NYT Books in Review: “Prince of Darkness,” “The Squandering of America,” “Eight O’Clock Ferry To The Windward Side,” “Godly Republic,” “A Secular Age,” “A Magnificent Catastrophe”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/books/review/traub.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

Prince of Darkness: Richard Perle: The Kingdom, the Power, and the End of Empire in America, by Alan Weisman

“For Richard Perle, everything is pure dichotomy: the malevolent Other and the noble Us.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/books/review/Scheiber-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

The Squandering of America: How the Failure of Our Politics Undermines Our Prosperity, by Robert Kuttner

“Robert Kuttner argues against Bill Clinton’s neoliberal economics.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/books/review/Lithwick-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

Eight O’Clock Ferry to the Windward Side: Seeking Justice in Guantanamo Bay, by Clive Stafford Smith

“Guantanamo has no narrative: invisible men languishing for years are not a story; they’re a vacuum.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/books/review/Feldman-t.html?pagewanted=print

Godly Republic: A Centrist Blueprint for America’s Faith-Based Future, by John J. DiIulio, Jr.

“John DeIulio argues for government financing of social programs run by religious institutions.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/books/review/Diggins-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

A Secular Age, by Charles Taylor

“A professor of philosophy thinks our era has been too quick to dismiss religious faith.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/books/review/Troy-t.html?pagewanted=print

A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America’s First Presidential Campaign, by Edward J. Larson

“‘They could write like angels and scheme like demons,’ Larson says of the founders.”

 

 

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