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. Geoffrey Perret
(1) A Country Made by War: From the Revolution to Vietnam – the Story of America’s Rise to Power. New York City: Random House, 1989: Ch. 17.
(2) 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.
iii. 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.
Perloff, James. The Shadows of Power: The Council on Foreign Relations and the American Decline, rev. ed. Appleton, Wis.: Western Islands, 1989: Ch. 6.
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. Richard M. Nixon
Nixon, Richard. In the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat, and Renewal.  New York City: Simon and Schuster, 1990: Ch. 19, 27.
Perloff, Ch. 9.
Wicker, Tom. One of Us: Richard Nixon and the American Dream. New York City: Random House, 1991: Ch. 1-2.
ii Lyndon B. Johnson
(1) Robert A. Caro
(a) The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. II: Means of Ascent, rev. ed. New York City: Vintage Books, 1991: Ch. 7, 16, 18.
(b) 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.
(2) Other
Bradford, M.E. Against the Barbarians, and Other Reflections on Familiar Themes. Columbia, Mo.: U of Missoui P, 1992: Ch. 24.
ii. Others
Cramer, Richard Ben. What It Takes: The Way to the White House, rev. ed. New York City: Vintage Books, 1993: Ch. 29.
Edwards, Lee. Missionary for Freedom: The Life and Times of Walter Judd. New York City: Paragon House, 1990: Ch. 10-11, 14.
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.
Dzhirkvelov, Ilya. Secret Servant: My Life With the KGB and and the Soviet Elite, rev. ed. Trans. Richard Lourie. New York City: Touchstone, 1989: Ch. 3, 8-9.
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.
Epstein, Edward Jay. Deception: The Invisible War Between the KGB and the CIA. New York City: Simon and Schuster, 1989: Ch. 11.
Fleming, Ian. From Russia With Love. 1957. Rpt. London: Penguin, 2002: Ch. 1-10.
Gill, Ch. 18.
Mangold, Tom. Cold Warrior: James Jesus Angleton: The CIA's Master Spy Hunter. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 1991: Ch. 12, 14-15.
Nixon. Six Crises, 2nd rev. ed. New York City: Touchstone, 1990: Ch. 1.
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.
Smith, Earl E.T. The Fourth Floor: An Account of the Castro Communist Revolution. 1962. Rpt. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Cuba Press, 2000: Ch. 5, 15, 20.
Weyl, Nathaniel. Red Star Over Cuba, 2nd rev. ed. New York City: Devin-Adair, 1961.
iii. Asia
Flynn, J.T. While You Slept: Our Tragedy in Asia and Who Made It. 1951. Rpt. Boston: Western Islands, 1965: Ch. 18
Utley, Freda. Last Chance in China. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1947: Ch. 3, 6.
iv. Hollywood
Reagan, Ronald Wilson, and Richard G. Hubler. Where’s the Rest of Me? 1965. Rpt. New York City: Dell Publishing Co., 1981: Ch. 10.
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.
v. The Soviet Union
(1) Paul R. Gregory
(a) Behind the Façade of Stalin’s Command Economy: Evidence From the Soviet State and Party Archives. Gregory. Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution Press, 2001: Ch. 8.
(b) Lenin’s Brain and Other Tales From the Secret Soviet Archives. Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institute Press, 2008: Ch. 13.
(2) Others
Cronkite, Walter, and Don Carleton. Conversations With Cronkite. Austin, Texas: Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin, 2010: Ch. 7.
Dzhirkvelov, Ch. 11-12.
Johnson, Nicholas L. The Soviet Reach for the Moon: The L-1 and L-3 Manned Lunar Programs and the Story of the N-1 "Moon Rocket", rev. ed. Washington, D.C.: Cosmos Books, 1995: 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.
vi. The Bernsteins
Bernstein, Ch. 9-14, 19-23, 25-32.
Havill, Appendix A.
vii. 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, Ch. 2, 7.
viii. Others
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.
Feldman, Noah. Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR’s Great Supreme Court Justices. New York City: Twelve, 2010: Ch. 36.
Gill, Ch. 4.
Horwitt, Sanford D. Let Them Call me Rebel: Saul Alinsky – His Life and Legacy. 1989. Rpt. New York City: Vintage Books, 1992: Ch. 16.
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.
Marshall, Jonathan. Drug Wars: Corruption, Counterinsurgency and Covert Operations in the Third World. Forestville, Calif: Cohan & Cohen Publishers, 1991: Ch. 3.
McMillian, John. Smoking Typewriters: The Sixties Underground Press and the Rise of Alternative Media in America. New York City: Oxford UP, 2011: Ch. 1.
Munz, Eva, Lukas Nikol, and Christian Kracht. The Ministry of Truth: Kim Jong-Il’s North Korea, rev. ed. Los Angeles: Feral House, 2007.
Nixon, Six Crises, Ch. 5.
Piereson,  Ch. 6.
Sayegh, Fayez A. Communism in Israel. New York City: Arab Information Center, 1958.
Snyder, Timothy. Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin. New York City: Basic Books, 2011: Ch. 11.
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. The High Cost of Vengeance. Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1949: Ch. 5.
Von Hoffman, Nicholas. Citizen Cohn. New York City: Doubleday, 1988: Pt. 3.
Wright, Richard. The Outsider, corr. ed. Later Works. Ed. Arnold Rampersad. New York City: Library of America, 1991: 367-841.
Wyden, Peter. Wall: The Inside Story of Divided Berlin. New York City: Simon and Schuster, 1989: Ch. 2, 18-19, 54.
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, 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, Commander in Chief, 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.
Weiner, Tim. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA, rev. ed. New York City: Anchor Books, 2008: Ch. Ch. 2, 16.
Wicker, Ch. 4.
i. The Mideast
(1) 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.
Segev, Samuel. The Iranian Triangle: The Untold Story of Israel’s Role in the Iran-Contra Affair. Trans. Haim Watzman. New York City: Free Press, 1988: Ch. 2.
Shawcross, William. The Shah’s Last Ride: The Fate of an Ally. New York City: Simon and Schuster, 1988: Ch. 4.
Yaghmaian, Behzad. The World According to TomDispatch: America in the New Age of Empire. Ed. Tom Engelhardt. London: Verso, 2008: Ch. 19.
(2) Robert Baer
(a) 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.
(b) Sleeping With the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude, rev. ed. New York City: Three Rivers Press, 2004: Ch. 7.
(3) Miles A. Copeland Jr.
(i) The Game of Nations: The Amorality of Power Politics. 1969. Rpt. New York City: Simon and Schuster, 1970: Ch. 1-12.
(ii) The Game Player: Confessions of the CIA’s Original Political Operative. London: Aurum Press, 1989: Ch.12, 15-16, 19.
(4) Others
Ball, George W., and Douglas B. Ball. The Passionate Attachment: America’s Involvement With Israel, 1947 to the Present. New York City: W.W. Norton & Co., 1992: Ch. 2, 13.
Bromell, Henry. Little America. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.
Kwitny, Endless Enemies, Ch. 11.
Perret, Commander in Chief, 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.
ii. East Asia
(1) China
(a) Utley
(i) Last Chance in China, Ch. 10.
(ii) The China Story. Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1951: Ch. 2, Appendix B, D.
(b) Other
Keeley, Ch. 11, Appendix E-F.
(2) 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.
Perloff, Ch. 8.
Shrake, Ch. 1-2, 4-7.
Valentine, Douglas. The Phoenix Program. 1990. Rpt. Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse.com, 2000: Ch. 2-3.
(3) Korea
Fehrenbach. The Fight for Korea, Ch. 3.
Halliday, Jon, and Bruce Cummings. Korea: The Unknown War. 1988. Rpt. London: Penguin Books, 1990: Ch. 1.
(4) 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.
(5) Other
Bosiljevac, T.L. SEALs: UDT/SEAL Operations in Vietnam. 1990. Rpt. New York City: Ivy Books, 1991: Ch. 1.
Doenecke, Ch. 9.
Dower, John W. Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor/Hiroshima/9-11/Iraq. New York City: W.W.Norton/The New Press, 2010:  Pt. 3.
Karnow, Stanley. In Our Image: America’s Empire in the Philippines. 1989. Rpt. New York City: Ballentine Books, 1990: Ch. 12-14.
Posner, Gerald L. Warlords of Crime: Chinese Secret Societies – The New Mafia. 1988. Rpt. Penguin Books, 1990: Ch. 3.
Perret, Commander in Chief, Ch. 6.
Quigley, Ch. 7, 10-11.
Shrake, Bud. Night Never Falls. New York City: Random House, 1987: Ch. 9-11.
Thompson, Leroy. De Oppresso Liber: The Illustrated History of the U.S. Army Special Forces. Boulder, Colo.: Paladin Press, 1987: Ch. 3.
Trento, Ch. 14, 42.
Weiner, Ch. 12, 15.
iii. Latin America
(1) Cuba
Bethel, Ch. 3, 5-6, 8.
Davis, John H. Mafia Kingfish: Carlos Marcello and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy. New York City: McGraw-Hill, 1989: Ch. 15.
Fontova, Fidel, Ch. 9.
E.E.T. Smith, Ch. 1-4, 6-14, 16-19, 21-22.
(2) 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.
Nixon, Six Crises, Ch. 4.
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.
iv. 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.
(1) 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.
(2) 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.
v. Germany
Bird, Kai. The Chairman: John J. McCloy: The Making of the American Establishment. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 1992: Ch. 15-19.
Breitman, Richard, and Norman J.W. Goda. Hitler's Shadow: Nazi War Criminals, U.S. Intelligence, and the Cold War. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010: Ch. 4.
Johnson, Ian. A Mosque in Munich: Nazis, the CIA, and the Muslim Brotherhood in the West. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010: Ch. 4-6, 9.
Utley, High Cost of Vengeance, Ch. 2-4, 7-11.
Wyden, Ch. 17, 28.
vi. Fleming
(a) From Russia With Love, Ch. 11-28.
(b) Goldfinger. 1959. Rpt. New York City: Penguin Books, 2002.
vii. 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.
Feldman, Ch. 38-39.
J.T. Flynn, While You Slept, Ch. 1.
Hackworth & Sherman, Ch. 1, 3-9. 
Haig, Alexander M. Jr., and Charles McCarry. Inner Circles: How America Changed the World: A Memoir. New York City: Warner Books, 1992: Ch. 2-4.
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.
Halliday & Cummings, Ch. 2-6.
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.
Parsson, Jens O. Dying of Money: Lessons of the Great German and American Inflations. Boston: Wellspring Press, 1974: Ch. 9.
Perret, Commander in Chief, 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. [Isadore Feinstein]. The Hidden History of the Korean War, rev. ed. New York City: Monthly Review Press, 1969.
Utley, The China Story, 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
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.
Brewton, Pete. The Mafia, CIA, and George Bush. New York City: S.P.I. Books, 1992: Ch.  7-8.
Clarridge & Diehl, Ch. 3.
Copeland, Game Player, Ch. 10-11, 13-14, 17-18.
Jacobsen, Annie. Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base. New York City: Little, Brown and Co., 2011: Ch. 3, 8, 15.
Johnson, Chalmers. Dismantling the Empire: America's Last Best Hope. New York City: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co., 2010: Ch.  2.
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.
Mangold, Ch. 4-5, 9, 11, 18.
Marshall,  Drug Wars, Ch. 4.
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.
Wyden, Ch. 8.
ii. The FBI
Anderson & Gibson, Ch. 10.
Bovard, James. Terrorism and Tyranny: Trampling Freedom, Justice and Peace to Rid the World of Evil, rev. ed. New York City: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004: Ch. 12.
Ellroy, American Tabloid, Ch. 11.
Kessler, The Bureau, 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.
iii. Marshall
(1) The Iran-Contra Connection, Ch.10.
(2) Dealing With Drugs: Consequences of Government Control. Ed. Ronald Hamowy. San Francisco: Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy/Lexington Books, 1987: Ch. 4.
iv. Others
Blaine, Gerald, and Lisa McCubbin. The Kennedy Detail: JFK’s Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence. New York City: Gallery Books, 2010: Ch. 2.
Jacboson, Sid, and Ernie Colón. The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation. New York City: Hill and Wang, 2006: Ch. 3.
Shorrock, Tim. Spies for Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2008: Ch. 3, 9.
G. Thomas, Ch. 11.
West, Nigel. Games of Intelligence: The Classified Conflict of International Espionage. New York City: Crown Publishers, 1989: Ch. 3.
Wright, Peter. Spycatcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intellgence Officer. New York City: Viking, 1987: Ch. 1, 3-11.
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. 1955. 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.
Haig & McCarry, Ch. 5.
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.
L. Thompson, Ch. 2.
ii. The Air Force
a. Experimental Aircraft
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.
Jacobsen, Ch. 4-5, 7, 12-13, 21.
b. Other
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.
iii. Other
Harris, Shane. The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State. New York City: The Penguin Press, 2010: Ch. 2.
Perret, Country Made by War, Ch. 18.
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.
Wolfe, Tom. The Right Stuff, rev. ed. New York City: Bantam Books, 1983: Ch. 1-2.
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.
Cronkite & Carleton, Ch. 8.
Hewitt, Don. Tell Me a Story: Fifty Years and 60 Minutes in Television. New York City: PublicAffairs, 2001: Ch. 3.
Nofziger, Lyn. Nofziger. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Gateway, 1992: Ch. 1.
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
(1) Nixon
(a) Six Crises, Ch. 3.
(b) In the Arena, Ch. 13, 16, 18, 26, 28, 30.
(2) Others
Bird, Ch. 21-22.
Groseclose, Ch. 33.
Manly, Ch. 1.
Martin Dies’ Story. New York City: Bookmailer, 1963: Ch. 16.
Wicker, Ch. 5.
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
Bird, Ch. 14.
Brookes, Warren T. The Economy in Mind. New York City: Universe Books, 1982: Ch. 4.
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.
Weber, Christopher. Good as Gold?: How We Lost Our Gold Reserves and Destroyed the Dollar, rev. ed. Charleston, S.C.: CreateSpace, 2011: Ch. 2-3.
s. The Unions
Neff, James. Mobbed Up: Jackie Presser’s High-Wire Life in the Teamsters, the Mafia, and the F.B.I. New York City: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989: Ch. 5, 7.
Petro, Sylvester. The Kohler Strike: Union Violence and Administrative Law. 1961. Rpt. Boston: Western Islands, 1965.
t. The 1952 Election
Cronkite & Carleton, Ch. 9.
Edwards, Missionary for Freedom, Ch. 12.
Wicker, Ch. 3.
u. The Space Race
Jacobsen, Ch. 14.
Wolfe, The Right Stuff, Ch. 4-9.
v. The Courts
Feldman, Ch. 33, 37, 41-46.
Rehnquist,  Ch. 10.
w. Andrew J. Bacevich
i. The New American Militarism: How Americans are Seduced by War. New York City: Oxford UP, 2005: Ch. 6.
ii. Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War. New York City: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co., 2010: Ch. 1, 6.
x. 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.
y. Nixon
(1) Six Crises, Ch. 2, 6.
(2) In the Arena, Ch. 17, 29.
z. Vidal
(1) Washington, D.C. Boston: Little, Brown, 1967: Ch. 3-6.
(2) The Golden Age. New York City: Doubleday, 2000: Ch. 10-16.
aa. Others
Alego, Matthew. Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2009.
Bagus, Philipp. The Tragedy of the Euro. Auburn, Ala.: The Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2010: Ch. 1.
Bartlett, Bruce R. Reaganomics: Supply-Side Economics in Action, rev. ed. New York City: Quill, 1982: Ch. 7.
Bird, Ch. 20.
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.
Connett, Paul H.et al. The Case Against Fluoride: How Hazardous Waste Ended Up in Our Drinking Water and the Bad Science and Powerful Politics That Keep It There. White River Junction, Vt.: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2010: Ch. 10.
Courtwright, David T. No Right Turn: Conservative Politics in a Liberal America. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard UP, 2010: Ch. 3.
Cox, Stephen D. The Big House: Image and Reality of the American Prison. New Haven, Conn.: Yale UP, 2009: Ch. 9.
De Marenches, Count Alexandre, and David A.Andelman. The Fourth World War: Diplomacy and Espionage in the Age of Terrorism. New York City: William Morrow and Co., 1992: Ch. 3.
“Deacon, Richard” [Donald McCormick]. Spyclopedia: A Comprehensive Handbook of Espionage. New York City: Silver Arrow Books/William Morrow, 1988: Pt. 3.
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.
Eisler, Kim Isaac. Shark Tank: Greed, Politics, and the Collapse of Finley Kumble, One of America’s Largest Law Firms. 1990. Rpt. New York City: Plume, 1991: Ch. 4.
Ellroy, American Tabloid, Ch. 6.
Feldman, Ch. 31, 33, 40.
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.
Jacobsen, Ch. 6.
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.
Mann, James. The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan: A History of the End of the Cold War. New York City: Viking, 2009: Pt. 1, Ch. 2-3.
Martin, James J. Revisionist Viewpoints: Essays in a Dissident Historical Tradition. Colorado Springs, Colo.: Ralph Myles Publisher, 1971: Ch. 7.
Medvedev, Grigori. The Truth About Chernobyl, rev. ed.  Trans. Evelyn Rossiter. New York City: Basic Books, 1991: Ch. 1.
Nisbet. The Present Age: Progress and Anarchy in Modern America. 1988. Rpt. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2003: Ch. 3.
Scott, Otto J [Otto Scott-Estrella, Jr.]. The Other End of the Lifeboat. Chicago: Regnery Books, 1985: Ch. 14.
Shirley, Craig. Reagan’s Revolution: The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It All. Nashville, Tenn.: Nelson Current, 2005: Ch. 1.
Vonnegut, Kurt. Player Piano. 1952. Rpt. New York City: Dial Press, 2006.
Wicker, Ch. 6.
Woods & Gutzman, Ch. 3.
2. The Rightful Oppposition
a. Barry M. Goldwater Sr.
Dean & Goldwater, Ch. 5-8.
Edwards. Goldwater: The Man Who Made a Revolution. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Pub., 1995: Ch. 3-6.
b. Utley
i. Last Chance in China, Ch. 1, 16.
ii. The China Story, Ch. 8.
c. 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.
Edwards, Missionary for Freedom, Ch. 13.
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.
Pinkerton, Stewart. The Fall of the House of Forbes: The Inside Story of the Collapse of a Media Empire. New York City: St. Martin's Press, 2011: Ch. 16.
Rand, Ayn [Alissa Rosenbaum O'Connor]. Atlas Shrugged. 1957. Rpt. New York City: Dutton, 1992.
The Rise and Fall of the New Deal Order, 1930-1980. Ed. Steve Fraser and Gary Gerstle. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton UP, 1989: Ch. 9.
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.
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.
Watkins, Ronald J. High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Term and Trials of Former Governor Evan Mecham. New York City: William Morrow and Co., 1990: Ch. 2.
3. Arts & Entertainment
Allen, Steve. Mark It and Strike It: An Autobiography. 1960. Rpt. New York City: Bartholomew House, 1961: Ch. 6-12, 15, 18.
Baraka, Ch. 6.
Cassini, Oleg [Oleg Cassini Loiewski]. In My Own Fashion: An Autobiography. 1987. Rpt. New York City: Pocket Books, 1990: Ch. 8-10, 12.
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.
Lake, Veronica [Constance Ockleman], and Donald Bain. Veronica. 1969. Rpt. New York City: Bantam Books, 1972: Ch. 22-23.
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.
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
(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.
(3) Other
Davis, Sammy Jr., Jane Boyar, and Burt Boyar. Sammy: An Autobiography: With Material Newly Revised From Yes I Can and Why Me?. New York City: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000: Ch. 1, 8-30.
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.
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.
Fox, Jon Hartley. King of the Queen City: The Story of King Records. Urbana, Ill.: U of Illinois P, 2009: Ch. 13, 15.
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.
Fox, Ch. 3, 5, 8, 11-12, 17.
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 David 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 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.
Fox, Ch. 18.
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.
Fox, Ch. 16.
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.
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.
Vargas-Cooper, Natasha et al. Mad Men Unbuttoned: A Romp Through 1960s America. New York City: CollinsDesign, 2010: Ch. 7.
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.
Leamer, Laurence. The Paper Revolutionaries: The Rise of the Underground Press. New York City: Simon and Schuster, 1972: Ch. 2.
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) 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.
(b) The Comic Book Scare
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.
Simon, Joe, and Jim Simon. The Comic Book Makers, rev. ed. Lebanon, N.J.: Vanguard Productions, 2003: Ch. 17-21, 23-25.
(c) General
Bell, Blake. Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko. Seattle: Fantagraphic Books, 2008: Ch. 2, 9, 13.
Evanier, Mark. Kirby: King of Comics. New York City: Abrams, 2008: Ch. 3-4.
Jones, Gerard. Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book. New York City: Basic Books, 2004: Ch. 11-13.
Joe Simon & Jim Simon, Ch. 22.
(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, Dennis. The Last Mogul: Lew Wasserman, MCA and the Hidden History of Hollywood. New York City: Crown Publishers, 1998: Ch. 15-18, 20-21.
Moldea, Dark Victory, 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.
(ii) Other
Eliot, Marc. Reagan: The Hollywood Years. New York City: Harmony Books, 2008: Ch. 8, 10-11.
Reagan & Hubler, Ch. 11-18.
(c) Others
Cassini, Ch. 7.
Cochran, Ch. 8, 10.
Corman, Roger, and Jim Jerome. How I Made a Hundred Moves in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime. New York City:  Random House, 1990: Ch. 2-6.
E.J. Epstein. 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.
Lake & Bain, Ch. 18-21.
Moldea, Dark Victory, 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.
Vargas-Cooper, Ch. 8.
Vidal, Point to Point Navigation, Ch. 17.
Wallach, Ch. 9, 11, 14.
e. The Comedians
i. Groucho Marx
Arce, Hector. Groucho. New York City: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1979: Ch. 11.
Marx, Arthur. My Life With Groucho: A Son’s Eye View, rev. ed. 1988. Rpt. Fort Lee, N.J.: Barricade Books, 1992: Ch. 1, 26-31.
ii. Steve Allen
a. Mark it and Strike It, Ch. 17.
b. Hi-Ho, Steverino!: My Adventures in the Wonderful Wacky World of TV. Fort Lee, N.J.: Barricade Books, 1992: Ch. 13.
iii. Others
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.
Newhart, Bob [George Robert Newhart]. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny. New York City: Hyperion, 2006: Ch. 1, 4-6, 10, 12-13, 15.
Paar & Reddy, I Kid You Not, Ch. 17, 19.
Parish, Ch. 8-12, 14-16.
Rickles, Don, and 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
i. 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.
ii. 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.
Kirsten, Sven A. The Book of Tiki: The Cult of Polynesian Pop in Fifties America. Köln, Germany: Taschen, 2000: Ch. 9-11, 14-15.
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.
Vargas-Cooper, Ch. 2.
i. Television
Allen, Hi-Ho, Steverino!, Ch. 1, 4-5, 7-12, 14-15, 18.
Cronkite & Carleton, Ch. 10-13.
Fowles, Jib. Why Viewers Watch: A Reappraisal of Television's Effects, rev. ed. Newbury Park, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1992: Ch. 2.
Leamer. King of the Night: The Life of Johnny Carson, rev. ed. New York City: Avon Books, 2005: Ch. 4-8.
Paar & Reddy, I Kid You Not, Ch. 7-16, 18, 20-25.
j. Radio
Allen, Hi-Ho, Steverino!, 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. Visual Arts
i. Kirsten
(1) Book of Tiki, Ch. 23.
(2) Tiki Modern, Ch. 3-4.
ii. Other
Bockris, Victor. Warhol: The Biography, 2nd rev. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Da Capo Press, 2003.
Monroe, Gary. Harold Newton: The Original Highwayman. Gainesville, Fla.: UP of Florida, 2007.
l. Kirsten
i. Book of Tiki, Ch. 1, 6-7, 18-21.
ii. Tiki Modern, Ch. 1, 6-10, 12, 14.
m. McDougal
i. Fatal Subtraction: The Inside Story of Buchwald v. Paramount, rev. ed. West Hollywood, Calif.: Dove Books, 1996: Ch. 3, 8.
ii. Last Mogul, Ch. 12-14, 19.
n. 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, Masters of Paradise, Ch. 3-4.
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, rev. ed. New York City:  Encounter Books, 2009: 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) The Outfit
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.
S. Giancana and Chuck Giancana. Double Cross: The Explosive, Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America. New York City: Warner Books, 1992: Ch. 10-16.
(c) The Carribbean
Block. Space, Time, and Organized Crime, rev. ed. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1994: Ch. 11.
Burdick, Thomas, and Charlene Mitchell. Blue Thunder: How the Mafia Owned and Finally Murdered Cigarette Boat King Donald Aronow. New York City: Simon and Schuster, 1990: Ch. 8.
La Motta, Jake, Joseph Carter and Pete Savage [Pete Petrella]. Raging Bull: My Story. 1970. Rpt. New York City: Da Capo Press, 1997: Ch. 23-24.
Messick, Hank. Syndicate Abroad. New York City: The Macmillan Co., 1969: Ch. 4.
Moldea. Interference: How Organized Crime Influences Professional Football. New York City: William Morrow and Co., 1989: Ch. 14.
Reid, Ed. The Grim Reapers: The Anatomy of Organized Crime in America. 1969. Rpt. New York City: Bantam, 1970: Ch. 6, 8.
(d) New Jersey
Burdick & Mitchell, Ch. 3, 7.
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.
(e) 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.
(f) Moldea
(i)  Dark Victory, Ch. 12, 15, 18.
(ii) Interference, Ch. 1, 14, 21.
(6) Others
Cressey, Donald R. Theft of the Nation: The Structure and Operations of Organized Crime in America. 1969. Rpt. Piscataway, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 2008: Ch. 5.
J.H. Davis, Ch. 7-13.
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.
La Motta, J. Carter & Savage, Ch. 18-22, 25.
Lawson, Guy, and William Oldham. The Brotherhoods: The True Story of Two Cops Who Murdered for the Mafia, rev. ed. New York City: Pocket Books, 2007: Ch. 9.
Neff, Ch. 4, 6.
Overstreet & Overstreet, Ch. 25.
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.
Smith, Dwight C. Jr. The Mafia Mystique, rev. ed. Lanham, Md.: UP of America, 1990: Ch. 1, 5-7.
Sterling, Claire. Octopus: The Long Reach of the International Sicilian Mafia. 1990. Rpt. London: Harper Collins, 1993: Ch. 4-5, 12.
Summers, and John Newman. Not in Your Lifetime, 4th rev. ed. New York City: Marlowe & Co., 1998: Ch. 14.
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 [Robert Lee Maupin]
(1) Pimp. Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing Co., 1969: Ch. 15-22.
(2) Mama Black Widow. Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing Co., 1969: Ch. 15.
(3) Doom Fox. New York City: Grove Press, 1998: Ch. 1-13.
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.
Yoe, Craig. Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman’s Co-Creator Joe Schuster. New York City: Abrams ComicArts, 2009.
f. Greater Boston
Goddard, Donald. The Insider: The FBI’s Undercover “Wiseguy” Goes Public. New York City: Pocket Books, 1992: Ch. 3.
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.
Updike, John. Villages. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004: Ch. 4-6.
g. 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
a. Finance
Bird, Ch. 13.
Block, Ch. 5.
Brewton, Ch. 2, 17, 19.
Chernow, Ron. The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance, 2nd rev. ed. New York City: Grove Press, 2010: Ch. 25-28.
Herzog, Arthur. Vesco: From Wall Street to Castro’s Cuba: The Rise, Fall, and Exile of the King of White Collar Crime. 1987. Rpt. New York City: Authors Choice, 2003: Ch. 8.
Malkiel, Burton G. A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing, 9th rev. ed. New York City: W.W. Norton & Co., 2011: Ch. 3.
Messick, Ch. 6-7.
Nocera, Joseph. A Piece of the Action: How the Middle Class Joined the Money Class. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994: Ch. 1.
Regan, Donald T. For the Record: From Wall Street to Washington, rev. ed. New York City: St. Martin’s Press, 1989:  Ch. 7.
Smith, Roy C. The Money Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Great Buyout Boom of the 1980s. 1990. Rpt. Washington, D.C.: BeardBooks, 2000: 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.
b. The Computer Industry
Ceruzzi, Paul E. A History of Modern Computing, rev. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, 2003: Ch. 2-4.
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.
Updike, Villages, Ch. 7.
Wolfe. "Two Young Men Who Went West." Hooking Up. New York City: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2000: 17-65.
c. Manufacturing
Herzog, Ch. 1.
Weaver, Paul H. The Suicidal Corporation: How Big Business Fails America. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 1988: Ch. 14.
d. Other
Burrough, and John Helyar. Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco, 2nd rev. ed. New York City: Collins Business, 2008: Ch. 1.
Chuck Berry, Ch. 9.
Copeland, Game Player, Ch. 20.
Kessler. The Richest Man in the World: The Story of Adnan Khashoggi, rev. ed. New York City: Warner Books, 1988: Ch. 5.
Persico, Joseph E. Casey: From the OSS to the CIA. 1990. Rpt. New York City: Penguin, 1991: Ch. 8.
Pinkerton, Ch. 18.
Pizzo, Stephen, Mary Fricker, and Paul Muolo. Inside Job: The Looting of America’s Savings and Loans, rev. ed. New York City: HarperPerennial, 1991: Ch. 20.
Vargas-Cooper, Ch. 1.
6. Chicago
a. Saul Alinsky
Horwitt, Ch. 14, 19-22, 24.
Von Hoffman. Radical: A Portrait of Saul Alinsky. New York City: Nation Books, 2010: Ch. 4.
b. Others
Ciccone, F. Richard. Royko: A Life in Print. New York City: PublicAffairs, 2001: Ch. 3.
Epstein, Joseph. Fabulous Small Jews. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003.
Newhart, Ch. 3.
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.
Lemmy [Ian Kilminster], and Janiss Garza. White Line Fever: The Autobiography. New York City: Citadel Press, 2002: 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.
Garvin, Glenn. Everybody Had His Own Gringo: The CIA and the Contras. Washington, D.C.: Brassey’s (U.S.), 1992: Ch. 5.
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.
Heinlein, Robert A. Tramp Royale. New York City: Ace Books, 1992: Ch. 2-6.
Vargas Llosa, Mario. Conversation in the Cathedral. 1969. Trans. Gregory Rabassa. 1975. Rpt. New York City: Rayo, 2005.
10. Western Asia
a. Israel
i. The First Arab-Israeli War
Ben-Eliezer, Josef. My Search. Rifton, N.Y.: Plough Publishing House of the Bruderhof Foundation, 2004: Ch. 11.
Friedman, Thomas L. From Beirut to Jerusalem, 2nd rev. ed. New York City: Anchor Books, 1995: Ch. 5.
Morris, Benny. 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War. New Haven, Conn.: Yale UP, 2008:  Ch. 2-11.
Perlmutter, Amos. The Life and Times of Menachem Begin. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., 1987: Ch. 18-21.
Sharon, Ariel [Ariel Scheinermann], and David Chanoff. Warrior: The Autobiography of Ariel Sharon, rev. ed. 1989. Rpt. New York City: Touchstone Books, 2001: Ch. 4-5.
ii. Espionage
Raviv, Dan, and Yossi Melman. Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel 's Intelligence Community, rev. ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991: Ch. 2-6.
G. Thomas, Ch. 4-5, 7.
iii. Other
G.W. Ball & D.W. Ball, Ch. 10.
Beit-Hallahmi, Benjamin. The Israeli Connection: Who Israel Arms and Why. 1987. Rpt. London: Tauris, 1988: Ch. 1-3, 5.
Ben-Eliezer, Ch. 10.
Bovard, James. Terrorism and Tyranny: Trampling Freedom, Justice and Peace to Rid the World of Evil, rev. ed. New York City: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004: Ch. 7.
Cramer. How Israel Lost: The Four Questions. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2004: Ch. 1, 3.
Golan, Matti. The Road to Peace: A Biography of Simon Peres. Trans. Akiva Ron. New York City: Warner Books, 1989: Ch. 2-4.
Kolsky, Thomas A. Jews Against Zionism: The American Council for Judaism, 1942-1948. Philadelphia: Temple UP, 1990: Ch. 6-7.
Marshall, P. D. Scott & J. Hunter, Ch. 5.
Melman and Raviv. Behind the Uprising: Israelis, Jordanians and Palestinians. New York City: Greenwood Press, 1989: Ch. 5.
Perlmutter, Ch. 14-17, 22-27.
Segev, Tom. Elvis in Jerusalem: Post-Zionism and the Americanization of Israel. Trans. Watzman. New York City: Metropolitan Books, 2002.
Sharon & Chanoff, Ch. 6-12.
b. Other
G.W. Ball & D.W. Ball, Ch. 11-12.
Lamb, David. The Arabs: Journeys Beyond the Mirage, rev. ed. New York City: Vintage Books, 2002: Ch. 4, 12.
Melman & Raviv, Ch. 4.
Miniter, Richard. Mastermind: The Many Faces of the 9/11 Architect, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. New York City: Sentinel, 2011: Ch. 1.
New York City: Posner, Steve. Israel Undercover: Secret Warfare and Hidden Diplomacy in the Middle East. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse UP, 1987: Ch. 6-7, 10, 17-18.
Shawcross, Ch. 5-6, 11.
11. Southern California
a. Ellroy
i. 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.
ii. The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010: Ch. 1-2.
b. Others
Acosta, Oscar Zeta. The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo. 1972. Rpt. New York City: Vintage Books, 1989: Ch. 7, 9.
E. James & Ritz, Ch. 4.
Kaplan, Sam Hall. L.A. Lost & Found: An Architectural History of Los Angeles. New York City: Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1987: Ch. 7.
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
i. Barack Hussein Obama Sr.
Corsi. Where’s the Birth Certificate?: The Case That Barack Obama Is Not Eligible to Be President. Los Angeles: WND Books, 2011: Ch. 9.
Sailer,