History

When someone says, “She’s a lesbian, but really nice,” the “but” reveals unfair bias. Jonathan Hansen’s “revisionist” account of Fidel Castro is of this sort.

“a highly readable account of the Allied effort to not only get ashore on the continent of Europe, but stay ashore and liberate Europe.”

"The individual readers will question much of Crimes and Cover-Ups, agree with other parts, and think hard about the points raised."

“This political environment, in which the separation of church and state is treated as a kind of heresy rather than the real rock upon which our government stands, is what makes the timing

“Music expresses the soul of a nation and illustrates its moods and contradictions from one era to another across time.”

"Ghost Ships grabs the reader with action from the beginning and keeps the adventure going throughout."

“To quote from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, ‘When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.’ Fortunately for us, author Clay Risen printed both.”

“[L]ong before the first mainland cowboy strapped on a six-gun, mounted a horse, and rode across Monument Valley or Texas’s King Ranch, expert horsemen were rounding up cattle on an isolate

“Werb deftly captures the grim void of life among the disposable human detritus of a state governance apparatus more interested in its own power and enrichment than the lives and livelihood

"Anointed in Oil uniquely documents . . .

“Nagorski provides a compelling narrative of the war’s major events, developments, and personalities in 1941.”