From the desk of Thomas F. Bertonneau on Sat, 2011-05-28 10:32 As revelations go, journalist Annie Jacobsen’s new book about Area 51 – An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base(Little, Brown 2011) delivers rather less éclatthan the publicity for it promises. The book is nevertheless a moderately engaging “read,” whose 384 pages of text prompted thisaficionado to devour their reportage in a mere two sittings, one before going to bed, until quite late at night, and the other early the next morning on awakening. The disappointment with which Jacobsen’s opus is likely to leave connoisseurs of its genre stems from its aggressive but peculiar myth-busting character.Area 51, Cache Of Cold War Secrets?
Sunday, 29 May 2011
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