The Cuban Affair – a bit Bogart and a bit Communism

Nelson DeMille’s The Cuban Affair (Simon & Schuster, $28.99) must be the worst book that I have ever reviewed on my site. I picked it up vaguely recalling Plum Island from many years ago. That book was narrated by a NYPD homicide cop who was convalescing, after...

Vietnam in Perspective

Ken Burns’s recent Vietnam War documentary on PBS was watched by millions, who remembered and many too young to know all transfixed by his reasonably even-handed recounting of the years of struggle. After the first episode I resolved to explore not only the history,...