In her Acknowledgements, author Amy Gamerman writes, “A story like this comes along once in a lifetime.” Readers can be grateful that Gamerman was there when this story came along, and that she—as
“offers a vivid portrayal of colorful, controversial politicians—figures less concerned with governance than with self-preservation, headline-grabbing antics, and stoking public outrage.”
For anyone who learned navigation before the advent of GPS and the ubiquitous blue line on cell phone maps, the use of map and compass to go from one place to another was as much an art as a scienc
“provides an outstanding primer to understanding Russia’s military and strategic mindset and why and how Russia is conducting military operations under the leadership of Vladimir Putin.”
“Chomsky’s lifetime of activism and critique culminates in this volume, offering readers both a summary of his long-standing positions and a call to action.”
The Iraq War is only beginning to receive its due historical reckoning, with many new volumes uncovering the background of the 2003 invasion and discussing the biased, chaotic and often dysfunction
“Although the subtitle of the book credits Churchill with the fight to save civilization, in the end Dugard makes clear that is was the courageous pilots of the RAF . . .”
“The question of whether the United States will live up to Abraham Lincoln’s ideal of ‘a government of the people, by the people and for the people’ is the defining fight of our time.”
“an important contribution to the current debate on the best way for the United States to maintain its global leadership while avoiding war with its primary challenger.”
“This scholarship, written as a clear, engaging narrative, inspires the reader to take the ideas presented in Life After Power to look at other post-presidency lives.”
“The World That Wasn’t paints a convincing portrait of a gullible, flip-flopping fool that does little to explain Henry Wallace’s importance to FDR’s New Deal or progressives’ endu
Teddy and Booker T.: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality is a history lesson told through the lives of two remarkable men who were opposites in life circumstances but
“Although democracy may not inherently be fragile, when its caretakers abandon their duties, fissures can appear. Sometimes it takes a renegade to stand in the gap.”
