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Policy Review articles from December 2000
A bimonthly journal of the Hoover Institution that promotes inquiry into the American condition, American and other government and political and economic systems, and the role of the United States in the world. For the academic audience.
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Policy Review archives from December 2000
A Republic, If We Can Keep It.
December 1, 2000... THE AMERICAN POLITICAL system has thrown off some truly anomalous results in the past decade. We have gone from the historic 1994 election (a 50-seat swing in the House of Representatives bringing to power a Republican leadership promising...
Why There Is A Culture War.
December 1, 2000... Gramsci and Tocqueville in America
AS INTELLECTUAL HISTORIANS have often had occasion to observe, there are times in a nation's history when certain ideas are just "in the air." Admittedly, this point seems to fizzle when applied to our...
The Essentials Of Self-Preservation.
December 1, 2000... What Our Military Can't Live Without
THE WORD "DECADENCE" derives from the medieval Latin de cadere -- to fall away, by implication from some previous height or standard of virtue or excellence. Some years ago, literary critic Robert Adams...
How We Won In Vietnam.
December 1, 2000... THE PAST TWO YEARS have witnessed significant developments in United States policy toward Vietnam. High-level congressional delegations to Vietnam led by Sens. Richard Shelby and Chuck Hagel were followed by a visit by Secretary of State...
Denmark, the Euro, And Fear of the Foreign.
December 1, 2000... WHEN READING ABOUT their country in the international press, most people like to see themselves described in a favorable light. In the case of Denmark, the national self-image includes the Royal Ballet, Hans Cristian Andersen, fairy-tale...
The Anxiety of Prosperity.(Review)
December 1, 2000... DINESH D'SOUZA. The Virtue of Prosperity: Finding Values in an Age of Techno-Affluence. FREE PRESS. 284 PAGES. $26.00
THIS SHOULD BE a triumphant time for capitalism. The economy of the United States, and of much of the developed world,...
The Future That Never Happened.(Review)
December 1, 2000... SEYMOUR MARTIN LIPSET AND GARY MARKS. It Didn't Happen Here: Why Socialism Failed in the United States. W. W. NORTON & COMPANY. 379 PAGES. $26.95
SOCIALISM IS FADING throughout the Western world. In Germany, after two decades of immobility...
All about Jane.(Review)
December 1, 2000... JANE ALEXANDER. Command Performance: An Actress in the Theater of Politics. PUBLIC AFFAIRS. 336 PAGES. $25.00
THERE ARE BASICALLY two kinds of people who get appointed to run federal agencies. In one category are those who come in with a...
LETTERS.(Review)
December 1, 2000... Remedies for The Russian Press
SIR, -- Herman J. Obermayer's piece on "Russia's Dysfunctional Media Culture" (August/September 2000) was a welcome attempt at describing a situation so bizarre that it almost defies understanding by...