Mark J. Davis

Arts & Culture, Books

Examining the American peace movement prior to World War I

by Mark J. Davis April 6, 2017

Mark J. Davis reviews “War Against War: The American Fight for Peace” by Michael Kazin.

Colonel Roosevelt and his Rough Riders at the top of the hill which they captured, Battle of San Juan (photo: Library of Congress).

Arts & Culture, Books

The dawning of America’s imperial ambitions

by Mark J. Davis February 15, 2017

Leading those who believed it was America’s destiny to acquire an empire were Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts and Theodore Roosevelt, a newly minted war hero.

Books

Landlords From Dickens

by Mark J. Davis June 23, 2016

‘Evicted,’ by Matthew Desmond

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Power for Sale

by Mark J. Davis March 16, 2016

‘Dark Money,’ by Jane Mayer

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When Peace Seemed Plausible

by Mark J. Davis January 19, 2016

‘Killing a King,’ by Dan Ephron

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Inevitable Violence?

by Mark J. Davis November 12, 2015

‘The 51 Day War,’ by Max Blumenthal

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A Forgotten Failure?

by Mark J. Davis April 15, 2015

‘American Reckoning,’ by Christian G. Appy

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Majority Rules

by Mark J. Davis December 11, 2014

‘Goliath,’ by Max Blumenthal

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Acts of Resistance

by Mark J. Davis August 19, 2014

‘Warsaw 1944,’ by Alexandra Richie

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What Went Wrong

by Mark J. Davis July 22, 2014

‘The Struggle for Iraq’s Future,’ Zaid Al-Ali