Pages of History

By rights, I ought to “recuse” myself from reviewing this book. As acknowledged in its introduction, I read an early draft of the manuscript several years before its publication, and offered such advice as I could. Though it isn’t common where political differences separate friends, I’ve maintained a friendly relationship with Glotzer for close to sixty years. (Let me put it this way: Glotzer is a leading member of Social Democrats USA; I’m a member of DSA and an...