The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
by Thomas Sowell (New York: Basic Books, 1995); 305 pages; $25.
In an article entitled "The Attitude of the Intellectuals to the Market Economy," published in The Owl ...
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The Yalta Conference formalized the configuration ...
The Invasion of Japan: Alternative to the Bomb
by John Ray Skates (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1995); 276 pages; $27.95.
On November 1, 1945, the invasion of Japan began, under the code name Operation Olympic. Under the joint command ...
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On March 1, 1945, after returning ...
Scapegoats: A Defense of Kimmel and Short at Pearl Harbor
by Edward L. Beach (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1995); 212 pages; $24.95.
At 7:48 on the morning of December 7, 1941, the first Japanese planes reached the northern shore of ...
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Franklin Roosevelt was fascinated by the ...
The Collected Works of F.A. Hayek, Vol. 9: Contra Keynes and Cambridge, Essays and Correspondence
edited by Bruce Caldwell (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995) 269 pages; $37.50.
In 1941, American economist Kenneth Boulding reviewed Friedrich A. Hayek's The Pure Theory ...
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In 1940, the Japanese consul general ...
Hard Bargain: How FDR Twisted Churchill’s Arm, Evaded the Law and Changed the Role of the American Presidency
by Robert Shogan (New York: Scribner, 1995); 329 pages; $24.
Franklin Roosevelt was a master of manipulation and intrigue. His entire New Deal ...
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When Adolf Hitler's foreign minister, Joachim ...