Notes in Modern History

Kevin Boyle,"Promised Land," NYT, 21 March, reviews Ira Berlin's The Making of African America: The Four Great Migrations.

Ross Douthat,"Nuts and Dolts," NYT, 18 March, reviews David Aaronovitch's Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History.

Michael Washburn,"Redefining terrorism in American history," Boston Globe, 19 March, reviews Michael Fellman's In the Name of God and Country: Reconsidering Terrorism in American History.

Michael Dirda reviews Jenny Woolf's The Mystery of Lewis Carroll: Discovering the Whimsical, Thoughtful, and Sometimes Lonely Man Who Created Alice in Wonderland for the Washington Post, 21 March.

Phillip Kennicott,"Landscape and Memory," The Book, 22 March, reviews Kirk Savage's Monument Wars: Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial Landscape.

Seth Stern,"Full court press -- and then some," Washington Post, 21 March, reviews Jeff Shesol's Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court.

David Carr and Michiko Kakutani, NYT, 18 March, review Jules Feiffer's Backing into Forward: A Memoir.