanning the Century by Rudy Abramson Playing Defense Jacob Heilbrunn
Iran's missile tests may have made a U.S. ballistic missile defense more necessary than...
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Plodders' Plot (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Saboteurs, by Michael Dobbs
Saboteurs by Michael Dobbs The Press: Bad Trip Jacob Heilbrunn
The Times strolls down memory lane
Books, Arts & Manners
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Profiles in Solipsism (2 Reviews) Jacob Heilbrunn
Washington, by Meg Greenfield
Washington by Meg GreenfieldThe Columnist by Jeffrey FrankQuestioning the Leadership Jacob Heilbrunn
Can Leadership Be Studied?
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The Real McCloy (2 Reviews) Jacob Heilbrunn
The Chairman: John J. McCloy, by Kai Bird
The Chairman: John J. McCloy by Kai BirdAmerica's Germany by Thomas Alan Schwartz [+]
Ressentiment (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Anti-Americanism, by Jean-Francois Revel
Anti-Americanism by Jean-Francois Revel [+]
The Revenge of Nationalism (3 Reviews) Jacob Heilbrunn
Blood and Belonging, by Michael Ignatieff
Blood and Belonging by Michael IgnatieffThe Future of German Democracy by Robert Gerald Livingston and Volkmar SanderCivil Wars: From L.A. to Bosnia by Hans Magnus Enzensberger [+]
The Revision Thing (10 Reviews) Jacob Heilbrunn
A Preponderance of Power, by Melvyn P. Leffler
A Preponderance of Power by Melvyn P. LefflerGeorge F. Kennan and the Making of American Foreign Policy, 1947-1950 by Wilson D. MiscambleThe Devil We Knew by H.W. BrandsLosing Our Souls by Edward PessenWe All Lost the Cold War by Richard Ned Lebow and Janice Gross SteinThe Cold War: A History by Martin WalkerUncertain Partners: Stalin, Mao, and the Korean War by Sergei N. Goncharov, John W. Lewis, and Xue Litai, ...The Origins of the Cold War in Europe by David ReynoldsThe Sacred Cause by Thomas M. NicholsMolotov Remembers by Albert Resis, Felix Chuev, and V.M. Molotov [+]
Right Cross (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
America Alone, by Stefan A. Halper and Jonathan Clarke
America Alone by Stefan A. Halper and Jonathan Clarke On Political Books
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The Roots of W. (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
The Bush Tragedy, by Jacob Weisberg
The Bush Tragedy by Jacob WeisbergSaddam Shame Jacob Heilbrunn
The surprising thing about Clinton's Iraq policy isn't that he's gone soft on Saddam---...
The Sanctions Sellout Jacob Heilbrunn
How corporate America got the Clinton administratoin to buy its plans for "construction...
Secrets and Lies Jacob Heilbrunn
The Clinton administration has done a lot to fend off the Cox committee report on Chine...
Shimon Peres's Neighborhood Jacob Heilbrunn
The Israeli foreign minister envisions a new Middle East in which technology and econom...
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Slouching Tiger (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
The Coming Collapse of China, by Gordon G. Chang
The Coming Collapse of China by Gordon G. Chang The Source Jacob Heilbrunn and Ryan Lizza
Conservative Republicans say State Department employee Linda Shenwick is being persecut...
Speech Therapy Jacob Heilbrunn
Pundits are slamming the Oakland school board for calling black English a separate lang...
Springtime Jacob Heilbrunn
Germany's assertive new foreign policy poses a growing danger to the United States
State of the Debate Jacob Heilbrunn
Who Won the Cold War?
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The Best Books You Haven't Read (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
The Nemesis of Power, by John W. Wheeler-Bennett
The Nemesis of Power by John W. Wheeler-Bennett Team W. Jacob Heilbrunn
George W. Bush says he'll overcome his ignorance of foreign policy by consulting the sa...
They Knew They Were Right (2008) Jacob Heilbrunn
The Rise of the Neocons
6 Reviews, 2 Readable
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Those Weren't the Days (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power, by Robert Dallek
Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power by Robert Dallek Thunder on the Right Jacob Heilbrunn
Germany's Christian Democrats and Social Democrats are preparing to go at each other ag...
Tomorrow Never Dies Jacob Heilbrunn
The vice president is a futurist who believes technology can transcend international co...
TRB: Clean Break Jacob Heilbrunn
Why Russia's dissolution might not be such a bad thing after all
TRB: Control Freaks Jacob Heilbrunn
China's apologists unveil a new theory: Repression now will lead to more democracy later
TRB: Huntington's Disease Jacob Heilbrunn
Why some members of the foreign policy elite blame America's failures abroad on our eth...
TRB: Minefield of Dreams Jacob Heilbrunn
Land mines are bad. So is banning them
TRB: Mission Possible Jacob Heilbrunn
Enough dithering about Iraq. Get on with the bombing
TRB: No Problem Jacob Heilbrunn
Conservatives have a new answer to growing income inequality: deny that it exists
TRB: Over a Barrel Jacob Heilbrunn
Mideast crises end, their cause remains: oil
TRB: Unvisionary Jacob Heilbrunn
The secret of Clinton's foreign policy success
TRB: Vietnam Syndrome Jacob Heilbrunn
The canard-filled career of Peter Arnett
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Vietnam Syndrome (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
War in a Time of Peace, by David Halberstam
War in a Time of Peace by David Halberstam Viewer Discretion Advised Jacob Heilbrunn
CNN's tendentious take on the cold ward
Washington Scene: Con Games Jacob Heilbrunn
Discord spoils yet another Washington jamboree for right-wing pundits
Washington Scene: Patriot Games Jacob Heilbrunn
Is the capital's most feared defense reporter protecting American national security or ...
What German Crisis? Jacob Heilbrunn
It's not as bad as it looks
Where Have All the Neocons Gone? Jacob Heilbrunn
Will the crew who brought us the Iraq War stick with the GOP or return to their Democra...
Yew Turn Jacob Heilbrunn
The new rage on the right: Asian despotism
The Yuppie Fascist Jacob Heilbrunn
Austrian politician Jorg Haider, the success story of the European Right
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