#clay risen

[sweaterkittensahoy]

Does anyone have opinions of Clay Risen as a historian/writer? I saw his book about the red scare, and I got an excited little tingle at "newly declassified documents" being used, but I also get wary of any book marketed as a "Now more than ever, we need to know about this!"

Not because I don't get why the red scare would be relevant to the here and now, but I want to read a book about the red scare events, not a book that uses those events to talk about the modern day. I want the history itself, not an interpretation of what it means now.

[investingingrayhairs]

Book recommendation time.

I learned so much more about the McCarthy Era than I knew before, and if you want proof that "history doesn't repeat itself but it rhymes," look no further. What's happening in the US right now parallels and is derivative of what happened during the Red Scare. Very enlightening, very well written. I cannot recommend it enough.

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American Rye: A Guide to the Nation’s Original Spirit Book Review

American Rye: A Guide to the Nation’s Original Spirit Book Review

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The New York Times 'Omituary' of Hells Angel Sonny Barger

The New York Times ‘Omituary’ of Hells Angel Sonny Barger

Hells Angels poster thug Sonny Barger has finally joined the choir invisible, as New York Times obituary reporter Clay Risen detailed the other day. Sonny Barger, Face of the Hells Angels, Dies at 83 He cultivated the motorcycle club’s outlaw image and was a pivotal figure in its emergence as an emblem of West Coast rebellion in the 1960s. Sonny Barger, who as the charismatic face of the Hells…

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GSN Review - Bourbon: The Story of Kentucky Whiskey by Clay Risen

GSN Review – Bourbon: The Story of Kentucky Whiskey by Clay Risen

Whiskey expert Clay Risen explores the origins, history, and evolution of America’s distilling craft and culture in this deluxe illustrated history of and guide to Kentucky bourbon, featuring framing-quality reproductions of archival photographs, rare bottle labels, and more, all in an elegant boxed set with a pull-out drawer.From boom to bust and back again, Risen tells the engrossing story of…

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U.S. Intervention in Cuba's War of Independence from Spain, 1898

U.S. Intervention in Cuba’s War of Independence from Spain, 1898

On Feb. 15, 1898, the USS Maine was sunk in Havana Harbor where it was temporarily stationed to provide support for Americans in the city during Cuba’s war for independence from Spain. A subsequent naval board of inquiry concluded that there was no US negligence in operating the ship and that it was “destroyed by the explosion of a submarine mine.” Although it did not say Spain did it, that was…

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Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders Involvement in Cuba's War of Independence from Spain

Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders Involvement in Cuba’s War of Independence from Spain

A recent article about the 1898 U.S. intervention in Cuba’s war of independence from Spain, asserts that at the time Americans “flocked to the cause of ‘Cuba Libre,’ especially once fighting broke out on the island in 1895. The plight of the Cubans was particularly affecting: Over the next three years, hundreds of thousands of civilians died, many in Spanish concentration camps, the existence of…

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We vacation to remove ourselves from our everyday experience—but what satisfies the itch more: huddling in a Cold War housing block or lounging poolside at Sandals? A look at the line between far away and too far away.