Two Views of Empire Builders:"The Strangler Vine" and "American Reckoning"

Nancy Pearl, Steve Scher and Katy Sewall nibble at the Bryant Corner Cafe while talking&nbsp;about two books that offer different approaches to the same overarching theme- how empire builders move across the landscape into history. <div class="sqs-audio-embed" data-design-style="minimal" data-show-download="false" data-file-location="" data-url="" data-asset-url="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5428b01be4b0200d0e1b1779/t/5519941ee4b0dfcc47c6d4ba/1427739706432/%2522The+Strangler+Vine%2522+and+%2522American+Reckoning%2522.mp3" data-title=""The Strangler Vine" and "American Reckoning"" data-author="Nancy Pearl, Steve Scher, Katy Sewall" data-length-in-milli-seconds="918000" data-no-file="No File" data-untitled="Untitled"> "The Strangler Vine" and "American Reckoning" Nancy Pearl, Steve Scher, Katy Sewall The first is an historical account of the American Vietnam War.&nbsp; Christian Appy, “American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity” connects our current foreign policy actions to the attitudes that were revealed during our long war against Vietnam.&nbsp;"The Strangler Vine" is a classically&nbsp;styled mystery&nbsp;set in the British Raj. Though lighter and more of a swashbuckler, the actions of the British colonialists are on full display.&nbsp;We also touched on a couple of American crime writers, Ross Macdonald and Ross Thomas. &nbsp;Both worth a look and worth a whole show. That is coming soon.We won't be at the Bryant Corner Cafe for a few weeks. We will be back with the live taping April 21st, 3:15. Love to see you there with books to share while we explore what&nbsp;books to add to our growing stack.