Review of Strangers Nowhere in the World: The Rise of Cosmopolitanism in Early Modern Europe , by Margaret Jacobs (Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006)
… readers to cultivate in order to prevent against militant nationalism and fundamentalist sentiment. Opening the book … the limits of cosmopolite sentiment in the busy international city. During the eighteenth century Avignon was a … was so crucial in the English Civil war and in forming international social circles of scientific and even alchemic …
… Once again the United States has squandered its international credibility on a war that most of its closest … recognize that Iraq was a significant threat to the international community. Why is that? Because, the United States … of the Yalu River — has often exaggerated the threat to national or international security to justify military …
Review of The Sack of Panama: Captain Morgan and The Battle for the Caribbean, by Peter Earle (St. Martin's Press '07, $25.95, 292 pages, ISBN #0-312-36142-4; index, source notes, bibliography, unillustrated)
… Religious diversity, the end of colonial rule, and rising nationalism have led to regional conflicts in the Middle … Diplomacy/International Relations …