Things Noted Here & There

Michael Bellesiles,"Teaching Military History in a Time of War," CHE, 27 June, argues that it is more difficult. Our colleague, Scott McLemee, has been trying to understand the uses of the adjectives"celebrated" and"controversial" to describe a"disgraced" historian.

H. W. Brands reviews Leo Damrosch's Tocqueville's Discovery of America for the Washington Post, 27 June.

Randy Malamud,"Eadweard Muybridge, Thief of Animal Souls," CHE, 27 June, reviews"Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change," an exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. See also:"Muybridge Stop-Motion Sequences, Animated," CHE, 27 June.

Andrew Hussey reviews Jonathan Fenby's The General: Charles De Gaulle and the France He Saved for the Guardian, 27 June.

Andrew Bacevich,"Endless war, a recipe for four-star arrogance," Washington Post, 27 June, argues that de facto perpetual war is severely damaging both America's military forces and American democracy. Thanks to Brad Smith for the tip.