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The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton 59 reviews Joe Klein
Broadway, 2003
A very Objective Look at Clinton
+ A fair but ultimately very sad book + Clinton's intense but flawed humanity is what makes him interesting + Pleasurable Read
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Miami and the Siege of Chicago (New York Review Books Classics) 6 reviews Norman Mailer
NYRB Classics, 2008
VINTAGE MAILER
+ Mailer's Genius
What is striking about 1968 in that political sense is that Daley of Chicago, a Democrat, is the recipient of more wrath from liberal writers than Richard Nixon. You remember him: The guy who went on to win it all that year, expanded the war, and broke a myriad of laws in the scandals that come ...
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The Kennedy Imprisonment: A Meditation on Power 2 reviews Garry Wills
Mariner Books, 2002
Insightful Study of America's First Family
Garry Wills is one of the most popular contemporary historians. He is the former Henry R. Luce Professor of American Culture at Northwestern University and the author of numerous books, including "Reagan's America," "Nixon Agonistes," and "Lincoln at Gettysburg," for which he won the Pulitzer ...
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Nixon's Shadow: The History of the Image 21 reviews David Greenberg
W. W. Norton & Company, 2004
Pulitzer Prize Historian: It's "The Best Analysis of Nixon"
+ Imagecrafting + Complexity means we much search some more
I was intrigued about this book when I heard it praised in a lecture by Walter Macdougall, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning historian. He published his lecture and what he said was, "What image will posterity nurture of Nixon? The best analysis is David Greenberg's Nixon's Shadow, published last year. ...
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Theodore Rex (Modern Library Paperbacks) 201 reviews Edmund Morris
Modern Library, 2002
A Whirwind Hits the White House
+ Very worthy effort that leaves me wanting more, not less, + An Excellent Portrait of a Great President + A Window into Roosevelt's Presidency
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Miami and the Siege of Chicago (New York Review Books Classics) 6 reviews Norman Mailer
NYRB Classics, 2008
VINTAGE MAILER
+ Mailer's Genius
What is striking about 1968 in that political sense is that Daley of Chicago, a Democrat, is the recipient of more wrath from liberal writers than Richard Nixon. You remember him: The guy who went on to win it all that year, expanded the war, and broke a myriad of laws in the scandals that come ...
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Theodore Rex (Modern Library Paperbacks) 201 reviews Edmund Morris
Modern Library, 2002
A Whirwind Hits the White House
+ Very worthy effort that leaves me wanting more, not less, + An Excellent Portrait of a Great President + A Window into Roosevelt's Presidency
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The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton 59 reviews Joe Klein
Broadway, 2003
A very Objective Look at Clinton
+ A fair but ultimately very sad book + Clinton's intense but flawed humanity is what makes him interesting + Pleasurable Read
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Nixon's Shadow: The History of the Image 21 reviews David Greenberg
W. W. Norton & Company, 2004
Pulitzer Prize Historian: It's "The Best Analysis of Nixon"
+ Imagecrafting + Complexity means we much search some more
I was intrigued about this book when I heard it praised in a lecture by Walter Macdougall, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning historian. He published his lecture and what he said was, "What image will posterity nurture of Nixon? The best analysis is David Greenberg's Nixon's Shadow, published last year. ...
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The Kennedy Imprisonment: A Meditation on Power 2 reviews Garry Wills
Mariner Books, 2002
Insightful Study of America's First Family
Garry Wills is one of the most popular contemporary historians. He is the former Henry R. Luce Professor of American Culture at Northwestern University and the author of numerous books, including "Reagan's America," "Nixon Agonistes," and "Lincoln at Gettysburg," for which he won the Pulitzer ...
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