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Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, a Reading Room essay

On Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

Michael Fowler

It is the best memoir any American president has left, and it was written by a dying man against the clock. Ulysses S.

On Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

Michael Fowler

It is the best memoir any American president has left, and it was written by a dying man against the clock. Ulysses S.

The Gettysburg Address and Second Inaugural, a Reading Room essay

On The Gettysburg Address and Second Inaugural

Michael Fowler

The republic's purpose stated in 272 words, and then its conscience in 700.

On The Gettysburg Address and Second Inaugural

Michael Fowler

The republic's purpose stated in 272 words, and then its conscience in 700.

The American Political Tradition, a Reading Room essay

On The American Political Tradition

Michael Fowler

Richard Hofstadter taught Americans to read their own founders without genuflecting.

On The American Political Tradition

Michael Fowler

Richard Hofstadter taught Americans to read their own founders without genuflecting.

The Paranoid Style in American Politics, a Reading Room essay

On The Paranoid Style in American Politics

Michael Fowler

It is an essay from 1964 that explains nearly every decade since.

On The Paranoid Style in American Politics

Michael Fowler

It is an essay from 1964 that explains nearly every decade since.

The Power Broker, a Reading Room essay

On The Power Broker

Michael Fowler

The Power Broker is a book about how power actually works, studied at the level of a single unelected man who reshaped a city and was never once chosen by...

On The Power Broker

Michael Fowler

The Power Broker is a book about how power actually works, studied at the level of a single unelected man who reshaped a city and was never once chosen by...

The Years of Lyndon Johnson, a Reading Room essay

On The Years of Lyndon Johnson

Michael Fowler

It may be the greatest study of American political power ever written, four volumes deep and still unfinished.

On The Years of Lyndon Johnson

Michael Fowler

It may be the greatest study of American political power ever written, four volumes deep and still unfinished.