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Dec 31, 2020
Review of Liar Temptress Soldier Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War, by Karen Abbott
Review of Liar Temptress Soldier Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War, by Karen Abbott
Nov 22, 2020
Review of The Etruscans: Lost Civilizations, by Lucy Shipley
Review of The Etruscans: Lost Civilizations, by Lucy Shipley
Oct 31, 2020
Review of Reaganland: America’s Right Turn 1976-1980, by Rick Perlstein
Review of Reaganland: America’s Right Turn 1976-1980, by Rick Perlstein
Sep 20, 2020
Review of The Awakening: A History of the Western Mind AD 500-1700, by Charles Freeman
Review of The Awakening: A History of the Western Mind AD 500-1700, by Charles Freeman
Aug 3, 2020
Review of Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood, by Karina Longworth
Review of Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood, by Karina Longworth
Jul 9, 2020
Review of Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82, by Elizabeth A. Fenn
Review of Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82, by Elizabeth A. Fenn
Jun 9, 2020
Review of Thomas Jefferson’s Education, by Alan Taylor
Review of Thomas Jefferson’s Education, by Alan Taylor
May 1, 2020
Review of Imagine John Yoko, by John & Yoko Lennon
Review of Imagine John Yoko, by John & Yoko Lennon
Apr 21, 2020
Review of At the Heart of the White Rose: Letters and Diaries of Hans and Sophie Scholl, edited by Inge Jens
Review of At the Heart of the White Rose: Letters and Diaries of Hans and Sophie Scholl, edited by Inge Jens
Apr 18, 2020
Review of The Phantom Atlas: The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps, by Edward Brooke-Hitching
Review of The Phantom Atlas: The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps, by Edward Brooke-Hitching
Apr 8, 2020
Review of Korea: Where the American Century Began, by Michael Pembroke
Review of Korea: Where the American Century Began, by Michael Pembroke
Apr 4, 2020
Review of Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing, by Robert A. Caro
Review of Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing, by Robert A. Caro
Apr 3, 2020
Review of The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation’s Call to Greatness, by Harlow Giles Unger
Review of The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation’s Call to Greatness, by Harlow Giles Unger
Mar 30, 2020
Review of: America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History, by Andrew J. Bacevich
Review of: America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History, by Andrew J. Bacevich
Mar 1, 2020
Review of: "The Bank War and the Partisan Press: Newspapers, Financial Institutions, and the Post Office in Jacksonian America," by Stephen W. Campbell
Review of: "The Bank War and the Partisan Press: Newspapers, Financial Institutions, and the Post Office in Jacksonian America," by Stephen W. Campbell
Feb 1, 2020
Review of: "Embattled Freedom: Journeys through the Civil War’s Slave Refugee Camps," by Amy Murrell Taylor
Review of: "Embattled Freedom: Journeys through the Civil War’s Slave Refugee Camps," by Amy Murrell Taylor
Nov 14, 2019
Review of: "Napoleon: A Life" by Adam Zamoyski
Review of: "Napoleon: A Life" by Adam Zamoyski
[CORRECTION: the podcast version of this review misidentifies the location of Napoleon’s death. Napoleon died on a remote island in the South Atlantic. The written text has been corrected.]
Oct 14, 2019
Review of: "The Land Shall be Deluged in Blood: A New History of the Nat Turner Revolt" by Patrick H. Breen
Review of: "The Land Shall be Deluged in Blood: A New History of the Nat Turner Revolt" by Patrick H. Breen
Oct 6, 2019
Review of: "Hero of the Empire" by Candice Millard
Review of: "Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape and the Making of Winston Churchill," by Candice Millard
Oct 6, 2019
Review of: "The War for the Common Soldier" by Peter S. Carmichael
Review of: "The War for the Common Soldier: How Men Thought, Fought and Survived in Civil War Armies," by Peter S. Carmichael
Oct 6, 2019
Review of: "The Thin Light of Freedom" by Edward L. Ayers
Review of: "The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America," by Edward L. Ayers
Oct 6, 2019
Review of: "Grant" by Ron Chernow
Review of: "Grant" by Ron Chernow
Oct 6, 2019
Review of: "Presidents of War" by Michael Beschloss
Review of: "Presidents of War," by Michael Beschloss
Oct 6, 2019
Review of: "Impeached" by David O. Stewart
Review of: "Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln’s Legacy," by David O. Stewart
Oct 6, 2019
Review of: "Dinner in Camelot" by Joseph A. Esposito
Review of: "Dinner in Camelot: The Night America’s Greatest Scientists, Writers, and Scholars Partied at the Kennedy White House," by Joseph A. Esposito.