Book Review: 'Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped Our History'
(C) 2002 Anchor Books I rarely read books about politics or political figures, even though my main interest in the non-fiction genre – military military history – is, in essence, an account of political decisions gone wrong. When I do read books about Presidents, it's usually about the Cold War ( The Crisis Years: Kennedy and Khrushchev – 1960-1963 ) or specific events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis or that awful day in Dallas. Very rarely, though, do I read books about the personal lives of America's Chief Executives. I used to, as a schoolboy, read very generic accounts of those few Presidents I found interesting (Washington, Lincoln, the two Roosevelts, Ike, and JFK), but as I grew older I became less a generalist history buff and became more of a World War II/Cold War/Persian Gulf War specialist. Still, sometimes it's beneficial to step away from the familiar and explore uncharted territory from time to time. Kati Marton's 2001 book Hidden Power: Preside...