NYT Books in Review: “1967,” “The Secret History of the American Empire,” “A Woman in Charge,” “Her Way”
1967: Israel, the War, and the Year That Transformed the Middle East, by Tom Segev
“The historian Tom Segev studies the aftermath of Israel’s 1967 war…Today, says Segev, Israelis generally concede that their smashing victory in the Six-Day War was in many ways a disaster.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/books/review/Queenan-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print
The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth About Global Corruption, by John Perkins
“A former ‘infidel dog’ says nefarious corporations are running the planet…Forget George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin. It’s the ‘economic hit men’ and the ‘jackals’ who run the world.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/books/review/Senior-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print
A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton, by Carl Bernstein
Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton, by Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta, Jr.
“Two books about Senator Clinton describe her career in very different ways…It’s not Bernstein’s executive-scandal bona fides that make him a qualified Hillary biographer; it’s his bona fides as a lousy husband…Hillary’s world seems a lot like Bushworld, Gerth and Van Natta note, right down to the secretive loyal coterie of advisors.”
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