Reviews

The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby

Director Carl Colby’s compelling portrait of his dad connects two vital relationships—one familial, the other between a man and his country.

October 30, 2020

by Paul Glusman. Sorkin is committing the crime of stealing our history.

October 24, 2020

The trial of the Chicago 7 — or the Chicago 8, depending on who’s counting and how — is the mother of all courtroom dramas.

February 11, 2016

Kissinger’s Shadow: The Long Reach of America’s Most Controversial Statesman by Greg Grandin Review by Howie...

October 27, 2015

Last Plane Out of Saigon By Richard Pena and John Hagan Story Merchant Books, 2014 On May 25, 2012, in announcing a...

June 24, 2015

This article originally appeared at theamericanconservative.com Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in...

May 25, 2015

This review originally appeared at The New York Times Review of Books. Maya Lin NOVEMBER 2, 2000 ISSUE It’s taken me...

May 18, 2015

American Gandhi: A.J. Muste and the History of Radicalism in the Twentieth Century by Leilah Danielson, (Philadelphia:...

May 13, 2015

This review originally appeared at The Guardian. Martin Woollacott enjoys Wolfgang Schivelbusch's fascinating...

March 10, 2015

One of the pleasures of working on the Vietnam Full Disclosure project is revisiting books I have read in the past....

February 24, 2015

This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. Yes, they’ve become “the greatest generation” (a phrase that’s...

February 22, 2015

This article originally appeared at lareviewofbooks.org. EVERY TRUE WAR STORY is a story of trauma and recovery. A boy...

February 21, 2015

This article originally appeared at www.thanhniennews.com. Former war correspondents and academics have condemned the...

February 21, 2015

The New Anti-Communism? Revising the Meaning of the Vietnam War by Michael Uhl With “Last Days in Vietnam,” a...

February 20, 2015

This article originally appeared at nytimes.com. This excerpt from the book review, below by Jennifer Percy,...