Book Reviews

Pickett’s Charge: Confederate troops braved hundreds of yards of open terrain in an ill-fated attempt to turn the tide on the last day of battle at Gettysburg. French artist Paul Philippoteaux recreated the chaos in a cyclorama called The Battle of Gettysburg, first displayed in Chicago in 1883, a portion of which is shown here. (Medford Historical Society Collection / CORBIS)
Book Reviews

GETTYSBURG:
The Last Invasion.
By Allen C. Guelzo. Knopf. 632 pp. $35

ON THE MAP:
A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks.
By Simon Garfield. Gotham. 464 pp. $27.50

HOPE AGAINST HOPE:
Three Schools, One City, and the Struggle to Educate America’s Children.
By Sarah Carr. Bloomsbury. 316 pp. $27.00

ADRENALINE
By Brian B. Hoffman. Harvard Univ. Press. 298 pp. $24.95

SHADOW WARRIOR:
William Egan Colby and the CIA.
By Randall B. Woods. Basic Books. 546 pp. $29.99

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The Folly of Technological Solutionism.
By Evgeny Morozov. PublicAffairs. 415 pp. $28.99

INVISIBLE ARMIES:
An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare From Ancient Times to the Present.
By Max Boot. Liveright. 750 pp. $35

THE SIGNAL AND THE NOISE:
Why So Many Predictions Fail—but Some Don’t.
By Nate Silver. Penguin Press. 534 pp. $27.95

TWO CHEERS FOR ANARCHISM:
Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play.
By James C. Scott. Princeton Univ. Press. 169 pp. $24.95

FAR FROM THE TREE:
Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity.
By Andrew Solomon. Scribner. 962 pp. $37.50

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