NYT Books in Review: “The Atomic Bazaar,” “Presidential Courage,” “Brothers,” “Reclaiming History”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/books/review/Raban-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&ref=books&pagewanted=print

The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor, by William Langewiesche

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/books/review/Norton-t.html?pagewanted=print

Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789-1989, by Michael Beschloss

“Michael Beschloss profiles nine presidents who made ‘courageous decisions’…Washington and Lincoln are unsurprising examples of presidential courage. But Andrew Jackson?”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/books/review/Brinkley-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years, by David Talbot

“David Talbot reopens the question of who killed John F. Kennedy…Talbot ridicules the dwindling but still significant band of believers in the Warren Commission story.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/books/review/Burrough-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, by Vincent Bugliosi

“A prosecutor claims to have closed the (colossal) book that day in November.”

 

 

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