Henry Kissinger, White House Years Liked it a lot. He's a great writer in his own way, and segments his high analysis neatly. What depressed me was how much of the volume is consumed by his Vietnam negotiations. Richard Nixon, RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon Like most presidential memoirs (eg Clinton), the book is fabulous until he becomes president, and then it gets unduly boring. George F. Kennan, Memoirs, 1925-1950 Carefully written and well presented, much like the man. Dean Acheson, Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department Like Nixon's, best prior to his top position as SECSTATE. Best part is his amazingly mischievous sense of humor. He has numerous laugh-out-loud bits. Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 One of the best American period histories I've ever read. Balances the organizational with the narrative and the macro analytical with the micro historical detail. I took the better parts of two days to read, I found it that good. Four to go. Then on to the last three years of the blog, which is a couple thousand pages.