Category Archives: history
The Shadow Factory
I remember reading the front page New York Times story from December 2005 that the Bush Administration had authorized the National Security Agency (NSA) to engage in domestic wiretapping to search for evidence of terrorist activity without the warrants federal … Continue reading
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The Real All Americans
Sally Jenkins tells the interesting, but ultimately sad, story of the Carlisle Indian School in The Real All Americans (2007). Thoroughly researched and told well, the book tells of how a small school for young Indians played against — and … Continue reading
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
Tim Wu’s “The Master Switch” is a great read at a number of different levels. At one level, it is an interesting history of the information and telecommunications industries in the United States — telephony, radio and television, film and … Continue reading
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A Measureless Peril
Keeping up with the Winston Churchill theme, this book’s title is derived from a Churchill quote — describing his concern over the threat posed by the German U-boat campaign. Author Richard Snow uses his father’s experience serving in the Navy … Continue reading
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