NYT Books in Review: “Bush’s Law,” “Pennsylvania Avenue,” “Dawn, Dusk or Night,” “Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/books/review/Stein-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print
Bush’s Law: The Remaking of American Justice, by Eric Lichtblau
“After 9/11, the Justice Department rounded up thousands of innocent people…Some stories involve officials who stood up to the White House; others are about those who lost their integrity.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/books/review/Widmer-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print
Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles in Backroom Power, by John Harwood and Gerald F. Seib
“[Harwood and Seib] describe Washington lobbyists, deal makers and strategists.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/books/review/Johnson-D-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print
Dawn, Dusk or Night: A Year with Nicolas Sarkozy, by Yasmina Reza
“Nothing gets by her. Reza records Sarkozy’s limping gait, his vanity, his inability to be alone.”
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Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch: The Panama Canal Treaties and the Rise of the Right, by Adam Clymer
“The canal treaty gave Republicans a button to push in 1980.”
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