From Esquire, Thomas P.M. Barnett on Admiral William "Fox" Fallon, the man between war and peace. How to swim against the current: People are wriggling free of the fetters of corporate culture. How to misread Robbe-Grillet: Jonathan Meades on the supreme novelist of France's trente glorieuses. From nthposition, here is the urban legend: the miscreant shooter misinterprets The Catcher in the Rye; and more on Modernism by Peter Gay. Rise of the super-mayor: How mayors of American cities are coping with suburban growth. A review of Richard M. Cook’s Alfred Kazin: A Biography. A review of Superheroes!: Capes and Crusaders in Comics and Films by Roz Kaveney. How far they have travelled: A Turkish-based movement, which sounds more reasonable than most of its rivals, is vying to be recognised as the world's leading Muslim network. Feel safer now? Most anti-terrorist spending is wasteful, claims a new study. More on Blood and Rage: A Cultural History of Terrorism by Michael Burleigh. The lowdown on God's showdown: Many evangelical Christians tremble with excitement at the thought that they are the "last generation" and "Jesus is due to return soon". From Smithsonian, from bebop to hip-hop, nobody alive has done more for American music than Quincy Jones. A review of Army of Shadows: Palestinian Collaboration With Zionism, 1917-1948 by Hillel Cohen.
