A vivid, kaleidoscopic fictional narrative of American history from 1939 to 1954 follows the seminal events--World War II and the Cold War--and personalities that transformed America from a republic to an empire, as seen through the e...

POINT TO POINT NAVIGATION refers to a form of navigation Gore Vidal resorted to as a first mate in the navy during World War II. As he says, 'As I was writing this account of my life and times since PALIMPSEST, I felt as if I were aga...