All The Shah's Men by Stephen Kinzer

This makes me feel stupid as I should have known a little of what was going on in the Middle East but I didn't pay attention then. Not that it would have changed anything except why things are so mixed up now. This was written by a journalist again and from the New York Times so I have to think of their leftist angle on things and of course that there was a Republican in the White House -but our foreign policies have not been the wisest for some time. It is worth the read if you are interested in this kind of history

Imperial Life in the Emerald City [Inside Iraq's Green Zone

This was written by Rajiv Chandrasekaran-a former Washington Post Baghdad bureau chief in 2003. really makes you wonder about all the politicians and world leaders and their terrible handling of the war and the whole middle East situation. It is a view from an Arab side that I had not known. So sad that our youung country -though remarkable in it's growth does not know about these countries that have been great civilizations for thousands of years. This is not a pleasant reading but maybe we should know what is going on in the world -not just what we see on TV or read in the paper.

My Latest Book--American Bloomsbury.

I found this quite fascinating as I really like biographies and these American authors were very interesting as they lived at a time that my great grandparents were living. The mores of the time so restricting and for these writers to succeed was astonishing. How could these icons all be in Concord massachusetts at the same time. If you have read the book by Cheever I would like any comments. Mary
I also enjoyed Arthur and George-any comments on this book?