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Chronicles Magazine March 2020

THE AMERICAN INTEREST

The Knack of the Non-Deal
Srdja Trifkovic - MARCH 01, 2020
An Arab-Israeli peace agreement is like a moderate Syrian rebel or rational leftist: It is possible to visualize, but producing one is daunting. Every attempt has failed. President Donald Trump’s “Peace to Prosperity” plan will be no...
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IN THE DARK

The World's Values
George McCartney - MARCH 01, 2020

1917 • La Grande Illusion (1937) • Paths of Glory (1957) • Uncut Gems
Sam Mendes’ new film, 1917, is a rigorous examination of what it was like to be a low-ranking officer in the Great War. The film follows—literally, with a...
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UNDER THE BLACK FLAG

Meet the Markles
Taki Theodoracopulos - MARCH 01, 2020
I never thought I’d get back to this silly subject for Chronicles ever again, but the Markles—as I now refer to them—have a way of getting our attention, and embarrassing Al Capone in the process. As the Feds were closing in on him, Al was told...
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EDITORIALS

First Things First
Edward Welsch - MARCH 01, 2020
After people gather into groups they formulate their own founding myths. The veracity of these stories is of secondary importance to their ability to tie people to a sense of noble purpose, shared sacrifice, and confidence that their activities...
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EDITORIALS

Vestigial Reds
Paul Gottfried - MARCH 01, 2020
Diana West should be a familiar name to anyone who has studied the operation of the American Communist movement. Two of her books, America Betrayed: The Secret Assault on our Nation’s Character (2013) and The Red Thread (2019) examine the...
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REVIEWS

Books in Brief
John DeJak - MARCH 01, 2020
Journalist Tyler O’Neil of PJ Media has been busy. From roughly around the time of the Charlottesville racial conflagration in 2017 to the filling of the inkwells that were used to print this book, O’Neil has covered various aspects of the...
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