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Week of May 2, 2011

Up Front

Geronimo, Bin Laden, and U.S. Foreign Policy
Daniel S. Margolies

Muslim Silence Proves Success of Freedom Strategy
Judith Apter Klinghoffer

Afghan Expert Thomas Barfield on Bin Laden's Death
David A. Walsh

The Killing of Osama Bin Laden
Deepak Tripathi

Osama's Spectacular Failure
Gil Troy

China as a Religious State
Thomas David DuBois

Mourning China's Dead Ideals This May Fourth
Lionel Jensen

The Coming Palestinian Diplomatic Revolution
Guy Laron

More Pentagon Follies
William L. O'Neill

China as Number One? Don't Bet Your Bottom Dollar
Tom Englehardt

Understanding Post-Mubarak Egypt
Daniel Pipes

An Arab Spring for Women
Shahin and Juan Cole

Historians & History

Japan's Colonial Legacy in Korea Still Endures
Mark Selden

Culture Watch

Munch on Your Popcorn: Broadway Takes History on the Road to a Movie House near You
Bruce Chadwick

Books

Review of Eric Felten's Loyalty: The Vexing Virtue
Jim Cullen

Review of Brooke L. Blower's Becoming Americans in Paris: Transatlantic Politics and Culture between the World Wars
Megan Brown