memoirs

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Her former colleague Pete Hegseth, now secretary of defense, sold more than 300,000 copies of his last two books, both of which were military grievance memoirs.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026

Political leaders accumulate intellectual capital before they come into high office and spend it once they’re there—a point Kissinger made in his memoirs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Graeme Burk, a Canadian broadcasting historian who edited Newman's memoirs for publication, said none of that would have happened without Hailey's play.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

My own introduction to this came from the memoirs of President Ronald Reagan’s tax-cutting czar David Stockman.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

In his own memoirs he had selected May 15, 1776, as the most decisive moment, because that was the day the Continental Congress passed a resolution calling for new constitutions in each of the states.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis