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Mark Danner is the author of Spiral: Trapped in the Forever War, among other books. He holds the Class of 1961 Endowed Chair at the University of California at Berkeley and is the James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and the Humanities at Bard. His work can be found at www.markdanner.com. (July 2021)
The Real Trump
He is an improviser, a performer, a creator of new worlds.
Trump Revealed: An American Journey of Ambition, Ego, Money, and Power
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher
December 22, 2016 issue
On the Election—II
A struggle for political power in which, for once, all is at stake
November 10, 2016 issue
The Magic of Donald Trump
We are told again and again: his is the most improbable political story in decades, perhaps in history. And yet…
Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again
by Donald J. Trump
May 26, 2016 issue
The CIA: The Devastating Indictment
The Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture: Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Detention and Interrogation Program
by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
February 5, 2015 issue
How Robert Gates Got Away With It
Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War
by Robert M. Gates
From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider’s Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War
by Robert M. Gates
August 14, 2014 issue
Cheney: ‘The More Ruthless the Better’
The World According to Dick Cheney
a film directed by R.J. Cutler and Greg Finton
In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir
by Dick Cheney, with Liz Cheney
Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency
by Barton Gellman
500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars
by Kurt Eichenwald
May 8, 2014 issue
He Remade Our World
Dick Cheney’s legacy: torture and extrajudicial killing, warrantless surveillance
Decision Points
by George W. Bush
Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency
by Barton Gellman
The World According to Dick Cheney
a film directed by R.J. Cutler and Greg Finton
In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir
by Dick Cheney, with Liz Cheney
April 3, 2014 issue
In the Darkness of Dick Cheney
His memoirs display an almost perfect lack of second-guessing, regret, or reconsideration
The World According to Dick Cheney
a film directed by R.J. Cutler and Greg Finton
In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir
by Dick Cheney, with Liz Cheney
Heart: An American Medical Odyssey
by Dick Cheney and Jonathan Reiner, MD, with Liz Cheney
March 6, 2014 issue
Rumsfeld: Why We Live in His Ruins
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who had insisted that he would gather all control in his hands, refused to understand what was happening in Iraq.
The Unknown Known
a film directed by Errol Morris
Known and Unknown: A Memoir
by Donald Rumsfeld
By His Own Rules: The Ambitions, Successes, and Ultimate Failures of Donald Rumsfeld
by Bradley Graham
February 6, 2014 issue
Donald Rumsfeld Revealed
What did Donald Rumsfeld know?
The Unknown Known
a film directed by Errol Morris
Known and Unknown: A Memoir
by Donald Rumsfeld
By His Own Rules: The Ambitions, Successes, and Ultimate Failures of Donald Rumsfeld
by Bradley Graham
January 9, 2014 issue
Rumsfeld's War
More than a dozen years later we still live in the world that George W. Bush’s “war on terror” made.
The Unknown Known
a film directed by Errol Morris
Known and Unknown: A Memoir
by Donald Rumsfeld
By His Own Rules: The Ambitions, Successes, and Ultimate Failures of Donald Rumsfeld
by Bradley Graham
December 19, 2013 issue
Syria: Is There a Solution?
The Syria Dilemma
edited by Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel
November 7, 2013 issue
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