The Books Briefing: Presidential Biographies—And Presidential Mythologies
Books that influence how complicated political figures are remembered: Your weekly guide to the best in books
The critic Carlos Lozada read some 150 books about the Trump era before writing his book What Were We Thinking. In those volumes, he found a regime that was appalling in its lunacy and that would leave a long-lasting carnage.
and this week, I found myself thinking about other presidential legacies and the books that reflect on them. Some, written years, by Evan Thomas, steers readers picture of Richard Nixon. The journalist Kenneth Whyte’s —which are sometimes overshadowed by the challenges he faced.
