nd Murder in the Arctic by Peter C. Mancall, is reviewed in the Washington Post. Also in the Post, HOW ROME FELL: Death of a Superpower by Adrian Goldsworthy. And if you're not sufficiently depressed, "Marc Wortman offers military annihilation as Shakespearean tragedy," suggests Justin Moyer in his review of Wortman's THE BONFIRE: The Siege and Burning of Atlanta.The LA Times suggests Katrina reads, with a review of The Year Before the Flood: A Story of New Orleans by Ned Sublette, and also five recommended books.
Peaceable Kingdom Lost: The Paxton Boys and the Destruction of William Penn's Holy Experiment by Kevin Kenny is taken up in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
And the San Francisco Chronicle recommends American Chinatown: A People's History of Five Neighborhoods by Bonnie Tsui and The Battle for America 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election by Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson.
