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Book Review: Fauci: Expect the Unexpected: Ten Lessons on Truth, Service, and the Way Forward
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Book Review: Fauci: Expect the Unexpected: Ten Lessons on Truth, Service, and the Way Forward

Man of la BookDecember 10, 2021

Fauci: Expect the Unexpected is not a political book, nor is it a biography. It’s a very short book which will probably take you an hour to read

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Book Review: From Warsaw with Love by John Pomfret
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Book Review: From Warsaw with Love by John Pomfret

Man of la BookNovember 24, 2021

The book describes the long relationship between Polish & US intelligence agencies. Poland has been trying to come out from under the heavy hand of the Russians

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Book Review: After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in a World Transformed by Andrew Bacevich
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Book Review: After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in a World Transformed by Andrew Bacevich

Man of la BookJuly 28, 2021

After the Apocalypse is a short book talks about a true, reality based, vision of where American needs to strive towards, and lead.

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Book Review: The Man I Knew: The Amazing Story of George H. W. Bush’s Post-Presidency by Jean Becker
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Book Review: The Man I Knew: The Amazing Story of George H. W. Bush’s Post-Presidency by Jean Becker

Man of la BookJune 9, 2021

It says a lot about President George H. W. Bush when one of his best friends came to be the person who handed him a defeat for his second presidential term.

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Book Review: The Art of the Political Putdown by Chris Lamb & Will Moredock
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Book Review: The Art of the Political Putdown by Chris Lamb & Will Moredock

Man of la BookAugust 12, 2020

Most of these gems are well known, but I think the authors would have done well if they were more discreet, anyone can say a comeback, but there is an art in doing it like Churchill or Lincoln. Unfortunately many of today’s politicians that are quoted in this book are not anymore witty than the average middle school student, and some are less.

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Book Review: The Abandonment of the West by Michael Kimmage
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Book Review: The Abandonment of the West by Michael Kimmage

Man of la BookApril 27, 2020

The author goes through what this idea meant and how it shaped our nation, and others. He goes to write about what the abandonment of this idea cost the United States in terms of principals, good will, influence, blood, and treasure.

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Fun Facts Friday: Walt Whitman
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Fun Facts Friday: Walt Whitman

Man of la BookMay 31, 2019

Walt Whitman was an American journalist, essayist and a famous poet Mr. Whitman is, of course, one of the most influential poets in the American catalog.

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Book Review: Dirty Wars by Jeremy Scahill

Man of la BookDecember 13, 2017

About: Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield by Jeremy Scahill is a non-fiction book, examining the policies of the United States, and the consequences, on the War on Terrorism. Mr. Scahill is an editor and journalist for online and print publications. […]

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Book Review: The Presidents Club by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy
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Book Review: The Presidents Club by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy

Man of la BookOctober 14, 2015

The most fascinating part, for me, was how each person governed before and after office as if the office was sacred and kept it that way despite political differences.

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Thoughts on: Enemies: A History of the FBI by Tim Weiner
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Thoughts on: Enemies: A History of the FBI by Tim Weiner

Man of la BookMay 31, 2012

Enemies: A History of the FBI by Tim Weiner is a fascinating and well researched book giving an excellent treatment of what basically amounts to domestic spying

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