Books
- The Pentagon Papers as published by the New York Times (1971)
- The Arnheiter Affair (1972) — about Marcus Aurelius Arnheiter, a U.S. Navy officer relieved of command in 1966
- A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam (New York: Random House, 1988)
- After the War Was Over (1992)
- A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon (2009)
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“Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for true knowledge. Books are less often made use of as “spectacles” to look at nature with, than as blinds to keep out its strong light and shifting scenery from weak eyes and indolent dispositions.... The learned are mere literary drudges.”
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830)
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—John Milton (1608–1674)
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