XVI. The Contemporary World

A. The Catalyst Years: 1977-1985
1. The Arts
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. Rpt. Berkeley, Calif.: Soft Skull Press, 2010: Ch. 7-10.
Jencks, Charles. Post-Modernism: The New Classicism in Art and Architecture. New York City: Rizzoli, 1987.
McNamee, Thomas. Alice Waters and Chez Panisse: The Romantic, Impractical, Often Eccentric, Ultimately Brilliant Making of a Food Revolution. The Penguin Press, 2007: Ch. 9-10.
 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
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
Bill Bruford: The Autobiography: Yes, King Crimson, Earthworks, and More. London: Jawbone Press, 2009: Ch. 12-13.
Christe, Ian. Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga, rev. ed. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2008: Ch. 4-9.
Kiedis & Sloman, Ch. 6.
Smith, Sid. In the Court of King Crimson. London: Helter Skelter Publishing, 2001: Ch. 10-11.
Waksman, Steve. This Ain’t the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk. Berkeley, Calif.: U of California P, 2009: Ch. 5-7.
(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.
(4) Hip-Hop
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.
Grandmaster Flash [Joseph Robert Saddler], David Ritz, and Geoff Martin. The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash: My Life, My Beats. New York City: Broadway Books, 2008: Pt. 3-4.
c. The Comedians
Allen, Steve. Hi-Ho, Steverino!: My Adventures in the Wonderful Wacky World of TV. Fort Lee, N.J.: Barricade Books, 1992: Ch. 19.
Davis, Tom. Thirty-Nine Years of Short-Term Memory Loss. New York City: Grove Press, 2009: Ch. 10, 17.
King, Alan [Irwin Alan Kniberg], and Chris Chase. Name Dropping: The Life and Lies of Alan King. New York City: Scribner, 1996: Ch. 14.
Martin, Scott. The Book of Caddyshack: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Greatest Movie Ever Made. Lanham, Md. Taylor Trade Publishing, 2007.
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. 10.
(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
a. The Mafia
i.  Jerry Capeci and Gene Mustain
(1) Mob Star: The Story of John Gotti. Indianapolis: Alpha, 2002: Ch. 17-18.
(2) Murder Machine: A True Story of Murder, Madness, and the Mafia. New York City: Dutton, 1992: Ch. 14-18.
ii. 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. L.A.
Beall, Will. L.A. Rex. New York City: Riverhead Books, 2006.
Ellroy, James [Lee Earle Ellroy]. My Dark Places: An L.A. Crime Memoir. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996: Ch. 25.
c. 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.
d. Other
Bowden, Mark. Doctor Dealer, rev. ed. New York City: Grove Press, 2001: Ch. 5-6.
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.
Gray, Mike. Drug Crazy: How We Got Into This Mess and How We Can Get Out. 1998. Rpt. New York City: Routledge, 2000:  Ch. 6.
 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.
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. 1984. Trans. Alfred Mac Adam. New York City: Farrar Straus and 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
Buckley, William F. Jr. The Reagan I Knew. New York City: Basic Books, 2008: Ch. 12-13.
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, 2nd rev. ed. Wilmington, Del : Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2006: Ch. 12.
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 P. 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.
Belfort, Jordan. Catching the Wolf of Wall Street. New York City: Bantam Books, 2009: Ch. 6-7.
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, rev. ed. New York City: Three Rivers Press, 2008: Ch. 5.
Sailer, Steve. America's Half-Blood Prince: Barack Obama's Story of Race and Inheritance. Washington, Conn.: VDARE Foundation, 2008: Ch. 6.
 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, 2nd rev. ed. Pahrump, Nev.: Pulpless.com, 1999.
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.
Webb, Gary. Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion. New York City: Seven Stories Press, 1998: Ch. 8.

B. The Big '80s
1. The World of Wealth
a. The Bush Dynasty
i. Poppy
 R.B. Cramer, Ch. 1, 9, 50-52, 80, 108, 110, 116, 126-127, 130, Epilogue.
Sutton, Antony C. Two Faces of George Bush. Dresden, N.Y.: Wiswell Ruffin House, 1988: Ch. 9-10.
ii. Others
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, rev. ed. New York City: PublicAffairs, 2003: Ch. 12.
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, Pipe Dreams, 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
Belfort, Ch. 8, 11-12, 14.
Bloomberg, Michael, and Matthew Winkler. Bloomberg by Bloomberg. New York City: John Wiley & Sons, 1997: Ch. 1, 3.
Bruck. The Predators’ Ball: The Inside Stoy of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders, rev ed. New York City: Penguin Books, 1989: Ch. 5-14.
Burrough, Bryan, and John Helyar. Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco, 2nd rev. ed. New York City: Collins Business, 2008: 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.
Klarman, Seth A Margin of Safety: Risk-Adverse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor. 1991. Rpt. Washington, D.C.: BeardBooks, 2001: Ch. 4.
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.
Tucker, Jeffrey. Bourbon for Breakfast: Living Outside the Statist Quo. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2010: Ch. 63.
e. The Backlash
i. The Drexel Burnham Prosecution
Bruck, Ch. 15-17.
Fischel, Daniel R. Payback: The Conspiracy to Destroy Michael Milken and His Revolution. New York City: HarperBusiness, 1995.
ii. Other
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.
Borman, Frank, and Robert J. Serling. Countdown: An Autobiography. New York City: Silver Arrow Books/William Morrow, 1988: Ch. 22-24.
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.
Doherty, Brian. Gun Control on Trial: Inside the Supreme Court Battle Over the Second Amendment. Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute, 2008: Ch. 4.
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.
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.
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.
Lee, Stan [Stanley Martin Lieber], and George Mair. Excelsior!: The Amazing Life of Stan Lee. New York City: Fireside, 2002: Ch. 19.
Martin, Clancy. How to Sell. New York City: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Nocera, Ch. 13-16.
Rosenbaum, Ron. Manhattan Passions: True Tales of Power, Wealth, and Excess. New York City: Beech Tree Books/William Morrow, 1987.
Salter, James [James A. Horowitz]. Dusk and Other Stories. 1988. Rpt. London: Picador, 1994.
2. The Reagan Administration
a. General
Anderson, Martin. Revolution: The Reagan Legacy, rev. ed. Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution Press, 1990.
Buckley, The Reagan I Knew, Ch. 15-16, 19.
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.
Novak, Ch. 30, 32.
Paul, Ron. End the Fed. New York City:  Grand Central Publishing, 2009: Ch. 5.
Schweizer, Ch. 12.
Smith, Hedrick. The Power Game: How Washington Works. 1988. Rpt. New York City: Ballentine Books, 1996: Ch. 1, 12-13.
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.
b. Foreign Affairs
(1) Central America
Cannon, President Reagan, Ch. 14.
Clarridge & Diehl, Ch. 11-12, 15.
Quigley, John. The Ruses for War: American Interventionism Since World War II, rev. ed. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2007: Ch. 20-21.
(2) Grenada
 Kwitny. Endless Enemies: The Making of an Unfriendly World, corr. ed. New York City: Penguin Books, 1986: Postscript.
Quigley, 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.
Novak, Ch. 34.
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. 8.
Webb, Ch. 5, 9-14, 17-21.
Weiner, Tim. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA, rev. ed. New York City: Anchor Books, 2008: Ch. 41.
(4) Elsewhere
 Buckley, The Reagan I Knew, Ch. 18.
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.
Mamdani, Mahmood. Saviours and Survivors: Darfur, Politics and the War on Terror. Cape Town, South Africa: HSRC Press, 2009: Ch. 7.
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. 2.
Schweizer, Ch. 13-14, 16-17, 20-23.
3. Organized Crime
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.
b. Others
Beall, Ch. 10.
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. 10.
Lehr & O'Neill, Ch. 10-11, 13-14, 16.
Posner, Gerald L. Warlords of Crime: Chinese Secret Societies – The New Mafia. 1988. Rpt. Penguin Books, 1990: Ch. 1, 4, 7-9, 14, 16.
4. The Mideast
a. Israel
(1) 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.
(2) Other
Chamish, Barry. The Fall of Israel. Edinburgh, U.K.: Cannongate Publishers, 1992.
Perlmutter, Amos. The Life and Times of Menachem Begin. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., 1987: Ch. 2, 36.
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.
c. 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.
d. Others
Allawi, Ch. 23.
Burke, Jason. Al-Qaeda: Casting a Shadow of Terror. London: I.B. Tauris, 2003: Ch. 5.
Cannon, President Reagan, Ch. 15.
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.
Tyler, Ch. 7.
Unger, Ch. 4.
5. Cocaine
Bowden, Doctor Dealer, Ch. 8-13, Prologue, Epilogue.
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. 1-2, 5, 9, 11-12, 14-29, 31, 35-36.
Mustain & Capeci, Murder Machine, Ch. 22.
Crile, Ch. 9, 12.
Fontova, Humberto. Fidel: Hollywood’s Favorite Tyrant. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2005: Ch. 4.
Gray, Ch. 7.
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.
Webb, Ch. 15-16.
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.
Manso, Peter. Mailer: His Life and Times, rev. ed. New York City: Washington Square Press, 2008: Afterword.
McNamee, Ch. 11-14.
Michaelis, David. Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography. New York City:  Harper, 2007: Ch. 27.
Reid, Dreesen & Rapoport, Ch. 4.
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.
Walker, Jesse. Rebels on the Air: An Alternative History of Radio in America. New York City: New York UP, 2001: Ch. 9.
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.
Grandmaster Flash, Ritz & G. Martin, Pt. 5.
James, Etta [Jamesetta Hawkins], and Ritz. Rage to Survive: The Etta James Story. New York City: Villard Books, 1995: Ch. 31-33.
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.
(4) Rock
 Kiedis & Sloman, Ch. 7.
S. Smith, Ch.12.
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.
Johnny Came Lately: An Autobiography by Fred de Cordova, Executive Producer of "The Tonight Show". 1988. Rpt. New York City: Pocket Books, 1989: Pt. 1.
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.
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. 29.
Reid, Dreesen & Rapoport, Ch. 11.
Tracy, Kathleen. Jerry Seinfeld: The Entire Domain. Secaucus, N.J.:  Birch Lane Press, 1998: Ch. 3-4.
e. Publishing
i. Comics
Bell, Blake. Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko. Seattle: Fantagraphic Books, 2008: Ch. 11.
Jews and American Comics: An Illustrated History of an American Art Form. Ed. Paul Buhle. New York City: The New Press, 2008: Ch. 2.
ii. Other
Yagoda, Ben. About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made. New York City: Scribner, 2000: Epilogue.
7. The Clintons
C. P. Andersen, Bill and Hilary, 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
Clarridge & Diehl, Ch. 17, 19-21.
Coll, Ch. 5, 7.
Haas, Roland W. Enter the Past Tense: My Secret Life as a CIA Assassin. Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books, 2007: Ch. 18-20.
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
C.P. Andersen. Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage. New York City: William Morrow, 2009: Ch. 4.
Cross, Charles R. Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix. New York City: Hyperion, 2005: Ch. 1-2.
Beall, Ch. 4, 8.
Chang, Ch. 13.
Reed, Ishmael. "Steven Spielberg Plays Howard Beach." Writin' is Fightin' : Thirty-Seven Years of Boxing on Paper. New York City: Atheneum, 1988: 145-157.
Sailer, Ch. 5, 7, 10-11.
Timmerman, Kenneth R. Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson. Washington, D.C.: Regenery Publishing, 2002: Ch. 5-8.
Wideman, John Edgar. Philadelphia Fire. New York City: Holt, 1990.
11. The Media
a. Buchanan
(1) Corpse Had a Familiar Face, Ch. 14.
(2) Never Let Them See You Cry, Ch. 20.
b. Woodward and Bernstein
Havill, Ch. 19.
Shepard, Alicia. Woodward and Bernstein: Life in the Shadow of Watergate. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley and Sons, 2007: Ch. 11.
c. Others
Bloomberg and Winkler, Ch. 4, 6.
Carr, Ch. 7.
Ciccone, F. Richard. Royko: A Life in Print. New York City: PublicAffairs, 2001: Ch. 15-17.
Corry, John. My Times: Adventures in the News Trade. New York City: Grosset/Putnam, 1993: Ch. 13.
Donaldson, Ch. 7, 13-14, 16.
Kahn, E.J. Jr. Year of Change: More About The New Yorker & Me. New York City: Viking, 1988.
Novak, Ch. 31, 33, 35.
Simpson, Ch. 11-12.
12. The Conservatives
Bartley, Ch. 9-16.
Bellow, Saul. Ravelstein. New York City: Viking, 2000.
Fahey, Todd Brendan. Hell Bottled Up! Chronicles of a Late Propaganda Minister. Los Angeles: Far Gone Books, 2000.
Kelley, John L. Bringing the Market Back In: The Political Revitalization of Market Liberalism. New York City: New York UP, 1997: Ch. 5-6.
13. Greater New York City
Cea, Robert. No Lights, No Sirens: The Corruption and Redemption of an Inner City Cop. New York City: William Morrow, 2005.
Easton, Bret Ellis. American Psycho. New York City: Vintage Books, 1991.
Fearon, Ch. 13-14.
Raban, Jonathan. Hunting Mister Heartbreak: A Discovery of America. 1990. Rpt. New York City: Vintage Depatures, 1998: Ch. 2.
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. 8.
Wolfe, Tom. The Bonfire of the Vanities. New York City: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1987.
14. New England
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. 5-7, 9.
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. 6-7.
15. Southern Florida
Raban, Ch. 7.
Rieff, David. Going to Miami: Exiles, Tourists, and Refugees in the New America. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1987.
Willeford, Charles. The Way We Die Now. 1988. Rpt. New York City: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2005.
16. The Soviet Union
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. 5-8.
Klebnikov, Paul. Godfather of the Kremlin: Boris Berzovsky and the Looting of Russia. New York City: Harcourt, 2000: Ch. 1-2.
Lucas, Edward. The New Cold War: The Future of Russia and the Threat to the West, rev. ed. New York City: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009: Ch. 1.
Schweizer, Ch. 18.
17. Central Asia
Coll, Ch. 8-9.
Margolis, Ch. 3-5.
Musharraf, Pervez. In the Line of Fire: A Memoir. New York City: Free Press, 2006: Ch. 9.
18. Africa
Mamdani, Ch. 8.
Williams, Walter E. South Africa's War Against Capitalism. New York City: Praeger, 1989: Ch. 6-7.
19. The Cold War
Leebaert, Derek. The Fifty-Year Wound: The True Price of America’s Cold War Victory. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 2002: Ch. 10-11.
Sanchez, Lt. Gen. Ricardo (ret.), and Donald T. Phillips. Wiser in Battle: A Soldier's Story. New York City: Harper, 2008: Ch. 3.
Schweizer, Ch. 19.
Sutton. The Best Enemy Money Can Buy. Billings, Mont.: Liberty House Press, 1986: Appendices H-I.
20. AIDS
Shilts, Randy. And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, rev. ed. New York City: Penguin Books, 1988: Ch. 6-59.
Von Hoffman, Nicholas. Citizen Cohn. New York City: Doubleday, 1988: Pt. 1.
21. The Congress
Buckley. The Rake. New York City: HarperCollins Publishers, 2007: Ch. 11, 14-17.
Jackley, Ch. 4-7, 10-11, Appendix 1-2, 6.
H. Smith, Ch. 4.
22. Frederick Barthelme
a. Moon Deluxe. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 1983.
b. Second Marriage. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 1984.
c. Tracer. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 1985.
d. Chroma. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 1987.
e. Two Against One. New York City: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1988.
f. The Law of Averages: New and Selected Stories. Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 2000.
23. Leonard
a. Glitz. New York City: Arbor House, 1985.
b. Bandits. New York City: Arbor House, 1987.
24. Joyce Carol Oates
a. Last Days: Stories. New York City: E.P. Dutton, 1984.
b. Raven's Wing and Other Stories. New York City: E.P. Dutton, 1986.
“Smith, Rosamond.” Lives of the Twins. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 1987.
25. Updike
a. In the Beauty of the Lilies. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996: Pt. 4.
b. S. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988.
26. Gore Vidal
Kaplan, Fred. Gore Vidal: A Biography. New York City: Doubleday, 1999: Ch. 19.
Vidal, Gore. Point to Point Navigation: A Memoir, 1964-2006. New York City: Doubleday, 2006: Ch. 13, 46.
27. The Cyberpunks
a. Bruce Sterling
(1) Globalhead. 1992. Rpt. London: Phoenix, 1996.
(2) Islands in the Net. New York City: Arbor House/William Morrow
b. Others
Shiner, Lewis. Deserted Cities of the Heart. 1988. Rpt. New York City: Bantam Books, 1989.
Stephenson, Neal. The Big U. 1984. Rpt. New York City: Perennial, 2001.
28. The 1988 Election
 R.B. Cramer, Ch. 1-3, 10-11, 14, 17, 21, 23, 25, 28, 31-42, 44-49, 53, 59-60, 62, 64, 66-68, 70, 72, 74, 76-77, 79, 81, 86-88, 90, 92-95, 97-107, 111-115, 117-125, 128-129.
Sutton, Two Faces of George Bush, Ch. 12.
29. Others
Aksyonov. In Search of Melancholy Baby. New York City: Random House, 1987.
J. Anderson & Gibson, Ch. 24.
Barthelme, Donald. Paradise. New York City: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1986.
Berger, Raoul. Federalism: The Founders' Design. Norman, Okla.: U of Oklahoma P, 1987: Ch. 8.
Blonsky, Marshall. American Mythologies.  New York City: Oxford UP, 1992: Ch. 1-17.
Buckley, The Rake, Ch.10, 12-13, 18-23.
Chang, Ch. 16.
Cook, Nick. The Hunt for Zero Point: Inside the Classified World of Antigravity Technology. 2001. Rpt. New York City: Broadway Books, 2002: Prologue, Ch. 12.
Crile, Ch. 13, 18, 20-21, 23, 26.
Dracos, Ted. Ungodly: The Passions, Torments and Murder of Atheist Madalyn Murray O’Hair. New York City: Free Press, 2003: Ch. 14.
The Eighties: A Reader. Ed. Gilbert T. Sewall. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1997.
Fero, Kelly. The Zani Murders. Austin, Texas: Texas Monthly Press, 1990: Ch. 20.
Franzen, Jonathan. The Twenty-Seventh City. New York City: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988: Ch. 1, 3-24.
Gottfried, Paul Edward. Conservatism in America: Making Sense of the American Right. New York City: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007: Ch. 3.
H. Hill & Russo, Ch. 14.
P. Jenkins, Ch. 7, 9-11.
P. Johnson. Modern Times: The World From the Twenties to the Nineties, 2nd rev. ed. New York City: HarperPerennial, 2001: Ch. 20.
Jones, Libido Dominandi, Pt. 3, Ch. 20.
Kunstler, James Howard. The Halloween Ball. New York City: Bantam Books, 1987.
Leland, John. Hip: The History, rev. ed. New York City: HarperPerennial, 2005: Ch. 14.
Lethem, Pt. 3, Ch. 13-14.
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. 3-5.
Patterson, James T. The Dread Disease: Cancer and Modern American Culture. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard UP, 1987: Ch. 11.
Rayner, Richard. Los Angeles Without a Map. New York City: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1989.
Roberts and Stratton, Ch. 6.
Reed. "300 Years of 1984." Writin' is Fightin' : Thirty-Seven Years of Boxing on Paper. New York City: Atheneum, 1988: 57-82.
B.J. Schulman, Ch. 9.
Schweizer, Ch. 15.
Scott, Otto J [Otto Scott-Estrella Jr.]. The Other End of the Lifeboat. Chicago: Regnery Books, 1985: Pt. 2.
H. Smith, Ch. 3, 5, 10, 17.
Wolff, Tobias. Back in the World. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985.

C. The American Imperium
C.P. Andersen, Barack and Michelle, Ch. 8.
Bacevich, Andrew J. The New American Militarism: How Americans are Seduced by War. New York City: Oxford UP, 2005: Ch. 8.
Baer, Sleeping With the Devil, Ch. 1-3, 10, 12.
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. 7-8.
Bryce. Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of “Energy Independence”. New York City: PublicAffairs, 2008: Ch. 2-3.
Deliso, Christopher. The Coming Balkan Caliphate: The Threat of Radical Islam to Europe and the West. Westport, Conn.: Praeger Security International, 2007: Ch. 7.
Douthat, Ross Gregory. Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class. New York City: Hyperion, 2005: Ch. 1-8.
Francis, Samuel T. America Extinguished: Mass Immigration and the Disintegration of American Culture. Monterey, Va.: Americans for Immigration Control, 2002.
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. 3, 5.
Gibson, William. Spook Country. New York City: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2007.
Gottfried, Conservatism in America, Ch. 6.
Halberstam, David. War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals. New York City: Scribner, 2001: Ch. 21, 39.
Iserbyt, Charlotte Thomson. The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America: A Chronological Paper Trail. Ravenna, Ohio: Conscience Press, 1999: Ch. 8.
Johnson, Chalmers. The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of Empire. 2004. Rpt. London: Verso, 2006: Ch. 3-6, 9-10.
Johnson, Nicholas. Big Dead Place: Inside the Strange and Menacing World of Antarctica. Los Angeles: Feral House, 2005.
Kelly, Michael. Things Worth Fighting For: Collected Writings. New York City: The Penguin Press, 2004: Pt. IV.
Klein, Kennedy, Ch. 6.
Laughland, John. A History of Political Trials: From Charles I to Saddam Hussein. Oxford, U.K.: Peter Lang, 2008: Ch. 17.
Ledeen, Ch. 4-6.
MacDonald, Kevin. The Culture of Critique: An Evolutionary Analysis of Jewish Involvement in Twentieth-Century Century Intellectual and Political Movements, rev. ed. Bloomington, Ind.: 1st Books Library, 2002: Ch. 8.
Mamdani, Pt. 1.
Mearsheimer, John J.and Stephen M. Walt. The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy. New York City: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007: Ch. 1-6.
Novak, Ch. 37.
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. 24.
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. 1-2, 5, 31-32.
Redden, Jim. Snitch Culture: How Citizens Are Turned Into the Eyes and Ears of the State, rev. ed. Venice, Calif.: Feral House, 2001: Ch. 1-4, 7, 15-17.
Rieff, David. Los Angeles: Capital of the Third World. 1991. Rpt. London: Phoenix, 1993.
Sammon, Bill. The Evangelical President: George Bush's Struggle to Spread a Moral Democracy Throughout the World. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2007: Ch. 8-9, 11-13.
Scahill, Jeremy. Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, rev. ed. New York City: Nation Books, 2008: Ch. 2, 15, 18-19.
Shorrock, Tim. Spies for Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2008: Ch. 1, 5, 7-8, 10.
Taibbi, Matt. Smells Like Dead Elephants: Dispatches From a Rotting Empire. New York City: Black Cat, 2007.
Taylor, Jeff. Where Did the Party Go?: William Jennings Bryan, Hubert Humphrey, and the Jeffersonian Legacy. Columbia, Mo.: U of Missouri P, 2006: Ch. 12.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Republican Staff. The Role of Government Affordable Housing Policy in Creating the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. Washington, D.C.: GPO, 2009.
Vance, Laurence M. The Revolution That Wasn’t. Pensacola, Fla.: Vance Publications, 2009.
Vidal, Gore [Eugene Luther Vidal Jr]. Point to Point Navigation: A Memoir, 1964-2006. New York City: Doubleday, 2006: Ch. 3.
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. 19.
Webb, Ch. 22-23.
The World According to TomDispatch: America in the New Age of Empire. Ed. Tom Engelhardt. London: Verso, 2008: Ch. 4, 21, 30-31.
1. The Bush Dynasty
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. 1, 3-10.
Corn, Ch. 2-3.
Draper. Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush. New York City: Free Press, 2007: Ch. 1, 3-4.
Kelley, Ch. 24-26.
Kuo, David. Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction. New York City: Free Press, 2006: Ch. 7-8.
Minutaglio, Ch. 1, 13-16.
Ruppert, Ch. 4.
Woodward. State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2006: Ch. 1-2.
a. The George H.W. Bush Administration
J. Anderson & Gibson, Ch. 27.
Bowden. Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw. New York City: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001.
Coll, Ch. 11-12.
DeFrank, Thomas M. Write It When I'm Gone: Remarkable Off-the-Record Conversations with Gerald R. Ford. New York City: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2007: Ch. 9.
A. Friedman, Ch. 9-10, 13-16.
Halberstam, Ch. 1, 6-7, 14, 16-20.
Kelley, Ch. 22-23.
Kessler, Ch. 23, 27.
Mann, Ch. 11-14.
Morris, Ch. 17.
Novak, Ch. 36.
Podhoretz, John. Hell of a Ride: Backstage at the White House Follies 1989-1993. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 1993.
Posner. Why America Slept: The Failure to Prevent 9/11. New York City: Random House, 2003: Ch. 6.
Quigley, Ch. 27-30.
Roberts and Stratton, Ch. 13.
Sterling. The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier. New York City: Bantam Books, 1992: Pt. 3.
i. The End of the Cold War
J. Anderson & Gibson, Ch. 25.
Coll, Ch. 10.
Leebaert, Ch. 12.
Mendez, Mendez & Henderson, Ch. 12-13, Epilogue.
Schweizer, Ch. 24.
Simpson, Ch. 13.
ii. Woodward
(a) The Commanders, rev. ed. New York City: Touchstone Books, 2002: Pt. 1.
(b) Shadow, Pt. 4.
iii. The Persian Gulf War
Boot, Max. The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power. New York City: Basic Books, 2002: Ch. 14.
Clarke, Richard A. Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror, rev. ed. New York City: Free Press, 2004: Ch. 3.
Franks, Gen. Tommy (ret.), and Malcolm McConnell. American Soldier. New York City: ReganBooks/HarperCollins Publishers, 2004: Ch. 5.
A. Friedman, Ch. 11-12.
Halberstam,  Ch. 5.
Kelly. Martyrs' Day: Chronicle of a Small War, rev. ed. New York City: Vintage Books, 2001.
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. 19.
McNab, Andy. Bravo Two Zero. 1993. Rpt. London: Chivers Press, 1995: Ch. 1, 3-14, Epilogue.
Posner, Ch. 5.
Quigley, Ch. 31.
Sanchez & D.T. Phillips, Ch. 4.
Simons, G.L. The Scourging of Iraq: Sanctions, Law, and Natural Justice, rev. ed. Basingstoke, U.K.: Macmillan, 1997.
Simpson, Ch. 14.
Swofford, Andrew. Jarhead: A Marine’s Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles. New York City: Scribner, 2003.
G. Thomas, Ch. 16.
Tyler, Ch. 9.
Unger, Ch. 8-9.
The War We Could Not Stop: The Real Story of the Battle for Iraq. Ed. Randeep Ramesh. London: Faber and Faber, 2003: Ch. 1.
Wilson, Ch. 5-7.
Woodward, The Commanders, Pt. 2.
b. The George W. Bush Administration
Bovard, James. The Bush Betrayal. New York City: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004: Ch. 5-9, 17.
Draper, Dead Certain, Ch. 6, 15-20, 22.
Hersh, Pt. 6, Ch. 2; Epilogue.
Kelley, Ch. 27, Afterword.
Kucinich, Dennis,  David Swanson, and Elizabeth de la Vega. The 35 Articles of Impeachment and the Case for Prosecuting George W. Bush. Port Townsend, Wash.: Feral House, 2008.
Kuo, Ch. 9-11.
Norton, Anne. Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire. New Haven, Conn.: Yale UP, 2004: Ch. 5.
Suskind, Ron. The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill, rev. ed. New York City: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2004: Ch. 6, 8-9.
Tucker, Ch. 39.
Tyler, Ch. 12.
Woodward, State of Denial, Ch. 32.
i.  Peacetime
Bovard, Bush Betrayal, Ch. 4.
Coll, Ch. 30-31.
Corn, Ch. 4, 6, 8.
Draper, Dead Certain, Ch. 5.
Halper & J. Clarke, Ch. 4.
Mann, Ch. 17-18.
Suskind, Ch. 1-5.
Unger, Ch. 12-13.
Woodward, State of Denial, Ch. 3-9.
ii. 9-11 Attack and Aftermath
Allan, Chantal. Bomb Canada and Other Unkind Remarks in the American Media. Edmonton, Alb.: AU Press, 2009: Ch. 5. 
Anonymous [Scheuer, Michael F.]. Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror, rev. ed. Dulles, Va.: Potomac Books, 2005: Ch. 1, 6-8.
Baker. Checkpoint. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
Baer, See No Evil, Epilogue.
Bamford, Ch. 1-4, 12-13.
Barkun, Michael. A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America. Berkeley, Calif.: U of California P, 2003: Ch. 10.
Brasch, Walter M. America’s Unpatriotic Acts: The Federal Government’s Violation of Constitutional and Civil Rights. New York City: Peter Lang, 2005.
Brill, Steven. After: How America Confronted the September 12 Era. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2003.
Brzezinski, Matthew. Fortress America: On the Frontlines of Homeland Security – an Inside Look at the Coming Surveillance State. New York City: Bantam Books, 2004.
Cannell, Stephen J. Cold Hit. New York City: St. Martin's Press, 2005.
Carr, Ch. 54.
Cassel, Elaine. The War on Civil Liberties: How Bush and Ashcroft Have Dismantled the Bill of Rights. Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books, 2004.
R.A. Clarke, Ch. 1, 10-11.
Corn, Ch. 9.
Debunking 9/11 Myths: Why Conspiracy Theories Can’t Stand Up to the Facts: In In-Depth Investigation by PopularMechanics. Ed. David Dunbar and Brad Reagan. New York City: Hearst Books, 2006.
DeLillo, Don. Falling Man. New York City: Scribner.
Deliso, Ch. 6, 8.
Denby, David. American Sucker. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 2004: Ch. 25.
Devji, Faisal. Landscapes of the Jihad: Militancy, Morality, Modernity. London: Hurst & Co., 2005: Ch. 6.
Douthat, Ch. 9.
Draper, Dead Certain, Ch. 7.
Eland, Ivan. The Empire Has No Clothes: U.S. Foreign Policy Exposed. Oakland, Calif.: The Independent Institute, 2004: Ch. 5-7.
Flynn, Steven. America the Vulnerable: How Our Government Is Failing to Protect Us From Terrorism. New York City: HarperCollins Publishers/Council on Foreign Relations, 2004.
Franks and McConnell, Ch. 7. 
G. Friedman, Prologue, Ch. 6-7.
Gardiner, U.S. Air Force Col. Sam (ret.). The End of the "Summer of Diplomacy": Assessing U.S. Military Options on Iran. New York City: The Century Foundation Press, 2006.
Gertz, Bill. Breakdown: The Failure of American Intelligence to Defeat Global Terror, rev. ed. New York City: Plume, 2003.
Halper & J. Clarke, Ch. 9-10.
Harris, Lee. Civilization and Its Enemies: The Next Stage of History. New York City: Free Press, 2004: Ch. 1-3.
Healy, Gene. The Cult of the Presidency: America’s Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power. Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute, 2008: Ch. 5-7.
Hersh, Pt. 1, Ch. 1, 3; Pt. 2, Ch. 3.
Hopsicker, Daniel. Welcome to Terrorland: Mohammed Atta and the 9-11 Cover-Up in Florida. Eugene, Ore.: The MadCow Press, 2004.
Kessler, Prologue, Ch. 35-36.
Krogh, Egil "Bud," and Matthew Krogh. Integrity: Good People, Bad Choices, and Life Lessons from the White House. New York City: PublicAffairs, 2007: Ch. 13.
Kuo, Ch. 12-16.
Lieven, Anatol. America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism. New York City: Oxford UP, 2004.
Mann, Ch. 19-20.
Mearsheimer & Walt, Ch. 7, 9-10.
Meek, James. We Are Now Beginning Our Descent. Edinburgh, U.K.: Cannongate, 2008: Ch. 8-13.
Miniter, Richard. Shadow War: The Untold Story of How Bush is Winning the War on Terror. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2004: Ch. 1, 3-6.
Musharraf, Prologue, Ch. 20-25.
Napoleoni, Prologue, Ch. 18.
Norton, Ch. 9.
Pollack, Neal. Beneath the Axis of Evil: One Man’s Journey Into the Horrors of War. Austin, Texas: So New Media, 2003.
Posner, Ch. 1, 3-5, 9, 11-13, 15-19.
Risen, James State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration, rev. ed. New York City: Free Press, 2007: Prologue, Ch. 1-2, 9-10, Afterword.
Ritter, Scott. Waging Peace: The Art of War for the Antiwar Movement. New York City: Nation Books, 2007: Ch. 1-2.
Roberts and Stratton, Ch. 14.
Ruppert, Ch. 12-30.
Scahill, Ch. 17.
Shorrock, Ch. 6.
Skal, David J. Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween. New York City: Bloomsbury, 2002: Afterword.
Steyn, Mark. America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It, rev. ed. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2008.
Suskind. The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11, rev. ed. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2007.
G. Thomas, Ch. 18, 21-26.
Taibbi, Matt. The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American Empire, rev. ed. New York City: Spiegel & Grau, 2009: Ch. 8, 10, 12.
Timmerman, Ch. 18.
Unger, Ch. 1, 14-15.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Democratic Staff. George W. Bush vs. the U.S. Constitution: The Downing Street Memos and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution, and Coverups in the Iraq War and Illegal Domestic Spying. Ed. Anita Miller. Chicago: Academy Chicago Publishers, 2006. Rpt. The Constitution in Crisis: The Downing Street Memos and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution, and Coverups in the Iraq War and Illegal Domestic Spying. New York City: Skyhook Publishing, 2007.
Weiner, Ch. 50.
Wolcott, James. Attack Poodles and Other Media Mutants: The Looting of the News in a Time of War. New York City: Miramax Books, 2004.
Woodward. Bush at War, rev. ed. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2003.
World According to TomDispatch, Ch. 1-3, 5, 25, 27, 32.
(1) The Commission
Jacboson & Colón, Ch. 1, 7-13.
Shenon, Philip. The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation. New York City: Twelve, 2008.
(2) The Torture Policies
(a) Karen J. Greenberg
(i) The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib. Ed. Karen J. Greenberg and Joshua L. Dratel. New York City: Cambridge UP, 2005.
(ii) World According to TomDispatch, Ch. 15.
(b) Others
Danner, Mark. Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror. New York City: New York Review Books, 2004.
Rajiva, Lila. The Language of Empire: Abu Ghraib and the American Media. New York City: Monthly Review Press, 2005.
(3) Bovard
(a) The Bush Betrayal, Ch. 1-3, 10-14.
(b). Attention Deficit Democracy. New York City: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005: Ch. 3, 6.
(4) Bill Sammon
(i) Fighting Back: The War on Terrorism — From Inside the Bush White House. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2002.
(ii) Strategery, Ch. 18.
iii. Afghanistan
Bovard, Bush Betrayal, Ch. 15.
Coll, Ch. 32.
Corn, Ch. 10.
Scheuer, Ch. 2.
Franks and McConnell, Ch. 8-9.
G. Friedman, Prologue, Ch. 8-10.
Hersh, Pt. 3.
Meek, Ch. 1-4, 6-7.
Naylor, Sean. Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda. New York City: Berkley Caliber Books, 2005.
Quigley, Ch. 37.
Risen, Ch. 7.
Scahill, Ch. 14.
Sperry, Paul. Crude Politics: How Bush’s Oil Cronies Hijacked the War on Terrorism. Nashville, Tenn.: WND Books, 2003.
iv. Iraq Attaq
(1) Aaron Glantz
(a) How America Lost Iraq. New York City: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2005.
(b) Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan: Eyewitness Accounts of the Occupation. Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2008.
(2) Scott Ritter
(a) War on Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn’t Want You to Know. New York City: Context Books, 2002.
(b) Frontier Justice: Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Bushwacking of America. New York City: Context Books, 2003.
(3) Sammon
(a) Strategery: How George W. Bush Is Defeating Terrorists, Outwitting Democrats, and Confounding the Mainstream Media. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2006: Ch. 2-3, 14.
(b) Evangelical President, Ch. 3, 5-6, 10.
(4) Thomas E. Ricks
(a) Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, rev. ed. New York City: Penguin Books, 2007.
(b) The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008, rev. ed. New York City: The Penguin Press, 2010.
(5) Woodward
(a) Plan of Attack. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2004.
(b) State of Denial, Ch. 10-30, 33-45.
(c) The War Within: A Secret White House History 2006-2008. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2008.
(6) Others
Allawi,  Ch. 4-25.
Anderson, Jon Lee. The Fall of Baghdad. New York City: The Penguin Press, 2004.
Atkinson, Rick. In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat. New York City: Henry Holt & Co., 2004.
Bamford, Ch. 10, 14.
Beckett & Hencke, Ch. 15.
Bodansky, Yossef. The Secret History of the Iraq War. New York City: ReganBooks, 2004: Ch. 1-12, 14-19.
Boudreau, Tyler E. Packing Inferno: The Unmaking of a Marine. Port Townsend, Wash.: Feral House, 2008.
Bovard, Bush Betrayal, Ch. 15.
Corn, Ch. 12, 14.
Crawford, John. The Last True Story I’ll Ever Tell: An Accidental Soldier’s Account of the War in Iraq. New York City: Riverhead Books, 2005.
Dorrien, Ch. 5.
Draper, Dead Certain, Ch. 8-11, 21.
Eisner, Peter, and Knut Royce. The Italian Letter: How the Bush Administration Used a Fake Letter to Build the Case for the War in Iraq. Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale, 2007.
Franks and McConnell, Prologue, Ch. 10-12.
G. Friedman, Prologue, Ch. 11-13.
Gordon, Michael R., and Gen. Bernard E. Trainor (ret.). Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq, rev. ed. New York City: Vintage Books, 2007.
Hedges, Chris, and Laila Al-Arian. Collateral Damage: America's War Against Iraqi Civilians. New York City: Nation Books, 2008.
Hersh, Pt. 1, Ch. 2, 4; Pt. 4-6.
The Iraq Study Group Report. New York City: Vintage Books, 2006.
Isikoff, Michael, and Corn. Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal and the Selling of the Iraq War, rev. ed. New York City: Three Rivers Press, 2007.
Kelly, Things Worth Fighting For, Epilogue.
Knightley, Ch. 21.
Laughland, Ch. 18.
Mann, Ch. 21.
Mearsheimer & Walt, Ch. 8.
Meek,  Ch. 15.
Mitchell, Greg. So Wrong for So Long: How the Press, the Pundits — and the President — Failed on Iraq. New York City: Union Square Press, 2008.
Novak, Ch. 1, 43-44.
Packer, George. The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq, rev. ed. New York City: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2006.
Parenti, Christian. The Freedom: Shadows and Hallucinations in Occupied Iraq. New York City: The New Press, 2004.
Perret, Ch. 26-28.
Prados, John. Hoodwinked: The Documents That Reveal How Bush Sold Us a War. New York City: The New Press, 2004.
Quigley, Ch. 38.
Reporting Iraq: An Oral History of the War by the Journalists Who Covered It. Ed. Mike Hoyt et al. Hoboken, N.J.: Melville House Publishing, 2007.
Risen, Ch. 3-6.
Sanchez & D.T. Phillips, Ch. 9-22.
Scahill, Ch. 3-10, 13, 16.
Taibbi, Great Derangement, Ch. 4.
G. Thomas, Ch. 19.
United States. Cong. House. Committee on Government Reform — Minority Staff. Special Investigations Division. Iraq on the Record: The Bush Administration's Public Statements on Iraq. Washington, D.C.: GPO, 2004.
Vance. Christianity and War and Other Essays Against the Warfare State, rev. ed. Pensacola, Fla.: Vance Publications, 2008: Ch. 5.
War We Could Not Stop, Ch. 2-18.
Weiner, Ch. 49.
Wilson, Ch.15-20.
World According to TomDispatch, Ch. 1-3, 5, 8, 11-12, 16, 20.
Wright, Evan. Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America and the New Face of American War, rev. ed. New York City: Berkley Caliber, 2008..
Zucchino, David. Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad. New York City: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2004.
v. The 2004 Election
Draper, Dead Certain, Ch. 12-14.
Sammon, Strategery, Ch. 4-8, 10-11.
Gumbel, Andrew. Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten History of Democracy in America. New York City: Nation Books, 2005: Ch. 13.
Vidal, Point to Point Navigation, Ch. 31.
Woodward, State of Denial, Ch. 31.
vi. Hurricane Katrina
Block, Walter, and Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. "Katrina and the Future of New Orleans." Telos Summer 2007: 170-185.
World According to TomDispatch, Ch. 28.
vii. Sammon
(a) Strategery, Prologue, Ch. 1, 12, 15-17.
(b) Evangelical President, Ch. 2, 4.
2. The Clinton Administration
Aldrich, Gary. Unlimited Access: An FBI Agent Inside the White House, rev. ed. Washington, D.C.: Henry Regnery, 1998.
Armentano, Dominick T. Antitrust: The Case for Repeal, rev. ed. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1999: Ch. 1.
Baer, See No Evil, Ch. 1, 19-21.
Barr, Bob. The Meaning of Is: The Squandered Impeachment and Wasted Legacy of William Jefferson Clinton. Atlanta: Stroud & Hall Publishers, 2004: Ch. 1-3, 8-9.
Bryce, Pipe Dreams, Ch. 14.
Byron, Ch. 16, 18.
C. P. Andersen, Bill and Hilary, Ch. 1, 7-8.
Bovard. "Feeling Your Pain": The Explosion and Abuse of Government Power in the Clinton-Gore Years, rev. ed. New York City: Palgrave, 2001.
Campos, Paul. The Obesity Myth: Why America’s Obsession With Weight Is Hazardous to Your Health. New York City: Gotham Books, 2004: Ch. 15.
Crile, Introduction.
DeFrank, Ch. 7.
Dorrien, Ch. 4.
Eszterhas. American Rhapsody. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000.
Evans-Pritchard, Ch. 8-15, 22, Appendix B.
Flowers & Dapper, Ch. 9-14.
Franks and McConnell, Ch. 6.
Halberstam, Ch. 2, 11, 22, 24-28, 36-37, 40-44.
Hersh, Pt. 2, Ch. 2.
Jones, Libido Dominandi, Pt. 3, Ch. 21.
Kelly. Things Worth Fighting For, Pt. III.
Kessler, Ch. 25-26, 29-30.
Klein, Hillary, Prologue, Ch. 15-19, 24, 26-34.
Knightley, Ch. 20.
Morris, Prologue.
Novak, Ch. 38.
Patterson, Lt. Col. Robert "Buzz" (ret.). Dereliction of Duty: An Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Compromised America's National Security. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2003: Ch. 1-6, 8.
Posner, Ch. 8, 14.
Sammon, Strategery, Ch. 13.
Smith, Sally Bedell. For Love of Politics – Bill and Hillary Clinton: The White House Years. New York City: Random House, 2007: Ch. 1-10, 16-17.
Stewart, Pt. 3, Afterword, Appendixes 2-4.
Sobran, Joseph. Hustler: The Clinton Legacy. Ed. Tom McPherren. Vienna, Va.: Griffin Communications, 2000.
Walker, Ch. 10.
a. Anti-Terrorism
R.A. Clarke, Ch. 4-9.
Coll, Ch. 21-23, 25, 27, 29.
Jacboson & Colón, Ch. 4.
Miniter. Losing bin Laden: How Bill Clinton’s Failures Unleased Global Terror. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2003: Ch. 2, 4-11.
R. Patterson, Ch. 7.
b. Waco
Kessler, Ch. 24.
Reavis, Dick J. The Ashes of Waco: An Investigation. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 1995.
c. Somalia
Bowden. Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War, rev. ed. New York City: Signet, 2000.
Fletcher, Martin. Breaking News: A Stunning and Memorable Account of Reporting From Some of the Most Dangerous Places in the World. Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2008. Ch.
Halberstam, Ch. 23.
Miniter, Losing bin Laden, Ch. 3.
Posner, Ch. 7.
Quigley, Ch. 32.
d. General Foreign Intervention
Allawi, Ch. 3.
Deliso, Ch. 1.
Fontova, Fidel, Ch. 14-15.
Goff, U.S. Army Master Sgt. Stan (ret.). Hideous Dream: A Soldier’s Memoir of the U.S. Invasion of Haiti. New York City: Soft Skull Press, 2000.
Quigley, Ch. 33-36.
Sanchez & D.T. Phillips, Ch. 7.
Tyler, Ch. 10-11.
e. Oklahoma City
Evans-Pritchard, Ch. 1-7, Appendix A.
Hoffman, David. The Oklahoma City Bombing and the Politics of Terror. Venice, Calif.: Feral House, 1998.
Kessler, Ch. 34.
Posner, Ch. 10.
f. The 1996 Election
S.B. Smith, Ch. 11.
Woodward. The Choice: How Clinton Won, rev. ed. New York City: Touchstone, 1997.
g. Impeachment
Barr, Ch. 4-7.
Klein, Hillary, Ch. 4-5, 20-23, 25.
Schippers, David P., and Alan P. Henry. Sellout: The Inside Story of Clinton's Impeachment. Washington, D.C.: Henry Regnery, 2000.  
S.B. Smith, Ch. 12-15.
Woodward. Shadow, Pt. 5.
h. The Departure
Olson, Barbara. The Final Days: The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2001.
S.B. Smith, Ch. 18.
3. The Congress
a. Barack Hussein Obama
C.P. Andersen, Barack and Michelle, Ch. 7.
Freddoso, David. The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media’s Favorite Candidate. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2008: Ch. 4-6.
Sailer, Ch. 1, 12.
b. Others
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. 1, 3-10.
Buckley, The Rake, Ch. 29, 31-32, 38-41, 43, 48, 50.
Jackley, Ch. 1-2, 12-13.
Novak, Ch. 39.
Odishelidze, Alexander, and Arthur B. Laffer. Pay to the Order of Puerto Rico. Fairfax, Va.: Allegiance Press, 2004: Ch. 10-11.
Sammon, Evangelical President, Ch. 7.
Taibbi, Great Derangement, Ch. 2, 6.
4. The Neconservatives
 Bryce, Gusher of Lies, Ch. 8.
Dorrien, Gary. Imperial Designs: Neoconservatism and the New Pax America. New York City: Routledge, 2004: Ch. 6.
Halper & J. Clarke, Ch. 1, 3, 6-7.
5. The CIA
Coll, Ch. 13-15, 20.
Moran, Lindsay. Blowing My Cover: My Life as a CIA Spy. New York City: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2005.
Shorrock, Ch. 4.
Weiner, Ch. 43-48.
6. The Defense Department
Sanchez & D.T. Phillips, Ch. 5-6, 8, 23-24.
Haas, Ch. 21-23.
Vogel, Ch. 20-21.
7. The Opposition
a. U.S. Rep. Ron Paul
i. A Foreign Policy of Freedom: "Peace. Commerce, and Honest Friendship." Lake Jackson, Texas: Foundation for Rational Economics and Education, 2007: Ch. 8-17.
ii. End the Fed. New York City:  Grand Central Publishing, 2009: Ch. 1, 6-8, 10-15.
b. Murray N. Rothbard
(1) The Logic of Action, Vol. II: Applications and Criticism From the Austrian School. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar, 1997: Ch. 10.
(2) The Irrepressible Rothbard: The Rothbard-Rockwell Report Essays of Murray N. Rothbard. Ed. Rockwell. Burlingame, Calif.: Center for Libertarian Studies, 2000.
c. Others
Doherty, Ch. 2, 5-6.
Fontova. Exposing the Real Che Guevara: And the Useful Idiots Who Idolize Him, rev. ed. New York City: Sentinel, 2008: Ch. 8.
Francis. Revolution from the Middle. Raleigh, N.C.: Middle American Press, 1997.
Gottfried. The Conservative Movement, rev. ed. New York City: Twayne Publishers, 1993: Ch. 7.
Gray, Ch. 10-11.
Healy, Ch. 9.
Raimondo, Justin [Dennis Raimondo]. Reclaiming the American Right: the Lost Legacy of the Conservative Movement. 1993. Rpt. Wilmington, Del.: ISI Books, 2008: Ch. 9-10.
Scotchie, Joseph. Revolt From the Heartland: The Struggle for an Authentic Conservatism. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 2002: Ch. 6.
Sterling, Hacker Crackdown, Pt. 4.
8. The Tech Boom
Belfort,  Ch. 1-5, 9-10, 13, 15-24, 26-29.
Byron, Ch. 17, 19, 21-22.
Cassidy, John. Dot.con: How America Lost Its Mind and Money in the Internet Era, rev. ed. New York City: Harper Perennial, 2003.
Ceruzzi, Ch. 9.
Coll, Ch. 17.
J. Cramer, Ch. 4-23.
Denby, Ch. 1-24, 26-28, Epilogue.
Duncan, Ch. 9.
English-Lueck, J.A. Cultures@Silicon Valley. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford UP, 2002.
Forden, Ch. 1, 11-19.
Gleick, James. What Just Happened: A Chronicle From the Information Frontier. New York City: Pantheon Books, 2002.
Gottlieb, Lori, and Jesse Jacobs, Inside the Cult of Kibu and Other Tales of the Millennial Gold Rush. Cambridge, Mass.: Perseus Publishing, 2002.
Lewis. Next: The Future Just Happened. New York City: W.W. Norton & Co., 2001.
Nocera, Ch. 18-19.
Raviv, Dan. Comic Wars: How Two Tycoons Battled Over the Marvel Comics Empire —  and Both Lost. New York City: Broadway Books, 2002: Prologue, Ch. 3-20.
Sinclair, Carla. Signal to Noise. San Francisco: HarperEdge, 1997.
Williams, Greg. Boomtown. New York City: Sewanee Writers' Series/The Overlook Press, 2004.
Wishart, Adam, and Regula Bochsler. Leaving Reality Behind: eToy vs. eToys.com and Other Battles to Control Cyberspace. New York City: Ecco, 2003.
Wolff, Michael. Burn Rate: How I Survived the Gold Rush Years on the Internet. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
a. Enron
Cruver, Brian. Anatomy of Greed: The Unshredded Truth From an Enron Insider. New York City: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2002.
Bryce, Pipe Dreams, Ch. 1, 9-11, 13, 15-51, Epilogue.
McLean & Elkind, Ch. 5-22, Epilogue.
b. The Business Press
Bloomberg and Winkler, Ch. 5.
Ledbetter, James. Starving to Death on $200 Million:  The Short, Absurd Life of "The Industry Standard". New York City: Public Affairs, 2003.
Wolf, Gary. Wired: A Romance. New York City: Random House, 2003: Ch. 2-14.
c. Po Bronson
(1) The First $20 Million is Always the Hardest: A Silicon Valley Novel. New York City: Random House, 1997.
(2) The Nudist on the Late Shift. New York City: Random House, 1999.
9. The Global Financial Crisis
Paul, End the Fed. New York City:  Grand Central Publishing, 2009: Ch. 9.
Randazzo, Anthony. Rebuilding Wall Street: A Review of the White House Proposal for Reforming Financial Services Regulation. Los Angeles: Reason Foundation, 2009.
Sowell, Thomas. The Housing Boom and Bust. New York City: Basic Books, 2009.
Tempelman, Jerry H. "Austrian Business Cycle Theory and the Global Financial Crisis: Confessions of a Mainstream Economist." Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics Spring 2010: 1-15.
Tucker, Ch. 13, 37, 62.
Wessel, David. In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke’s War on the Great Panic. New York City:  Crown Business, 2009: Ch. 1, 3, 4-14.
Woods, Thomas E. Jr. Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2009: Ch. 1-4, 6-7.
10. Arts & Entertainment
Carroll, E. Jean. Hunter: The Strange and Savage Life of Hunter S. Thompson. New York City: Dutton, 1993: Ch. 19-20.
Chang, Ch. 15.
Lee & Mair, Ch. 18.
Limaye, Kanchan. "Adieu to the Avant-Garde." Reason July 1997: 36.
McNamee, Ch. 15-18.
Michaelis, Ch. 28.
Schwartz, Ch. 21.
Young, Toby. The Sound of No Hands Clapping: A Memoir. Cambridge, Mass.: Da Capo Press, 2006: Ch. 7-8, 10, 17.
a. Television
Buckley, The Rake, Ch. 49.
Cantor, Paul A. Gilligan Unbound: Pop Culture in the Age of Globalization. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2001: Pt. 2.
Carter, Bill. The Late Shift: Letterman, Leno, and the Network Battle for the Night, rev. ed. New York City: Hyperion, 1995: Ch. 1, 3-13.
T. Davis, Ch. 19.
McKibben, Bill. The Age of Missing Information. New York City: Random House, 1992.
Sammon, Strategery, Ch. 9. 
Tracy, Ch. 5-19.
b. The Revived Comic Novel
i. The New York Press Alumni
(1) Marty Beckerman
(a) Death to All Cheerleaders: One Adolescent Journalist’s Cheerful Diatribe Against Teenage Plasticity. Anchorage, Alaska: Marty Beckerman, 2000.
(b) Generation S.L.U.T. (Sexually Liberated Urban Teens): A Brutal Feel-Up Session With Today’s Sex-Crazed Adolescent Populace. New York City: Pocket Books/MTV Books, 2004.
(2) Others
Ames, Jonathan. Wake Up, Sir! New York City: Scribner, 2004.
Knipfel, Jim. The Buzzing. New York City: Vintage Contemporaries, 2003.
Sohn, Amy. Run Catch Kiss. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 1999.
Vizzini, Ned. Be More Chill. New York City: Miramax Books/Hyperion, 2004.
ii. Tracy Quan
(1) The Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl: A Nancy Chan Novel. New York City: Crown Publishers, 2001.
(2) Diary of a Married Call Girl: A Nancy Chan Novel. New York City: Three Rivers Press, 2005.
iii. Others
Andersen, Kurt. Turn of the Century. New York City: Random House, 1999.
Barrett, Jo. The Men's Guide to the Women's Bathroom, rev. ed. New York City: Avon, 2008.
Crittenden, Danielle. amanda bright@home. New York City: Warner Books, 2003.
Franzen. The Corrections. New York City: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2001.
Miles, Jonathan. Dear American Airlines. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008.
Rushdie, Salman. Fury. New York City: Random House, 2001.
Salem, J.J. Tan Lines. New York City: St. Martin's Press, 2008.
Shiner. Slam. 1990. Rpt. New York City: St. Martin's Griffin, 2001.
Stillman, Ch. 27, Epilogue.
Wolcott. The Catsitters. 2001. Rpt. New York City: Perennial, 2002.
Zappa, Moon Unit. America the Beautiful. New York City: Scribner Paperback Fiction, 2001.
c.  Music
M. Andersen & M. Jenkins, Ch. 12-15.
Hoskyns, Epilogue.
James & Ritz, Ch. 34.
Lydon, Pt. 7, Epilogue.
Wesley, Ch. 11.
(1) Rock
(a) Metal
Christe, Sound of the Beast, Ch. 13, 15-16, 18-20, Epilogue.
Konow, Ch. 12.
(b) Other
Bruford, Ch. 9.
Christe, Everybody Wants Some, Ch. 13-20.
Kennedy, Dan. Rock On. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008.
Kiedis & Sloman, Ch. 9-15.
S. Smith, Ch. 13.
(2) B.B. King
Danchin, Sebastian. 'Blues Boy': The Life and Music of B.B. King. Jackson, Miss.: U of Mississippi P, 1998: Epilogue.
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. 26.
(3) The Crooners
Evanier, Ch. 14.
(a) Frank Sinatra
Summers, Anthony, and Robbyn Swan. Sinatra: The Life. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005: Ch. 35-36.
Reid, Dreesen & Rapoport, Ch. 13.
Taraborelli, Ch. 46-47.
d. Cinema
(1) Hollywood
Epstein, Edward Jay. The Big Picture: Money and Power in Hollywood, rev. ed. New York City: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006: Pt. 2-6.
Eszterhas, Hollywood Animal, Ch. 10, 12, 14-16, 18-21, 23, 25, 27-29, 31-33.
Evans, Ch. 43-44.
H. Hill & Russo, Ch. 17.
Leonard, Get Shorty, Ch. 2, 4-5, 7-15, 17-21, 24-26, 28.
Young, No Hands Clapping, Ch. 2, 6, 12, 14, 16, 20-24.
Waxman, Sharon. Rebels on the Backlot: Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System, rev. ed. New York City: Harper Perennial, 2006.
(a) MCA