December 17, 2001

This December 2001 issue featured coverage of Attorney General John Ashcroft and the Justice Department's role in the post-9/11 war on terror, with Terry Eastland and David Tell examining how the department went to war. The issue also included a substantial Christmas books section with literary reviews by Boerner on Mary Shelley, Lenzner on Vargas Llosa, Novak on Cap Weinberger, plus additional holiday reading recommendations on diarists and mysteries.