An entertaining read, the book is short on [[American]] political history but long in academic arguments. Professor Mansfield sees manliness in athletes (too many to mention, he says), and also in a few women such as [[Margaret Thatcher]] (a favorite of right-of-center professors). | An entertaining read, the book is short on [[American]] political history but long in academic arguments. Professor Mansfield sees manliness in athletes (too many to mention, he says), and also in a few women such as [[Margaret Thatcher]] (a favorite of right-of-center professors). |