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Good news, if you live in the D.C. area. I've got your next two evenings planned out for you.
Tom Shachtman, my dad, is in town to talk about his new book, The Forty Years War: The Rise and Fall of the Neocons, from Nixon to Obama.
It's a counterintuitive history of how a relatively small group of policymakers managed to shape seven presidencies -- and why a cadaverous, monocle-wearing German emigre may be the most important man in U.S. foreign policy that you've never heard of.
Kirkus calls *The Forty Years War *"a well-reported, fast-paced history lesson." *Library Journal *"highly recommended[s]" it. I think it's one of the best books the old man has ever written. And he's written more than thirty of 'em.
He'll be at Busboys & Poets (2021 14th St. NW) tonight at 6:30pm to discuss the book. Tomorrow, there's a talk at the World Affairs Council (1608 Rhode Island Ave., NW). C'mon down.
