"Anglo-French Naval Rivalry, 1840-1870," by C. I. Hamilton,
Victorian Studies Vol. 38, No. 2, Winter 1995, pp. 315-17

"Hoover Sucks Up Dirt." Review of J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and
the Secrets by Curt Gentry. London Observer, 26 January 1992.

"The People's New Friend." Review of Robert H. Bork's The Tempting of America:
The Political Seduction of the Law. The Observer of London, circa 1990.

"Fighting the Bad Fight." Review of Wartime: Understanding and
Behavior in the Second World War by Paul Fussell. The Nation, October 23, 1989.

"The Bard of Red Dog." Review of Lawrence Levine's Highbrow/Lowbrow:
The Emergence of Cultural Hierarchy in America. The Nation,
January 30, 1989, pp. 130-32.

Journalism

Features
Interviews
Essays

"Al Is Conscience and Tendre Hearte". First of the Month,11/1/2001.

"Fighting the Last War and the Next." American Heritage
December 2001, Volume 52/Number 8.

"Thoughts on Massacre and Mr. Kerrey". First of the Month 7/1 2001.

"Grossmanism: Media Violence and Mad Social Science".
First of the Month, 8/1 2000.

"The View from the Future." American Heritage November 1992,
Volume 43/Number 7, pp. 70-72.

"The Secret of the Soldiers Who Didn't Shoot."
American Heritage March 1989, Volume 40/Number 2, pp. 36-45.