March 26, 2004
The Meaning of Success and Failure in an American Context
The football coach Vince Lombardi captured the essence of America's obsession with victory when he said, "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." Jules Lobel's new book, Success Without Victory: Lost Legal Battles and the Long Road to Justice in America (New York University Press), takes a different tack.
A law professor at the University of Pittsburgh and an attorney in a 1990 lawsuit to stop the Persian Gulf war, Mr. Lobel examines how failed legal efforts have led to lasting
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