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Contemporary Review archives from February 2003
Iraq: a cloud of unknowing.
February 1, 2003... AN article in Contemporary Review of August 2000 (No. 1615) concluded by saying that, unless redeemed by a final triumphant throw, Saddam Hussein's record could only be one of unrelieved disaster for Iraq. It was clearly impossible for me to...
Indonesia and West Papua.
February 1, 2003... THE struggle of West Papuans for independence from Indonesia is shamefully under-discussed. It has claimed the lives of at least 100,000 native West Papuans. Everything Indonesia did in East Timor it is doing in West Papua. Australia and the US...
China: campus reactions to the NATO bombing in 1999.
February 1, 2003... Editor's Note: China's attitude, especially any use of its veto in the UN Security Council, could be crucial in the current crisis about Iraq. It is useful to look at Chinese reactions in another recent international crisis.
I WORKED as a...
Security - a growth industry.
February 1, 2003... PROMOTIONAL gifts distributed today may not always be what they seem to be. Not so long ago, a ball point pen arrived in the morning mail. It looked like an advertisement and, of course, it was. A covering letter, however, pointed out that pens...
Riding the Islamic tiger in Malaysia.
February 1, 2003... THE year 2003 may prove 'historic' for Malaysia, if its Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who has been chronically subject to fits of 'second thoughts' on the matter, does finally retire. By then his tenure will have lasted 22 years and he...
An unusual balance of skills: dyslexia in higher education.
February 1, 2003... DYSLEXIA is a singular condition. Concerning as it does brain processes, it is 'invisible'. Many dyslexics function entirely well in social and professional situations, to the extent that many lay people may be unaware that they have any...
Preserving Ireland's film heritage.(Irish Film Archive)
February 1, 2003... For ten months I was a volunteer intern at the Irish Film Archive, an affiliate of the Film Institute of Ireland. Located in Dublin's lively cultural centre, Temple Bar, the Irish Film Archive is the national body with responsibility for the...
Pilgrimage to a lost faith.
February 1, 2003... FOR what follows, the blame must lie squarely with Pevsner and those later writers who had the energy and dedication to bring his books up to date.
Not long ago, someone I hold dear presented me with a copy of Pevsner's Lincolnshire,...
The Fitzgeralds: the beautiful and the damned.(F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Literary Life; Sometimes Madness is Wisdom: Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald: A Marriage)(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Literary Life. Andrew Hook. Palgrave Macmillan. [pounds sterling]14.99 p.b. 194 pages. ISBN 0-333-73849. Sometimes Madness is Wisdom. Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald: A Marriage. Kendall Taylor. Robson Books. [pounds...
New and noteworthy. .(Book Review)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Our first item is Alistair Cooke's America ([pounds sterling]20.00) from WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON. This is a new edition of the first, 1973 version which was in its turn a by-product of the popular broadcaster and historian's television series on...
The world of paperback.(recent releases )
February 1, 2003... New releases from SUTTON PUBLISHING lead this month's list with Margaret Crosland's Madame de Pompadour: Sex, Culture and Power ([pounds sterling]7.99), first published in 2000 and praised in this magazine as a 'well written biography' which...
The Oxford History of Byzantium.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... The Oxford History of Byzantium. Cyril Mango, editor. Oxford University Press. [pounds sterling]30.00. 334 pages. ISBN 0-198 14098-3. As Prof. Mango writes in his Preface, the Byzantine Empire, which was once regarded by Gibbon 'as...
The History of Europe. .(Book Review)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... The History of Europe. John Stevenson, general editor. Mitchell Beazley. [pounds sterling]35.00. 512 pages. ISBN 1-84000-559-9. This large format book is a cross between a work of history and a work of reference. Prepared by a team of eleven...
Charles Darwin: The Power of Place. Volume II of a Biography. .(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... Charles Darwin: The Power of Place. Volume II of a Biography. Janet Browne. Jonathan Cape. [pounds sterling]25.00. 591 pages. ISBN 0-224-04212-2. With this second volume Prof. Brown brings to a conclusion her monumental and definitive biography...
Letters of Medieval Women. .(Book Review)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Letters of Medieval Women. Anne Crawford. Sutton Publishing. [pounds sterling]20.00 (US$29.95). 262 pages. ISBN 0-750927984. To most people, letters from mediaeval women conjure up the Pastons and the Stonors but, as this collection shows,...
Spain's Road to Empire: The Making of a World Power, 1492-1763.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Spain's Road to Empire: The Making of a World Power, 1492-1763. Henry Kamen. Allen Lane. [pounds sterling]25.00 (Can$49.99). 609 pages. ISBN 0-71-399365-0. Prof. Kamen, already famous for his biography of Philip II, Philip of Spain, and for The...
Paris in the Age of Impressionism: Masterworks from the Musee d'Orsay. .(Book Review)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Paris in the Age of Impressionism: Masterworks from the Musee d'Orsay. David A. Brenneman, Mary G. Morton, Caroline Mathieu and Marc Bascou. Harry N. Abrams. [pounds sterling]24.95. 171 pages. ISBN 0-8109-3542-2. This is the book of a touring...
Napoleon: His Wives and Women.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Napoleon: His Wives and Women. Christopher Hibbert. HarperCollins. [pounds sterling]25.00. 381 pages. ISBN 0-00-257092-0. As one can see in this latest book by the doyen of Britain's biographers, the Napoleon industry is alive and thriving. In...
Wellington: The Iron Duke. .(Book Review)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Wellington: The Iron Duke. Richard Holmes. HarperCollins. [pounds sterling]20.00. 324 pages. ISBN 0-00-713748-6. This is the book of the television series, or rather, this latest biography of the first Duke of Wellington is by the tele-don who...