Contemporary Review articles from March 2002

Contemporary Review archives from March 2002

The next Archbishop of Canterbury.
March 1, 2002... AS I write, the race is on to become the successor of St Augustine of CANTERBURY, St Thomas a Becket and 101 other holders of the second most important ceremonial position in England, ranking as the first of all dukes, with precedence...

China's Olympics.
March 1, 2002... LATE on the evening of Friday 13 July, 2001, in Beijing a long, deep-throated roar greeted with tumultuous joy the announcement from Moscow that the Chinese capital had won the vote to host the 2008 Olympic Games. Instantly the sky was ablaze...

Zambia's future--After its elections.
March 1, 2002... ZAMBIA is a landlocked and sparsely populated country, with ten million people, made up of more than seventy ethnic groups, living in an area the size of France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland combined. At independence from Britain in...

The terrorist crisis: The view from Canada.(World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001)(War on Terrorism, 2001-)
March 1, 2002... Editor's Note: The terrorist attacks of September 11, and the events that followed, provoked worldwide interest. In the next few months we will be having a series about the reactions in different countries. We begin with the view from the...

Challenges facing the pharmaceutical industry.
March 1, 2002... THE pharmaceutical industry is faced with the challenge of surviving and succeeding in an environment that has become more complicated and uncertain, and one that is characterised by rapid developments in science and technology, and...

Rewriting Hungary's past.(Critical Essay)
March 1, 2002... EASTERN European history text books have been rewritten more often than the long-suffering schoolchildren of the region care to remember. National heroes and despised bogeymen have been made to switch roles in the curricula as well as public...

Churchill and the revisionist historians.(Winston Churchill)(Critical Essay)
March 1, 2002... IN 1950 Time magazine then at the height of its power and influence named Winston Churchill 'Man of the Half Century'. His reputation was at a peak because of his leadership of the Allied cause in World War II and his role in alerting the Free...

The future of self-determination.
March 1, 2002... THE ideal of self-determination, having once enjoyed considerable influence in world politics appears to have stumbled upon itself by over extension. Originally popularised in the days of the American Declaration of Independence (1776) and...

Matthew Arnold and the role of the State.(Critical Essay)
March 1, 2002... MATTHEW Arnold, one of the Victorian age's great poets, education-alists, literary, political, social, and religious critics, passionately believed that England was in dire need of more State involvement at many levels of society. His views on...

The Origins of the Modern MP. (Reviews).(The Role of the Member of Parliament Since 1868)
March 1, 2002... The Role of the Member of Parliament since 1868. Michael Rush. Oxford University Press. [pounds sterling]30.00. 239 pages. ISBN 0-19-827577-3. This book is based on a thorough study of Parliament after many years spent in research. Michael...

Japan's Blairite Dream. (Reviews).(Opposition Politics in Japan: Strategies under a One-Party Dominant Regime)
March 1, 2002... Opposition Politics in Japan: Strategies under a One-Party Dominant Regime. Stephen Johnson. Routledge. [pounds sterling] 55.00. 207 pages. ISBN 0-415-20187-X. Japan's party political structures have been in turmoil for some time....

Regulating the British Press. (Reviews).(A Press Free and Responsible: Self-regulation and the Press Complaints Commission, 1991-2001)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... A Press Free and Responsible: Self-regulation and the Press Complaints commission, 1991-2001. Richard Shannon. John Murray. [pounds sterling]25.00. 392 pages. ISBN 0-7195-6321-6. In 1991 the Press Complaints Commission was created to...

Royal Physicians. (Reviews).(Royal Proxes and Potions: The Lives of Court Physicians, Surgeons and Apothecaries)
March 1, 2002... Royal Proxes and Potions: The Lives of Court Physicians, Surgeons and Apothecaries. Raymond Lamont-Brown. Sutton Publishing. [pounds sterling]20.00. 306 pages. ISBN 0-7509-2513-2. The roll call of royal physicians, surgeons, and...

What the World Owes Scotland. (Reviews).(When Scotland Ruled the World: The Story of the Golden Age of Genius, Creativity, and Exploration)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... When Scotland Ruled the World: the Stony of the Golden Age of Genius, Creativity, and Exploration. Stewart Lamont. HarperCollins. [pounds sterling]16.99. 244 pages. ISBN 0-00-710001-9. Stewart Lamont takes his text from Churchill: 'Of all...

The Italian Campaign in W.W. II. (Reviews).(The War in Italy, 1943-1945)
March 1, 2002... The War in Italy, 1943-1945. Field Marshal Lord Carver, GCB, CBE, DSO, MC. Sidgwick and Jackson in association with the Imperial War Museum. [pounds sterling]30.00. 350 pages. ISBN 0-283-07294-6. It is with some diffidence that I, a retired...

New and Noteworthy.(Bibliography)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Last year marked the 132nd anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's birth and two new titles have appeared to mark the event. The first, David Arnold's Gandhi ([pounds sterling]14.99 p. b.) is published by LONGMAN as part of their 'Profiles in Power'...

Russian Politics and Society: An Introduction. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Russian Politics and Society: An Introduction. Catherine Danks. Longman. [pounds sterling]25.99 p.b. 431 pages. ISBN 0-582-47300-4.This study is aimed at undergraduates and its purpose is not just to explain modern Russia but to give students...

A Brief History of Science as Seen Through the Development of Scientific Instruments. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... A Brief History of Science as Seen Through the Development of Scientific Instruments. Thomas Crump. Constable. [pounds sterling]20.00. 425 pages. ISBN 0-841l9-235-X. Given the rapidity with which new scientific discoveries are made the author...

Reassessing Political Ideologies: The Durability of Dissent. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Reassessing Political Ideologies: The Durability of Dissent. Michael Freeden, editor. Routledge. [pounds sterling]16.99 p.b. 216 pages. ISBN 0-415-25572-4. The bulk of the essays in this collection first appeared as articles in the Journal of...

Postwar British Politics: From Conflict to Consensus. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Postwar British Politics: From Conflict to Consensus. Peter Kerr. Routledge. [pounds sterling]55.00. 244 pages. ISBN 0-415-23275-9. This book grew up out of a doctoral thesis and its aim is 'to challenge the established narrative of the...

Shakespeare and Sexuality. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Shakespeare and Sexuality. Catherine M. S. Alexander and Stanley Wells, editors. Cambridge University Press. [pounds sterling]37.50 (US$54.95). 207 pages. ISBN 0-521-80031-5. 'It seems almost quaint nowadays to associate sexuality with...

The Metaphysical Poets. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The Metaphysical Poets. David Reid. Longman. [pounds sterling]16.99 p.b. 293 pages. ISBN 0-582-29835-0. This book looks at the poetry of John Donne, George Herbert, Richard Crashaw, Henry Vaughan, Andrew Marvell and Thomas Traherne. The author...

The Making of Britain's European Foreign Policy. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The Making of Britain's European Foreign Policy. Anthony Forster and Alasdair Blair. Longman. [pounds sterling]19.99 p.b. 223 pages. ISBN 0-582-41835-6. This new release is part of Longman's 'Political Dynamics of the EU' series. For better or...

Fatherlands: State-Building and Nationhood in Nineteenth-Century Germany. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Fatherlands: State-Building and Nationhood in Nineteenth-Century Germany. Abigail Green. Cambridge University Press. [pounds sterling]45.00 (US$64.95). 386 pages. ISBN 0-521-79313-0. This study of the German Empire established in 1871 looks at...

Roman Murder: The True Story of Pompilia. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Roman Murder: The True Story of Pompilia. Derek Parker. Sutton Publishing. [pounds sterling]14.99. 253 pages. IBSN 0-7509-2582-5. In June 1860, the poet, Robert Browning, bought for one lira (value then in English money, eightpence) from a...

Family Life in Early Modern Times, 1500-1789. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Family Life in Early Modern Times 1500-1789. David I. Kertzer and Marzio Barbagli, editors. Yale University Press. [pounds sterling] 30.00. 365 pages. ISBN 0-300-08971-6. This is the first of a new three-volume set which looks at the history of...

Late Medieval England, 1399-1509. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Late Medieval England 1399-1509. A.J. Pollard. Longman. [pounds sterling]50.00. 454 pages. ISBN 0-582-03134-6. This latest title in Longman's History of Medieval England is by an historian widely recognised as one of the leading experts in the...

William Wordsworth: The Critical Heritage, vol.1, 1793-1820. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... William Wordsworth: The Critical Heritage. Volume I. 1793-1820. Robert Woof, editor. Routledge. [pounds sterling]150.00. 1092 pages. ISBN 0-415-03441-8. The Critical Heritage series has earned for itself an excellent reputation because of the...

Kierkegaard: A Biography. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Kierkegaard: A Biography. Alastair Hannay. Cambridge University Press. [pounds sterling]30.00 (US$39.95). 496 pages. ISBN 0-521-56077-2. Professor Hannay is widely recognised as a leading authority on the philosophy and writings of Kierkegaard....

US Foreign Policy Since 1945. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... US Foreign Policy since 1945. Alan P. Dobson and Steve Marsh. Routledge. [pounds sterling]40.00. 158 pages. ISBN 0-415-24055-7. This title aims at providing 'a concise, yet broad, overview of post-war US foreign policy' which will cause readers...

Bright Earth: The Invention of Colour. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Bright Earth: The Invention of Colour. Philip Ball. Viking. [pounds sterling]18.99. 434 pages. ISBN 0-670-89346-3. The author's aim is to explain man's relation with colour throughout history. He uses his training as a chemist to explain to...

Lord Salisbury's World: Conservative Environments in Late-Victorian Britain. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Lord Salisbury's World: Conservative Environments in Late-Victorian Britain. Michael Bentley. Cambridge University Press. [pounds sterling]29.95. 334 pages. ISBN 0-521-44506-X. The third Marquess of Salisbury, Queen Victoria's last Prime...

Life Below Stairs in the 20th Century. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Life below Stairs in the 20th Century. Pamela Horn. Sutton Publishing. [pounds sterling]20.00 (US$32.95). 286 pages. ISBN 0-7509-2317-2. Of the many radical changes seen in the twentieth century, the demise of domestic servants is one of the...

British Elections and Parties Review. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... British Elections and Parties Review. Jonathan Tonge, Lynn Bennie, David Denver and Lisa Harrison, editors. Frank Cass. [pounds sterling]45.00 (US$64.54). 272 pages. ISBN 0-7146-8209-8. This, the eleventh volume in this popular series, has...