Books by Peter Eisner and Complete Book Reviews

THE FREEDOM LINE: The Brave Men and Women Who Rescued Allied Airmen from the Nazis During WWII
THE FREEDOM LINE: The Brave Men and Women Who Rescued Allied Airmen from the Nazis During WWII
Peter Eisner, Author . Morrow $26.95 (340p) ISBN 978-0-06-009663-2
Chronicling a group of young resistance fighters from Spain, France and Belgium, Washington Post deputy foreign editor Eisner brings to life "the Comet Line" they formed to lead Allied troops caught in the Basque region of Spain to safety....
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The Pope’s Last Crusade: How an American Jesuit Helped Pope Pius XI’s Campaign to Stop Hitler
The Pope’s Last Crusade: How an American Jesuit Helped Pope Pius XI’s Campaign to Stop Hitler
Peter Eisner. Morrow, $27.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-06-204914-8
Eisner (The Freedom Line) resorts to dramatization and speculation (“The pope woke up... feeling as well rested as he had in recent days”), undercutting his efforts to persuade readers of the accuracy of his account in this less-than-thrilling tale...
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MacArthur’s Spies: The Soldier
MacArthur’s Spies: The Soldier, the Singer, and the Spymaster Who Defied the Japanese in World War II
Peter Eisner. Viking, $28 (368p) ISBN 978-0-525-42965-4
Veteran foreign correspondent Eisner (The Pope’s Last Crusade) describes how an American woman, Claire Phillips, supported U.S. prisoners of war and anti-Japanese guerrillas during the WWII occupation of the Philippines. In spite of its subtitle,...
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The Shadow President: The Truth About Mike Pence
The Shadow President: The Truth About Mike Pence
Michael D’Antonio and Peter Eisner. St. Martin’s, $28.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-250-30119-2
Beneath his Hoosier niceness, the 48th vice president is an ambitious power-seeker who may usher in a theocracy, according to this overwrought exposé. Journalists D’Antonio (The Truth About Trump) and Eisner (MacArthur’s Spies) style Mike Pence as...
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