Rick Perlstein’s Nixonland – First Impressions

Tomorrow marks the publication of Rick Perlstein’s nearly 800-page history Nixonland: The Rise Of A President And The Fracturing Of America. Over the weekend the book was reviewed by Newsweek’s Evan Thomas, by George Will in the New York Times Book Review,...

Once Is Not Enough

Over at The New York Times last week the Editors of the Sunday Book Review must have been faced with a terrible dilemma. Having chosen (a suitable and interesting choice) George W. Will to review Rick Perlstein’s new anti-Nixon book Nixonland, which focuses on...

The Tunnel Time Forgot

While attending a recent symposium at Georgetown University in Washington on the life and career of the late Richard Helms (CIA Director – 1966-1973), I observed a panel of Cold Warriors answering audience questions. Panelists included: Dr. Henry Kissinger,...

The Still Unsolved Case of the Purloined Papers

Virtually every aspect of Sandy Berger’s brief and uncharacteristic career as researcher and thief at the National Archives —including the lackadaisical attitude of the Justice Department investigating and pursuing the case— raises more questions...