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This is a well-written book. I'm actually amazed, since the sources appear to be overwhelmingly (more than 90%) from contemporaneous news articles.

Part of me wonders what details are yet to be unveiled by investigators. For example, the intrapolitical machinations of the DLC. Or the secrets buried in the personal diaries of the various political actors. Or...

The major complaint I have is the end-notes are all online.

But the parallels between the 1970s and now is...quite eery.

"I never heard the word blockhead applied to a woman before, though I do not see why it should not" #feminism

After writing a dictionary, Johnson has done...well, he...uh, hmm...bantered for years...

He wrote a dictionary. That's it.

Nixon's paranoia seems to be manifest in his first congressional election, apparently stemming from (I infer) unresolved issues with abusive parents and the deaths of his brothers.

Nixon's already quite unpleasant (as a human being) in his first Congressional race.

Green reviews the relationship between Mercer family and Bannon, but I think greater detail could be given. It's still quite good, but I expected more from a book.

Shocking how poorly Green investigates Bannon's university years at Virginia tech. Really, words fail me.

The writing style is a little choppier than I expected, but the material is quite rich in content.

So far, he's not president yet. But it's amazing how much mythology there is around Lincoln. Contrary to popular belief, Lincoln did not believe in God at this point (in his 30s), nor did he believe in the divine authorship of the Bible. Lincoln was...just a humanist.

The petticoat affair seems mild by today's standards...

In Hollywood, he's vain, vapid, and Pharisaical to boot. "He loves to talk and hates to listen".

After university, Reagan appears like a vapid and vain person.

A rather confused discussion of the three Truths doctrine. The author doesn't cite Hurvitz or Swanson for T'ien-T'ai material. It's hard to take this seriously.