Book Reviews – by Kevin J Hamilton
American History
A character study of Thomas Jefferson as ‘patriarch’
‘The Bully Pulpit’: a president’s clash with his successor
‘The Terror Courts’: rough justice at Guantánamo
‘The Boys in the Boat’: UW team vanquishes Hitler’s crew
‘Master of the Mountain’: Thomas Jefferson’s enduring support of slavery
John M. Barry’s ‘Roger Williams’: separating church and state
David McCullough’s ‘The Greater Journey’: How France nurtured the American experiment
Colonel Roosevelt’: Edmund Morris’ superb account of Teddy Roosevelt’s final, feisty years
The Shallows’: Is the Internet changing the way we think?
‘Franklin, France, and the Birth of America’: Revolutionary ideas, charm
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