Modern History Notes

Mark Lewis,"Treacherous Ground," NYT, 27 August, reviews Richard Slotkin's No Quarter: The Battle of the Crater, 1864. See also: Kevin Levin,"‘The Question of Atrocity' for Richard Slotkin," Civil War Memory, 12 August.

Miranda Seymour,"Couples," NYT, 27 August, reviews Kate Cambor's Gilded Youth: Three Lives in France's Belle Époque.

Leon Hoffman,"Freud's Adirondack Vacation," NYT, 29 August, notes the centennial of Freud's only visit to the United States.

Stanley Kaufman,"Odd Surprises," TNR, 29 August, reviews Dani Levy and Stefan Arndt's"My Fuhrer: The Truly Truest Truth about Adolf Hitler".

Jody Rosen,"A Century Later, She's Still Red Hot," NYT, 28 August, announces the re-release of the best of Sophie Tucker.

Anthony Lane,"Dropping Out," New Yorker, 31 August, reviews Ang Lee's"Taking Woodstock" and Udi Edel's"The Baader Meinhof Complex".

Jay Mathews,"I Pledge Allegiance to Core Knowledge," Washington Post, 30 August, reviews E. D. Hirsch's The Making of Americans: Democracy and Our Schools.