From 49th Parallel, a review of Case Studies of U.S. Economic Sanctions: The Chinese, Cuban, and Iranian Experience. Is attacking Iran on the agenda? Immanuel Wallerstein investigates, and a review of Alternatives: The United States Confronts the World. From NYRB, Peter Galbraith reviews Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States by Trita Parsi. A review of The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy (and more and more). An interview with Theodore C. Sorensen on the presidential trashing of American law and diplomacy. Bush isn't Truman, and the next president won't be Eisenhower. A quick history lesson on the tired analogy of imperial decline and fall: America is no Rome (and more). The wrong lessons from Munich: Neville Chamberlain is generally accused of two grave sins, but conventional wisdom is distinctly questionable. And the argument is of more than historical interest.
