XVI. Years of Transition

A. The Catalyst Years: 1977-1985
1. The Arts
Chang, Jeff. Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation. New York City: St. Martin's Press, 2005: Ch. 8-10.
Jencks, Charles. Post-Modernism: The New Classicism in Art and Architecture. New York City: Rizzoli, 1987.
Schwartz, Jonathan. All in Good Time: A Memoir. New York City: Random House, 2004: Ch.19.
a. The Music
Mercer, Michelle. Footprints: The Life and Music of Wayne Shorter. New York City: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2004: Ch. 14-16.
White, Timothy. Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley, 8th rev ed. New York City: Henry Holt and Co., 2006: Ch. 17.
(1) The L.A. Scene
Beall, Will. L.A. Rex. New York City: Riverhead Books, 2006.
Evans, Robert [Robert Shapera][and Charles Michener]. The Kid Stays in the Picture. Ed. Marinka Peschmann. 1994. Rpt. London: Faber & Faber, 2003: Ch. 32, 35.
Hoskyns, Barney. Waiting for the Sun: Strange Days, Weird Scenes and the Sounds of Los Angeles. New York City: St. Martin's Press, 1996: Ch. 7-8.
Kiedis, Anthony, and Larry Sloman. Scar Tissue. New York City: Hyperion, 2004: Ch. 5
Konow, David. Bang Your Head: The Rise and Fall of Heavy Metal. New York City: Three Rivers Press, 2002: Ch. 6.
Spitz, Marc, and Brendan Mullen. We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk. New York City: Three Rivers Press, 2001: Ch. 8, 12, 14-15, 19-36.
(2) Jazz
 Dr. John [Malcolm "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. 14.
Nicholson, Stuart. Jazz Rock: A History. New York City: Schirmer Books, 1998: Ch. 12.
(3) Funk
Szwed, John F. So What: The Life of Miles Davis. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2003: Ch. 10.
Vincent, Rickey. Funk: The Music, the People and the Rhythm of the One. New York City: St. Martin's Griffin, 1996: Ch. 19-20.
Wesley, Fred Jr. Hit Me, Fred: Recollections of a Sideman. Durham, N.C.: Duke UP, 2002: Ch. 9.
(4) Rock
Christe, Ian. Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2007: Ch. 4-9.
Kiedis & Sloman, Ch. 6.
(a) Heavy Metal
Christe. Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal, rev. ed. New York City: Perennial Currents, 2004: Ch. 3-5.
Konow, Ch. 5.
(b) Punk
Andersen, Mark, and Mark Jenkins. Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation’s Capital. New York City: Soft Skull Press, 2000:  Ch. 2-4.
McNeil, Legs, and Gillian McCain. Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, corr. ed. New York City: Penguin Books, 1997: Ch. 32-33, 36-37, 39-44.
(c) Post-Punk
Gendron, Bernard. Between Monmartre and the Mudd Clubb: Popular Music and the Avant-Garde. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2002: Ch. 12-13.
Kostelanetz, Richard. SoHo: The Rise and Fall of an Artist’s Colony. New York City: Routledge, 2003: Ch. 33.
Reynolds, Simon. Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984. London: Faber and Faber, 2005.
c. The Comedians
 King, Alan [Irwin Alan Kniberg], and Chris Chase. Name Dropping: The Life and Lies of Alan King. New York City: Scribner, 1996: Ch. 14.
(1) Saturday Night Live
Hill, Doug, and Jeff Weingrad. Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live. 1986. Rpt. New York City: Vintage Books, 1987: Ch. 34-41.
Perrin, Dennis. Mr. Mike: The Life and Work of Michael O’Donoghue. New York City: Avon Books, 1998: Ch. 8.
Shales, Tom, and James Andrew Miller. Live From New York: An Uncensored History of “Saturday Night Live”, rev. ed. Boston: Back Bay Books/Little, Brown & Co., 2003: Ch. 3.
Woodward, Bob. Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 1984: Ch. 1, 9-19.
2. The Crime Scene
Bowden, Mark. Doctor Dealer. New York City: Warner Books, 1987: Ch. 5-6.
Ellroy, James [Lee Earle Ellroy]. My Dark Places: An L.A. Crime Memoir. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996: Ch. 25.
Fearon, Peter. Hamptons Babylon: Life Among the Super-Rich on America's Riviera. Secaucus, N.J.: Birch Lane Press, 1998: Ch. 8.
Friedman, Robert I. Red Mafiya: How the Russian Mob Has Invaded America. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 2000: Ch. 8.
 Kwitny, Jonathan. The Crimes of Patriots: A True Tale of Dope, Dirty Money, and the CIA, corr. ed. New York City: Touchstone, 1988: Ch. Ch. 25.
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: Ch. 6-7, 9, 12.
a. The Mafia
(1) Jerry Capeci and Gene Mustain
(a) Mob Star: The Story of John Gotti. Indianapolis: Alpha, 2002: Ch. 17-18.
(b) Murder Machine: A True Story of Murder, Madness, and the Mafia. New York City: Dutton, 1992: Ch. 14-18.
(2) Others
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. 1, 7, 9-12, 15.
Leonard, Elmore. Get Shorty. New York City: Delacorte Press, 1990: Ch. 1.
b. Edna Buchanan
(1) The Corpse Had a Familiar Face: Covering Miami, America's Hottest Beat. 1987. Rpt. New York City: Berkeley Books, 1991: Ch. 1, 10.
(2) Never Let Them See You Cry: More From Miami, America's Hottest Beat. 1992. Rpt. New York City: Berkeley Books, 1993: Ch. 5.
3. The Third World
a. Central Asia
Coll, Steve. Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, From the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001, rev. ed. New York City: Penguin Books, 2005: Ch. 3.
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. 21.
b. Elsewhere
Jacboson, Sid, and Ernie Colón. The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation. New York City: Hill and Wang, 2006: Ch. 2.
Ostrovsky, Victor, and Claire Hoy. By Way of Deception, rev. ed. New York City: St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1991: Prologue, 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. 6.
Updike, John. The Coup. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978.
Vargas Llosa, Mario. The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta. New York City: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1986.
4. The American Conservative Insurgency
a. Lou Cannon
(1) Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power. New York City: PublicAffairs, 2003: Ch. 29-30.
(2) President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime, rev. ed. New York City: PublicAffairs, 2000: Ch. 8.
b. Others
Cramer, Richard Ben. What It Takes: The Way to the White House, rev. ed. New York City: Vintage Books, 1993: Ch. 109.
Jenkins, Philip. Decade of Nightmares: The End of the Sixties and the Making of Eighties America. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford UP, 2006: Ch. 6.
Mann, James. Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush’s War Cabinet. New York City: Viking, 2004: Ch. 6.
Nash, George H. The Conservative Intellectual Movement in American Since 1945, rev. ed. Wilmington, Del : Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 1996: Epilogue.
Schweizer, Peter. Reagan’s War: The Epic Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final Triumph Over Communism. New York City: Doubleday, 2002: Ch. 11.
5. Europe
 Aksyonov, Vassily. Island of Crimea. Trans. Michael W. Heim. New York City: Random House, 1983.
a. The United Kingdom
Beckett Francis, and David Hencke, The Blairs and Their Court. London: Aurum, 2004: Ch. 4.
Moorcock, Michael. King of the City. New York City: William Morrow, 2000: Ch. 13-16.
b. Italy
 Clarridge, Duane R., and Digby Diehl. A Spy for All Seasons: My Life in the CIA. New York City: Scribner, 1997: Ch. 10.
H. Hill & Russo, Ch. 13.
6. The Marxists
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. 30.
Kolakowski, Leszek. Main Currents of Marxism: Its Rise, Growth and Dissolution, rev. ed. Trans. P.S. Falla. New York City: W.W. Norton & Co., 2005: Epilogue.
7. The Computer Industry
Kidder, Tracy. The Soul of a New Machine, rev. ed. New York City: The Modern Library, 1997: Ch. 2-16, Epilogue.
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. 4, 6-10, 13-14.
8. Milton Friedman
a. Money Mischief: Episodes in Monetary History. New York City: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992: Ch. 9.
b. Free to Chose: A Personal Statement, rev. ed. Orlando, Fla.: Harvest/Harcourt, 1990.
9. E. Michael Jones
a. Degenerate Moderns: Modernity as Rationalized Sexual Misbehavior. San Francisco: Ignatius, 1993: Ch. 8.
b. Libido Dominandi: Sexual Liberation and Political Control. South Bend, Ind.: St. Augustine’s Press, 2000: Pt. 3, Ch. 19.
10. Others
Andersen, Christopher. Bill and Hillary: The Marriage. New York City: William Morrow and Co., 1999: Ch. 5.
Baker, Nicholson. The Mezzanine. New York City: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988.
Bartley, Robert L. The Seven Fat Years — and How to Do It Again, rev. ed. New York City: The Free Press, 1995: Ch. 3-8.
Celant, Germano et al. Giorgio Armani. New York City: Guggenheim Museum, 2000.
Crile, George. Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History. New York City: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003: Ch. 6.
Draper, Robert. Rolling Stone Magazine: The Uncensored History. New York City: Doubleday, 1990: Pts. 3-4.
George, John, and Laird Wilcox. American Extremists: Militias, Supremacists, Klansmen, Communists and Others. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1996: Ch. 11-15.
Hornby, Nick. High Fidelity. New York City: Riverhead Books, 1995.
Johnson, Paul. Modern Times: The World From the '20s to the '80s, 1st ed. New York City: Harper & Row, 1983: Ch. 20.
Kiedis & Sloman, Ch. 4.
Kostelanetz, Ch. 38.
Ledeen, Michael. Freedom Betrayed: How America Led a Global Democratic Revolution, Won the Cold War, and Walked Away. Washington, D.C.: The AEI Press, 1996: Ch. 3.
Lethem, Jonathan. The Fortress of Solitude. 2003. Rpt. New York City: Vintage Books, 2004: Pt. 1, Ch. 14-18.
Limonov, Edward [Eduard Veniaminovich Savenko]. His Butler’s Story. 1984. Trans. Judson Rosengrant. New York City: Grove Press, 1987.
Nocera, Joseph. A Piece of the Action: How the Middle Class Joined the Money Class. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 1994: Ch. 10-12.
Peikoff, Leonard. The Ominous Parallels: The End of Freedom in America. New York City: Stein and Day, 1982: Ch. 6, 14.
Retro Hell: Life in the '70s and '80s, From Afros to Zotz. Ed. Darby Romeo. Boston: Back Bay Books/Little, Brown & Co., 1997.
Roberts, Paul Craig, and Lawrence M. Stratton. The Tyranny of Good Intentions: How Prosecutors and Bureaucrats are Trampling the Constitution in the Name of Justice. Roseville, Calif.: Forum, 2000: Ch. 5.
Schulman, Bruce J. The Seventies: The Great Shift in American Culture, Society, and Politics. New York City: The Free Press, 2001: Ch. 8.
Schulman, J. Neil. Alongside Night. 1979. Rpt. New York City: Ace, 1982.
Simpson, John. Strange Places, Questionable People. London: Macmillan, 1998: Ch. 10.
Stillman, Whit. The Last Days of Disco, With Cocktails at Petrossian Afterwards. New York City: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2000: Ch. 1-26.
Theodoracopulos, Taki. Princes, Playboys, and High-Class Tarts. Princeton, N.J.: Karz-Cohl Publishing, 1984.
The Andy Warhol Diaries. Ed. Pat Hackett. New York City: Warner Books, 1989.

B. The Big '80s
1. The World of Wealth
a. The Bush Dynasty
Anderson, Jack, and Daryl Gibson. Peace, War, and Politics: An Eyewitness Account. New York City: Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, 1999:  Ch. 26.
Bryce, Robert. Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron. New York City: PublicAffairs, 2002: Ch. 12.
R.B. Cramer, Ch. 1, 9, 50-52, 80, 108, 110, 116, 126-127, 130, Epilogue.
Kelley, Kitty. The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty, rev. ed. New York City: Anchor Books, 2005: Ch. 20.
Minutaglio, Bill. First Son: George W. Bush and the Bush Family Dynasty, rev. ed. New York City:  Three Rivers Press, 2001: Ch. 12.
Unger, Ch. 10.
b. Enron
Bryce, Ch. 4, 6, 8.
Corn, David. The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception, rev. ed. New York City: Three Rivers Press, 2004: Ch. 11.
McLean, Bethany, and Peter Elkind. The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron, rev. ed. New York City: Portfolio, 2004: Ch. 2-4.
c. The Computer Industry
Ceruzzi, Paul E. A History of Modern Computing, rev. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, 2003: Ch. 9.
Cringely, Ch. 11.
Freiberger, Paul, and Michael Swaine. Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer, rev. ed. New York City: McGraw-Hill, 1999: Ch. 9-10.
d. Wheeling and Dealing
Bloomberg, Michael, and Matthew Winkler. Bloomberg by Bloomberg. New York City: John Wiley & Sons, 1997: Ch. 1, 3.
Burrough, Bryan, and John Helyar. Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco. New York City: Harper & Row Publishers, 1990: Prologue, Ch. 3-4, 6-18, Epilogue.
Cramer, James J. Confessions of a Street Addict. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2002: Ch. 2-3.
Dunbar, Nicholas. Inventing Money: The Story of Long-Term Capital Management and the Legends Behind It. Chichester, U.K.: John Wiley & Sons, 2000: Ch. 5.
Duncan, Richard. The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures. Singapore: John Wiley & Sons (Asia), 2003: Ch. 2, 5, 8.
Lewis, Michael. Liar’s Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street. New York City: W.W. Norton & Co., 1989.
Smiley, Jane. Good Faith. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
Smith, John L. Sharks in the Desert: The Founding Fathers and Current Kings of Las Vegas. Fort Lee, N.J.: Barricade Books, 2005: Ch. 29.
Taylor, John. Storming the Magic Kingdom: Wall Street, the Raiders, and the Battle for Disney. 1987. Rpt. New York City: Balleintine Books, 1988.
e. The Backlash
Anderson, William L., and Candice E. Jackson. "It's the Economy, Stupid: Rudy Giuliani, the Wall Street Prosecutions, and the Recession of 1990-91." Journal of Libertarian Studies Fall 2005: 19-36.
Fischel, Daniel R. Payback: The Conspiracy to Destroy Michael Milken and His Revolution. New York City: HarperBusiness, 1995.
Nocera, Ch. 17.
f. Other
Byron, Christopher. Testosterone Inc.: Tales of CEOs Gone Wild. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2004: Ch. 10-11, 13-14, 21, 24.
Forden, Sara Gay. House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour and Greed. 2000. Rpt. New York City: HarperCollins World, 2002: Ch. 6-9.
Klein, Edward. The Kennedy Curse: Why America's First Family Has Been Haunted by Tragedy for 150 Years. New York City: St. Martin’s, 2003: Ch. 7.
Goldratt, Eliyahu M., Jeff Cox, and David Whitford. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement, 3rd rev. ed. Great Barrington, Mass.: North River Press, 2004.
Nocera, Ch. 13-16.
2. The Reagan Administration
Anderson, Martin. Revolution: The Reagan Legacy, rev. ed. Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution Press, 1990.
Cannon, President Reagan, Ch. 1-2, 5, 7, 9-10, 12, 17-18, 22.
Donaldson, Sam. Hold on, Mr. President! New York City: Random House, 1987: Ch. 1, 6
Kelley, Ch. 21.
Mann, Ch. 7-10.
Noonan, Peggy. What I Saw at the Reagan Revolution. New York City: Random House, 1989.
Schweizer, Ch. 12.
Taraborelli, J. Randy. Sinatra: A Complete Life. Secaucus, N.J.: Birch Lane Press, 1997: Ch. 41.
Weaver, Paul H. The Suicidal Corporation: How Big Business Fails America. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 1988: Ch. 17.
Woodward. Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 1999: Pt. 3.
a. Foreign Affairs
Cannon, President Reagan, 16, 21.
Clarridge & Diehl, Ch. 14.
Halper, Stefan, and Jonathan Clarke. America Alone: The Neo-Conservatives and the Global Order. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge UP, 2004: Ch. 5.
Havill, Adrian. Deep Truth: The Lives of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Secaucus, N.J.:  Birch Lane Press, 1993: Ch. 17, Appendix B.
P. Jenkins, Ch. 8.
Schweizer, Ch. 13-14, 16-17, 20-23.
(1) Central America
Cannon, President Reagan, Ch. 14.
Clarridge & Diehl, Ch. 11-12, 15.
Quigley, Ch. 20-21.
(2) Grenada
 Kwitny. Endless Enemies: The Making of an Unfriendly World, corr. ed. New York City: Penguin Books, 1986: Postscript.
Quigley, John. The Ruses for War: American Interventionism Since World War II, rev. ed. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2007: Ch. 23-25.
(3) Iran-Contra
Cannon, President Reagan, Ch. 19-20.
Clarridge & Diehl, Ch. 18, 22-24.
R.B. Cramer, Ch. 6.
Evans-Pritchard, Ambrose. The Secret Life of Bill Clinton: The Unreported Stories. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 1997: Ch. 20-21.
Jackley, John L. Hill Rat: Blowing the Lid Off Congress. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Gateway, 1992: Ch. 8-9, Appendix 3-5, 7.
Weiner, Tim. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA, rev. ed. New York City: Anchor Books: Ch. 41.
3. Organized Crime
Beall, Ch. 10.
Lehr & O'Neill, Ch. 10-11, 13-14, 16.
a. The Mafia
(1) Anthony Bourdain
(a) Bone in the Throat. New York City: Villard Books, 1995.
(b) The Bobby Gold Stories. New York City: Bloomsbury, 2002.
(2) Capeci
(a) Murder Machine, Ch. 19-21, 23-28.
(b) The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Mafia, rev. ed. Indianapolis: Alpha, 2004: Ch. 19-20.
(c) Mob Star, Ch. 2-6, 19-32.
(3) Others
Anastasia, George. The Last Gangster: From Cop to Wiseguy to FBI Informant: Big Ron Previte and the the Fall of the American Mob. New York City: Regan Books, 2004: Ch. 3.
Cirni, Jim [James N. Cirnigliaro]. The Kiss Off. New York City: Soho, 1987.
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. 1, 26-33.
Konigsberg, Eric. Blood Relation. New York City: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005: Ch. 12.
Lehr & O'Neill, Ch. 8, 15.
Tosches, Nick. Cut Numbers. New York City: Harmony Books, 1988.
4. The Mideast
a. The Mossad
 Ostrovsky and Hoy, Ch. 2-8, 12, 15-16, Epilogue.
Thomas, Gordon. Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad. 3rd rev. ed. New York City: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Griffin: Ch. 8-9, 15.
b. Robert Baer
(1) 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. 6-10, 12
(2) Sleeping With the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude, rev. ed. New York City: Three Rivers Press, 2004: Ch. 8.
b. Others
Allawi, Ali A. The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace. New Haven, Conn.: Yale UP, 2007: Ch. J. Anderson & Gibson, Ch. 23.
Burke, Jason. Al-Qaeda: Casting a Shadow of Terror. London: I.B. Tauris, 2003: Ch. 5.
Cannon, President Reagan, Ch. 15.
Chamish, Barry. The Fall of Israel. Edinburgh, U.K.: Cannongate Publishers, 1992.
Crile, Ch. 7, 10-12, 14-17, 19, 22, 24-25, 27-34.
Hersh, Seymour M. Chain of Command: The Road From 9/11 to Abu Ghraib. New York City: HarperCollins Publishers, 2004: Pt. 2, Ch. 1.
Napoleoni, Loretta. Terror Incorporated: Tracing the Dollars Behind the Terror Networks, 2nd rev. ed. New York City: Seven Stories Press, 2005: Ch. 6.
Quigley, Ch. 22.
Reed, Eli, and Fouad Ajami. Beirut: City of Regrets. New York City: W.W. Norton & Co., 1988.
Unger, Ch. 4.
a. Iraq
Allawi, Ali A. The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace. New Haven, Conn.: Yale UP, 2007: Ch. 2.
Friedman, Alan. Spider’s Web: The Secret History of How the White House Illegally Armed Iraq. New York City: Bantam Books, 1993: Ch. 1-8.
Wilson, Joseph C. IV. The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies That Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity: A Diplomat's Memoir. New York City: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2004: Ch. 4.
5. Cocaine
Bowden, Doctor Dealer, Ch. 8-13, Prologue, Epilogue.
Mustain & Capeci, Murder Machine, Ch. 22.
Crile, Ch. 9, 12.
Lethem, Pt. 3, Ch. 6-7, 9.
McInerny, Jay. Story of My Life. New York City: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988.
Morris, Roger. Partners in Power: The Clintons and Their America. New York City: John Macrae/Henry Holt and Co., 1996: Ch. 18.
Pelecanos, George P. The Sweet Forever. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1998.
Streatfeild, Dominic. Cocaine (An Unauthorized Biography). New York City: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press, 2001: Ch. 13-17, 19.
6. Arts & Entertainment
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. 50-54.
Gavin, James. Intimate Nights: The Golden Age of New York Cabaret. New York City: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991: Ch. 11.
Havill, Ch. 18.
Kostelanetz, Ch. 30, 39.
Michaelis, David. Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography. New York City:  Harper, 2007: Ch. 27.
Schwartz, Ch. 20.
Tormé, Mel. It Wasn’t All Velvet. New York City: Viking, 1988: Ch. 44.
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: Prologue.
Yagoda, Ben. About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made. New York City: Scribner, 2000: Epilogue.
a. Music
Christe,  Everybody Wants Some, Ch. 11-12.
Coleman, Rick. Blue Monday: Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Cambridge, Mass.: Da Capo Press, 2006: Ch. 19.
George, Nelson. The Death of Rhythm & Blues. New York City: Pantheon Books, 1988: Ch. 7.
James, Etta [Jamesetta Hawkins], and Ritz. Rage to Survive: The Etta James Story. New York City: Villard Books, 1995: Ch. 31-33.
Kiedis & Sloman, Ch. 7.
Lethem, Pt.3, Ch. 8.
Lydon, Michael. Ray Charles: Man and Music, rev. ed. New York City: Routledge, 2004: Pt. 6.
Wesley, Ch. 10.
Yetnikoff, Walter and Ritz. Howling at the Moon: The Odyssey of a Montrous Music Mogul in an Age of Excess. New York City: Broadway Books, 2004: Pt. 3.
(1) Metal
Christe, Sound of the Beast, Ch. 6-12, 14, 17.
Konow, Ch. 7-11.
(2) Punk
M. Andersen & M. Jenkins, Ch. 5-11.
Blush, Steven. American Hardcore: A Tribal History. Ed. George Petros. Los Angeles: Feral House, 2001.
Spitz & Mullen, Ch. 37, Epilogue.
(3) The Crooners
Evanier, David. Making the Wise Guys Weep: The Jimmy Roselli Story. New York City: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998: Ch. 1, 13.
Schoell, William. Martini Man: The Life of Dean Martin. Dallas: Taylor Publishing, 1999: Ch. 22.
Taraborelli, Ch. 42-44.
Tormé, Ch. 43.
b. L.A. Sleaze
Beall, Ch. 6, 12.
Eszterhas, Joe. Hollywood Animal: A Memoir. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004: Ch. 6-8, 26, 30.
Evans, Ch. 38, 40.
H. Hill & Russo, Ch. 16.
Kiedis & Sloman, Ch. 8.
Motley Crüe, and Neil Strauss. The Dirt. New York City: Regan Books, 2001.
c. Hollywood
Evans, Ch. 36-37, 39, 41-42.
McDougal, Dennis. The Last Mogul: Lew Wasserman, MCA and the Hidden History of Hollywood. New York City: Crown Publishers, 1998: Ch. 32-34.
d. The Comedians
D. Hill & Weingrad, Ch. 42-44.
Tracy, Kathleen. Jerry Seinfeld: The Entire Domain. Secaucus, N.J.: Birch Lane Press, 1998: Ch. 3-4.
7. The Clintons
C. Andersen, Ch. 6.
Evans-Pritchard, Ch. 16.
Flowers, Gennifer, and Jacquelyn Dapper. Passion and Betrayal. Del Mar, Calif.: Emery Dalton Books, 1995: Ch. 6-8.
Klein. 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. 14.
Morris, Ch. 14, 16, 20.
a. Whitewater
Morris, Ch. 18.
Stewart, James B. Blood Sport: The President and His Adversaries, rev. ed. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 1997: Ch. 5-6, Appendixes 1.
8. The United Kingdom
Beckett & Hencke, Ch. 5-7.
Buruma, Ian. Anglomania: A European Love Affair. New York City: Random House, 1998: Ch. 15.
Moorcock, Ch. 17-21.
Taki. Nothing to Declare: A Memoir. New York City: Morgan Entrekin/Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991.
G. Thomas, Ch. 14.
9. The Executive Police Agencies
Kessler, Ronald. The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI, rev. ed. New York City: St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2003: Ch. 17-18, 22, 28.
G. Thomas, Ch. 10, 12, 20.
a. The CIA
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Coll, Ch. 5, 7.
Mendez, Antonio, Jonna Mendez, and Bruce Henderson. Spy Dust: Two Masters of Disguise Reveal the Tools and Operations That Helped Win the Cold War. New York City: Atria Books, 2002: Prologue, Ch. 2-11.
Trento, Joseph J. The Secret History of the CIA. New York City: Forum, 2001: Ch. 56.
Weiner, Ch. 38-40, 42.
10. The Blacks
Beall, Ch. 4, 8.
Chang, Ch. 13.
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