Review of Korea: Where the American Century Began, by Michael Pembroke

Review of Korea: Where the American Century Began, by Michael Pembroke

Review of Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing, by Robert A. Caro

Review of Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing, by Robert A. Caro

Review of The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation’s Call to Greatness, by Harlow Giles Unger

Review of The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation’s Call to Greatness, by Harlow Giles Unger

Review of: America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History, by Andrew J. Bacevich

Review of: America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History, by Andrew J. Bacevich

Review of: “The Bank War and the Partisan Press: Newspapers, Financial Institutions, and the Post Office in Jacksonian America,” by Stephen W. Campbell

Review of: "The Bank War and the Partisan Press: Newspapers, Financial Institutions, and the Post Office in Jacksonian America," by Stephen W. Campbell

Review of: “Embattled Freedom: Journeys through the Civil War’s Slave Refugee Camps,” by Amy Murrell Taylor

Review of: "Embattled Freedom: Journeys through the Civil War’s Slave Refugee Camps," by Amy Murrell Taylor

Review of: “Napoleon: A Life” by Adam Zamoyski

Review of: "Napoleon: A Life" by Adam Zamoyski

[CORRECTION: the podcast version of this review misidentifies the location of Napoleon’s death. Napoleon died on a remote island in the South Atlantic. The written text has been corrected.]

Review of: “The Land Shall be Deluged in Blood: A New History of the Nat Turner Revolt” by Patrick H. Breen

Review of: "The Land Shall be Deluged in Blood: A New History of the Nat Turner Revolt" by Patrick H. Breen

Review of: “Hero of the Empire” by Candice Millard

Review of: "Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape and the Making of Winston Churchill," by Candice Millard

Review of: “The War for the Common Soldier” by Peter S. Carmichael

Review of: "The War for the Common Soldier: How Men Thought, Fought and Survived in Civil War Armies," by Peter S. Carmichael