![]() ![]() Literally drops you into three historic battles and recovers the palpable sense of being there like no other book about war. The Face of Battle by John Keegan (Penguin, $16). Jordan shows how deep the roots of racism go in American history and what any attempt to eradicate it is up against. ![]() ![]() A path-breaking study of the origins of American racism, written in a style that transcends most scholarly prose. The best book about the Vietnam War, which shaped my generation. It dips you into the overlapping lunacies of war as experienced by ordinary soldiers, and recovers the psychedelic mentality of the ’60s like no other book I know. The book’s biographies of Lincoln, Wilson, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt are little gems that still shine.ĭispatches by Michael Herr (Vintage, $13). An elegant and panoramic look at the competing values central to American political culture, done by a master historian. The American Political Tradition by Richard Hofstadter (Vintage, $18). My favorite American novel, written in a style that strikes me as lyrical and succinct, which are two of my goals as a writer. His most recent best-seller, American Creation, has just come out in paperback. Ellis is the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Founding Brothers and His Excellency, George Washington. ![]()
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