From Air &Space Power Journal, Jennifer Henderson (USAF): Holy War: Millenarianism and Political Violence; a review of The Last Crusade: Americanism and the Islamic Reformation by Michael A. Palmer; a review of Beyond al-Qaeda: Part 1, The Global Jihadist Movement and Part 2, The Outer Rings of the Terrorist Universe by Angel Rabasa et al.; and a review essay on strategy making; Nouriel Roubini says nationalizing the banks is the market-friendly solution. Jeffrey Toobin on the Supreme Court taking on a civil-rights landmark. A look at how bloggers and unions are joining forces to push Democrats to left (and Obama wants to move the center left — the president's liberal critics miss the bigger picture). A review of 7 Deadly Scenarios. A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century by Andrew Krepinevich. From Dissent, Seyla Benhabib on Turkey's constitutional zigzags; Forrest D. Colburn on Latin America: Captive to commodities. From TNR, Michael Wahid Hanna on why a timeline for troop withdrawal is no longer only Washington's decision; and huge expectations, big egos, turf wars: Is Clinton's State Department just like her campaign? From The Monkey Cage, Matt Jarvis on improving scholarly journals (and part 2). "Liberal bias? Research finds network TV election coverage favors Republicans. Majikthise on Quiverfulls and the OctoMom.
