Jonathan Clarke on post-World War II books that articulated a new vocabulary with which to reflect America back to itself — but the image they presented was not always pleasing. Damon Linker reviews The Conservative Turn: Lionel Trilling, Whittaker Chambers, and the Lessons of Anti-Communism by Michael Kimmage. The Gay McCarthyites: How Roy Cohn and his boyfriend helped unmake their maker. A review of The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America by Don Lattin (and more and more). A review of Orange Sunshine: The Brotherhood of Eternal Love and Its Quest to Spread Peace, Love, and Acid to the World by Nicholas Schou (and more). A review of Framing the Sixties: The Use and Abuse of a Decade from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush by Bernard von Bothmer. A review of The Age of Impeachment: American Constitutional Culture since 1960 by David Kyvig. A review of The Future Almost Arrived: How Jimmy Carter Failed to Change U.S. Foreign Policy by Itai Nartzizenfield Sneh (and more). Kevin Mattson, author of What the Heck Are You Up To, Mr. President?, on how Jimmy Carter gave one of the toughest speeches in the history of presidential speeches. Michaelangelo Matos reviews Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture by Alice Echols (and more and more and more and more and more and more and more). An interview with Craig Shirley, author of Rendezvous With Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America. Living in the Eighties: Moving beyond the Gilded Age versus Golden Age paradigm. A review of The Ground Truth: The Untold Story of America Under Attack on 9/11 by John Farmer.
