Team of Rivals, Charlie Willson's War, and River of Doubt. All great reads

[Hamlette]

I just finished this three non-fiction titles and I highly recommend each one of them.

In case you're looking for something to read or gifts for Christmas.

[Kire]

1. Spielberg is making a movie out of Team of Rivals

I wrote all about it in the Entertainment forum:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=210&topic_id=22603&mesg_id=22603

[Sequoia]

2. Thanks, River of Doubt looks very interesting.

I'm not a big fan of TR although he did give us Yosemite. I didn't like his attitude towards the working class who wanted an 8 hour day.

[grammysandie]

3. Charlie Wilson's War was very good -- absolutely recommended

River of Doubt is on my to-read list, but I'm burned out on Civil War-era history right now so it might be awhile before I'm ready for Team of Rivals.

[pscot]

4. Charlie Wilson's war

is a great story. Israel's arming of Pakistan and Afghani tribesmen struck me as a real scoop, though no-one else seemed to notice. Doris Kearns Goodwin is another kettle of fish altogether. I'm reading No Ordinary Time, which strikes me as a loose cut and paste job, marred by brief interludes of her own vapid prose. She writes like a college sophomore.

[MrSlayer]

5. I'm reading "Team of Rivals" now.

It's fascinating.