Books
Caleb Carr discusses grief and dying — subjects that linger over his new nonfiction book, “My Beloved Monster,” and now loom over what might be the final months of his life.
April 15, 2024
THE LESSONS OF TERROR A History of Warfare Against Civilians: Why It Has Always Failed and Why It Will Fail Again By Caleb Carr Random House 272 pages, $19.95 “The Lessons of Terror” is a provocative essay inspired by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.
Feb. 1, 2002
Caleb Carr is, among other things, a historian and biographer capable of writing a monograph that reads like an adventure story.
June 8, 1994
Authors: Caleb Carr is never short of things to go off on--L.A., the movie business, other writers, even serial baby killers.
Nov. 5, 1997
Archives
Imagine an American version of Lawrence of Arabia at large in 19th-Century China; add the devil-may-care exploits of Indiana Jones and the high moral purpose of Robin Hood, and you’ll have a rough idea of what the adventurer Frederick Townsend Ward was really like.
Feb. 2, 1992
Imagine an American version of Lawrence of Arabia at large in 19th-Century China, add the devil-may-care exploits of Indiana Jones and the high moral purpose of Robin Hood, and you’ll have a rough idea of what the adventurer Frederick Townsend Ward was really like.
Aug. 28, 1991
UCLA Sports
There’s been little easing into things for UCLA’s young tight ends.
Oct. 26, 2017
Re “Stop Blaming, Wise Up to Postwar Realities,” Commentary, June 25: Caleb Carr wrongly seeks to absolve President Bush for the Iraq war.
June 30, 2003
The Italian Secretary A Further Adventure of Sherlock Holmes Caleb Carr Carroll & Graf: 266 pp., $23.95
May 8, 2005
World & Nation
Re “Why good countries fight dirty wars,” Current, July 30 Caleb Carr does not specifically say it, but any reasonable reader would conclude from his article that the answer to why so-called good countries fight dirty wars is because they are morally equivalent to those they fight -- despite all of their high-toned moralistic propaganda.
Aug. 5, 2006