Books reviewed in this article:Nelson Mandela,Long Walk To FreedomJosep R. Llobera,The God of Modernity: The Development of Nationalism in Western EuropeValentine M. Moghadam (ed.),Gender and national identity: women and politics in Muslim societiesSven Tägil (ed.),Ethnicity and Nation Building in the Nordic WorldIrina Livezeanu,Cultural Politics in Greater RomaniaEamon Phoenix,Northern Nationalism: Nationalist Politics, Partition and the Catholic Minority in Northern Ireland 1890–1940Louis Dumont,German Ideology. From France to Germany and BackIan S. Lustick,Unsettled States Disputed Lands; Britain and Ireland, France and Algeria, Israel and the West Bank‐GazaPaul Latawski (ed.),Contemporary Nationalism in East Central EuropeRobert J. Donia and John V. A. Fine, Jr,Bosnia and Hercegovina: A Tradition BetrayedGerard Delanty,Inventing Europe: Idea, Identity, RealityPaul Kolstoe (with a contribution by Andrei Edemsky),Russians in the Former Soviet RepublicsMelvin M. Leiman,The Political Economy of Racism: A HistoryWilliam R. Roff,The Origins of Malay NationalismDaniel Silverfarb,The Twilight of British Ascendancy in the Middle East: A Case Study of Iraq, 1941