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Acheson Country (Review) Philip Terzian
Acheson Country, by David C. Acheson
- Acheson Country by David C. Acheson

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Anchor Steam (Review) Philip Terzian
A Reporter's Life, by Walter Cronkite
- A Reporter's Life by Walter Cronkite


Architects of Power (2010)Philip Terzian
Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and the American Century


The Token Man
Be a ManPhilip Terzian
Philip Terzian says big boys don't cry


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Beautiful Boy (Review) Philip Terzian
Edward VIII, by Frances L. Donaldson
- Edward VIII by Frances L. Donaldson

Book Reviews
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Bland Ambition (Review) Philip Terzian
Gore: A Political Life, by Bob Zelnick
- Gore: A Political Life by Bob Zelnick

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Brief Reviews (3 Reviews) Philip Terzian
Lindbergh Alone, by Brendan Gill
- Lindbergh Alone by Brendan Gill
- Laughing Last by Tony Hiss
- The Elder Pitt, Earl of Chatham by Stanley Ayling

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Brief Reviews (4 Reviews) Philip Terzian
Roger Baldwin: Founder of the American Civil Liberties Union, by Peggy Lamson
- Roger Baldwin: Founder of the American Civil Liberties Union by Peggy Lamson
- Black Jack: The Life and Times of John J. Pershing by Frank E. Vandiver
- Special People by Julie Nixon Eisenhower
- Public Trust, Private Lust by Marion Clark and Rudy Maxa

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Brief Reviews (5 Reviews) Philip Terzian
Fishbait: The Memoirs of the Congressional Doorkeeper, by William "Fishbait" Miller
- Fishbait: The Memoirs of the Congressional Doorkeeper by William "Fishbait" Miller
- That Was the Life by Dora Jane Hamblin
- Playing for Keeps in Washington by Laurence Leamer
- The History of the German Resistance, 1933-1945 by Peter Hoffmann
- The Way the Wind Blows by Alec Douglas-Home

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Brief Reviews (5 Reviews) Philip Terzian
Winston S. Churchill, Vol. V, by Martin Gilbert
- Winston S. Churchill, Vol. V by Martin Gilbert
- Anthony Eden by Sidney Aster
- Friends, Enemies and Sovereigns by John Wheeler-Bennett
- Stonewall by Richard Ben-Veniste and George Frampton
- Potomac Fever by Fred R. Harris

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Brief Reviews (4 Reviews) Philip Terzian
The Kaiser's Daughter, by Viktoria Luise
- The Kaiser's Daughter by Viktoria Luise
- The World of the Public School by George MacDonald Fraser
- Lloyd George: The Goat in the Wilderness, 1922-1931 by John Campbell
- The State, War and Peace by J.A. Fernandez-Santamaria

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Brief Reviews (3 Reviews) Philip Terzian
Away from Home, by Lillian Carter and Gloria Carter Spann
- Away from Home by Lillian Carter and Gloria Carter Spann
- Aristotle Onassis by Nicholas Fraser, Philip Jacobson, and Mark Ottaway, ...
- Turning East by Harvey Cox

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Brief Reviews (5 Reviews) Philip Terzian
The Memoirs of Chief Justice Earl Warren, by Earl Warren
- The Memoirs of Chief Justice Earl Warren by Earl Warren
- Americans Remember the Home Front by Roy Hoopes
- Beaufort of the Admiralty by Alfred Friendly
- At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf by Bennett Cerf, Phyllis Cerf Wagner, and Albert Erskine, ...
- The Glorious Burden by Stefan Lorant

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Camelot (2 Reviews) Philip Terzian
Last Lion, by Peter S. Canellos
- Last Lion by Peter S. Canellos
- Ted Kennedy: Scenes from an Epic Life by The Boston Globe



The Case of April WrightKen Bode and Philip Terzian















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Philip Terzian on White House hot air

CasualPhilip Terzian, contrarian

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CasualPhilip Terzian, catnip

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CasualPhilip Terzian, knockin' on heaven's door

CasualPhilip Terzian, collector

CasualPhilip Terzian, political pilgrim

CasualPhilip Terzian, Washingtonian

CasualPhilip Terzian, phone-a-phobe

Departments
The Chappaquiddick SpectatorPhilip Terzian
All Washed up

Books
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"Chicagoland" chronicler (Review) Philip Terzian
The Colonel, by Richard Norton Smith
- The Colonel by Richard Norton Smith

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The Colonel (Review) Philip Terzian
The Colonel, by Godfrey Hodgson
- The Colonel by Godfrey Hodgson

Comedy CentralPhilip Terzian

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Command Performance (Review) Philip Terzian
Command Performance, by Jane Alexander
- Command Performance by Jane Alexander




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Democracy vs. the news (Review) Philip Terzian
Breaking the News, by James Fallows
- Breaking the News by James Fallows

Articles
Dewey Like ObamaPhilip Terzian


EditorialPhilip Terzian
The Fairness Option

EditorialPhilip Terzian
Profiles in Correctness

EditorialsPhilip Terzian
Thus Spake Angela




Departments
EminentoesPhilip Terzian
John Dean

Departments
EminentoesPhilip Terzian
Fairlie Tales

Departments
Eminentoes/Woodstock DemocratsP.H. Terzian
The American Spectator, May 1983, pp. 18-21

Book Reviews
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A Good Life (Review) Philip Terzian
A Good Life, by Ben Bradlee
- A Good Life by Ben Bradlee

He Came, He Pinched, He RanPhilip Terzian
Huntington Hartford II, 1911-2008


Articles
A Heaping Bowl of MushPhilip Terzian

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Hot Air (Review) Philip Terzian
Hot Air, by Howard Kurtz
- Hot Air by Howard Kurtz

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In Brief (Review) Philip Terzian
Edward VII: Prince and King, by Giles St. Aubyn
- Edward VII: Prince and King by Giles St. Aubyn

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In Brief (5 Reviews) Philip Terzian
Houses of the Founding Fathers, by Hugh Howard and Roger Straus III
- Houses of the Founding Fathers by Hugh Howard and Roger Straus III
- The Art and Science of William Bartram by Judith Magee
- George III: A Life in Caricature by Kenneth Baker
- Amazing Rare Things by David Attenborough, Susan Owens, and Martin Clayton, ...
- The Human Animal in Western Art and Science by Martin Kemp

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In Brief (4 Reviews) Philip Terzian
Civil War Leadership and Mexican War Experience, by Kevin Dougherty
- Civil War Leadership and Mexican War Experience by Kevin Dougherty
- This Republic of Suffering by Drew Gilpin Faust
- The Public Schools Battalion in the Great War by Steve Hurst
- D-Day in the Pacific: The Battle of Saipan by Harold J. Goldberg

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In Brief (16 Reviews) Philip Terzian
Collecting the Imagination, by Megan Barnard
- Collecting the Imagination by Megan Barnard
- Selected Correspondence of Charles Ives by Tom C. Owens and Charles Ives
- Christian Art by Rowena Loverance
- The Music of Bill Monroe by Neil V. Rosenberg and Charles K. Wolfe
- English History Made Brief, Irreverent, and Pleasurable by Lacey Baldwin Smith
- The Black Hawk War of 1832 by Patrick J. Jung
- The Berlin Wall by Frederick Taylor
- Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862 by O. Edward Cunningham, Gary D. Joiner, and Timothy B. Smith, ...
- Nathan Bedford Forrest: In Search of the Enigma by Eddy W. Davison and Daniel Foxx
- Virginia at War, 1862 by William C. Davis and James I. Robertson
- In Defense of the Bush Doctrine by Robert G. Kaufman
- The Clinton Crack-Up by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.
- The Great Philanthropists and the Problem of Donor Intent by Martin Morse Wooster
- Counterpoints by Roger Kimball and Hilton Kramer
- Figures in the Carpet by Wilfred M. McClay
- The New York Intellectuals Reader by Neil Jumonville


The Jazz SingerPhilip Terzian
Blossom Dearie, 1926-2009

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Judgment at the Smithsonian (Review) Philip Terzian
Judgment at the Smithsonian, by Philip Nobile
- Judgment at the Smithsonian by Philip Nobile


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Liberals Forever? (Review) Philip Terzian
Why Are Jews Liberals?, by Norman Podhoretz
- Why Are Jews Liberals? by Norman Podhoretz

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Locked in the Cabinet (Review) Philip Terzian
Locked in the Cabinet, by Robert Reich
- Locked in the Cabinet by Robert Reich

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May We Recommend (4 Reviews) Philip Terzian
The West of the Imagination, by William H. Goetzmann and William N. Goetzmann, ...
- The West of the Imagination by William H. Goetzmann and William N. Goetzmann, ...
- The Beauty of Holiness by Louis P. Nelson
- Capybaras by Rexford D. Lord
- Can Poetry Save the Earth? by John Felstiner

Michael Straight's Listless AmbitionP.H. Terzian
It turns out he betrayed both country and friends

A Misanthrope's WorldPhilip Terzian
Andrew Wyeth, 1917-2009

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Mister Secretary (Review) Philip Terzian
Dean Acheson: A Life in the Cold War, by Robert L. Beisner
- Dean Acheson: A Life in the Cold War by Robert L. Beisner

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Movies: Polyester Dreams (Review) Philip Terzian
Saturday Night Fever (1977 Film), by John Badham
- Saturday Night Fever (1977 Film) by John Badham
The Harpers Monthly, May 1978, pp. 88-89

The Nation's PulsePhilip Terzian
I Love You, Man

The Nation's PulsePhilip Terzian
Monumental Ignorance




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Oliver's Story (Review) Philip Terzian
Cromwell's Head, by Jonathan Fitzgibbons
- Cromwell's Head by Jonathan Fitzgibbons

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Only Yesterday (Review) Philip Terzian
Decision Points, by George W. Bush
- Decision Points by George W. Bush

Articles
Oslo SyndromePhilip Terzian


Penn's FriendsPhilip Terzian




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Reporting Live (Review) Philip Terzian
Reporting Live, by Lesley Stahl
- Reporting Live by Lesley Stahl

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American Document/How Does the State Imagine? (Review) Philip Terzian
Jesse Jackson and the Politics of Race, by Thomas H. Landess and Richard M. Quinn
- Jesse Jackson and the Politics of Race by Thomas H. Landess and Richard M. Quinn

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The Bellow-ing of the Culture (2 Reviews) Philip Terzian
Queen Mary and Others, by Osbert Sitwell
- Queen Mary and Others by Osbert Sitwell
- Closing Times by Dan Davin

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Hungering for History (Review) Philip Terzian
Born Again, by Charles W. Colson
- Born Again by Charles W. Colson

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Civic Religion in Early America (Review) Philip Terzian
Hermit of Peking, by Hugh Trevor-Roper
- Hermit of Peking by Hugh Trevor-Roper

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Television (2 Reviews) Philip Terzian
The Prime Ministers, by Herbert Van Thal
- The Prime Ministers by Herbert Van Thal
- Winston S. Churchill, Vol. IV by Martin Gilbert

Books Considered
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Khachaturian's Legacy (Review) Philip Terzian
The Old School Tie, by Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy
- The Old School Tie by Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy

Rhyme ReportPhilip Terzian
Less than gladsome tidings from the literary front

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The Secret World of American Communism (Review) Philip Terzian
The Secret World of American Communism, by Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes, and Fridrikh...
- The Secret World of American Communism by Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes, and Fridrikh I. Firsov, ...

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Showdown (Review) Philip Terzian
Showdown, by Elizabeth Drew
- Showdown by Elizabeth Drew

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Sincere Flattery (Review) Philip Terzian
The Oxford Book of Parodies, by John Gross
- The Oxford Book of Parodies by John Gross


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The Standard Reader (8 Reviews) Philip Terzian
Books in Brief
- What the Dog Did by Emily Yoffe
- Hoover the Fishing President by Hal Elliott Wert
- Virginia at War: 1861 by William C. Davis and James I. Robertson, Jr.
- Darwin: Discovering the Tree of Life by Niles Eldredge
- The Smaller Majority by Piotr Naskrecki
- Lawrence of Arabia: The Life, The Legend by Malcolm Brown
- True to the Letter by Pedro Correa Do Lago
- Writers of the American South by Hugh Howard and Roger Straus III

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The Standard Reader (Review) Philip Terzian
Haiku U, by David M. Bader
- Haiku U by David M. Bader


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The Standard Reader (11 Reviews) Philip Terzian
May Be Recommend...
- Britain's Last Tommies by Richard Van Emden
- Unknown Soldiers by Neil Hanson
- Haig's Generals by Ian F.W. Beckett and Steven J. Corvi
- American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia by Bruce Frohnen, Jeremy Beer, and Jeffrey O. Nelson, ...
- Southern Writers: A New Biographical Dictionary by Joseph M. Flora, Amber Vogel, and Bryan Albin Giemza, ...
- Caspar David Friedrich by Werner Hofmann
- Searching for Shakespeare by Tarnya Cooper
- A Wealth of Ideas by Bertrand M. Patenaude
- Mobility by Joseph M. Giglio
- Twin Halves of One August Event by Hassell A. Simpson
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. by G. Edward White

Strobe LitePhilip Terzian

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Sumner Welles (Review) Philip Terzian
Sumner Welles: FDR's Global Strategist, by Benjamin Welles
- Sumner Welles: FDR's Global Strategist by Benjamin Welles


The TalkiesPhilip Terzian

Departments
The TalkiesPhilip Terzian
The Front

Departments
The TalkiesPhilip Terzian
Rocky

Departments
The TalkiesPhilip Terzian
The Oscars


TelevisionPhilip Terzian
King Lear

TelevisionPhilip Terzian
'Holocaust' AS Docu-Drama






Book Reviews
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TR: The Last Romantic (Review) Philip Terzian
T.R., by H.W. Brands
- T.R. by H.W. Brands

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Two-Alarm Fire (Review) Philip Terzian
World War IV, by Norman Podhoretz
- World War IV by Norman Podhoretz

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War stories (2 Reviews) Philip Terzian
Reporting World War II, Part One, by Samuel Hynes, Anne Matthews, and Nancy Caldwell So...
- Reporting World War II, Part One by Samuel Hynes, Anne Matthews, and Nancy Caldwell Sorel, ...
- Reporting World War II, Part Two by Samuel Hynes, Anne Matthews, and Nancy Caldwell Sorel, ...

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We Recommend (4 Reviews) Philip Terzian
Closing Time: A Memoir, by Joe Queenan
- Closing Time: A Memoir by Joe Queenan
- Vicksburg, 1863 by Winston Groom
- Driving Like Crazy by P.J. O'Rourke
- Reading Lips and Other Ways to Overcome a Disability by Diane Scharper and Philip Scharper, Jr.


You Can Have HimPhilip Terzian
New England can't stand Dukakis; now it's our turn to suffer.

100 Years of TurpitudePhilip Terzian
The New York Times celebrates an anniversary
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