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Triumph Regained
By Mark Moyar
A controversial conflict is recounted in precise detail.
Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making?: Letters of Love and Lust from the White House
By Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler
This mostly staid compilation is far from sexy.
American Imperialist: Cruelty and Consequence in the Scramble for Africa
By Arwen P. Mohun
King Leopold didn’t exploit the Congo all by himself.
War by Other Means
By Daniel Akst
A look at the fighters who refused to take up arms.
1932: FDR, Hoover, and the Dawn of a New America
By Scott Martelle
A fresh, insightful look at a pivotal year in U.S. politics.
An informative, uneven history of the digging-est science.
The Money Kings: The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America
By Daniel Schulman
An able, if incomplete, look at Manhattan’s long-ago financiers.
American Confidential: Uncovering the Bizarre Story of Lee Harvey Oswald and His Mother
By Deanne Stillman
Adding questionable conjecture to the saga of JFK’s assassin.
