NYT History Book Reviews

2-12-16

NYT History Book Reviews: Who Got Noticed this Week?

by Erik Moshe

This week ... rightwing paranoia in the sixties, Obama's liberal ideology and conservative style, the big business roots of conservatism and more. 

1-21-16

NYT History Book Reviews: Who Got Noticed this Week?

by Erik Moshe

This week ... Lady Byron, a history of the horse, Lear, and the battle of Ardennes. 

1-4-16

NYT History Book Reviews: Who Got Noticed this Week?

by Erik Moshe

This week it's a real grab bag, everything from GW and Martha to men's beards and menswear.

12-24-15

NYT History Book Reviews: Who Got Noticed this Week?

by Erik Moshe

This week ... World War II, the Cold War, India at war. Sorry.  Merry Christmas. 

12-7-15

NYT History Book Reviews: Who Got Noticed this Week?

by Erik Moshe

This week ... Eric Rauchway, Glenda Gilmore, Tom Sugrue, Robin Lane Fox,  Tim Whitmarsh, Dan Jones, T.J. Stiles.

11-23-15

NYT History Book Reviews: Who Got Noticed this Week?

by Erik Moshe

This week ... Lafayette & Washington, Jack Kemp, George H. W. Bush, Yitzhak Rabin, and more. 

11-10-15

NYT History Book Reviews: Who Got Noticed this Week?

by Erik Moshe

This week ... Ruth Bader Ginsburg, London fog, Mr. Putin, FDR, and the Salem witches. 

11-2-15

NYT History Book Reviews: Who Got Noticed this Week?

by Erik Moshe

This week ... books about Rosemary Kennedy, Nixon, the Fed, the Middle East and the Supreme Court.

10-9-15

NYT History Book Reviews: Who Got Noticed this Week?

by Erik Moshe

This week:  The Kissinger controversy at the New York Times, among other subjects. 

9-23-15

NYT History Book Reviews: Who Got Noticed this Week?

by Erik Moshe

This week ... Books about Thurgood Marshall, Sandra Day O’Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and a book about female friendship, another about ancestors, and still another about Detroit.

9-8-15

NYT History Book Reviews: Who Got Noticed this Week?

by Erik Moshe

This week … voting rights, Russia, the Holocaust, and Asian-American history.

8-25-15

NYT History Book Reviews: Who Got Noticed this Week?

by Erik Moshe

This week ... books about moral panics, language, big ideas in history, and the fascinating history of autism.

8-11-15

NYT History Book Reviews: Who Got Noticed this Week?

by Erik Moshe

This week it's books about Nagasaki, the richest man who ever lived, Philip II, and the birth of modern Europe.

7-31-15

NYT History Book Reviews: Who Got Noticed this Week?

by Erik Moshe

This week's books cover a lot for ground:  school segregation, Putin, and Sir Thomas Browne.

7-17-15

NYT History Book Reviews: Who Got Noticed this Week?

by Erik Moshe

This week ... the Holocaust and the Indian partition.

7-2-15

NYT History Book Reviews: Who Got Noticed this Week?

by Erik Moshe

This week ... books about Nixon (reviewed by David Greenberg) and Joseph Ellis's latest exegesis on the Founding Fathers.

6-19-15

NYT History Book Reviews: Who Got Noticed this Week?

by Erik Moshe

This week’s edition covers books on Jonas Salk, Stalin’s daughter, and what it means to be a grown-up.

6-2-15

NYT History Book Reviews: Who Got Noticed this Week?

by Erik Moshe

This week's books cover a lot of ground, from samurai daughters to Ronald Reagan — and one book that’s out of this world. 

5-21-15

NYT History Book Reviews: Who Got Noticed this Week?

by Erik Moshe

This week the Times reviewed books about Goebbels, Waterloo, and Christian America.

4-30-15

History Book Reviews: Who Got Noticed this Week?

by Erik Moshe

This week we have reviews of books about the Japanese internment in World War II, Vikings, and the Ottoman Empire.