From The Nation, Stephen Holmes reviews Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson. Michael Lind reviews Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance — and Why They Fall by Amy Chua and Among Empires: American Ascendancy and Its Predecessors by Charles S. Maier. David Gordon reviews World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism by Norman Podhoretz (and more). David Ignatius on the dignity agenda: Dignity, not democracy, is the issue that vexes billions of people around the world. Democratosis: Why can’t we stop our (sometimes hypocritical) preaching to the world about democracy? Other people’s dictators: Americans of all political stripes seem less certain that autocratic rulers – at least those of other countries – are such a bad thing. What Iraq and Burma have in common: The champions of democracy often share an overly romantic view of how quickly it can flower in hostile soil.
