From LRB, a review of The Civil War and the Limits of Destruction by Mark Neely and This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust (and more from Bookforum). A review of Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality by Manjit Kumar. Can cities save the planet? Scientists are skeptical, planners are hopeful, the Dutch are pragmatic. Adam Zeman's A Portrait of the Brain is a detailed study of the organ's workings. A new breed of urban Catholic high school asks disadvantaged kids to work for their tuition. The Peanuts cartoons are a universal pleasure, as well as a portrait of one man and his marriage. Carlin Romano reviews Political Hypocrisy by David Runciman. From Open Source, Rick Moody is in the Obama Moment. Just because Obama won

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