Kevin Peraino Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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CEO, The Stamford Partnership. Former foreign correspondent. Author of "A Force So Swift" and "Lincoln in the World."
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir
Samantha PowerKevin PerainoReally looking forward to this conversation tomorrow night, 2/9, at 6pm, with @SamanthaJPower, sponsored by @Jayheritage. We’ll talk about her memoir, “The Education of an Idealist.” Ask her your questions! Registration is free: http://conta.cc/3ih9l4m https://t.co/RAg5FiZuF2
Paperback, 2021
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America
Clay RisenKevin PerainoRisen tells his story with a punch and an economy that are at times almost Hemingwayesque... Some of Risen’s scenes are so vivid that you can almost feel yourself sweating along with the witnesses in the poorly air-conditioned committee room.
Hardcover, 2025
$31.00$15.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict Between the US and Xi Jinping's China
Kevin RuddKevin PerainoAre China and the US on a collision course to war? My latest, a review of “The Avoidable War” by @MrKRudd in @nytimesbooks @AsiaSociety https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/14/books/review/the-avoidable-war-kevin-rudd.html?referringSource=articleShare
Hardcover, 2022
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, 1949
Kevin PerainoKevin Peraino@NatSecElitist I’m partial to this one: A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, 1949 https://t.co/xbhZ8ZyFpF
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Hiroshima
John HerseyKevin PerainoJohn Hersey’s “Hiroshima” is just a master class in narrative nonfiction—such spare, powerful storytelling. One of those books that made me want to be a writer. Love it that there’s now a book about the book by @lesleymmblume. https://t.co/cltOjQkV9S
Paperback, Mass Market, 1989
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War
Scott AndersonKevin PerainoI finally found an excuse to shoehorn Graham Greene, George Kennan, and Chekhov into one short piece. My review of Scott Anderson’s “The Quiet Americans,” out today in @nytimesbooks: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/01/books/review/the-quiet-americans-scott-anderson.html
Paperback, 2021
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book