NYT Books in Review: “God Is Not Great,” “Are We Rome?,” Nixon and Kissinger,” “American Spy”
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/books/review/Kinsley-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, by Christopher Hitchens
“Hitchens is an old-fashioned (and very entertaining) village atheist, trying to pick arguments with the good citizens on their way to church.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/books/review/Isaacson-t.html?pagewanted=print
Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America, by Cullen Murphy
“Cullen Murphy examines parallels between the United States today and the world of ancient Rome…Rome had Pliny the Younger asking for patronage from the emperor. American has Jack Abramoff.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/books/review/Lawrence-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print
Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power, by Robert Dallek
“Nixon and Kissinger distrusted and insulted each other, yet they worked together well…Kissinger called Nixon ‘that madman.’ Nixon returned the favor, calling Kissinger ‘psychopathic’.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/books/review/Weiner-t.html?pagewanted=print
American Spy: My Secret History in the CIA, Watergate, and Beyond, by E. Howard Hunt with Greg Aunapu
“E. Howard Hunt looks back on his career, including his work for Nixon’s Plumbers.”
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