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Author Archives: A S H Smyth

Liberation or catastrophe?

Sir Michael Howard’s Liberation or Catastrophe? (Hambledon Continuum, £25) is an emphatic commentary on the West’s continuing struggle to deal with the basic legacy of the Enlightenment: ‘the freedom to starve’. Beginning with the rise of nations, Sir Michael analyses a century-long global war which destroyed the old European order and witnessed a maelstrom of […]

Now I have to pretend to like graphic novels, too?

A review of Douglas Wolk’s Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean. — For Stop Smiling

God is NOT Great

by Christopher Hitchens, reviewed. — For Stop Smiling

Shadowland

A Q&A with Danish photojournalist Jan Grarup. — For Stop Smiling

‘Additional reporting by…’

from a Sunday Times (UK) tsunami-anniversary article, the headline of which I’m not prepared to repeat. — For The Sunday Times

How Bond got his balls back

(and then nearly lost them again) Casino Royale, reviewed. — For Stop Smiling

British Neocon manifesto

The British Moment, by the Henry Jackson Society, reviewed. — For The Brussels Journal

What Terrorists Want

by Louise Richardson, reviewed. — For The Atlantic Affairs.

Guardians of Power

The ‘myth of the liberal media’, investigated by Medialens – and reviewed by me. — For The Atlantic Affairs

Zacarias Moussaoui vs the State of Virginia

Why the US should avoid a tempting catharsis in the case of the would-be 9/11 hijacker. — For The Atlantic Affairs