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James Burnham • 676 Items / 72 Reviews, 11 Books, 593 Articles
Suicide of the West (1964)
by James Burnham
An Essay on the Meaning and Destiny of Liberalism
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Published Reviews
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    I.Q. and School Achievement of Negro and White Children of Comparable Age and School St... (Review)
    Henry E. Garrett
    Suicide of the West, by James Burnham
    1. Suicide of the West by James Burnham
    The Mankind Quarterly, July 1964, p. 53
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    Ideology as a Fate (Review)
    Gerhart Niemeyer
    Suicide of the West, by James Burnham
    1. Suicide of the West by James Burnham
    Modern Age, Summer 1964, p. 320
  3. Books, Arts, Manners
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    The Will to Survive? (Review)
    Edgar Ansel Mowrer
    Suicide of the West, by James Burnham
    1. Suicide of the West by James Burnham
    National Review, April 21, 1964, pp. 321-322
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    James Burnham: Dissecting Modern Liberalism (Review)
    Richard Pipes
    Suicide of the West, by James Burnham
    1. Suicide of the West by James Burnham
    National Review, December 19, 2005, p. 103
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    Time and the Political Tide (Review)
    Frank Altschul
    Suicide of the West, by James Burnham
    1. Suicide of the West by James Burnham
    The Saturday Review, April 25, 1964, p. 36
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    The Case for the Free Market (6 Reviews)
    Edmund A. Opitz
    The Conservative Papers, by Melvin R. Laird
    1. The Conservative Papers by Melvin R. Laird
    2. What Is Conservatism? by Frank S. Meyer
    3. Suicide of the West by James Burnham
    4. The Conservative American by Clarence Manion
    5. The Challenge of Conservatism by Paul A. Sexson and Stephen B. Miles, Jr.
    6. Dialogues in Americanism by Michael Gazzaniga
    The Freeman, November 1964, pp. 62-64
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    Atlantic Bookshelf (8 Reviews)
    William Barrett
    Reader's Choice
    1. The Spire by William G. Golding
    2. Order of Battle by Jacob K. Javits
    3. The Night in Lisbon by Erich Maria Remarque
    4. The Mythmakers by Bernard D. Nossiter
    5. Twelve Tales of Suspense and the Supernatural by Davis Grubb
    6. Suicide of the West by James Burnham
    7. Suicide of a Nation? by Arthur Koestler
    8. New York: True North by Gilbert Millstein and Sam Falk
    The Atlantic Monthly, May 1964, pp. 135-141
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    Recent Books on International Relations (12 Reviews)
    Henry L. Roberts
    The United States
    1. View from the Seventh Floor by Walt W. Rostow
    2. The McNamara Strategy by William W. Kaufmann
    3. Power at the Pentagon by Jack Raymond
    4. Strangers on a Bridge by James B. Donovan
    5. The Conservative Affirmation by Willmoore Kendall
    6. The Conservative Papers by Melvin R. Laird
    7. What Is Conservatism? by Frank S. Meyer
    8. Suicide of the West by James Burnham
    9. Before the Colors Fade by Frederick Ayer, Jr.
    10. When the Cheering Stopped by Gene Smith
    11. The Republican Party, 1854-1964 by George H. Mayer
    12. Price and Quantity Trends in the Foreign Trade of the United States by Robert E. Lipsey
    Foreign Affairs, October 1964, pp. 179-180
  9. Books Received
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    Politics History Economics (14 Reviews)
    The Challenge of Modernisation, by I. Robert Sinai
    1. The Challenge of Modernisation by I. Robert Sinai
    2. Data Processing by Kenneth Janda
    3. The Development of the Modern State by Heinz Lubasz
    4. Expectant Peoples by K.H. Silvert
    5. Guidelines for Cold War Victory by The American Security Council
    6. Imperialism and Colonialism by George H. Nadel and Perry Curtis
    7. The Making of Decisions by William J. Gore and James W. Dyson
    8. The Nineteenth Century, 1815-1914 by John C. Cairns
    9. The Perils of Peace by Donald W. Cox
    10. Politics of the Developing Nations by Fred R. von der Mehden
    11. The Prospects of Christianity Throughout the World by M. Searle Bates and Wilhelm Pauck
    12. A Strategy of Interdependence by Vincent P. Rock
    13. Suicide of the West by James Burnham
    14. Trends in World Politics by Bruce M. Russett
    Orbis, Spring 1965, pp. 245-246