Order of Battle, by Victor Davis ..., COMMENTARY

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Order of Battle

War and Decision, by Douglas J. Feith

by Victor Davis Hanson

Commentary, June 2008, pp. 57-59

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    2. The Peace Planners Strike Again by Hillel Halkin, pp. 13-18
    3. Stem Cells and the President---An Inside Account by Jay P. Lefkowitz, pp. 19-24
    4. Is India an Ally? by Sadanand Dhume, pp. 25-30
    5. After the Art Wars by Michael J. Lewis, pp. 31-36
    6. How Not to Remember & How Not to Forget by Ruth R. Wisse, pp. 37-44
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      1. Heroic Conservatism by Michael J. Gerson
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    2. Stopping Iran: Why the Case for Military Action Still Stands by Norman Podhoretz, pp. 11-19
    3. Look Who's Afraid of Free Trade by John Steele Gordon, pp. 20-25
    4. In Search of Moderate Muslims by Joshua Muravchik and Charles P. Szrom, pp. 26-34
    5. The Man on Whom Everything Was Lost by Joseph Epstein, pp. 35-40
    6. Why Beards? by Meir Soloveichik, pp. 41-44
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      Works & Days by Hillel Halkin, pp. 66-74 - 2 Reviews
      1. Churchill and the Jews by Martin Gilbert
      2. Churchill's Promised Land by Michael Makovsky
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    1. Letters, pp. 3-18
    2. The Election, the GOP---and Iraq by John Podhoretz, pp. 19-25
    3. When Jihad Came to America by Andrew C. McCarthy, pp. 26-31
    4. The End of the Chinese Miracle? by Gordon G. Chang, pp. 32-36
    5. Mysteries of the Menorah by Meir Soloveichik, pp. 37-42
    6. Beyond the Pale by Joseph Epstein, pp. 43-51
    7. Goldwater, the John Birch Society, and Me by William F. Buckley, Jr., pp. 52-54
    8. No Game for Old Men by Abraham Socher, pp. 55-58
    9. Going Highbrow at the CIA by Terry Teachout, pp. 59-62
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    1. Letters, pp. 3-18
    2. Re-thinking Iraq by Victor Davis Hanson, pp. 19-23
    3. Anatomy of the Surge by Peter D. Feaver, pp. 24-28
    4. Obama's War by Peter Wehner, pp. 29-33
    5. The God of the Gaps by David Berlinski, pp. 34-40
    6. Israel and the Palestinians: Has Bush Reneged? by Norman Podhoretz, pp. 41-48
    7. Roughnecking It by R.R. Reno, pp. 49-55
    8. Free the Piano Player by Terry Teachout, pp. 56-60
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    2. Let Us by All Means Have an Honest Conversation About Race by Linda Chavez, pp. 15-21
    3. In the Matter of George W. Bush v. the Constitution by Gabriel Schoenfeld, pp. 22-30
    4. What Does Reform Judaism Stand For? by Jack Wertheimer, pp. 31-37
    5. The Translator's Paradox by Hillel Halkin, pp. 38-43
    6. Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails by Joseph Epstein, pp. 44-47
    7. Why Malamud Faded by Cheryl Miller, pp. 48-51
    8. Mahler in Manhattan by Terry Teachout, pp. 52-56
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      Order of Battle by Victor Davis Hanson, pp. 57-59 - 1 Review
      1. War and Decision by Douglas J. Feith
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      1. The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State by Noah Feldman
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    2. Are We Winning the War on Terror? by Max Boot, pp. 15-20
    3. How Not to Repair the World by Hillel Halkin, pp. 21-27
    4. Why Iraq Was Inevitable by Arthur Herman, pp. 28-36
    5. Banger Finds Out by Kelly Cherry, pp. 37-45
    6. Hugo Chavez's Jewish Problem by Travis Pantin, pp. 46-50
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    2. How to Manage Savagery by Bret Stephens, pp. 19-26
    3. Obama's "Talking" Cure by Joshua Muravchik, pp. 27-31
    4. Can Libel Tourism Be Stopped? by Andrew C. McCarthy, pp. 32-36
    5. Jews and Their DNA by Hillel Halkin, pp. 37-43
    6. Life of a Salesman by Joseph Epstein, pp. 44-50
    7. Owning the Past by Steven C. Munson, pp. 51-56
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    2. Putin and the Polite Pundits by Arthur Herman, pp. 11-17
    3. Obama's Leftism by Joshua Muravchik, pp. 18-23
    4. Honor versus Unity by Laurence D. Cooper, pp. 24-29
    5. Forgetting Zion by Ruth R. Wisse, pp. 30-35
    6. Whatever Happened to Marc Chagall? by Michael J. Lewis, pp. 36-41
    7. How Not to Write About Iraq by Jonathan Foreman, pp. 42-45
    8. Art, Artlessness, and Hollywood by Terry Teachout, pp. 46-50
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    2. Speculators, Politicians, and Financial Disasters by John Steele Gordon, pp. 13-18
    3. Liberals and the Surge: Wrong from the Beginning by Peter Wehner, pp. 19-23
    4. A Descent in the Dark by R.R. Reno, pp. 24-31
    5. Memo to the New President re the Middle East by Amir Taheri, pp. 32-37
    6. My Pocket Bible by Hillel Halkin, pp. 38-43
    7. The Architect and the Machine by Michael J. Lewis, pp. 44-47
    8. All That (White) Jazz by Terry Teachout, pp. 48-50
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