Review of “The Three Lives of James Madison” by Noah Feldman
Noah Feldman’s “The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President” was published in 2017 and explores the evolving political …
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Review of “The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter” by Kai Bird
Published last week, Kai Bird’s “The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter” is the most recent full-length review of …
Review of “The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months that Changed the World” by A.J. Baime
Published in 2017, “The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months that Changed the World” is the fourth …
Review of “President McKinley: Architect of the American Century” by Robert Merry
Published in 2017, “President McKinley: Architect of the American Century” is Robert Merry’s fifth, and most recent, book. He is …
Review of “The Age of Eisenhower” by William I. Hitchcock
William Hitchcock’s “The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s” was published in 2018. Hitchcock is a …
Review of “John Quincy Adams: American Visionary” by Fred Kaplan
Fred Kaplan’s 2014 “John Quincy Adams: American Visionary” is one of the most recent and comprehensive biographies of the sixth …
Review of “Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times” by Kenneth Whyte
Published in 2017, Kenneth Whyte’s “Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times” is the most recent biography of the 31st …
Review of “Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times” by David Reynolds
David Reynolds’s “Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times” was published seven weeks ago (September 2020) and is currently the best …
Review of “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life” by Jonathan Alter
Jonathan Alter’s long-awaited biography of the thirty-ninth president “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life” was published last month (September …
New Release Alert: “Fear: Trump in the White House” by Bob Woodward
Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward 448 pages Simon & Schuster Release Date: September 11, 2018 * …
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1,779 days ago I took the first step on this great adventure: I launched this website and opened Volume 1 …
Review of “The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson (Vol 1)” by Robert Caro
“The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson” is the first volume in Robert Caro’s epic series covering the …
New Release Alert: “Grant” by Ron Chernow
Grant by Ron Chernow 1,104 pages Penguin Press Release Date: October 10, 2017 * * * Every year there is …
Review of “Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President” by Robert Dallek
“Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President” is Robert Dallek’s 2004 abridgment of his two-volume series on LBJ which was …
Review of “Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times 1961-1973 (Vol 2)” by Robert Dallek
Published in 1998, “Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times 1961-1973” is the concluding volume in Robert Dallek’s two-volume series …
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