Book Reviews – by Kevin J Hamilton

American History

A character study of Thomas Jefferson as ‘patriarch’

April 24, 2016
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‘The Bully Pulpit’: a president’s clash with his successor

November 3, 2013
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‘The Terror Courts’: rough justice at Guantánamo

July 22, 2013
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‘The Boys in the Boat’: UW team vanquishes Hitler’s crew

June 2, 2013
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‘Master of the Mountain’: Thomas Jefferson’s enduring support of slavery

October 28, 2012
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John M. Barry’s ‘Roger Williams’: separating church and state

January 29, 2012
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David McCullough’s ‘The Greater Journey’: How France nurtured the American experiment

May 21, 2011
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Colonel Roosevelt’: Edmund Morris’ superb account of Teddy Roosevelt’s final, feisty years

December 25, 2010
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The Shallows’: Is the Internet changing the way we think?

June 17, 2010
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‘Franklin, France, and the Birth of America’: Revolutionary ideas, charm

April 21, 2005
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