Britain since 1918: The Strange Career of British Democracy

Books reviewed in this issue. Britain's four political traditions Britain since 1918: The Strange Career of British Democracy, by David Marquand. The darker side of nudging Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth and Happiness, by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein. The almost-forgotten Korean War The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War, by David Halberstam. Reasoning about risk Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next Fifty Years, by Vaclav Smil. The great war on terror Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-first Century, by Philip Bobbitt. From terrorism to pop cultural icons ? Baader-Meinhof Returns: History and Cultural Memory of German Left-wing Terrorism, edited by Gerrit-Jan Berendse and Ingo Cornils. An incoherent critique of New Labour ? The End of Politics: New Labour and the Folly of Managerialism, by Chris Dillow. Top of the paps Born Yesterday: The News as a Novel, by Gordon Burn. The slight hand of history Great Hatred, Little Room: Making Peace in Northern Ireland, by Jonathan Powell. Israel-Palestine: insiders and outsiders Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation, by Saree Makdisi.