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Paul Kennedy’s ‘Engineers of Victory’

How unsung innovators and organisers drove the Allies to victory in 1945. Review by David Edgerton

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A journalist’s attempt to master Chopin’s Ballade No 1 in stolen moments. A review of ‘Play It Again’, by Alan Rusbridger

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Nonsense and sensibility

Demanding, surreal poems of great lyric beauty. Ian Thomson reviews ‘Quick Question’, by John Ashbery

China's Silent Army NON-FICTION Jan 18, 2013

Crouching tiger, hidden agenda?

A study of China’s conduct abroad is marred by an undercurrent of xenophobia. Jamil Anderlini reviews ‘China’s Silent Army’, by Juan Pablo Cardenal and Heriberto Araújo

Family Secrets NON-FICTION Jan 18, 2013

Behind closed doors

The history of shame and stigma is more complex than we think. Henry Hitchings reviews ‘Family Secrets’, by Deborah Cohen

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Two politicians make a powerful case that the European project suffers from too little ambition

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Philippe Claudel: What book do I wish I’d written? ‘Portnoy’s Complaint’ by Philip Roth

Close-up of the wrinkled face of a 99-year-old Evenki woman ©Corbis FICTION Jan 18, 2013

‘The Last Quarter of the Moon’

Kelly Falconer reviews Chi Zijian’s tale of nomadic lives threatened by politics and change in China

Swans of the Kremlin NON-FICTION Jan 18, 2013

One step ahead

Russian ballet and the revolutionaries. Clement Crisp reviews ‘Swans of the Kremlin’, by Christina Ezrahi

The Lawgiver FICTION Jan 18, 2013

Wholly Moses

A prophet is transported to Hollywood. Michael Prodger reviews ‘The Lawgiver’, by Herman Wouk

The Love-charm of Bombs NON-FICTION Jan 18, 2013

Love among the ruins

Writerly passions set free by the Blitz. Virginia Rounding reviews ‘The Lovecharm of Bombs’, by Lara Feigel

Say What You Mean NON-FICTION Jan 18, 2013

Intellectual situations

A bold New York journal. John Sunyer reviews ‘Say What You Mean: The n+1 Anthology’, edited by Christian Lorentzen

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