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House of War

by James Carroll

The book is an uninhibited account of what it was like for him being part of the Pentagon bureaucracy. It’s very subversive

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House of War

by James Carroll

Other books by James Carroll

The City Below by James Carroll

An American Requiem by James Carroll

Practicing Catholic by James Carroll

Constantine’s Sword by James Carroll

Jerusalem, Jerusalem by James Carroll

Our most recommended books

Middlemarch by George Eliot

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

Frankenstein (Book) by Mary Shelley

Republic by Plato

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The City Below
by James Carroll

An American Requiem
by James Carroll

Practicing Catholic
by James Carroll

Constantine’s Sword
by James Carroll

Jerusalem, Jerusalem
by James Carroll

Middlemarch
by George Eliot

War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy

On Liberty
by John Stuart Mill

Nineteen Eighty-Four
by George Orwell

Frankenstein (Book)
by Mary Shelley

Republic
by Plato