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Jonathan Israel is Modern European History Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study. His latest book is A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Democracy. (April 2010)
A Great, Neglected Victory
Going Dutch: How England Plundered Holland's Glory
by Lisa Jardine
April 8, 2010 issue
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