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White House Years (1979) by Henry Kissinger
Tears of a Courtier Political memoirs are works of self-justification. In the case of Henry Kissinger, he packages these self-justifications in the first volume of his memoirs, White House Years...
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Years of Upheaval (1981) by Henry Kissinger
A Second Term and a Third-rate Burglary Now Watergate does not bother me Does your conscience bother you? Tell the truth. “Sweet Home Alabama,” Lynyrd Skynyrd (1974) Years of Upheaval, the second...
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Mondays with the Supremes: Part IV: Tapes and Tapes
A limited-run series where I review three books about the Supreme Court of the United States, exploring its historical and ideological conflicts, and the transformations it wrought upon law and...
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Years of Renewal (1999) by Henry Kissinger
The Benefits of Hindsight Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies. Groucho Marx Henry Kissinger wrote his final...
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CCLaP Fridays: The Secretary, by Kim Ghattas
This week at CCLaP I review “The Secretary” by Kim Ghattas, about Hillary Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State, told from the perspective of a half-Dutch, half-Lebanese female correspondent for the...
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Maximalist, by Stephen Sestanovich @ NYJB
“Maximalist is a highly readable account of American engagement during the Cold War and the War on Terror. It provides a commonsense means to assess American military and diplomatic policy without the...
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American Odd: Conspiranoia!: the Mother of All Conspiracy Theories, by Devon...
This week I continue my American Odd essay series with a look at Conspiranoia!: the Mother of All Conspiracy Theories, by Devon Jackson. It’s the essay the UFO nazi Bilderbergers don’t want you to...
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When Presidents Lie: a history of official deception and its consequences, by...
The field of history possesses two main currents, one celebratory and the other critical. The first celebrates the Master Narrative, a rather arch term that combines concepts of power and...
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