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

Peter Baker

Here's a book I'm looking forward to: "Degrade and Destroy," by @mgordonwsj, the definitive account of the war on ISIS, full of scoops about unheeded warnings, presidential blowups and operations that backfired or were scrubbed. https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9780374279899 https://www.amazon.com/Degrade-Destroy-Inside-Against-Islamic/dp/0374279896/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Peter Baker

Looking forward to moderating a discussion of “Mercury Rising,” the new @JeffShesol book on John Glenn, JFK and the space race, for the @dfwworld next Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. CT. Register here: https://t.co/KdftbHroUu

Peter Baker

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

Peter Baker

Two highly anticipated books out today. Am already reading and enjoying "Unchecked," by @rachaelmbade ⁦and @karoun, the scoopy, in-depth account of the two Trump impeachments that will stand the test of time as the definitive record.

Peter Baker

For the best English-language biography of the last Soviet leader, check out “Gorbachev: His Life and Times” by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian William Taubman, reviewed here when it first came out in 2017. https://t.co/agyErP3oj0

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

Peter Baker

"Master of the Game" by @Martin_Indyk looks at Kissinger's Middle East shuttle diplomacy and explains better than any other account just how he was so successful at managing the world's most complex negotiations. https://t.co/CYLqJlPfxB https://t.co/I8uEwfgmdo

Peter Baker

As Trump sets to run again, I just finished "A Man of Iron" by @troy_senik on Grover Cleveland, the only defeated president to win a second term. But what a different character, a reformer who tried to take partisan spoils out of governance. Great read! https://t.co/rR9CigN6GB