Brian Stewart wrote a book review of Eliot A. Cohen's The Strategist published in the October 2026 issue of Commentary magazine

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Oliver Moody of The Times reviewed the book 'Lieblingsspeisen', examining post-World War II German national identity through regional food traditions

Author Tom Wolfe published the essay 'Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers' in 1970

Michael McFaul authored the book 'Autocrats versus Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder.'

Historian Edward Gibbon wrote that Anna Komnene's Alexiad displays the vanity of a female author on every page

Author Carolyn Steel wrote the book Sitopia

Ben Okri considers James Baldwin's essays to be among the greatest ever written, alongside those of Montaigne, Bacon, and Emerson

The philosopher Hannah Arendt criticized James Baldwin for presenting love as the solution in "Fire Next Time"

Ben Okri and his Nigerian friends in New Cross read James Baldwin's essays, including "Fire Next Time" and "Notes of a Native Son"

Ben Okri first encountered James Baldwin's work in the late 1970s or early 1980s

In his book "Advertisements for Myself," Norman Mailer described James Baldwin's writing as "too polite."

Noah Feldman's book 'Scorpions' described the FDR-era Supreme Court justices as hating each other

Dr. Willard Harley wrote a book titled "His Needs, Her Needs."

The October 2026 issue of Commentary Magazine contains book reviews and cultural criticism.

The coalition described in "End Times Fascism" seeks to accelerate the world's collapse rather than prevent it

The book "End Times Fascism" argues a coalition of tech billionaires, anti-immigration operatives, and the religious right believe the world is ending

Juliet Kaiya is the author of the book 'The Devil Never Sleeps, Learning to Live in An Age of Disasters'

The book "Guns, Germs, and Steel" focuses on broad historical trends over 10,000 years, largely omitting the role of individuals

Jared Diamond's book "Upheaval" opens with a story about Adolf Hitler nearly dying in a car accident

Jared Diamond's book on leadership focuses on the short-term impact of specific individuals

Some readers have identified "The Disappearers" as the first major Gen X Jamaican novel.