John T. McGreevy reviews “Fordham: A History of the Jesuit University of New York: 1841-2003” by Thomas J. Shelley.
John T. McGreevy
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Off to a Distant Land
In a few months we will reach the 70th anniversary of the publication of Gilbert Garraghan 8217 s three-volume history of the Jesuits in the 19th-century Midwest Don 8217 t have a copy beside your night table Join the club I teach American history for a living I write about the history of Catho
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Freedom vs. Totalitarianism
Why is there so little organized liberal opposition to the war The writer George Packer asked this question in the New York Times Magazine eight months ago before the occupation of Iraq dissolved into sniper attacks on American troops and rallies led by disgruntled clerics before American tanks r