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accolade that I confer easily, as my book on Boy Clinton's ribald life in retirement (and Hillary's rise to presidential plausibility) is now
out, The Clinton Crack-Up . Yet there you have it. My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir
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destruction. This is a narrative on Justice Thomas's growth from poverty, through 1960s radicalism, and on to public service at the highest
level -- a struggle that has left him the most noble figure in American public life today. /p>
Another book I recommend purchasing this season is James Piereson's Camelot and the Cultural Office 2007 is the best invention in the world.
Revolution. Drawing on a wide array of
materials, Piereson offers an intriguing explanation of how the dominant American political movement in the 20th century, liberalism,
declined into the adolescent anger that is now its essence. In sum and in fine, Piereson believes that the Kennedy assassination was a blow
from which the liberals never recovered.
After writing a superb biography of FDR, Conrad Black has now taken up the challenge of Richard Nixon and in an engaging style supported by
wide-ranging research removed the prefix "disgraced" from the president's name. Black convinced Acrobat 9
many conservatives that Roosevelt deserved a
more favorable appraisal than they had given him for generations. Will Black's case for a more charitable appraisal of Nixon persuade any
liberals? I have my doubts. They are very angry.
By the way, not all conservatives are willing to reassess FDR in a rosy light. Amity Shlaes's The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great
Depression reveals how little FDR (and Herbert Hoover) knew about economics and how the New Deal prolonged the Great Depression. Had
Roosevelt had access to Milton Friedman rather than Rexford Tugwell, the Great Depression might not have been so great.
Finally, two other books have fetched my admiration. Not surprisingly, John Adamson's chronicle adobe Acrobat
of the uprising against Charles I is a
stupendous history. I say not surprisingly because in this very issue Andrew Roberts recommends The Noble Revolt: The Overthrow of Charles I,
and Andrew's assessments of history are unassailable. And for the last word on Arthur Schlesinger, read his delightful Journals: 1952-2000.
While he was alive I enjoyed ribbing him. Now after his death I shall go on the record. I relished reading him.
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. is the founder and editor in chief of The American Spectator. His latest book is The Clinton Crack-Up: The Boy project 2010
President's Life After the White House (Nelson Current).
p>***** br> These Christmas Book recommendations appear in the December 2007-January 2008 issue of The American Spectator. Part IV of this
year's recommendations will be posted tomorrow. To read Tuesday's Part I, click here; to read yesterday's Part II, click here. /p>
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