Peter Baker Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Peter Baker

For those stuck at home, it can be a good time to catch up books. I usually flip back and forth among a whole pile on the nightstand but focusing now on "The Great Influenza" by @johnmbarry and Ron Chernow's "Washington." What are you reading?

Peter Baker

What are you reading this summer? @sbg1 recommends "The Best and the Brightest," the David Halberstam classic on how the US stumbled into Vietnam. Other @NewYorker writers have some suggestions too. https://t.co/JqMgFIgIKW

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"What Should You Read Next?" ⁦@lithub⁩ rates "THE DIVIDER: Trump in the White House, 2017-2022" w/@sbg1 as the best reviewed nonfiction book of the week, with 6 "raves" and 1 "positive." https://t.co/hS330w0mWF

Peter Baker

Got a chance to read "Becoming FDR" by @jonathandarman and it's an inspiring story told in captivating fashion. In dark times, it's reassuring to remember that adversity can propel people to greater things. https://t.co/Q7B4UDXXTk https://t.co/eu3CGoknsZ

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Already digging into “Alpha,” the inside story of Eddie Gallagher and the explosive war crimes case upended by Trump, by our remarkable colleague @David_Philipps. It’s a gripping page-turner. Just out today: https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9780593238387 https://www.amazon.com/Alpha-Eddie-Gallagher-Soul-SEALs/dp/0593238389

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Out today: "An Ordinary Man," by Richard Norton Smith, who does for Gerald Ford what David McCullough did for Harry Truman. Smith offers a thoughtful, textured reevaluation of an often-overlooked and underappreciated president. https://t.co/AuNhUGders https://t.co/vgjCKShUh1

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Peter Baker

RIP Solomon Perel, a German Jew whose story of posing as a Nazi and joining the Hitler Youth to survive the Holocaust inspired the iconic movie "Europa Europa." ⁦@EmilyLangerWP⁩ https://t.co/m38H044m5p

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What explains the rise of autocracy and threats to democracy? ⁦@CarlosLozadaWP⁩ on two books that explore the questions of our time, "The Age of the Strongman" by ⁦@gideonrachman⁩ and "Liberalism and its Discontents" by ⁦@FukuyamaFrancis⁩ https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/05/13/fukuyama-rachman/

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Congratulations to ⁦@IKershner⁩ whose remarkable new book on Israel, "The Land of Hope and Fear," just won the Spring 2023 Natan Notable Book award. https://t.co/PcVEyNkkLM

Peter Baker

"There Is Nothing for You Here" by Fiona Hill is unlike any other Trump-era memoir -- it offers jaw-dropping details of life in that White House but also a deeper, thoughtful look at how the troubles of certain parts of the UK, US and Russia have shaped our current politics. https://t.co/SASBVlABH5