![Eugene L. Meyer](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/gene.jpg)
Eugene L. Meyer is a veteran journalist and author with eclectic interests but with a special passion for history. He has been widely published in magazines, authored two books and was for many years a reporter and editor at the Washington Post. As both a daily deadline reporter and magazine writer, he has focused on subjects as varied as the environment, politics, sports, and legal and social issues. His work ranges from the investigative to the whimsical, from hard news to features.
57 entries by Eugene L. Meyer
The Wounded World
By Chad L. Williams
![The Wounded World](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/thewoundedworld.jpg)
An outstanding account of the eminent intellectual’s literary Waterloo.
Newshawks in Berlin: The Associated Press and Nazi Germany
By Larry Heinzerling and Randy Herschaft with Ann Cooper
![Newshawks in Berlin: The Associated Press and Nazi Germany](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/newshawks.png)
Ignoring atrocities in the name of access.
![The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/theriseandfall.png)
Our nation has a long record of just barely doing the right thing.
Tough Guy
By Richard Bradford
![Tough Guy](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/toughguy.jpg)
A biographer makes clear his disdain for his subject.
Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
By Elizabeth R. Varon
![Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/longstreet-9781982148270_lg.jpg)
An absorbing look at the brave soldier who rejected the original “Big Lie.”
Rip Van Winkle’s Republic
Edited by Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg
![Rip Van Winkle’s Republic](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/rip.jpg)
Appraising a 19th-century master through a 21st-century lens.
Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and the Washington Post
By Martin Baron
![Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and the Washington Post](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/collisionofpower.jpg)
The paper’s former top editor offers a no-nonsense appraisal of his tenure.
Bridge to the Sun
By Bruce Henderson
![Bridge to the Sun](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/bridgeto.jpg)
Unsung soldier heroes finally get their due.
The Wounded World: W.E.B. Du Bois and the First World War
By Chad L. Williams
![The Wounded World: W.E.B. Du Bois and the First World War](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/thewoundedworld.jpg)
An outstanding account of the eminent intellectual’s literary Waterloo.
Into the Groove: The Story of Sound from Tin Foil to Vinyl
By Jonathan Scott
![Into the Groove: The Story of Sound from Tin Foil to Vinyl](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/intothegroove.jpg)
How did those vibrations get so good?
![A Madman’s Will: John Randolph, 400 Slaves, and the Mirage of Freedom](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/amadmans.jpg)
Was manumission an escape or an illusion?
Black Cloud Rising
By David Wright Faladé
![Black Cloud Rising](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/blackcloudrising.jpeg)
A thrilling fictionalized tale about a real-life Black Union soldier.
Tough Guy: The Life of Norman Mailer
By Richard Bradford
![Tough Guy: The Life of Norman Mailer](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/toughguy.jpg)
A biographer makes clear his disdain for his subject.
Wannsee
By Peter Longerich
![Wannsee](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/wannsee.jpg)
A short but powerful addition to the Holocaust canon.
Rip Van Winkle’s Republic: Washington Irving in History and Memory
Edited by Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg
![Rip Van Winkle’s Republic: Washington Irving in History and Memory](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/rip.jpg)
Appraising a 19th-century master through a 21st-century lens.
![Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/waging.jpg)
Does successful social change require tactical prowess?
Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II
By Bruce Henderson
![Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/bridgeto.jpg)
Unsung soldier heroes finally get their due.
The Failed Promise
By Robert S. Levine
![The Failed Promise](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/failedpromise.jpg)
A valuable, fresh look at a dark chapter in American history.
Drafted
By Heywood Gould
![Drafted](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/Screenshot_(366)_1.png)
A rollicking, smart-alecky recollection of a turbulent time in America.
The Fifties: An Underground History
By James R. Gaines
![The Fifties: An Underground History](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/the-fifties-9781439101636_lg.jpg)
Lesser-known figures get their due in this modest but essential chronicle.
Black Cloud Rising: A Novel
By David Wright Faladé
![Black Cloud Rising: A Novel](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/blackcloudrising.jpeg)
A thrilling fictionalized tale about a real-life Black Union soldier.
A Worse Place Than Hell
By John Matteson
![A Worse Place Than Hell](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/aworse.jpg)
This laudable work is less an account of the 1862 clash than of five notable figures who served on or near the battlefield.
Wannsee: The Road to the Final Solution
By Peter Longerich
![Wannsee: The Road to the Final Solution](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/wannsee.jpg)
A short but powerful addition to the Holocaust canon.
The Enduring Civil War
By Gary W. Gallagher
![The Enduring Civil War](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/enduring_1.jpg)
This timely collection reminds us that, in many ways, the War Between the States is still being fought.
The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
By Robert S. Levine
![The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/failedpromise.jpg)
A valuable, fresh look at a dark chapter in American history.
Drafted: A Memoir of the ‘60s
By Heywood Gould
![Drafted: A Memoir of the ‘60s](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/Screenshot_(366)_1.png)
A rollicking, smart-alecky recollection of a turbulent time in America.
The Black Cabinet
By Jill Watts
![The Black Cabinet](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/blackcabinet.jpg)
An ambitious but ultimately unsatisfying exploration into little-known governmental figures from the New Deal era.
On Juneteenth
By Annette Gordon-Reed
![On Juneteenth](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/juneteenth.jpg)
The Pulitzer winner untangles the complicated racial history of her home state of Texas.
The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance
By Ross King
![The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/BooksellerOfFlorenceHCcover-340x509.jpg)
The fascinating account of a 15th-century bibliophile who revered hand-lettered tomes.
A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation
By John Matteson
![A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/aworse.jpg)
This laudable work is less an account of the 1862 clash than of five notable figures who served on or near the battlefield.
A Small Door Set in Concrete
By Ilana Hammerman; translated by Tal Haran
![A Small Door Set in Concrete](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/asmalldoor.jpg)
A humanistic, hopeful look at what feels like an intractable conflict.
A Guest of the Reich
By Peter Finn
![A Guest of the Reich](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/aguest.jpg)
The adventuring socialite who was held prisoner behind enemy lines.
The Enduring Civil War: Reflections on the Great American Crisis
By Gary W. Gallagher
![The Enduring Civil War: Reflections on the Great American Crisis](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/enduring_1.jpg)
This timely collection reminds us that, in many ways, the War Between the States is still being fought.
1941
By Andrew Nagorski
![1941](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/1941.jpg)
The seeds of Nazi defeat were sown long before the Axis' surrender.
The Black Cabinet: The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt
By Jill Watts
![The Black Cabinet: The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/blackcabinet.jpg)
An ambitious but ultimately unsatisfying exploration into little-known governmental figures from the New Deal era.
A Small Door Set in Concrete: One Woman’s Story of Challenging Borders in Israel/Palestine
By Ilana Hammerman; translated by Tal Haran
![A Small Door Set in Concrete: One Woman’s Story of Challenging Borders in Israel/Palestine](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/asmalldoor.jpg)
A humanistic, hopeful look at what feels like an intractable conflict.
A Guest of the Reich: The Story of American Heiress Gertrude Legendre’s Dramatic Captivity and Escape from Nazi Germany
By Peter Finn
![A Guest of the Reich: The Story of American Heiress Gertrude Legendre’s Dramatic Captivity and Escape from Nazi Germany](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/aguest.jpg)
The adventuring socialite who was held prisoner behind enemy lines.
Barons of the Sea
By Steven Ujifusa
![Barons of the Sea](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/barons.jpg)
Recounting how ocean-going commerce gave rise to an American upper-class.
1941: The Year Germany Lost the War
By Andrew Nagorski
![1941: The Year Germany Lost the War](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/1941.jpg)
The seeds of Nazi defeat were sown long before the Axis' surrender.
Merchants of Truth: The Business of News and the Fight for Facts
By Jill Abramson
![Merchants of Truth: The Business of News and the Fight for Facts](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/merchants.jpg)
A former New York Times executive editor tackles the (sometimes sad) state of today's media.
![Barons of the Sea: And Their Race to Build the World’s Fastest Clipper Ship](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/barons.jpg)
Recounting how ocean-going commerce gave rise to an American upper-class.
(((Semitism))) Being Jewish in America in the Age of Trump
By Jonathan Weisman
![(((Semitism))) Being Jewish in America in the Age of Trump](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/semitism.jpg)
A sincere if incomplete account of a pernicious, age-old prejudice still in play today.
The Tunnels: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films the JFK White House Tried to Kill
By Greg Mitchell
![The Tunnels: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films the JFK White House Tried to Kill](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/tunnels.jpg)
An exploration of a little-known, unusual episode in Cold War Germany.
Lincoln and the Jews: A History
By Jonathan D. Sarna and Benjamin Shapell
![Lincoln and the Jews: A History](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/lincolnjews.jpg)
A well-researched, heartening look at the president's embrace of an oft-maligned people.
All Who Go Do Not Return: A Novel
By Shulem Deen
![All Who Go Do Not Return: A Novel](https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/assets/uploads/allwhogo.jpg)
An inquisitive mind and growing skepticism brand the author a heretic in his Hasidic community.