Garrett M. Graff

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER — “Do we need still another Watergate book? The answer turns out to be yes—this one.” —The Washington Post — “Dazzling.” —The New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky, comes the first definitive narrative history of Watergate—“the...

If you are an intelligent person, or at the very least think you are, you have to read Garrett Graff's The Devil Reached Toward the Sky. Even if you don't read this lengthy masterpiece, you should keep it in your library to demonstrate that you are curious and literate. It's everything, and more, about the atom bomb, the Manhattan Project,...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A landmark new account of the single most important day of World War II, in the words of the people who lived it. 'Comprehensive... from a large and wide range of witnesses on both sides' - The Telegraph 'A sprawling history of D-Day from the point of view of participants on both sides.' - Kirkus...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A LANDMARK NEW ACCOUNT OF THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT DAY OF WW2, IN THE WORDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IT "Comprehensive... from a large and wide range of witnesses on both sides." - The Telegraph "A sprawling history of D-Day from the point of view of participants on both sides." - Kirkus "A masterpiece...

“One of the rare books on the topic that manages to be both entertaining and factually grounded.” —The Wall Street Journal From the bestselling author of Raven Rock, The Only Plane in the Sky, and Watergate (finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history), comes the first comprehensive and eye-opening exploration of our government’s decades-long quest to solve one of humanity’s...

“One of the rare books on the topic that manages to be both entertaining and factually grounded.” —The Wall Street Journal From the bestselling author of Raven Rock, The Only Plane in the Sky, and Watergate (finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history) comes the first comprehensive and eye-opening exploration of our government’s decades-long quest to solve one of humanity’s...

In World on the Brink, security expert Dmitri Alperovitch makes the case that we are already in the midst of Cold War II with China, and that Taiwan is the perilous strategic flashpoint of this new conflict that risks triggering a devastating war between major nuclear powers, in a similar role that West Berlin nearly played during Cold War I....

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Incredibly evocative and compelling." - The Washington Post "The most moving and chilling oral history you will read." - The Times "Astonishing book about an astonishing, terrifying atrocity, relived in real time by those who were there. I read it in one sitting & was utterly gripped from start to finish." - Piers Morgan "The...

Now a 6-part mini-series called Why the Rest of Us Die airing on VICE TV! The shocking truth about the government’s secret plans to survive a catastrophic attack on US soil—even if the rest of us die—is “a frightening eye-opener” (Kirkus Reviews) that spans the dawn of the nuclear age to today, and "contains everything one could possibly want to...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "This is history at its most immediate and moving... A marvelous and memorable book." --Jon Meacham "Remarkable... A priceless civic gift... On page after page, a reader will encounter words that startle, or make him angry, or heartbroken." --The Wall Street Journal "Had me turning each page with my heart in my throat... There's been a...

A New York Times Bestseller - A Pulitzer Prize Finalist - The 'masterpiece' definitive history of the atomic bomb. "A comprehensive account... focuses not just on the voices of scientists [but] explores overlooked pieces of the Manhattan Project's history." - Daily Mail "This period in history has never been more relevant and frightening than it is today... A masterpiece." -...

New York Times Bestseller The 'masterpiece' complete oral history of the atomic bomb – by a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Magisterial... A stunning account that brings to the fore the nuclear saga's surreal combination of ingenuity, fate, and terror. - Publishers Weekly (starred review) If you are an intelligent person, or at the very least think you are, you have to...

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER — “Do we need still another Watergate book? The answer turns out to be yes—this one.” —The Washington Post — “Dazzling.” —The New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky, comes the first definitive narrative history of Watergate—“the...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A landmark new account of the single most important day of WW2, in the words of the people who lived it. 'Comprehensive... from a large and wide range of witnesses on both sides' - The Telegraph 'A sprawling history of D-Day from the point of view of participants on both sides.' - Kirkus 'A masterpiece...