Recently reviewed books of note

“Conservatives without Conscience,” by John Dean
Five stars, excellent book

“Regarding the Land: Robert Glenn Ketchum And the Legacy of Eliot Porter,” by John Rohrback
Excellent book by two of America’s leading environmental photographers; their exhibit is still on display at the Amon Carter. Five stars.

“State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III,” by Bob Woodward.
Best of the recent books at pinning the incompetency tail on former Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld, but why wasn’t more of this in “Plan of Attack”? Four stars.

“Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq,” by Thomas E. Ricks.
A two-star hack job that’s too apologetic for neocons, including making the claim that Bush/Cheney had no pre-9/11 designs on Iraq, despite Cheney and Jeb Bush being among the original 25 signees of the American Enterprise Institute’s PNAC. Ignore five-star reviews.

“Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11,” by Lawrence Wright.
Three-starred book of a four-star book to counteract fluff reviews. A good intro to the roots of al-Qaeda.

“Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West,” by Hampton Sides.
THE must-read new bio of Kit Carson, by the acclaimed author of “Ghost Soldiers.” Five stars.