SHORT WAR | By Lily Meyer | Deep Vellum | 275 pp. | Paperback, $16.95 A version of this article appears in print on May 26, 2024, Page 12 of the Sunday Book Review with the headline: Youth in Revolt.

As international incidents go, the Adolf Eichmann case was always more sound than fury. Last week, after a short outburst, even the sound subsided into a polite diplomatic murmur. The week began ...