Review:Lots of details about Hillary' s early life that are not generally known. These details and interesting information flesh out and humanize this great lady, and it's a pity that so many young people don't know her.. I hope many people had the opportunity to read the book. Read more

Review:I think this is an essential book that examines recent American history, told through biographical sketches, and pinpoints the ideas, innovations and political decisions that have shaped this country . I have recommended it to many people on social media. Read more

Review:One of my favorite writers regarding history. He researches and then tells the stories that make up the trends of the times. Humans are truly a messy lot tha careen through this passage called life, and I doubt we will ultimately survive as a species. But until then, he makes it interesting, and makes it crystal clear that there is nothing new under the sun. Bad behavior? It's all been done before. Read more

Review:As an Australian interested in American history and ideas, this was an interesting book for me. Menand manages to blend the lives of four very different people to tell a story of the development of a school of thought called pragmatism. Some of his writing is exceptional with digressions into the fascinating social history of the United States following the civil war. The way he manages to combine topics diverse as spiritualism, mathematics, document forgery and race relations into a single narr... Read more

Review:I just completed reading this book, I will highly recommend it. I read a lot of history and I have learned more about small unit tactics in WWII than I have learned in any other book. I would put it up in the shelf with With the Old Breed and Company Commander . Its a fast read and a heart breaking story. Read more

Review:Found this almost by accident as I was looking for Sides's biography of Kit Carson. I had always wondered why it took so long to find King's killer and it is not until you read this account that you get a real idea. Sides writes in a flowing, almost novelistic style, which is a refreshing change from scholastic biographies. The research is there, it just reads better.
A chilling account, well worth the read. In a day when we are disgusted by Islamic slaughter, it is well to remember that it w... Read more

Review:Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete

by journalist William C. Rhoden gives a no-holds barred, unadulterated low-down about highly paid black athletes and the juxtaposition of slavery. How did Rhoden come to the conclusion that most Black athletes are highly paid slaves? He starts off methodically detailing the history of African Americans sports dating back to the plantation when slaves were a commodity; property to be used for entertainment as ... Read more

Review:Excellent book. There is an entire "American" history out there that hasn't been told. The struggle for Southern Independence was born out of the Declaration of Independence. "When in the course of human events..." How is it that Lee and Davis are "traitors and criminals" when they did the exact same thing that Washington and Jefferson did while they are proclaimed as patriots? Read the book. You won't be taught these things in government schools. They would much rather teach us the commonly acc... Read more

Review:As a participant at the Trinity test, I find the "The Manhattan Project" is a fascinating read. It is a collection of short pithy statements of interest concerning the Project and it's history from a wide variety of involved sources including political and scientific leaders as well as military officers involved. It also has contributions from a few gifted writers who have reseached to subject. Read more

Review:I am surprised, or perhaps not so surprised, that several reviewers feel that this book is unsympathetic to the Comanches. In fact it is quite sympathetic to their world view and situation, but also quite realistic about what was going to happen once the Comanches found themselves opposed to Anglo settlement. There was no future for a raiding people who killed and brutalized those they preyed upon once they faced an encroaching society that would not allow them sanctuary in their homeland, Com... Read more