online archive
2:00PM
JUL 29 2007
Miscellaneous
A review of Perfect Spy: The Incredible Double Life of Pham Xuan An, Time Magazine Reporter and Vietnamese Communist Agent by Larry Berman. A review of Women's Roles in Nineteenth-Century America by Tiffany K. Wayne. A review of Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner ( and more and more and more). Democracy has never been an idyll: Thomas Jefferson, principal author of the Declaration of Independence, had never actually read any of the works of Plato he so airily cited. A review of No Retreat, No Surrender by Tom DeLay (and more).
From TNR, a review of Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation of New York by Hilary Ballon. A review of The Fabric of America: How Our Borders and Boundaries Shaped the Country and Forged Our National Identity by Andro Linklater. A review of MacArthur by Richard B. Frank. Who was this "Great Liberator"? A review of Lincoln Unmasked: What You're Not Supposed to Know About Dishonest Abe by Thomas J. DiLorenzo. Alger Hiss Rides Again: Spy case erupts; defenders turn to Nixonian tactics. A review of LeMay: A Biography by Barrett Tillman. How Slavery Destroyed Virginia: A review of Dominion of Memories: Jefferson, Madison, and the Decline of Virginia by Susan Dunn.
A review of The Second Gilded Age: The Great Reaction in the United States, 1973-2001 by Michael McHugh. In our era of legalistic nitpicking over dull charters of rights, the (re)publication of Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence and Thomas Jefferson: Author of America by Christopher Hitchens should make your heart beat faster. A review of The Limits of Sovereignty: Property Confiscation in the Union and the Confederacy During the Civil War by Daniel W. Hamilton. A review of Cheney: The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President by Stephen Hayes (and more and more). A review of Age of Betrayal: The Triumph of Money in America, 1865-1900 by Jack Beatty and West form Appomattox: The Reconstruction of America After the Civil War by Heather Cox Richardson.
From National Review, an interview with Stephen F. Hayes, author of Cheney: The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President. A review of Nixon and Kissinger by Robert Dallek. David Gordon reviews The Ruses for War: American Interventionism Since World War II by John B. Quigley. A review of Savage Peace: Hope and Fear in America, 1919 by Ann Hagedorn. Edward Luttwak reviews The Reagan Diaries, ed. by Douglas Brinkley. A review of Henry Kissinger and the American Century by Jeremi Suri. BBC's Document uncovers details of a planned coup in the USA in 1933 against FDR which included George W. Bush’s grandfather, Prescott. The Great Triumvirate: A review of The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister: Three Who Changed the World by John O’Sullivan.
