What I’m reading: Alan Brinkley, The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century
One of the leading American historians, and one of my favorites, Brinkley has written about New Deal-era demagogues, the end of the New Deal era, and liberalism and conservatism in 20th-century America. Now he turns to one of the media-builders of the era, who left a significant mark on the period as well as on journalism. Intelligent and incisive, Brinkley’s works are a pleasure to read.
What I’ve just finished reading: William L. O’Neill, A Bubble In Time: America During the Interwar Years, 1989-2001
This is an informal look at the period (at times exceedingly informal and jarring), with unvarnished judgments and interludes on topics such as the controversial Enola Gay exhibit at the Smithsonian, the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and “Alan Greenspan: The God That Failed.”
