From Prospect, Michael Lind reviews Robert Kagan’s Dangerous Nation: America’s Place in the World from its Earliest Days to the Dawn of the 20th Century. Free elections come first: Robert Kagan on how the democratic wonders of globalization haven't worked out as predicted. A review of Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East by Michael B. Oren. Do-gooders gone bad: Activists have brought issues like Darfur into living rooms. But they may be doing more harm than good. A new rallying cry: Why the concept of justice — not freedom, not democracy — is becoming a potent tool for political reform in the Muslim world. The introduction to The Church in the Shadow of the Mosque: Christians and Muslims in the World of Islam by Sidney H. Griffith. The first chapter from The Politics of Secularism in International Relations by Elizabeth Shakman Hurd. A review of Contested Lands: Israel-Palestine, Kashmir, Bosnia, Cyprus, and Sri Lanka by Sumantra Bose.
