Book Review

East is East

A new history of Orientalism reveals the vagary and variety of the field—and the danger of declaring any area of inquiry off-limits.

Imperial Follies

In 1956, the British stumbled in Suez, and the Soviets crushed the Hungarian uprising—revealing the fatal flaws of modern empire.

True North

A career-spanning anthology reveals again why Alice Munro is the living writer most likely to be read in a hundred years

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Walt's World

Disney gave the postwar generation its deepest common cultural experiences.