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More Equal Than Others
During the past quarter century, free-market capitalism was recognized not merely as a successful system of wealth creation, but as the key determinant of the health of political …
America in Our Time
America in Our Time is a history of the turbulent years between the end of World War II and the fall of Richard Nixon. Focusing on the 1960s, the book debunks some of the myths …
The Myth of American Exceptionalism
This first biography of a Palestinian writer also provides a moving account of the ways “ordinary” individuals are swept up by the floodtides of both war and peace The idea that …
Woodrow Wilson's Right Hand
A compelling account of President Wilson’s most influential foreign relations adviser during the critical years of U.S. ascendancy to global power during World War I The importance …
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King left an indelible mark on 20th-century American history through his leadership of the non-violent civil rights campaigns of the 1950s and 1960s. The election of …
All Things to All Men
Hodgson argues that the institution of the presidency has lost much of its power in the last two decades, analyzes the causes of this impotence, and suggests changes that will …
JFK and LBJ
A firsthand observer weighs the achievements—and failures—of two fabled American presidents As a young White House correspondent during the Kennedy and Johnson years in …
Do You Sincerely Want to Be Rich?
In the fall of 1955, Bernard Cornfeld arrived in Paris with scant money in his pocket and a tenuous relationship with a New York firm to sell mutual funds overseas. Cornfeld, a …