Written for THE NEW YORK TIMES SATURDAY REVIEW OF BOOKS by Prof ... THERE has been some criticism of late of American historical scholarship because so little attention has been devoted to ...

But the essence of diplomacy ... The American way in national security policy, like that of other countries, is steered by unexamined preconceptions drawn from the peculiarities of our history.

The American Revolution was in part a revolt against British sanctions. Indeed, sanctions occupy an important if not always distinguished place in U.S. history. Sanctions helped trigger the War of ...