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Karuna Mantena, Alibis of Empire: Henry Maine and the Ends of Liberal Imperialism, x + 269 pp., £27.95, ISBN 978 0691 128160. Reviewed by Julia Stapleton. Ted H. Miller, Mortal Gods: Science, Politics, and the Humanist Ambitions of Thomas Hobbes, vi + 338 pp., ISBN 978 027104 891 8. Reviewed by Deborah Baumgold. Nicholas Rengger, Just War and International Order: The Uncivil Condition in World Politics, xvii + 205 pp., £18.99, ISBN 978 1107644748. Reviewed by David Boucher. Steve Buckler, Hannah Arendt and Political Theory: Challenging the Tradition, 185 pp., £22.99, ISBN 978 0 748 66853 3. Reviewed by S. Kattago.