Knucklehead Truman
Douglas Johnson, 2 June 1983
The Eisenhower Diaries
edited by Robert Ferrell.
Norton, 445 pp., £15.25, April 1983,0 393 01432 0 Show More
edited by Robert Ferrell.
Norton, 445 pp., £15.25, April 1983,
The Life and Times of Joe McCarthy: A Biography
by Thomas Reeves.
Blond and Briggs, 819 pp., £11.95, June 1983,0 85634 131 2 Show More
by Thomas Reeves.
Blond and Briggs, 819 pp., £11.95, June 1983,
The past has another pattern
by George Ball.
Norton, 544 pp., £14.95, September 1982,0 393 01481 9 Show More
by George Ball.
Norton, 544 pp., £14.95, September 1982,
Torn Lace Curtain
by Frank Saunders and James Southwood.
Sidgwick, 361 pp., £7.95, March 1983,0 283 98946 7 Show More
by Frank Saunders and James Southwood.
Sidgwick, 361 pp., £7.95, March 1983,
The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power
by Robert Caro.
Collins, 882 pp., £15, February 1983,0 00 217062 0 Show More
by Robert Caro.
Collins, 882 pp., £15, February 1983,
The Politician: The Life and Times of Lyndon Johnson
by Ronnie Dugger.
Norton, 514 pp., £13.25, September 1982,9780393015980 Show More
by Ronnie Dugger.
Norton, 514 pp., £13.25, September 1982,
Years of Upheaval
by Henry Kissinger.
Weidenfeld/Joseph, 1312 pp., £15.95, March 1982,0 7181 2115 5 Show More
by Henry Kissinger.
Weidenfeld/Joseph, 1312 pp., £15.95, March 1982,
Richard Nixon: The Shaping of his Character
by Fawn Brodie.
Norton, 574 pp., £14.95, October 1982,0 393 01467 3 Show More
by Fawn Brodie.
Norton, 574 pp., £14.95, October 1982,
Haig: The General’s Progress
by Roger Morris.
Robson, 458 pp., £8.95, October 1982,9780860511885 Show More
by Roger Morris.
Robson, 458 pp., £8.95, October 1982,
Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President
by Jimmy Carter.
Collins, 622 pp., £15, November 1982,0 00 216648 8 Show More
by Jimmy Carter.
Collins, 622 pp., £15, November 1982,
Crisis: The Last Year of the Carter Presidency
by Hamilton Jordan.
Joseph, 431 pp., £12.95, November 1982,0 7181 2248 8 Show More
by Hamilton Jordan.
Joseph, 431 pp., £12.95, November 1982,
Power and Principle: Memoirs of the National Security Adviser 1977-81
by Zbigniew Brzezinski.
Weidenfeld, 587 pp., £15, April 1983,0 297 78220 7 Show More
by Zbigniew Brzezinski.
Weidenfeld, 587 pp., £15, April 1983,
“... Westward look the land is mediocre: eastward look the land is sombre. Those who are between can only find this dispiriting. But whereas for Western Europeans the dismal spectacle of the Soviet élite has assumed a mysterious inevitability, the second-rate quality of American government remains surprising and is all the more irritating for that reason ... ”
