Rumsfeld: His Rise, Fall, and Catastrophic Legacy20 reviews Andrew Cockburn Scribner, 2007 Fine study of a 'ruthless little b******' and failure + Rumsfeld + Sadly Accurate + It Proved It Was Worse Than Thought.             Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush18 reviews Center for Constitutional Rights Melville House, 2006 A strong case for impeachment + A Critical Look at a National Crisis + read it NOW! + PROJECT CENSORED calls this movement one of its most under-reported stories             Ronald Reagan and the Triumph of American Conservatism (Library of American Biography Series) (2nd Edition)1 review Jules Tygiel Longman, 2006 Must-Read for Conservatives Dr. Jules Tygiel uses simple, forthright prose to assess the accomplishments and evaluate the legacy of one of America's most popular presidents.His admiration for Ronald Reagan's political skills is fairly balanced with his reservations about some of the unfinished business of the two-term ...             All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror136 reviews Stephen Kinzer Wiley, 2004 Sometimes the truth has a liberal bias + Blame the Brits + A few good murders by a few good men gone awry + A must read to understand the middle east + Thrilling Read, Highly Important History.             The Arrogance of Power: The Secret World of Richard Nixon66 reviews Anthony Summers Viking Adult, 2000 BEST book on Nixon + An unrelenting and rapid-fire assault Anthony Summers has written a masterpiece; no other way to put it. Well written and researched--the best book on Nixon, bar none. Get this! P.S. He interviewed former Secret Service agents Art Godfrey and Jerry Behn (as have I) Vince Palamara Secret Service expert (History Channel, author of 2 ...             The Hammer: God, Money, and the Rise of the Republican Congress13 reviews Lou Dubose, Jan Reid PublicAffairs, 2004 Excellent Expose of How DeLay Worked! + Tom Delay + Interesting! + my teacher             John Foster Dulles and the Diplomacy of the Cold War (Princeton Paperbacks) Princeton University Press, 1992 As Dwight D. Eisenhower's Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles came to personify the shortcomings of American foreign policy. This collection of essays, representing the first archivally based reassessment of Dulles's diplomacy, examines his role during one of the most critical periods of modern history. Rejecting familiar Cold War stereotypes, this volume reveals the hidden complexities in ...             Warren G. Harding (The American Presidents Series)30 reviews John W. Dean Times Books, 2004 A must read!!! + Warren G. Harding--Not so bad after all? + A Half Hail to Harding I could't wait to read this book. After seeing all the reviews with most being positive and some being highly negative I was intrigued about this book causing so much debate in its reviews here on Amazon. I must say the book did not disappoint me at all! It is a excellent must read book! It ...             Sleepwalking Through History: America in the Reagan Years25 reviews Haynes Johnson W. W. Norton & Company, 2003 CAREFUL, OBJECTIVE, THE FACTS WITHOUT COMMENT FROM A TRUE PROFESSIONAL GENTLEMAN JOURNALIST HISTORIAN/ THE TRUTH OF REAGAN/BUSH + Asleep at the Wheel + Encyclopedic account of the 80's viewed through a political lens + Not a Reagan fan + CAREFUL, OBJECTIVE, THE FACTS WITHOUT COMMENT FROM A TRUE PROFESSIONAL GENTLEMAN JOURNALIST HISTORIAN/ THE TRUTH OF REAGAN/BUSH             The Politics of Fear: Joseph R. McCarthy and the Senate1 review Robert Griffith University of Massachusetts Press, 1987 Astounding. A wonderful piece of work I have to say, this is an amazing book. It is coherant, fluent, and above all, easy to read. The infomation given is presentd well, especially for students (such as myself) studying McCarthy and the Red Scare. Neverthelss, you won't find yourself bogged down in a tide of historical phrases that ...             Fraud of the Century: Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, and the Stolen Election of 187618 reviews Roy Morris Jr. Simon & Schuster, 2003 Who stole what. + Thorough and Balanced A classic case of a grand theft. But who really stole what. One party cheats the electorate in the states of Oregon, Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana. The other party disenfranchises millions of former slaves in these states and the other 10 Southern states. Morris does a great job ...             Empire by Default: The Spanish-American War and the Dawn of the American Century10 reviews Ivan Musicant Henry Holt and Co., 1998 Excellent Narrative Account of "The Splendid Little War" + Definitive Single Volume History of the Spanish American War + wonderful book, lacks some clarity + A lively history of a largely forgotten event             Nixon Agonistes: The Crisis of the Self-Made Man3 reviews Garry Wills Mariner Books, 2002 Forgotten masterpiece + The Dark Side of The American Spirit + Excellent biography of Nixon and history of Presidential power It's too bad that this book is out of print. Probably it stopped selling because of its title -- people must have assumed that it was only relevant for the Nixon era. Not so! The book is valuable today for the evocation of the early part of that time (especially the summer of 1968), but more than ...             The Architect: Karl Rove and the Master Plan for Absolute Power6 reviews James Moore, Wayne Slater Crown, 2006 Very Alarming! + Excellent research. + 2006 Midterms upend Rove & Co. + Fearsome Look into Karl Rove's Machiavellian Machinations Presented with Fierce Determination + Good book: terrible title             Subversion as Foreign Policy: The Secret Eisenhower and Dulles Debacle in Indonesia1 review Audrey R. Kahin New Press, 1995 a green light to Suharto's atrocities? The book raises unsettling questions about possible American involvement in the rise to power of Suharto. It is well known that the Nixon administration aided Pinochet's coup against Allende in the 1970s, and turned a blind eye to the purges later committed by Pinoceht. But Suharto's accession and ...             The Presidency of Calvin Coolidge (American Presidency Series)2 reviews Robert H. Ferrell University Press of Kansas, 1998 An objective and well researched account. The thirty-second volume in the acclaimed American Presidency Series presents a complex man and his struggles to solidify the economy and use cautious diplomacy in foreign affairs. Contrary to popular opinion, Robert Ferrell argues that Calvin Coolidge worked vigorously to achieve successful ...             Abuse of Power: The New Nixon Tapes15 reviews Stanley Kutler Touchstone, 1998 The Nixon Legacy. + Read about what Haldeman knew about and told Nixon about Mark Felt on pp 170 & 171 + Interesting + Listen to Abuse of Power, edited by Kutler, as Book on Tape             Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up10 reviews Lawrence E. Walsh W. W. Norton & Company, 1998 This book explains why Walsh did not get any convictions + A SHARPLY AWAKENING ANTIDOTE TO THE CURRENT SOPORIFIC LIES AND DECEIT + A Study in Integrity + Patriotism? Self responsiblity? Rule of Law? Character? + Sometimes wordy, always chilling account of a very dark time             Subversion as Foreign Policy: The Secret Eisenhower and Dulles Debacle in Indonesia1 review Audrey R. Kahin New Press, 1995 a green light to Suharto's atrocities? The book raises unsettling questions about possible American involvement in the rise to power of Suharto. It is well known that the Nixon administration aided Pinochet's coup against Allende in the 1970s, and turned a blind eye to the purges later committed by Pinoceht. But Suharto's accession and ...             Nixon Agonistes: The Crisis of the Self-Made Man3 reviews Garry Wills Mariner Books, 2002 Forgotten masterpiece + The Dark Side of The American Spirit + Excellent biography of Nixon and history of Presidential power It's too bad that this book is out of print. Probably it stopped selling because of its title -- people must have assumed that it was only relevant for the Nixon era. Not so! The book is valuable today for the evocation of the early part of that time (especially the summer of 1968), but more than ...