This Week in People’s History, Nov 5–11, 2025

Portside
Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon shaking hands in the Oval Office Kissinger Does His Best to Do His Worst (1970), Rubin “Hurricane” Carter Exonerated (1985), Four Months of Broad-Daylight Treason (1860), CIA Outlaws in Charge (2005), United Fruit Plays for Keeps (1950), 500 Years Too Many for Angola (1975)

books

Triumph of the Underdog

Richard Moe American Scholar
Biographer Chernow "gives us a military genius who understood the full scope of the war and pursued a winning strategy," writes reviewer Richard Moe, "and a sometimes inept president who, though unschooled in politics, made his highest priority the protection of the lives and rights of freed slaves."
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