Books by Steven Gillon

A history of the Kerner Commission, whose revelatory findings on race and urban unrest reshaped American politics and our debates about race and inequality

A study of Walter Mondale's career, which reveals the dilemma of the modern US Democratic Party and the crisis of post-War American liberalism. It relates the beleaguered state of the Party in 1984, when it was torn apart by generational and ideological disputes.

"Pearl Harbor...is short and moves forward like a rocket, propelled by readable prose and a laser-sharp focus.... Gillon digs deep into the details that humanize FDR."- Christian Science Monitor