A. The Good Life and Its Discontents
1. The Lethal Center
a. The Truman Administration
i. The Bernsteins
Bernstein, Carl. Loyalties: A Son's Memoir. New York City: Simon and Schuster, 1989: Ch. 24.
Havill, Adrian. Deep Truth: The Lives of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Secaucus, N.J.:  Birch Lane Press, 1993: Appendix C.
ii. Other
Drinnon, Richard. Keeper of Concentration Camps: Dillon S. Myer and American Racism. Berkeley, Calif.: U of California P, 1987: Ch. 8-9, 10.
Frum, David. "Not So Wild About Harry." What's Right: The New Conservative Majority and the Remaking of America. New York City: Basic Books, 1996: 83-91.
Garrett, Garet [Edward Peter Garrett]. The American Story. Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1955: Pt. 6, Ch. 1.
Groseclose, Elgin. America’s Money Machine: The Story of the Federal Reserve, rev. ed. 1980. Rpt. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2009: Ch. 29.
Hunter, Stephen and John Bainbridge Jr. American Gunfight: The Plot to Kill Harry Truman – and the Shoot-Out That Stopped It. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2005: Ch. 1, 6-14, 16, 18, 20-22, 24-25, 28-29, 31, 33-39, 41-48.
Perret, Geoffrey. Commander in Chief: How Truman, Johnson, and Bush Turned a Presidential Power Into a Threat to America's Future. New York City: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007: Ch. 4-5, 8-9.
Raico, Ralph. "Harry S. Truman: Advancing the Revolution." Reassessing the Presidency: The Rise of the Executive State and the Decline of Freedom. Ed. John V. Denson. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2001: Ch. 18.
b. The Congress
i. Robert A. Caro
(1) The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. II: Means of Ascent, rev. ed. New York City: Vintage Books, 1991: Ch. 7, 16, 18.
(2) The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. III: Master of the Senate. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002: Introduction, Ch. 5-6, 11-14, 17, 19, 21-22, 24-27, 29, 33-34, 36-42.
ii. Others
Cramer, Richard Ben. What It Takes: The Way to the White House, rev. ed. New York City: Vintage Books, 1993: Ch. 29.
Griffith, Robert. The Politics of Fear: Joseph R. McCarthy and the Senate, rev. ed. Boston: U of Massachusetts P, 1987: Ch. 3-5, 8-9
Hardeman, D.B., and Donald C. Bacon. Rayburn: A Biography. Austin, Texas: Texas Monthly Press, 1987: Ch. 16-21.
Kelley, Kitty. The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty, rev. ed. New York City: Anchor Books, 2005: Ch. 9-10.
Novak, Robert D. The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting in Washington. New York City: Crown Forum, 2007: Ch. 7.
Smith, Hedrick. The Power Game: How Washington Works. 1988. Rpt. New York City: Ballentine Books, 1996: Ch. 14.
c. The Kennedy Dynasty
Gill, William J. The Ordeal of Otto Otepka. New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, 1969: Ch. 5.
i. John F. Kennedy
Ellroy, James [Lee Earle Ellroy]. American Tabloid. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995: Ch. 14, 28, 38.
Keeley, Joseph. The China Lobby Man: The Story of Alfred Kohlberg. New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, 1969:  Appendix O.
Piereson, James. Camelot and the Cultural Revolution: How the Assassination of John F. Kennedy Shattered American Liberalism. New York City: Encounter Books, 2007:  Ch. 2.
Reeves, Thomas C. A Question of Character: A Life of John F. Kennedy. New York City: The Free Press, 1991: Ch. 6-8.
Summers, Anthony, and Robbyn Swan. Sinatra: The Life. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005: Ch. 24.
Vidal, Gore. Point to Point Navigation: A Memoir, 1964-2006. New York City: Doubleday, 2006: Ch. 11.
d. The Bush Dynasty
i. Dubya
Draper. Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush. New York City: Free Press, 2007: Ch. 2.
Minutaglio, Bill. First Son: George W. Bush and the Bush Family Dynasty, rev. ed. New York City:  Three Rivers Press, 2001: Ch. 4.
Sammon, Bill. The Evangelical President: George Bush's Struggle to Spread a Moral Democracy Throughout the World. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2007: Ch. 1.
ii. Others
Cramer, Ch. 8.
Kelley, Ch. 6-8, 11.
Phillips, Kevin. American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush. New York City: Viking, 2004: Ch. 3.
Piereson,  Ch. 1.
Unger, Craig. House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties, rev. ed. New York City: Scribner, 2004: Ch. 3.
e. The Red Menace
i. Espionage
Andrew, Christopher, and Vasili Mitrokhin, The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB. New York City: Basic Books, 1999: Ch. 1, 9-11, 17, 21, 24, 26-27.
Earley, Pete. Comrade J: The Untold Secrets of Russia's Master Spy in America After the End of the Cold War. New York City: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2007: Ch. 2.
Fleming, Ian. From Russia With Love. 1957. Rpt. London: Penguin, 2002: Ch. 1-10.
Gill, Ch. 18.
Trento, Joseph J. The Secret History of the CIA. New York City: Forum, 2001: Ch. 8, 27, 29, 35.
ii. Cuba
(1) Humberto Fontova
Fidel: Hollywood’s Favorite Tyrant. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2005: Ch. 2, 13.
Exposing the Real Che Guevara: And the Useful Idiots Who Idolize Him, rev. ed. New York City: Sentinel, 2008: Ch. 4-5, 7.
(2) Others
Bethel, Paul D. The Losers: The Definitive Report, by an Eyewitness, of the Communist Conquest of Cuba and the Soviet Penetration in Latin America. New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, 1969: Ch. 4, 7, 9-10.
Estrada, Alfredo José. Havana: Autobiography of a City. New York City: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007: Ch. 11.
Gill, Ch. 7.
Kushner, Rachel. Telex From Cuba. New York City: Scribner, 2008: Ch. 1, 14, 17-20, 22, 24-27.
Weyl, Nathaniel. Red Star Over Cuba, 2nd rev. ed. New York City: Devin-Adair, 1961.
iii. J.T. Flynn
(1) The Road Ahead: America’s Creeping Revolution. New York City: The Devin-Adair Co., 1949: Ch. 1, 3, 6, 9-13.
(2) While You Slept: Our Tragedy in Asia and Who Made It. 1951. Rpt. Boston: Western Islands, 1965: Ch. 2, 7, 18.
iv. Others
Bernstein, Ch. 9-14, 19-23, 25-32.
Corsi, Jerome R. The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality. New York City: Threshold Editions, 2008: Ch. 1-2, 4.
Diggins, John Patrick. The Rise and Fall of the American Left. New York City: W.W. Norton, 1992: Ch. 6.
Fehrenbach, T.R. The Fight for Korea: From the War of 1950 to the Pueblo Incident. New York City: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1969: Ch. 8-9.
Gill, Ch. 4.
Gregory, Paul R. Lenin’s Brain and Other Tales From the Secret Soviet Archives. Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institute Press, 2008: Ch. 13.
Havill, Appendix A.
Kazin, Michael. The Populist Persuasion: An American History, rev. ed. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell UP, 1998: Ch. 7.
Keeley, Ch. 8-10, Appendix D, G-H, L, N.
Kessler, Ronald. The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI, rev. ed. New York City: St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2003: Ch. 6-7.
Lilla, Mark. The Reckless Mind: Intellectuals in Politics. New York City: New York Review Books, 2001: Ch. 5-6.
Manly, Chesly. The Twenty-Year Revolution: From Roosevelt to Eisenhower. Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1954: Ch. 2, 13.
Piereson,  Ch. 6.
Sayegh, Fayez A. Communism in Israel. New York City: Arab Information Center, 1958.
Schweizer, Peter. Reagan’s War: The Epic Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final Triumph Over Communism. New York City: Doubleday, 2002: Ch. 1-2.
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. 1962. Trans. H.T. Willets. 1991. Rpt. New York City: Everyman's Library, 1995.
Sterling, Claire. The Masaryk Case. New York City: Harper & Row Publishers, 1969: Ch. 1-7, 9-11, 14-18, 20-23.
Sutton, Antony C. The Best Enemy Money Can Buy. Billings, Mont.: Liberty House Press, 1986: Ch. 5, 7, Appendix F.
Utley, Freda. The High Cost of Vengeance. Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1949: Ch. 5.
Von Hoffman, Nicholas. Citizen Cohn. New York City: Doubleday, 1988: Pt. 3.
f. Foreign Intrigues
Allan, Chantal. Bomb Canada and Other Unkind Remarks in the American Media. Edmonton, Alb.: AU Press, 2009: Ch. 3.
Boot, Max. The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power. New York City: Basic Books, 2002: Ch. 13.
Clarridge, Duane R., and Digby Diehl. A Spy for All Seasons: My Life in the CIA. New York City: Scribner, 1997: Ch. 4-5.
Doenecke, Justus D. Not to the Swift: The Old Isolationists in the Cold War Era. Lewisburg, Pa.: Bucknell UP, 1979:  Ch. 7-8, 10
Hackworth, U.S. Army Col. David. H. (ret.), and Julie Sherman. About Face. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 1989: Ch. 2, 11.
Garrett, American Story, Pt. 6, Ch. 2-4.
Gill, Ch. 38.
Groseclose, Ch. 30.
Kwitny, Jonathan. Endless Enemies: The Making of an Unfriendly World, corr. ed. New York City: Penguin Books, 1986: Ch. 20.
Napoleoni, Loretta. Terror Incorporated: Tracing the Dollars Behind the Terror Networks, 2nd rev. ed. New York City: Seven Stories Press, 2005:  Ch. 2.
Nisbet, Robert A. Foreign Policy and the American Mind. 1961. Menlo Park, Calif.: Institute for Humane Studies, 1978.
Marshall, Jonathan, Peter Dale Scott, and Jane Hunter. The Iran-Contra Connection: Secret Teams and Covert Operations in the Reagan Era. Boston: South End Press, 1987: Ch. 3.
Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: A Critical Examination of the Foreign Policy of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Its Aftermath, rev. ed. Ed. Harry Elmer Barnes. Torrance, Calif: Institute for Historical Review, 1982: Ch. 1.
Perret, Ch. 13.
Prouty, L. Fletcher. The Secret Team: The CIA and Its Allies in Control of the United States and the World, 2nd rev. ed. 1997. Rpt. New York City: Skyhorse Publishing, 2008: Ch. 20, Appendix 3.
Schweizer, Ch. 3.
Trento, Ch. 9, 12-13, 15-21, 24.
Utley, High Cost of Vengeance, Ch. 2-4, 7-11.
Weiner, Tim. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA, rev. ed. New York City: Anchor Books, 2008: Ch. Ch. 2, 16.
(1) The Mideast
(a) Iran
Kinzer, Stephen. All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror, rev. ed. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2008: Ch. 1, 5-12.
Yaghmaian, Behzad. The World According to TomDispatch: America in the New Age of Empire. Ed. Tom Engelhardt. London: Verso, 2008: Ch. 19.
(b) Robert Baer
(i) See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism, rev. ed. New York City: Three Rivers Press, 2002: Ch. 11.
(ii) Sleeping With the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude, rev. ed. New York City: Three Rivers Press, 2004: Ch. 7.
(c) Others
Bromell, Henry. Little America. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.
Copeland, Miles A. Jr. The Game of Nations: The Amorality of Power Politics. 1969. Rpt. New York City: Simon and Schuster, 1970: Ch. 1-12.
Kwitny, Endless Enemies, Ch. 11.
Perret, Ch. 7.
Quigley, John. The Ruses for War: American Interventionism Since World War II, rev. ed. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2007: Ch. 8.
Tyler, Patrick. A World of Trouble: The White House and the Middle East – From the Cold War to the War on Terror. New York City: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2009: Ch. 1.
Utley. Will the Middle East Go West? Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1957: Ch. 2, 4-5.
Weiner, Ch. 9, 14.
(2) East Asia
Doenecke, Ch. 9.
Fehrenbach. The Fight for Korea, Ch. 3.
Posner, Gerald L. Warlords of Crime: Chinese Secret Societies – The New Mafia. 1988. Rpt. Penguin Books, 1990: Ch. 3.
Perret, Ch. 6.
Quigley, Ch. 7, 10-11.
Shrake, Bud. Night Never Falls. New York City: Random House, 1987: Ch. 9-11.
Trento, Ch. 14, 42.
Weiner, Ch. 12, 15.
(a) China
Keeley, Ch. 11, Appendix E-F.
Utley, Freda. The China Story. Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1951: Ch. 2, Appendix B, D.
(b) The Indochina War
“Benson, Ragnar.” Modern Weapons Caching: A Down-to-Earth Approach to Beating the Government Gun Grab. Boulder, Colo.: Paladin Press, 1990: Ch. 3.
Gill, Ch. 9.
Knightley, Phillip. The First Casualty: The War Correspondent as Hero and Myth-Maker From the Crimea to Iraq, 2nd rev. ed. 2003. Rpt. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 2004: Ch. 16-17.
Shrake, Ch. 1-2, 4-7.
(b) Kwitny
(1) Endless Enemies, Ch. 16.
(2) The Crimes of Patriots: A True Tale of Dope, Dirty Money, and the CIA, corr. ed. New York City: Touchstone, 1988: Ch. 3.
(3) Latin America
(a) Cuba
Bethel, Ch. 3, 5-6, 8.
Fontova, Fidel, Ch. 9.
(b) Elsewhere
Agee, Philip. Inside the Company: CIA Diary, rev. ed. New York City: Stonehill Publishing Co., 1975: Pt. 2.
Ellroy, American Tabloid, Ch. 24.
Gill, Ch. 38.
S. Hunter & Bainbridge Jr., Ch. 40.
Kwitny, Endless Enemies, Ch. 13.
Quigley, Ch. 6, 9.
Trento, Ch. 46.
Vidal, Gore [Eugene Luther Gore Jr.]. Dark Green, Bright Red. New York City: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1950.
Weiner, Ch. 10.
(4) Africa
Thomas, Gordon. Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad. 3rd rev. ed. New York City: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Griffin, 2007: Ch. 13.
(a) Algeria
Horne, Alistair. A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962, 3rd rev. ed. New York City: New York Review Books, 2006: Ch. 2-20.
Knightley, Ch. 15.
Shrake, Ch. 17-20.
(b) The Congo
Kwitny, Endless Enemies, Ch. 4-5.
Quigley, Ch. 13.
Wrong, Michela. In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu’s Congo. 2000. Rpt. New York City: HarperCollins Publishers, 2001: Ch. 3.
(5) Fleming
(a) From Russia With Love, Ch. 11-28.
(b) Goldfinger. 1959. Rpt. New York City: Penguin Books, 2002.
(6) Utley
(a) The China Story. Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1951: Ch. 6, Appendix A, C.
(b) Will the Middle East Go West?, Ch. 6.
g. The Korean War
i. Fehrenbach
(1) This Kind of War: A Study in Unpreparedness. 1963. Rpt. Washington, D.C.: Brassey's, 1994: Ch. 1, 3-39.
(2) The Fight for Korea, Ch. 3-7.
ii. Others
Caro, Lyndon Johnson, Ch. 16.
J.T. Flynn, While You Slept, Ch. 1.
Hackworth & Sherman, Ch. 1, 3-9. 
Halberstam, David. The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War. New York City: Hyperion, 2007: Ch. 1-2, 5-6, 10, 18-25, 27-53.
Hanley, Charles J. et al. The Bridge at No Gun Ri:  A Hidden Nightmare From the Korea War. New York City: Henry Holt and Co., 2001: Ch. 3-9, Epilogue.
Hastings, Max. The Korean War. 1987. Rpt. Basingstoke, U.K.: Papermac, 1993: Ch. 2-18.
Knightley, Ch. 14.
Perret, Ch. 10-12.
Quigley, Ch. 3-5.
Rehnquist, William H. The Supreme Court, rev. ed. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001: Ch. 8-9.
Stone, Eddie. Donald Writes No More: A Biography of Donald Goines, rev. ed. Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing Co., 1988: Ch. 4.
Stone, I.F. The Hidden History of the Korean War, rev. ed. New York City: Monthly Review Press, 1969.
Utley, Ch. 4.
Weiner, Ch. 6.
Woods, Thomas E. Jr., and Kevin R.C.Gutzman. Who Killed the Constitution? The Fate of American Liberty from World War I to George W. Bush. New York City: Crown Forum, 2008: Ch. 2, 11.
h. The Executive Police Agencies
Jacboson, Sid, and Ernie Colón. The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation. New York City: Hill and Wang, 2006: Ch. 3.
Marshall, P.D. Scott & J. Hunter, Ch. 10.
Shorrock, Tim. Spies for Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2008: Ch. 3, 9.
G. Thomas, Ch. 11.
Wright, Peter. Spycatcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intellgence Officer. New York City: Viking, 1987: Ch. 1, 3-11.
i. The CIA
Agee, Pt. 2.
Block, Alan A. Masters of Paradise: Organized Crime and the Internal Revenue Service in the Bahamas, rev. ed. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1998: Ch. 6.
Clarridge & Diehl, Ch. 3.
Lee, Martin A. and Bruce Shlain. Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of LSD: The CIA, the Sixties, and Beyond, rev. ed. 1992. Rpt. London: Pan Books, 2001: Ch. 2.
McGehee, Ralph W. Deadly Deceits: My 25 Years in the CIA. New York City: Sheridan Square Publications, 1983: Ch. 2-4.
Prouty, Ch. 1, 3, 5, 6-19, 21, 23, Appendix 1-2.
Ruppert, Michael C. Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil. Gabriola Island, B.C.: New Society Publishers, 2004: Ch. 3.
Trento, Ch. 6, 10-11, 22, 28, 30.
Weiner, Ch. 3-5, 7-8, 11, 13.
ii. The FBI
Anderson & Gibson, Ch. 10.
Ellroy, American Tabloid, Ch. 11.
Kessler, Ronald. The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI, rev. ed. New York City: St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2003: Ch. 10.
Overstreet, Harry, and Bonaro Overstreet. The FBI in Our Open Society. New York City: W.W. Norton & Co., 1969: Ch. 13-14, 26.
i. The Schools
Clarridge & Diehl, Ch. 2.
Nisbet. The Degradation of the Academic Dogma. 1971. Rpt. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1997: Pt. 2-3.
Vidich, Arthur J. With a Critical Eye: An Intellectual and His Times. Ed. Robert Jackall. Knoxville, Tenn.: Newfound Press/U of Tennessee Libraries, 2009: Ch. 5-8, 10.
j. The Clintons
Andersen, Christopher. Bill and Hillary: The Marriage. New York City: William Morrow and Co., 1999: Ch. 2-3.
Klein, Edward. The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She’ll Go to Become President. New York City: Sentinel, 2005: Ch. 6.
k. The Intellectuals
Aron, Raymond. The Opium of the Intellectuals. 1954. Trans. Terence Kilmartin. 1957. Rpt. Lanham, Md.: UP of America, 1985.
Molnar, Thomas. The Decline of the Intellectual, rev. ed. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1994: Ch. 9-10.
l. The U.S. Armed Forces
i. The Army
Kennedy, William. Very Old Bones. New York City: Viking, 1992: Pt. 1, Ch. 3-4.
Hackworth & Sherman, Ch. 10.
Hanley, Charles J. et al. The Bridge at No Gun Ri:  A Hidden Nightmare From the Korea War. New York City: Henry Holt and Co., 2001: Ch. 1.
Hawes, Hampton, and Dan Asher. Raise Up Off Me. 1974. Rpt. New York City: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2001: Ch. 9-12.
ii. The Air Force
Baraka, Amiri. The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones, rev. ed. Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books, 1997: Ch. 5.
Borman, Frank, and Robert J. Serling. Countdown: An Autobiography. New York City: Silver Arrow Books/William Morrow, 1988: Ch. 2-4.
Paglen, Trevor. I Could Tell You but Then You Would Have to Be Destroyed by Me: Emblems From the Pentagon's Black World. New York City: Melville House Publishing, 2007.
Salter, James [James A. Horowitz]. Cassada. 2000. Rpt. London: Vintage, 2004.
m. The Chicago Machine
Demaris, Ovid [Ovid Desmarais]. Captive City. New York City: Lyle Stuart, 1969:  Pt. 2, Ch. 9-11; Pt. 3, Ch. 7.
O’Connor, Len. Clout: Mayor Daley and His City. 1975. Rpt. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1984: Ch. 6-9.
Royko, Mike. Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago.  New York City:  E.P. Dutton & Co., 1971: Ch. 5-6.
n. The Reporters
Anderson, Jack, and Daryl Gibson. Peace, War, and Politics: An Eyewitness Account. New York City: Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, 1999: Ch. 3-4, 18.
Novak, Ch. 5-6.
o. The Medical Profession
(1) LSD Experiments
M.A. Lee & Shlain, Ch. 3.
Stevens, Jay. Storming Heaven: LSD and the American Dream. 1987. Rpt. New York City: Grove Press, 1998: Ch. 3.
(2) Other
Szasz, Thomas S. Cruel Compassion: Psychiatric Control of Society's Unwanted. New York City: John Wiley & Sons, 1994: Ch. 10-11.
p. The Eisenhower Administration
Groseclose, Ch. 33.
Manly, Ch. 1.
Martin Dies’ Story. New York City: Bookmailer, 1963: Ch. 16.
q. Puerto Rico
Odishelidze, Alexander, and Arthur B Laffer. Pay to the Order of Puerto Rico. Fairfax, Va.: Allegiance Press, 2004: Ch. 6.
Vidich, Ch. 9.
r. Money Manipulation
Groseclose, Ch. 31-32.
Rueff, Jacques. The Monetary Sin of the West, rev. ed. Trans. Roger Glément. New York City: The Macmillan Co., 1972: Ch. 3, 9.
s. Caro
(1) The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York. 1974. Rpt. New York City: Vintage Books, 1975: Ch. 33-46.
(2) Lyndon Johnson, Vol. III: Ch. 20, 35.
t. Vidal
(1) Washington, D.C. Boston: Little, Brown, 1967: Ch. 3-6.
(2) The Golden Age. New York City: Doubleday, 2000: Ch. 10-16.
u. Others
Bacevich, Andrew J. The New American Militarism: How Americans are Seduced by War. New York City: Oxford UP, 2005: Ch. 6.
Brammer, Billy Lee. The Gay Place: Being Three Related Novels. 1961. Rpt. Austin, Texas: U of Texas P, 1995.
Bresler, Robert J. "The End of New Deal Liberalism and the Rise of Populism." Telos Summer 1995: 13-26.
Buckley, Christopher. Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir. New York City: Twelve, 2009.
Burch, Philip H. Jr. Elites in American History, Vol. III: The New Deal to the Carter Administration. New York City: Holmes & Meier Publishers, 1980: Ch. 4.
Cannon, Lou. Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power. New York City: PublicAffairs, 2003: Ch. 13.
Cook, Nick. The Hunt for Zero Point: Inside the Classified World of Antigravity Technology. 2001. Rpt. New York City: Broadway Books, 2002: Ch. 1-2, 14, 22, 24.
Cox, Stephen D. The Big House: Image and Reality of the American Prison. New Haven, Conn.: Yale UP, 2009: Ch. 9.
Dean, John W., and Barry M. Goldwater Jr. Pure Goldwater. New York City: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008: Ch. 11.
Denton, Sally, and Roger Morris. The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold on America, 1947-2000. 2001. Rpt. New York City: Vintage Books, 2002: Ch. 6.
Donner, Frank J. The Age of Surveillance: The Aims and Methods of America’s Political Intelligence System, rev. ed. New York City: Vintage Books, 1981: Ch. 9.
Dorrien, Gary. Imperial Designs: Neoconservatism and the New Pax America. New York City: Routledge, 2004: Ch. 2.
Ellroy, American Tabloid, Ch. 6.
Friedman, George. America’s Secret War: Inside the Hidden Worldwide Struggle Between American and Its Enemies, rev. ed. New York City: Broadway Books, 2005: Ch. 4.
Gill, Ch. 35.
Griffith, Ch. 7.
Halberstam, David. The Best and the Brightest, 2nd rev. ed. 2001. Rpt. Norwalk, Conn.: Easton Press, 2005: Ch. 2.
Healy, Gene. The Cult of the Presidency: America’s Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power. Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute, 2008: Ch. 3.
Holmes, Stephen. The Anatomy of Antiliberalism. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard UP, 1993: Ch. 5.
Leebaert, Derek. The Fifty-Year Wound: The True Price of America’s Cold War Victory. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 2002: Ch. 1-5.
Levin, Michael. "The President as Social Engineer." Reassessing the Presidency, Ch. 21.
Martin, James J. Revisionist Viewpoints: Essays in a Dissident Historical Tradition. Colorado Springs, Colo.: Ralph Myles Publisher, 1971: Ch. 7.
Nisbet. The Present Age: Progress and Anarchy in Modern America. 1988. Rpt. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2003: Ch. 3.
Petro, Sylvester. The Kohler Strike: Union Violence and Administrative Law. 1961. Rpt. Boston: Western Islands, 1965.
Rehnquist,  Ch. 10.
Scott, Otto J [Otto Scott-Estrella, Jr.]. The Other End of the Lifeboat. Chicago: Regnery Books, 1985: Ch. 14.
Vogel, Steve. The Pentagon: A History: The Untold Story of the Race to Build the Pentagon – and to Restore It Sixty Years Later. New York City: Random House, 2007: Ch. 17.
Vonnegut, Kurt. Player Piano. 1952. Rpt. New York City: Dial Press, 2006.
Woods & Gutzman, Ch. 3.
2. The Rightful Oppposition
a. Barry M. Goldwater Sr.
Dean & Goldwater, Ch. 5-8.
Edwards, Lee. Goldwater: The Man Who Made a Revolution. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Pub., 1995: Ch. 3-6.
b. Others
Buckley, William F. Jr. Getting It Right. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishers, 2003: Ch. 1-11.
Burrough, Bryan. The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes. New York City: The Penguin Press, 2009: Ch. 10-11.
Caro, Lyndon Johnson, Ch. 23.
Doenecke, Ch. 4, 6, 11-12.
Francis, Samuel T. "Beautiful Losers: The Failure of American Conservatism." Beautiful Losers: Essays on the Failure of American Conservatism. Columbia, Mo.: U of Missouri P, 1993: 222-231.
Gottfried, Paul. The Conservative Movement, rev. ed. New York City: Twayne Publishers, 1993: Ch. 3.
Griffith, Ch. 6.
Hazlitt, Henry. Illusions of Point Four. Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.: The Foundation for Economic Education, 1950.
Kauffman, Bill. Ain’t My America: The Long, Noble History of Antiwar Conservatism and Middle American Anti-Imperialism. New York City: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co., 2008: Ch. 4.
Keeley, Ch. 1, 13, 15-17, Appendix M.
Manly, Ch. 12, 14.
McDonald, W. Wesley. Russell Kirk and the Age of Ideology. Columbia, Mo.: U of Missouri P, 2004.
Murphy, Paul V. The Rebuke of History: The Southern Agrarians and American Conservative Thought. Chapel Hill, N.C.: U of North Carolina P, 2001: Ch. 5.
Nash, George H. The Conservative Intellectual Movement in American Since 1945, 2nd rev. ed. Wilmington, Del : Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2006: Ch. 1-9.
Rand, Ayn [Alissa Rosenbaum O'Connor]. Atlas Shrugged. 1957. Rpt. New York City: Dutton, 1992.
Rothbard, Murray N. The Betrayal of the American Right. Ed. Thomas E. Woods Jr. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2007: Ch. 12.
Scotchie, Joseph. Revolt From the Heartland: The Struggle for an Authentic Conservatism. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 2002: Ch. 3.
Tananbaum, Duane. The Bricker Amendment Controversy: A Test of Eisenhower's Political Leadership.; Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell UP, 1988.
Utley, Ch. 8.
Viguerie Richard A., and David Franke. America’s Right Turn: How Conservatives Used New and Alternative Media to Take Power. Chicago: Bonus Books, 2004: Ch. 4-5.
3. Arts & Entertainment
Baraka, Ch. 6.
Corry, John. My Times: Adventures in the News Trade. New York City: Grosset/Putnam, 1993: Ch. 11.
Davis, Michael. Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street. New York City: Viking, 2008: Ch. 3, 5, 8-10.
Davis, Ronald L. Zachary Scott: Hollywood’s Sophisticated Cad. Jackson, Miss: U of Mississippi P, 2006: Ch. 6-7.
Dickstein, Morris. Gates of Eden: American Culture in the Sixties, rev. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard UP, 1997: Ch. 2-3.
Evanier. Roman Candle: The Life of Bobby Darin. Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale, 2004: Ch. 7.
Fearon, Peter. Hamptons Babylon: Life Among the Super-Rich on America's Riviera. Secaucus, N.J.: Birch Lane Press, 1998: Ch. 2-4.
Frayling, Christopher. Sergio Leone: Something to Do With Death. London: Faber and Faber, 2000: Ch. 2-3.
Lois, George. $ellebrity: My Angling and Tangling With Famous People. London: Phaidon, 2003.
Manso, Peter. Mailer: His Life and Times, rev. ed. New York City: Washington Square Press, 2008: Ch. 4-7.
McDougal, Dennis. The Last Mogul: Lew Wasserman, MCA and the Hidden History of Hollywood. New York City: Crown Publishers, 1998: Ch. 12-14, 19.
Monroe, Gary. Harold Newton: The Original Highwayman. Gainesville, Fla.: UP of Florida, 2007.
Perrin, Dennis. Mr. Mike: The Life and Work of Michael O’Donoghue. New York City: Avon Books, 1998: Ch. 2.
Schwartz, Jonathan. All in Good Time: A Memoir. New York City: Random House, 2004: Ch. 6, 9, 11-12.
Smith, John L. Sharks in the Desert: The Founding Fathers and Current Kings of Las Vegas. Fort Lee, N.J.: Barricade Books, 2005:  34.
Thompson, David. Rosebud: The Story of Orson Welles. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996: Pt. 3, Ch. 9, 11-16, 18; Pt. 4.
Tormé, Mel. It Wasn’t All Velvet. New York City: Viking, 1988: Ch. 13-15, 17-20, 23-24.
Traub, James. The Devil’s Playground: A Century of Pleasure and Profit in Times Square. New York City: Random House, 2004: Ch. 8.
Wallach, Eli. The Good, the Bad and Me: In My Anecdotage. Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt, 2005: Prologue, Ch. 12-13.
a. The Rat Pack
Van Meter, Jonathan. The Last Good Time: Skinny D’Amato, the Notorious 500 Club, and the Rise and Fall of Atlantic City. New York City: Crown Publishers, 2003: Ch. 4, 6, 8.
(1) Dean Martin
Schoell, William. Martini Man: The Life of Dean Martin. Dallas: Taylor Publishing, 1999: Ch. 4-9, 11.
Tosches, Nick. Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams, corr. ed. New York City: Delta, 1999: Ch. 9-12.
(2) Frank Sinatra
Jacobs, George, and William Stadiem. Mr. S: My Life with Frank Sinatra. New York City: HarperEntertainment, 2003: Ch. 2-4.
Summers & Swan, Ch. 12, 14-16, 18-22.
Taraborelli, J. Randy. Sinatra: A Complete Life. Secaucus, N.J.: Birch Lane Press, 1997: Ch. 10-20, 45.
b. Music
Baraka, Ch. 3.
Bernard, Shane K. Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues. Jackson, Miss.: U of Mississippi P, 1996.
Christe, Ian. Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga, rev. ed. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2008: Ch. 1.
Halberstadt, Alex. Lonely Avenue: The Unlikely Life and Times of Doc Pomus. Cambridge, Mass.: Da Capo Press, 2007.
Moldea, Dan E. Dark Victory: Ronald Reagan, MCA, and the Mob, rev. ed. New York City: Penguin Books, 1987: Ch. 6-7.
Sublette, Ned. Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2004: Ch. 34
(1) R&B
Coleman, Rick. Blue Monday: Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Cambridge, Mass.: Da Capo Press, 2006: Ch. 3-6.
Dance, Helen Oakley. Stormy Monday: The T-Bone Walker Story. 1987. Rpt. New York City: Da Capo Press, 1990: Ch. 10-15.
Dr. John [Malcom "Mac" Rebennack Jr.], and Jack Rummel. Under a Hoodoo Moon: The Life of the Night Tripper. New York City: St. Martin's Press, 1994: Ch. 1-5.
George, Nelson. The Death of Rhythm & Blues. New York City: Pantheon Books, 1988: Ch. 3.
Gordon, Robert. Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 2002: Ch. 6-10.
James, Etta [Jamesetta Hawkins], and Ritz. Rage to Survive: The Etta James Story. New York City: Villard Books, 1995: Ch. 6-12.
Romano, Will. Big Boss Man: The Life and Music of Bluesman Jimmy Reed. San Francisco: Backbeat Books, 2006: Ch. 2-3.
Segrest, James, and Mark Hoffman. Moanin’ at Midnight: The Life and Times of Howlin’ Wolf. New York City: Pantheon Books, 2004: Ch. 5-9.
(a) Ray Charles
Charles, Ray [Ray Charles Robinson], and Ritz. Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story, 2nd rev. ed. New York City: Da Capo Press, 2003.
Lydon, Michael. Ray Charles: Man and Music, rev. ed. New York City: Routledge, 2004: Pts. 2-3.
(b) B.B. King
Danchin, Sebastian. 'Blues Boy': The Life and Music of B.B. King. Jackson, Miss.: U of Mississippi P, 1998: Ch. 2-3.
King, B.B. [Riley King], and David Ritz. Blues All Around Me: The Autobiography of B.B. King. New York City: Avon Books, 1996: Ch. 9-10.
(2) Jazz
Fernández, Raúl. Latin Jazz: The Perfect Combination/La Combinación Perfecta. San Francisco: Chronicle Books/Smithsonian Institute, 2002: Ch. 4.
Kahn, Ashley. The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records. New York City: W.W. Norton & Co., 2006: Ch. 1.
Litweiler, John. The Freedom Principle: Jazz After 1958. New York City: William Morrow, 1984.
O’Day, Anita [Anita Belle Colton], and George Eells. High Times, Hard Times. New York City: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1981: Ch. 7-8, 10-11.
Rosenthal, David. Hard Bop: Jazz and Black Music, 1955-1965. New York City: Oxford UP, 1992: Ch. 2-5, 7-8.
Tormé, Ch. 22.
Wesley, Fred Jr. Hit Me, Fred: Recollections of a Sideman. Durham, N.C.: Duke UP, 2002: Ch. 1.
(3) Latin
Morales, Ed. The Latin Beat: The Rhythms and Roots of Latin Music From Bossa Nova to Salsa and Beyond. New York City: Da Capo Press, 2003: Ch. 9.
Padura Fuentes, Leonardo. Faces of Salsa: A Spoken History of the Music. 1997. Trans. Stephen J. Clark. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 2003: Ch. 4-5
Salazar, Max. Mambo Kingdom: Latin Music in New York. New York City: Schirmer Trade Books, 2002: Ch. 20, 22-23, 25-27, 31-35, 37, 42.
Yglesias, Pablo Ellicott. ¡Cocinando! Fifty Years of Latin Album Cover Art. New York City: Princeton Architectural Press, 2005.
(4) Rock 'n' Roll
Chuck Berry: The Autobiography. 1987. Rpt. New York City: Fireside, 1988: Ch. 6-8, 10-11.
Coleman, Ch. 7-12.
Evanier, Roman Candle, Ch. 4.
(5) The Crooners
Evanier. Making the Wise Guys Weep: The Jimmy Roselli Story. New York City: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998: Ch. 6.
Evanier, Roman Candle, Ch. 6.
Tormé, Ch. 16.
c. Literature
i. Fiction
Cochran, David. American Noir: Underground Writers and Filmmakers of the Postwar Period. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute Press, 2000: Ch. 3-6, 9.
Dickstein. Leopards in the Temple: The Transformation of American Fiction, 1945-1970. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard UP, 2002: Ch. 1, 4-5.
Hemingway, Ernest. Across the River and Into the Trees. New York City: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950.
Karl, Frederick. American Fictions 1940-1980: A Comprehensive History & Critical Evaluation. New York City: Harper & Row, 1983: Ch. 1-3, 5-7.
L’Amour, Louis [Louis LaMoure]. Education of a Wandering Man:  New York City: Bantam Books, 1989: Ch. 19.
Levinson, Barry. Sixty-Six. New York City: Broadway Books, 2003: Ch. 1.
Miles, Barry. The Beat Hotel: Ginsberg, Burroughs, and Corso in Paris, 1957-1963. New York City: Grove Press, 2000: Ch. 1-9.
Pelecanos. Hard Revolution. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 2004: Pt. 1.
Spillane. Together We Kill: The Uncollected Stories of Mickey Spillane. Ed. Max Allan Collins. Waterville, Maine: Five Star, 2001.
Sallis, James. Chester Himes: A Life. New York City: Walker & Co., 2000: Ch. 7, 9-15, 17.
Vidal, Point to Point Navigation, Ch. 19-21, 29.
Williams, John A. The Man Who Cried I Am, rev. ed. Woodstock, N.Y.: Tusk Ivories, 2004: Ch. 11-13, 15-16, 18-22.
Wilson, Sloan. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, rev. ed. 1983. Rpt. New York City: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002: Ch. 1-11, 13-24, 26-41.
ii. Periodicals
Carroll, E. Jean. Hunter: The Strange and Savage Life of Hunter S. Thompson. New York City: Dutton, 1993: Ch. 5.
Corry, Ch. 1.
Reidelbach, Maria C. Completely Mad: A History of the Comic Book and Magazine. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1991.
(1) Magazines
Collins, George Hagennauer, and Steve Heller. Men's Adventure Magazines in Postwar America. Köln, Germany: Taschen, 2004.
Parfrey, Adam et al. It’s a Man’s World: Men’s Adventure Magazines, the Postwar Pulps. Los Angeles: Feral House, 2003.
Yagoda, Ben. About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made. New York City: Scribner, 2000: Ch. 5.
(2) Comic Books
(a) General
Bell, Blake. Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko. Seattle: Fantagraphic Books, 2008: Ch. 2, 9, 13.
Hajdu, David. The Ten-¢ent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America. New York City: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008: Ch. 5-16.
Jones, Gerard. Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book. New York City: Basic Books, 2004: Ch. 11-13.
(b) Marvel
Bell, Ch. 3.
Lee, Stan [Stanley Martin Lieber], and George Mair. Excelsior!: The Amazing Life of Stan Lee. New York City: Fireside, 2002: Ch. 4-8.
(3) Charles M. Schulz
Johnson, Rheta Grimsley. Good Grief: The Story of Charles M. Schulz, 2nd rev. ed. Kansas City, Mo.: Andrews and McMeel, 1995: Ch. 5-9, 10-16, 19.
Michaelis, David. Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography. New York City:  Harper, 2007: Ch. 10-18.
d. Hollywood
(1) MCA
Bruck, Connie. When Hollywood Had a King: The Reign of Lew Wasserman, Who Leveraged Talent Into Power and Influence. New York City: Random House, 2003: Ch. 2.
McDougal, Ch. 15-18, 20-21.
Moldea, Ch. 16-17, 20.
(2) The Talent
(a) Samuel Fuller
Cochran, Ch. 7.
Fuller, Samuel, Christa Lang Fuller, and Jerome Henry Rudes. A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting, and Filmmaking. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002: Ch.  23-27, 29-30, 32-37.
D. Thompson, Pt. 3, Ch. 17.
(b) Ronald Reagan
(i) Cannon
Governor Reagan, Ch.8-9.
President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime, rev. ed. New York City: PublicAffairs, 2000: Ch. 6, 13.
(c) Others
Cochran, Ch. 8, 10.
Epstein, Edward Jay. The Big Picture: Money and Power in Hollywood, rev. ed. New York City: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006: Ch. 1.
Evans, Robert [Robert Shapera][and Charles Michener]. The Kid Stays in the Picture. Ed. Marinka Peschmann. 1994. Rpt. London: Faber & Faber, 2003: Ch. 5-7, 9, 12.
Graham, Don. No Name on the Bullet: A Biography of Audie Murphy. 1989. Rpt. New York City: Penguin Books, 1990: Ch. 5-12.
King, Alan [Irwin Alan Kniberg], and Chris Chase. Name Dropping: The Life and Lies of Alan King. New York City: Scribner, 1996: Ch. 13.
Moldea, Ch. 14, 19, 24.
Paar, Jack, and John Reddy. I Kid You Not. 1960. Rpt. New York City: Pocket Books, 1961: Ch. 5-6.
Parish, James Robert. It’s Good to Be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2007: Ch. 18.
Puzo, Mario. The Godfather. New York City: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1969: Ch. 12-13, 26.
Schwartz, Ch. 4.
Server, Lee. Robert Mitchum: “Baby, I Don’t Care”. New York City: St. Martin’s Press, 2001: Ch. 5-12.
Sklar, Robert. City Boys: Cagney, Bogart, Garfield. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton UP, 1992; Ch. 9-12.
Tormé, Ch. 21.
Vidal, Point to Point Navigation, Ch. 17.
Wallach, Ch. 9, 11, 14.
e. The Comedians
Allen, Steve. Hi-Ho, Steverino!: My Adventures in the Wonderful Wacky World of TV. Fort Lee, N.J.: Barricade Books, 1992: Ch. 13.
Arce, Hector. Groucho. New York City: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1979: Ch. 11.
Carter, Bill. The Late Shift: Letterman, Leno, and the Network Battle for the Night, rev. ed. New York City: Hyperion, 1995: Ch. 2.
Dangerfield, Rodney [Jacob Cohen]. It’s Not Easy Bein’ Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs. New York City: HarperEntertainment, 2004: Ch. 3, 11.
King & Chase, Ch. 5-8.
Nachman, Gerald. Seriously Funny: The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s. New York City: Pantheon Books, 2003.
Paar & Reddy, Ch. 17, 19.
Parish, Ch. 8-12, 14-16.
Rickles, Don, and David Ritz. Rickles’ Book: A Memoir. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2007.
Youngman, Henny, and Neal Karlen. Take My Life, Please! New York City: William Morrow & Co., 1991: Ch. 13.
f. Nightclubs
(1) Toots Shor's Restaurant
Bainbridge, John. The Wonderful World of Toots Shor. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1951.
Considine, Bob. Toots. New York City: Meredith Press, 1969: Ch. 4-7.
(2) Others
Blumenthal, Ralph. Stork Club: America’s Most Famous Nightspot and the Lost World of Café Society, rev. ed. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 2001: Ch.  3-5, 24-27, 29-40.
Gavin, James. Intimate Nights: The Golden Age of New York Cabaret. New York City: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991:  Ch. 3-8.
Podell-Raber, Mickey, and Charles Pignone. The Copa: Jules Podell and the Hottest Club North of Havana. New York City: Collins, 2007: Ch. 3-7.
Van Meter, Ch. 7.
g. Theater
Kostelanetz, Richard. SoHo: The Rise and Fall of an Artist’s Colony. New York City: Routledge, 2003: Ch. 18.
Parish, Ch. 7, 13.
Rodgers, Richard. Musical Stages: An Autobiography. New York City: Random House, 1975: Ch. 18-22.
Schwartz, Ch. 5.
Vidal, Point to Point Navigation, Ch. 30, 49.
Wallach, Ch. 6-8, 10, 15.
h. Fashion
Dyer, Rod, and Ron Sparks. Fit to Be Tied: Vintage Ties of the '40s and Early '50s. New York City: Abbeville Press, 1987.
Forden, Sara Gay. House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour and Greed. 2000. Rpt. New York City: HarperCollins World, 2002: Ch. 3.
i. Television
Allen, Ch. 1, 4-5, 7-12, 14-15, 18.
Fowles, Jib. Why Viewers Watch: A Reappraisal of Television's Effects, rev. ed. Newbury Park, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1992: Ch. 2.
Paar & Reddy, Ch. 7-16, 18, 20-25.
j. Radio
Allen, Ch. 6.
Walker, Jesse. Rebels on the Air: An Alternative History of Radio in America. New York City: New York UP, 2001: Ch. 4.
k. Gore Vidal
Kaplan, Fred. Gore Vidal: A Biography. New York City: Doubleday, 1999: Ch. 7-12, 37.
Vidal, Point to Point Navigation, Ch. 14.
4. The Underworld
X, Malcolm [Malcolm Little], and Alex Haley. The Autobiography of Malcolm X. 1965. Rpt. New York City: Ballantine Books, 1973: Ch. 8-10.
"Black, Joey," and David Fisher. Joey the Hitman: The Autobiography of a Mafia Killer, rev. ed. New York City: Adrenaline Classics, 2002: Ch. 2-19.
Block, Ch. 3-4.
Lehr, Dick, and Gerard O’Neill. Black Mass: The Irish Mob, the FBI, and a Devil's Deal. 2000. Rpt. New York City: Harper Perennial, 2001: Prologue, Ch. 2.
Morris. Partners in Power: The Clintons and Their America. New York City: John Macrae/Henry Holt and Co., 1996: Ch. 2-3.
Pelecanos, George P. The Big Blowdown. New York City: St. Martins' Press, 1996: Prologue, Pt. 3-6.
Phillips, Max. Fade to Blonde. New York City: Hard Case Crime, 2004.
Preston, T.A. "Amarillo Slim," and Greg Dinkin. Amarillo Slim in a World of Fat People: The Memoirs of the Greatest Gambler Who Ever Lived. New York City: HarperEntertainment, 2003: Ch. 2-3, 5, 8.
Rafael, Tony. The Mexican Mafia. New York City:  Encounter Books, 2007: Ch. 17.
Redden, Jim. Snitch Culture: How Citizens Are Turned Into the Eyes and Ears of the State, rev. ed. Venice, Calif.: Feral House, 2001: Ch. 11.
Spillane, Mickey [Frank Morrison Spillane]. One Lonely Night. New York City: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1951.
Traub, Ch. 9.
a. The Mafia
(1) Frank Sinatra
Summers & Swan, Ch. 13, 17, 23
Taraborelli, Ch. 9.
(2) The Wise Guys
(a) Henry Hill
Hill, Henry, and Gus Russo. Gangsters and Goodfellas: The Mob, Witness Protection, and Life on the Run. New York City: M. Evans & Co., 2004: Ch. 2.
Pileggi, Nicholas. Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 1985: Ch. 1-3, 7.
(b) Jerry Capeci
(i) Murder Machine: A True Story of Murder, Madness, and the Mafia. New York City: Dutton, 1992: Ch. 2.
(ii) The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Mafia, rev. ed. Indianapolis: Alpha, 2004: Ch. 14-15, 23.
(c) Chicago
Corbitt, Michael, and Sam Giancana. Double Deal: The Inside Story of Murder, Unbridled Corruption, and the Cop Who Was a Mobster. New York City: William Morrow, 2003: Ch. 2-7.
Demaris, Captive City, Pt. 1, Ch. 6-8, 10-11; Pt. 3, Ch. 1, 9.
(d) Others
Demaris. The Lucky Luciano Story: The Mafioso and the Violent 30's, rev. ed. New York City:  Tower, 1969: Ch. 14-16.
Denton & Morris, Ch. 1-2, 4-5, 7-10.
Ellroy, American Tabloid, Ch. 23, 26, 32, 35.
In My Own Words: The Underworld Autobiography of Michael Mickey Cohen as Told to John Peer Nugent. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1975: Ch. 9-22.
Moldea, Ch. 12, 15, 18.
Overstreet & Overstreet, Ch. 25.
Pantoliano, Joe, and Evanier. Who's Sorry Now: The True Story of a Stand-Up Guy. 2002. Rpt. New York City: Plume, 2003: Ch. 2-4.
Puzo, Ch. 2-11, 15-21, 23-25, 28-32.
Siciliano, Vincent "The Cat." [Karl Hess Sr.]. Unless They Kill Me First. New York City: Hawthorn Books, 1970: Ch. 9-11.
b. The Drug Scene
Hawes & Asher, Ch. 18-20.
O'Day & Eells, Ch. 9, 12.
Streatfeild, Dominic. Cocaine (An Unauthorized Biography). New York City: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press, 2001: Ch. 9.
c. The Negroes
i. Chester Himes
(a) For Love of Imabelle (a.k.a., A Rage in Harlem). 1957. Rpt. Edinburgh, U.K.: Cannongate, 2000.
(b) The Real Cool Killers, corr. ed. Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s. Ed. Robert Polito. New York City: Library of America, 1997: 731-876.
Sallis, Ch. 18.
ii. Donald Goines
Goines, Donald. Whoreson: The Story of a Ghetto Pimp. Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing Co., 1972: Ch. 2-18.
E. Stone, Ch. 5-6.
iii. Iceberg Slim
(1) Pimp. Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing Co., 1967: Ch. 15-22.
(2) Mama Black Widow. Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing Co., 1969: Ch. 15.
d. The Jews
Konigsberg, Eric. Blood Relation. New York City: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005: Ch. 6, 8-9, 14-15.
Simon, Michael. The Last Jew Standing. New York City: Viking, 2007.
e. The Sex Fiends
Jones, E. Michael. Libido Dominandi: Sexual Liberation and Political Control. South Bend, Ind.: St. Augustine’s Press, 2000: Pt. 3, Ch. 4-8.
Szasz. The Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement, rev. ed. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse UP, 1997: Ch. 13.
f. Ellroy
i. L.A. Quartet
(1) The Big Nowhere. New York City: The Mysterious Press, 1988.
(2) White Jazz. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
ii. Other
(1) American Tabloid, Ch. 1-5, 7-10, 12-13, 15-22, 25, 27, 29-31, 33, 36-37, 39-40.  
(2) Clandestine. New York City: Avon Books, 1982.
(3) Destination: Morgue!: L.A. Tales. New York City: Vintage Books, 2004.
5. Business
Block, Ch. 5.
Burrough, and John Helyar. Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco, 2nd rev. ed. New York City: Collins Business, 2008: Ch. 1.
Ceruzzi, Paul E. A History of Modern Computing, rev. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, 2003: Ch. 2-4.
Chuck Berry, Ch. 9.
Nocera, Joseph. A Piece of the Action: How the Middle Class Joined the Money Class. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994: Ch. 1.
Cringely, Robert X. [Mark Stephens] Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date, rev. ed. New York City: HarperBusiness, 1996: Ch. 2-3.
Malkiel, Burton G. A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing, rev. 8th ed. New York City: W.W. Norton & Co., 2003: Ch. 3.
Thomas, Dana L. The Plungers and the Peacocks: 170 Years of Wall Street, rev. ed. 1989. Rpt. New York City: Texere, 2001: Ch. 12.
6. Chicago
Ciccone, F. Richard. Royko: A Life in Print. New York City: PublicAffairs, 2001: Ch. 3.
Epstein, Joseph. Fabulous Small Jews. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003.
7. The United Kingdom
Beckett Francis, and David Hencke, The Blairs and Their Court. London: Aurum, 2004: Ch. 1.
Bill Bruford: The Autobiography: Yes, King Crimson, Earthworks, and More. London: Jawbone Press, 2009: Ch. 1.
Moorcock, Michael. King of the City. New York City: William Morrow, 2000: Ch. 4-5, 13-16.
Shrake, Ch. 3, 12-14.
8. Central Asia
Burke, Jason. Al-Qaeda: Casting a Shadow of Terror. London: I.B. Tauris, 2003: Ch. 6.
Margolis, Eric S. War at the Top of the World: The Struggle for Afghanistan, Kashmir, and Tibet., rev. ed. New York City: Routledge, 2002: Ch. 8.
Musharraf, Pervez. In the Line of Fire: A Memoir. New York City: Free Press, 2006: Ch. 1-5, 17.
9. Latin America
a. Cuba
Bethel, Ch. 2.
Estrada, Ch. 10.
Kushner, Ch. 2-13, 15-16, 21, 23, 28.
Sublette, Ch. 33.
b. Elsewhere
Hazlitt. Man vs. the Welfare State. 1969. Rpt. Auburn, Ala.:  Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2007: Ch. 18.
Vargas Llosa, Mario. Conversation in the Cathedral. 1969. Trans. Gregory Rabassa. 1975. Rpt. New York City: Rayo, 2005.
10. The Mediterranean 
a. Israel
i. The First Arab-Israeli War
Morris, Benny. 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War. New Haven, Conn.: Yale UP, 2008:  Ch. 2-11.
Perlmutter, Ch. 18-21.
ii. Other
Cramer. How Israel Lost: The Four Questions. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2004: Ch. 1, 3.
Marshall, P. D. Scott & J. Hunter, Ch. 5.
Perlmutter, Ch. 14-17, 22-27.
Segev, Tom. Elvis in Jerusalem: Post-Zionism and the Americanization of Israel. Trans. Haim Watzman. New York City: Metropolitan Books, 2002.
G. Thomas, Ch. 4-5, 7.
b. Elsewhere
Hemingway. The Dangerous Summer. New York City: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1985.
Lamb, David. The Arabs: Journeys Beyond the Mirage, rev. ed. New York City: Vintage Books, 2002: Ch. 4, 12.
11. Southern California
Acosta, Oscar Zeta. The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo. 1972. Rpt. New York City: Vintage Books, 1989: Ch. 7, 9.
Ellroy. My Dark Places: An L.A. Crime Memoir. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996: Ch. 1-3, 5-8, 15-24, 27-29, 31.
James & Ritz, Ch. 4.
Stein, Jean. Edie: An American Biography. Ed. George Plimpton. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982: Ch. 8-9, 11.
Stevens, Ch. 5.
Vaca, Nicolás C. The Presumed Alliance: The Unspoken Conflict Between Latinos and Blacks and What It Means for America. New York City: Rayo, 2004: Ch. 6.
12. Las Vegas
Denton & Morris, Ch. 3.
Eisler, Kim Isaac. Revenge of the Pequots: How a Small Native American Tribe Created the World’s Most Profitable Casino. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2001: Ch. 8.
Puzo, Ch. 22, 27.
J.L. Smith, Ch. 2-4, 7, 11, 17, 19, 24, 31.
13. Africa
a. Kenya
Elkins, Caroline. Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya. New York City: Henry Holt and Co., 2005: Ch. 2-10, Appendix.
Sailer, Steve. America's Half-Blood Prince: Barack Obama's Story of Race and Inheritance. Washington, Conn.: VDARE Foundation, 2008: Ch. 3.
b. Elsewhere
Bunting, Brian Percy. The Rise of the South African Reich, rev. ed. 1969. Rpt. London: International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa, 1986: Ch. 8-13.
Mamdani, Mahmood. Saviours and Survivors: Darfur, Politics and the War on Terror. Cape Town, South Africa: HSRC Press, 2009: Ch. 6.
14. The South
Wessel, David. In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke’s War on the Great Panic. New York City:  Crown Business, 2009: Ch. 4.
Biguenet, John. Oyster. New York City: Ecco, 2002.
Irving, Clifford. Final Argument. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 1993: Ch. 5.
15. The Rest of the World
Berman, Paul. Terror and Liberalism. New York City: W.W. Norton & Co., 2003: Ch. 4.
Boll, Heinrich. The Clown. Trans. Leila Vennewitz. New York City: McGraw-Hill, 1965.
Fuller, Fuller & Rudes, Ch. 31.
Kwitny, Endless Enemies, Ch. 9.
Shrake, Ch. 15.
White, Timothy. Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley, 8th rev ed. New York City: Henry Holt and Co., 2006: Ch. 4-6.
16. Business
Weaver, Paul H. The Suicidal Corporation: How Big Business Fails America. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 1988: Ch. 14.
Wolfe, Tom. "Two Young Men Who Went West." Hooking Up. New York City: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2000: 17-65.
17. The Negroes
Baraka, Ch. 4.
Bernstein, Ch. 9.
Malcolm X, Ch. 11-15.
Sailer, Ch. 9.
E. Stone, Ch. 3.
18. The Boomers
Bernstein, Ch. 7-8, 16-18.
Ford, Don Henry Jr. Contrabando: Confessions of a Drug-Smuggling Texas Cowboy. El Paso, Texas: Cinco Puntos Press, 2005.
Frank, Josh, and Charlie Buckholtz. In Heaven Everything Is Fine: The Unsolved Life of Peter Ivers and the Lost History of “New Wave Theatre”. 2008. Pt. Berkeley, Calif.: Soft Skull Press, 2010: Ch. 1. Haas, Roland W. Enter the Past Tense: My Secret Life as a CIA Assassin. Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books, 2007: Ch. 2, 4.
McNamee, Thomas. Alice Waters and Chez Panisse: The Romantic, Impractical, Often Eccentric, Ultimately Brilliant Making of a Food Revolution. The Penguin Press, 2007: Ch. 2.
Reid, Tim [Timothy Isabel Jr.], Tom Dreesen, and Ron Rapoport. Tim & Tom: An American Comedy in Black and White. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2008: Ch. 3.
Stanton, Mike. The Prince of Providence: The True Story of Buddy Cianci, America's Most Notorious Mayor, Some Wiseguys, and the Feds. New York City: Random House, 2003: Ch. 1.
Tracy, Kathleen. Jerry Seinfeld: The Entire Domain. Secaucus, N.J.: Birch Lane Press, 1998: Ch. 1.
19. Paul Johnson
a. A History of the Jews. New York City: Harper & Row, 1987: Pt. 7.
b. Modern Times: The World From the Twenties to the Nineties, 2nd rev. ed. New York City: HarperPerennial, 2001: Ch. 13-17.
20. William Kennedy
a. Very Old Bones, Pt. 1, Ch. 3-4; Pt. 3, Ch. 2-4; Pt. 4, Ch. 1-3; Pt. 5.
b. Roscoe. New York City: Viking, 2002.
21. Joyce Carol Oates
a. A Garden of Earthly Delights, rev. ed. New York City: Modern Library, 2003: Pt. 3.
b. them, 2nd rev. ed. New York City: Modern Library, 2000: Pt. 2.
c. Because It is Bitter, and Because It is My Heart. New York City: E.P. Dutton, 1990.
d. The Museum of Dr. Moses: Tales of Mystery and Suspense. Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt, 2007.
22. Philip Roth
a. Goodbye, Columbus, and Five Short Stories. 1959. Rpt. Novels & Stories 1959-1962. Ed. Ross Miller. New York City: Library of America, 2005: 7-225.
b. When She Was Good. 1967. Rpt. Novels 1967-1972. Ed. Miller. New York City: Library of America, 2005: 1-276.
23. Rousas John Rushdoony
a. This Independent Republic: Studies in the Nature and Meaning of American History. 1962. Rpt. Fairfax, Va.: Thoburn Press, 1978: Ch. 9.
b. The Nature of the American System. 1965. Rpt. Vallecito, Calif.: Ross House Books, 2000: Ch. 7.
c. Bread Upon the Waters: Columns From the "California Farmer." 1969. Rpt. Fairfax, Va.: Thoburn Press, 1974: Ch. 45. 
24. John Updike
a. Rabbit Angstrom: A Tetralogy. New York City: Everyman's Library, 1995: 3-264.
b. Early Stories, 1953-1975. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
25. Vidal
a. In a Yellow Wood. 1947. Rpt. London: New English Library, 1967.
b. Clouds and Eclipses: The Collected Short Stories. New York City: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2006.
26. Edna Buchanan
a. The Corpse Had a Familiar Face: Covering Miami, America's Hottest Beat.1987. Rpt. New York City: Berkeley Books, 1991: Ch. 2.
b. Never Let Them See You Cry: More From Miami, America's Hottest Beat. 1992. Rpt. New York City: Berkeley Books, 1993: Ch. 18.
27. Bill Kauffman
a. America First! Its History, Culture, and Politics. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1995: Ch. 9.
b. Ain’t My America, Ch. 3.
28. Others
Acosta, Ch. 11, 13.
Beatty, Jack. The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley, 1874-1958. Reading, Mass.: William Patrick/Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1992: Prologue, Epilogue.
Bethell, Tom. The Noblest Triumph: Property and Prosperity Through the Ages. New York City: St. Martin's Press, 1998: Ch. 13-14, 21.
Blumenthal, Ch. 28.
Bowden, Charles. Down by the River: Drugs, Money, Murder and Family. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2002.
Bromfield, Louis. A New Pattern for a Tired World. 1954. Rpt. New York City:  Arno Press, 1972.
Byron, Christopher. Testosterone Inc.: Tales of CEOs Gone Wild. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2004: Ch. 2, 12.
Carroll, Ch. 4.
Chang, Jeff. Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation. New York City: St. Martin's Press, 2005: Ch. 1, 12.
Cross, Charles R. Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix. New York City: Hyperion, 2005: Ch. 3-7.
Chuck Berry, Ch. 5.
Cramer, Richard Ben. What It Takes: The Way to the White House, rev. ed. New York City: Vintage Books, 1993: Ch. 7, 12-13, 15-16, 19-20, 22, 28.
Dangerfield, Ch. 5, 15.
Di Prima, Diane. Memoirs of a Beatnik, rev. ed. 1988. Rpt. London: Marion Boyars, 2002.
Eszterhas, Joe. Hollywood Animal: A Memoir. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004: Ch. 5, 9, 11, 13, 17, 22, 24.
Evanier, Roman Candle, Ch. 3.
Evans, Ch. 3-4, 8.
George, John, and Laird Wilcox. American Extremists: Militias, Supremacists, Klansmen, Communists and Others. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1996: Ch. 9-10, 13-14, 23-25.
Gordon, Lorraine, and Barry Singer. Alive at the Village Vanguard: My Life in and out of  Jazz. Milwaukee. Hal Leonard, 2006: Ch. 6, 8-9.
Horn, Richard. Fifties Style: Then and Now. New York City: Beech Tree Books, 1985.
S. Hunter & Bainbridge Jr., Ch. 2, 4-5.
James & Ritz, Ch. 5.
Konigsberg, Ch. 1, 5.
Leland, John. Hip: The History, rev. ed. New York City: HarperPerennial, 2005: Ch. 13.
Moldea, Ch. 29.
Novak, Ch. 3-4.
Pipes, Daniel. Conspiracy: How the Paranoid Style Flourishes and Where it Comes From. New York City: Free Press, 1997: Ch. 6.
Samuelson, Robert J. The Good Life and Its Discontents: The American Dream in the Age of Entitlement 1945-1995, rev. ed. New York City: Vintage Books, 1997.
Schwartz, Ch. 7-8, 10.
Shrake, Ch. 16.
Stein, Ch. 10.
Stevens, Ch. 6-7, 9.
Strauss, William, and Neil Howe.The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy. New York City: Broadway Books, 1997: Ch. 6.
Sublette, Ch. 36.
Von Hoffman, Pt. 4.
Walker, Ch. 11.

B. Camelot
1. The 1960 Election
Brennan, Mary C. “A Step in the ‘Right’ Direction: Conservative Republicans and the Election of 1960.” Presidential Studies Quarterly Winter 1992: 73-87. Rpt. Turning Right in the Sixties: The Conservative Capture of the GOP. Chapel Hill, N.C.: U of North Carolina P, 1995: Ch. 1-2.
Crouse, Timothy. The Boys on the Bus. 1973. Rpt. New York City: Ballentine Books, 1974: Ch. 8.
Demaris, Captive City, Pt. 2, Ch. 14.
Edwards, Ch. 7.
Ellroy, American Tabloid, Ch. 34, 41, 43, 47, 52, 54.
Hardeman & Bacon, Ch. 22.
Morrow, Lance. "Of Myth and Memory: Dreaming of 1960 in the New World." Time 24 Oct. 1988: 21-27.
Novak, Ch. 8-9.
Reeves, Ch. 9-10.
H. Smith, Ch. 19.
Summers & Swan, Ch. 25.
Vidal, Point to Point Navigation, Ch. 12.
J.A. Williams, Ch. 23-24.
2. The Kennedy Administration
a. Cuba
Bethel, Ch. 12-15.
Corbett, Ben. This is Cuba: An Outlaw Culture Survives. Cambridge, Mass.: Westview Press, 2002.
Ellroy, American Tabloid, Ch. 72.
Estrada, Ch. 12.
Reeves, Ch. 16.
Ruppert, Appendix A.
Trento, Ch. 26, 32.
Weiner, Ch. 19.
(1) The Bay of Pigs Invasion
Bethel, Ch. 11.
Ellroy, American Tabloid, Ch. 59, 67, 69-70.
Fontova, Fidel, Ch. 11.
Marshall, P. D. Scott & J. Hunter, Ch. 6.
Prouty, Ch. 2.
(2) Fontova
(a) Fidel, Ch. 1, 6, 10.
(b) Exposing the Real Che Guevara, Ch. 6, 9-11.
b. Vietnam
Baritz, Loren. Backfire: A History of How American Culture Led Us into Vietnam and Made Us Fight the Way We Did. 1985. Rpt. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1998: Ch. 3.
Halberstam, Ch. 10-11, 14-15.
Mann, James. Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush’s War Cabinet. New York City: Viking, 2004: Ch. 3.
Weiner, Ch. 20.
c. The Assassination
i. Ellroy
(1) American Tabloid, Ch. 88-89, 96-100.
(2) The Cold Six Thousand. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001: Ch. 1-13.
ii. Others
Andrew & Mitrokhin, Ch. 14.
W.F. Buckley, Getting It Right, Ch. 36, 38-40.
DeLillo, Don. Libra. New York City: Viking, 1988.
Garrison, Jim. On the Trail of the Assassins: My Investigation and Prosecution of the Murder of President Kennedy. 1988. Rpt. London: Penguin Books, 1992.
Marrs, Jim. Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy. New York City: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1989.
Oglesby, Carl. The Yankee and Cowboy War: Conspiracies From Dallas to Watergate. Kansas City, Kan.: Sheed Andrews and McMeel Inc., 1976: Ch. 1, 3-4.
Overstreet & Overstreet, Ch. 4.
Piereson, Ch. 4-5, 7.
Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. 1964. Rpt. Buffalo, N.Y.: William S. Hein, 2005.
Ruppert, Ch. 11.
Trento, Ch. 34.
Vidal, Point to Point Navigation, Ch. 55.
Weiner, Ch. 21.
d. The Executive Police Agencies
i. The CIA
Ellroy, American Tabloid, Ch. 76.
McGehee, Ch. 5.
Prouty, Ch. 4, 22.
Trento, Ch. 23, 25, 30.
Weiner, Ch. 17-18.
ii. The FBI
Ellroy, American Tabloid, Ch. 78, 92.
Overstreet, Ch. 15, 19.
iii. Others
Ellroy, American Tabloid, Ch. 63, 82, 84, 95.
Redden, Ch. 12.
Wright, Ch. 12-13.
e. The Space Program
Borman & Serling, Ch. 5-6.
Hoagland, Richard C., and Michael Bara. Dark Mission: The Secret History of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, rev. ed. Los Angeles: Feral House, 2009: Ch. 3.
f. The Chicago Machine
Demaris, Captive City, Pt. 3, Ch. 3.
O'Connor, Ch. 10.
g. Money Manipulation
Duncan, Richard. The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures. Singapore: John Wiley & Sons (Asia), 2003: Ch. 3.
Rueff, Ch. 10.
Salerno, Joseph T. "From Kennedy's 'New Economics' to Nixon's 'New Economic Policy': Monetary Inflation and the March of Economic Fascism." Reassessing the Presidency, Ch. 19.
h. Vidal
(1) "Thirteen Green Pages with Hindsight Added." Palimpsest: A Memoir. New York City: Random House, 1995: 353-381.
(2) "President Kennedy." Sunday Telegraph 9 Apr. 1961. Rpt. United States: Essays 1952-1992. New York City: Random House, 1993: 797-803.
(3) "The Holy Family." Esquire Apr. 1967. Rpt. United States: Essays 1952-1992. New York City: Random House, 1993: 809-826.
(4) Point to Point Navigation, Ch. 24, 38-39, 54.
Kaplan, Ch. 13.
i. Others
Anderson & Gibson, Ch. 6.
W.F. Buckley, Getting It Right, Ch. 15, 35.
Burch, Vol. III, Ch. 5.
Caro, Lyndon Johnson, Vol. III, Ch. 43.
Corry, Ch. 8.
Crile, George. Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History. New York City: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003:  Ch. 3, 8.
Gill, Ch. 1, 10, 12-13, 15-16, 20-31, Appendix A.
Ellroy,  American Tabloid, Ch. 58.
Hackworth & Sherman, Ch. 12-13.
Halberstam, Ch. 1, 3-6, 8-9, 12-13.
Hardeman & Bacon, Ch. 23-24.
Hazlitt, Henry. Man vs. the Welfare State. 1969. Rpt. Auburn, Ala.:  Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2007: Ch. 1.
Hersh, Seymour M. The Dark Side of Camelot.  Boston: Little, Brown, 1997.
Iserbyt, Charlotte Thomson. The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America: A Chronological Paper Trail. Ravenna, Ohio: Conscience Press, 1999: Ch. 5.
Kabaservice, Geoffrey. The Guardians: Kingman Brewster, His Circle, and the Rise of the Liberal Establishment. New York City: Henry Holt and Co., 2004: Ch. 4.
Klein. The Kennedy Curse: Why America's First Family Has Been Haunted by Tragedy for 150 Years. New York City: St. Martin’s, 2003: Ch. 5.
Leebaert, Ch. 6.
Marshall, P. D. Scott & J. Hunter, Ch. 9.
Perret, Ch. 14.
Reeves, Ch. 1, 11-15, 17 -18.
H. Smith, Ch. 2, 11, 16.
2. The Underworld
Carr, David. The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of His Life. His Own. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2008: Ch. 13.
Chuck Berry, Ch. 12.
Corbitt & Giancana, Ch. 8-12.
Dr. John & Rummel, Ch. 6.
Lavergne, Gary M. Worse Than Death: The Dallas Nightclub Murders and the Texas Multiple Murder Law. Denton, Texas: U of North Texas P, 2003: Ch. 3.
Pantoliano & Evanier,  Ch. 5-6.
Pileggi, Ch. 4.
a. The Mafia
Capeci, Ch. 24.
Demaris, Captive City, Pt. 3, Ch. 5, 8.
Ellroy, American Tabloid, Ch. 46, 53, 61, 65.
H. Hill & Russo, Ch. 3.
Konigsberg, Ch. 2, 7.
Mickey Cohen, Ch. 23-25.
Moldea, Ch. 27.
Taraborelli, Ch. 24.
b. The Negroes
(1) Goines
Goines, Whoreson, Ch. 19-22.
E. Stone, Ch. 7.
(2) Others
Himes. Cotton Comes to Harlem. 1965. Rpt. Edinburgh, U.K.: Cannongate Crime, 2001.
James & Ritz, Ch. 16.
c. Spillane
(1) The Snake. New York City: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1964.
(2) The Twisted Thing. New York City: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1966.
3. The Rat Pack
Levy, Shawn. Rat Pack Confidential: Frank, Dean, Sammy, Peter, Joey, and the Last Great Showbiz Party. New York City: Doubleday, 1998.
a. Frank
Jacobs & Stadiem, Ch. 5-6.
Summers & Swan, Ch. 26-27.
Taraborelli, Ch. 21-23, 25-29.
Zehme, Bill. The Way You Wear Your Hat: Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin'. New York City: HarperCollins, 1997.
b. Dino
Schoell, Ch. 10, 12-15.
Tosches, Ch. 13.
4.  Arts and Entertainment
Allen, Ch. 16.
Evanier, Roman Candle, Ch. 8-10.
Kostelanetz, Ch. 6, 26, 36.
Miles, Ch. 10.
Moldea, Ch. 21-23, 25-26.
Server, Ch. 13.
Tormé, Ch. 25.
Tucker, Jeffrey. Bourbon for Breakfast: Living Outside the Statist Quo. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2010: Ch. 46.
Vidal, Gore [Eugene Luther Vidal Jr.]. Point to Point Navigation: A Memoir, 1964-2006. New York City: Doubleday, 2006: Ch. 9.
Walker, Ch. 8.
a. Music
T. White, Ch. 7-8.
(1) Pop
Chuck Berry, Ch. 13-14.
Lydon, Ch. 15-17.
Smith, Sid. In the Court of King Crimson. London: Helter Skelter Publishing, 2001: Ch. 1.
(2) R&B
Coleman, Ch. 13-15.
Cross, Ch. 7, 9.
Dance, Ch. 16.
Gordon, Ch. 11.
James & Ritz, Ch. 13-14.
Romano, Ch. 4.
Segrest & Hoffman, Ch. 10-11.
Wesley, Ch. 2-3.
a. B.B. King
Danchin, Ch. 4.
King & Ritz, Ch. 18.
(3) Salsa
Morales, Ch. 3.
Padura Fuentes, Ch. 9.
Salazar, Ch. 40, 43.
(4) Jazz
Kahn, Ch. 2-3.
Rosenthal, Ch. 9.
(5) The Crooners
Evanier, Jimmy Roselli, Ch. 5.
Schwartz, Ch. 13.
b. Cinema
Vidal, Point to Point Navigation, Ch. 25.
(1) Hollywood
Cantor, Paul A. Gilligan Unbound: Pop Culture in the Age of Globalization. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2001: Pt. 1.
Fuller, Fuller & Rudes, Ch. 38-41.
McDougal, Ch. 24.
c. Nightclubs
Blumenthal, Ch. 41-43.
Considine, Ch. 8.
Gavin, Ch. 9.
d. The Comedians
Arce, Ch. 13.
Dangerfield, Ch. 6-7.
Parish, Ch. 17, 20-21.
e. The Theater
Parish, Ch. 19.
Perrin, Ch. 3.
Rodgers, Ch. 23-24.
5. Las Vegas
Denton & Morris, Ch. 11-12. 
King & Chase, Ch. 9.
J.L. Smith, Ch. 22.
6. The Republican Party
Brennan, Ch. 3-5.
Kelley, Ch. 12.
Mann, Ch. 1.
7. The Conservative Ferment
a. W.F. Buckley
a. Getting It Right, Ch. 13-14, 16-34. 
b. The Reagan I Knew. New York City: Basic Books, 2008: Ch. 1.
b. Others
Gottfried, Ch. 2. 
Mann, Ch. 2.
Viguerie and Franke, Ch. 7.
Welch, Robert. "The Truth in Time." American Opinion Nov. 1966. Rpt. The New American. 17 Aug. 1987: 25-33.
8. Periodicals
Yagoda, Ch. 6.
a. Newspapers
Buchanan,  Corpse Had a Familiar Face, Ch. 3-4.
Ciccone, Ch. 5.
Havill, Ch. 4.
Novak, Ch. 10-11.
b. Comic Books
i. General
G. Jones, Ch. 14.
ii. Marvel
Bell, Ch. 4-5.
S. Lee & Mair, Ch. 9-13.
Tucker, Ch. 66.
9. Los Angeles
Ellroy, My Dark Places,  Ch. 12-13.
Lurie, Allison. The Nowhere City. 1965. Rpt. New York City: Henry Holt & Co., 1997.
10. The Red Menace
Andrew & Mitrokhin, Ch. 12.
Dies, Ch. 18.
Dracos, Ted. Ungodly: The Passions, Torments and Murder of Atheist Madalyn Murray O’Hair. New York City: Free Press, 2003: Ch. 3-6.
Gill, Ch. 17, 19.
Trento, Ch. 31, 33.
11. The Business World
Ceruzzi, Ch. 5.
Freiberger, Paul, and Michael Swaine. Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer, rev. ed. New York City: McGraw-Hill, 1999: Ch. 7.
a. The Computer Industry
b. Other
Byron, Ch. 4.
Evans, Ch.11.
12. The Negroes
Baraka, Ch. 7.
Malcolm X, Ch. 16.
Sallis, Ch. 16.
13. Latin America
Vargas Llosa. The Feast of the Goat. 2000. Trans. Edith Grossman. New York City : Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2001.
Vidich, Ch. 11.
14. East Asia
Posner, Gerald L. Warlords of Crime: Chinese Secret Societies – The New Mafia. 1988. Rpt. Penguin Books, 1990: Ch. 11.
Samethini, Frank. The Sky Looked Down: A Memoir of the Burma Railway. Bondi Beach, N.S.W.: Frank Samethini, 1992: Ch. 24-27.
15. The Rest of the World
Elkins, Epilogue.
Horne, Ch. 21-25.
Musharraf, Ch. 6.
16. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
Havill, Ch. 3.
Shepard, Alicia. Woodward and Bernstein: Life in the Shadow of Watergate. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley and Sons, 2007: Ch. 1.
17. Ellroy
a-i. American Tabloid, Ch. 42, 48-51, 55-57, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 71, 73-75, 77, 79-81, 83, 85-87, 90-91, 93-94.
a-ii. Cold Six Thousand, Ch. 14-41.
b. My Dark Places,  Ch. 9, 14
18. Buchanan
a. Corpse Had a Familiar Face, Ch. 12.
b. Never Let Them See You Cry, Ch. 6.
19. Norman Mailer
Mailer, Norman. The Presidential Papers. New York City: G.P. Putnam's Sons,  1963.
Manso, Ch. 8.
20. Ken Kesey
Kesey, Ken. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. New York City: Viking Press, 1962.
Stevens, Ch. 18.
21. Others
Baer, Ch. 2.
Bamford, James. A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America’s Intelligence Agencies, rev. ed. New York City: Anchor Books, 2005: Ch. 11.
Byron, Ch. 8.
Cramer, Ch. 24, 27.
Cross, Ch. 8.
Donaldson, Sam. Hold on, Mr. President! New York City: Random House, 1987: Ch. 3.
Eisler, Kim Isaac. Revenge of the Pequots: How a Small Native American Tribe Created the World’s Most Profitable Casino. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2001: Ch. 3.
Evans, Ch. 10.
L. Gordon & Singer, Ch. 11.
James & Ritz, Ch. 15, 17.
Jones, Pt. 3, Ch. 9.
Martin, Malachi. The Jesuits: The Society of Jesus and the Betrayal of the Roman Catholic Church. New York City: Linden Press/Simon & Schuster, 1987: Ch. 11, 16.
McDougal, Ch. 22-23.
Moldea, Ch. 28.
Nash, Ch. 11.
Odishelidze & Laffer, Ch. 3.
Patterson, James T. The Dread Disease: Cancer and Modern American Culture. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard UP, 1987: Ch. 9.
Pynchon, Thomas. Slow Learner: Early Stories. Boston: Little, Brown, 1984.
Sailer, Ch. 2.
Schwartz, Ch. 14.
O. Scott, Ch. 15.
Stein, Ch. 12-14.
Stevens, Ch. 12-15.
Wallant, Edward Lewis. The Pawnbroker. New York City: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961.
J.A. Williams, Ch. 26-27.

C. The Great Freakout
1. The Establishment
a. The 1964 Election
Cannon, Governor Reagan, Ch.10.
Dean & Goldwater, Ch. 9.
Edwards, Ch. 8-11, 13-17.
Ellroy, Cold Six Thousand, Ch. 61.
Novak, Ch. 12-14.
Viguerie and Franke, Ch. 6.
(1) W.F. Buckley
(a) Tucker's Last Stand. New York City: Random House, 1990: Ch. 2-3, 5, 9, 13, 17, 28, 32, 35.
(b) Getting It Right, Ch. 37, 42-46.
b. The Great Society
Hazlitt, Ch. 4, 6, 8, 11, 13-14.
Novak, Ch. 15.
Rothbard, Murray N. "The Great Society: A Libertarian Critique." The Great Society Reader: The Failure of American Liberalism. Ed. Marvin E. Gettleman and David Mermelstein. New York City: Random House, 1967: 502-511.
c. Vietnam
Baritz, Ch. 1, 4, 6-8.
Cortright, David. Soldiers in Revolt: GI Resistance During the Vietnam War. 1975. Rpt. Chicago: Haymarket Books 2005: Ch. 1-6.
Ellroy, Cold Six Thousand, Ch. 60, 62-63, 65-67, 69-70, 72, 83, 85-86, 104, 106.
Franks, Gen. Tommy (ret.), and Malcolm McConnell. American Soldier. New York City: ReganBooks/HarperCollins Publishers, 2004: Ch. 3.
L. Gordon & Singer, Ch. 10.
Halberstam, Ch. 17, 21-27, Epilogue.
Heinemann, Larry. Paco's Story. New York City: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1986.
Herr, Michael. Dispatches. 1977. Rpt. New York City: Vintage International, 1991.
Krogh, Egil "Bud," and Matthew Krogh. Integrity: Good People, Bad Choices, and Life Lessons from the White House. New York City: PublicAffairs, 2007: Ch. 6.
Lembcke, Jerry. The Spitting Image: Myth, Memory, and the Legacy of Vietnam. New York City: New York UP, 1998: Ch. 1-2, 5-7, 10.
Mailer. Why Are We in Vietnam?, rev. ed. New York City: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1977.
McGehee, Ch. 6, 8, 10.
Odishelidze & Laffer, Ch. 17.
Perret, Ch. 16-21.
Sutton. Two Faces of George Bush. Dresden, N.Y.: Wiswell Ruffin House, 1988: Appendix A.
Terry, Wallace. Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans. New York City: Random House, 1984.
Trento, Ch. 43-45.
Vogel, Ch. 18.
Weiner, Ch. 22-25.
Wiest, Andrew. Vietnam's Forgotten Army: Heroism and Betrayal in the ARVN. New York City: New York UP, 2008: Ch. 2-7.
(1) W.F. Buckley
(a) Tucker's Last Stand, Ch. 1, 6-8, 10, 12, 14-16, 18-27, 29-31, 33-34, 36-40.
(b) Getting It Right, Ch. 50.
(2) Hackworth
(a) About Face, Ch. 14-18.
(b) Steel My Soldiers’ Hearts: The Hopeless to Harcore Transformation of U.S. Army, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, Vietnam. New York City: Rugged Land, 2002.
(3) Gustav Hasford
(a) The Short-Timers, rev. ed. New York City: Bantam Books, 1983.
(b) The Phantom Blooper. New York City: Bantam Books, 1990.
(4) Kwitny
(a) Endless Enemies, Ch. 21.
(b) Crimes of Patriots, Ch. 4.
(5) Tim O'Brien
(a) Going After Cacciato. New York City: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1978.
(b) The Things They Carried. 1990. Rpt. New York City: Broadway Books, 1998.
d. The 1968 Election
Barnes, Ben, and Lisa Dickey. Barn Burning Barn Building: Tales of a Political Life, From LBJ Through George W. Bush and Beyond. Albany, Texas: Bright Sky Press, 2006: Ch. 7-8.
W.F. Buckley, The Reagan I Knew, Ch. 5.
Cannon, Governor Reagan, Ch.19.
Cramer, Ch. 54.
Ellroy, Cold Six Thousand, Ch. 117, 119.
Gill, Ch. 43.
Mailer. Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968. Cleveland: The World Publishing Co., 1968.
McGinniss, Joe. The Selling of the President 1968. New York City: Trident Press, 1969.
Michener, James A. Presidential Lottery: The Reckless Gamble in Our Electoral System. New York City: Random House, 1969: Ch. 1-2.
Novak, Ch. 16-17.
Schulman, Bruce J. The Seventies: The Great Shift in American Culture, Society, and Politics. New York City: The Free Press, 2001: Introduction.
(1) Chicago
O'Connor, Ch. 11.
Royko, Ch. 9.
e. The Bush Dynasty
Kelley, Ch. 13-16.
Minutaglio, Ch. 5-7.
Sutton, Two Faces of George Bush, Ch. 5.
Unger, Ch. 7.
f. The Executive Police Agencies
i. The CIA
Agee, Pt. 3-4.
Clarridge & Diehl, Ch. 6, 8.
McGehee, Ch. 7, 9, 11.
Trento, Ch. 36-41.
Weiner, Ch. 26-28.
ii. The FBI
Kessler, Ch. 31-32.
Overstreet & Overstreet, Ch. 20.
iii. The British
Faulks, Sebastian. Devil May Care. New York City: Doubleday, 2008.
Wright, Ch. 15-21.
iv. Other
Kwitny, Crimes of Patriots, Ch. 9.
g.  New York 
Caro, Power Broker, Ch. 47-50.
Corry, Ch. 7.
h. The Red Menace
i. Fontova
(1) Fidel, Ch.12.
(2) Exposing the Real Che Guevara, Ch. 1-3, 12-13.
ii. Others
Andrew & Mitrokhin, Ch. 13, 15-16, 18-19, 23.
Bethel, Ch. 1, 17-18.
Borman & Serling, Ch. 13.
Corry, Ch. 12.
Fehrenbach. The Fight for Korea, Ch. 1, 10.
Gill, Ch. 42.
M. Martin, Ch. 15.
Schweizer, Reagan's War, Ch. 4.
C. Sterling, Ch. 19.
Sutton, Best Enemy Money Can Buy, Ch. 3.
i. The Space Program
Borman & Serling, Ch. 7-12.
Kirkpatrick, Ch. 12.
Mailer. Of a Fire on the Moon. Boston: Little, Brown, 1970.
j. The Schools
Redden, Ch. 14.
Vidich, Ch. 12.
(1) The Ivy League
Kabaservice,  Ch. 5-10.
Kahn, E.J. Jr. Harvard: Through Change and Through Storm. New York City: W.W. Norton & Co., 1969: Ch. 2-5, 7, 10-23.
k. The Senate
Damore, Leo. Senatorial Privilege: The Chappaquiddick Cover-Up. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Gateway, 1988: Ch. 1-54.
Gill, Ch. 34.
Kirkpatrick, Ch. 13.
l. The Jews
Bendavid, Naftali. The Thumpin’: How Rahm Emanuel and the Democrats Learned to Be Ruthless and Ended the Republican Revolution. New York City: Doubleday, 2007: Ch. 2.
Cuddihy, John Murray. The Ordeal of Civility: Freud, Marx, Lévi-Strauss, and the Jewish Struggle With Modernity. 1974. Rpt. Boston: Beacon Press, 1987:  Ch. 22.
Goldberg, J.J. Jewish Power: Inside the American-Jewish Establishment. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1996: Ch. 6.
m. Money Manipulation
Hazlitt, Ch. 19.
Rothbard. What Has Government Done to Our Money? 4th ed. Auburn, Ala. The Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1990: Pt. 4, Ch. 6.
Rueff, Ch. 4-8, 11, 15-17.
n. Gutzman
(1) The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2007: Ch. 12.
(2) Who Killed the Constitution?, Ch. 4.
o. Others
Allan, Ch. 4.
Anderson & Gibson, Ch. 8-9.
Bacevich, Ch. 3.
Balko, Radley. Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America. Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute, 2006.
B. Barnes and Dickey,  Ch. 3-4, 6.
Bethel, Ch. 16.
Bock, Alan W. Ambush at Ruby Ridge: How Government Agents Set Randy Weaver Up and Took His Family Down. 1995. Rpt. New York City: Berkley Books, 1996: Ch. 2.
Brennan, Ch. 6-7.
Cannon, Governor Reagan, Ch. 1.
Cramer, Ch. 18, 30, 43.
M. Davis, Ch. 1, 4.
Gatto, John Taylor. The Underground History of American Education: A Schoolteacher's Intimate Investigation Into the Prison of Modern Schooling, 3rd rev. ed. New York City: Oxford Village Press, 2006: Ch. 4.
Gill, Ch. 33, 37, 39-41, Appendix B-C.
Halberstam, Ch. 16, 18-20
Havill, Ch. 5.
M. Martin, Ch. 17-20.
Mises, Ludwig von. Money, Method and the Market Process. Ed. Richard M. Ebeling. Auburn, Ala.: Praxeology Press of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1990: Ch. 17.
Norton, Anne. Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire. New Haven, Conn.: Yale UP, 2004: Ch. 4.
Perret, Ch. 15.
Quigley, Ch. 12, 14-15.
Redden, Ch. 10.
Royko, Ch. 8.
Schweizer. Do As I Say (Not as I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy. New York City: Doubleday, 2005.
4. Arts & Entertainment
Allen, Ch. 17.
M. Davis, Ch. 11-13.
R.L. Davis, Ch. 8.
Dickstein, Ch. 4-8.
Evanier, Roman Candle, Ch. 11.
Frank & Buckholtz, Ch. 2-4.
Graham, Ch. 13.
Kirkpatrick, Rob. 1969: The Year Everything Changed. New York City:Skyhorse Publishing, 2009: Ch. 6.
Kostelanetz, Ch. 3, 10, 19-20, 22, 24, 27.
Schwartz, Ch. 15-16.
Tormé, Ch. 26-27, 29-31.
Wallach, Ch. 17.
Williams, Robert, and Mike LaVella. The Hot Rod World of Robt. Williams. St. Paul, Minn.: Motorbooks, 2006: Ch. 5.
a. Hollywood
Biskind, Peter. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 1998: Ch. 1-2.
Dunne, John Gregory. The Studio, rev. ed. 1985. Rpt. New York