Leo Strauss: hawk or dove? Samuel Goldman reviews Robert Howse’s Leo Strauss: Man of Peace in the current issue of TAC.

Losing the Battle of New Orleans. Harry Mount offers a remembrance of the battle from a British perspective.

Setting limits on the use of force. Daniel DePetris reviews the limits imposed by pre-9/11 AUMFs.

Finding the off-ramp in Iraq. Paul Pillar reflects on why the U.S. is so unsuccessful at ending its involvement in unnecessary wars.

A spotlight on an abusive regime. World Politics Review interviews Jeffrey Smith on the failed coup in Gambia and the rule of President Yahya Jammeh.

The credibility addiction. Stephen Walt explains how the U.S. keeps falling into the trap of fighting wars for “credibility.”

The Israeli example. J. Trevor Ulbrick refutes an important part of the supposed justification for the U.S. torture regime.

The Generalissimo and the Chairman. Jeffrey Wasserstrom reviews Richard Bernstein’s China 1945.