Charles Trueheart is a Scholar contributing editor and former director of the American Library in Paris. His book about Vietnam in the Kennedy years, Two Gentlemen in Saigon, is forthcoming.
Charles Trueheart
Head of the State
How the FBI’s founding director ruled from the shadows
by Charles Trueheart | Thursday, December 01, 2022
Making the List
Finding the right page required centuries of experiment
by Charles Trueheart | Monday, March 21, 2022
Visible Man
A writer whose early speculative fiction made him famous
by Charles Trueheart | Monday, November 15, 2021
Things Left Behind
A writer’s one-sided conversation with a ghost
by Charles Trueheart | Monday, May 17, 2021
Family Secrets
A writer’s personal quest to expose a mass murderer who escaped punishment
by Charles Trueheart | Monday, February 01, 2021
La Havilland
The movie star became a fixture in Paris, where she lived for half her lifetime
by Charles Trueheart | Monday, July 27, 2020
Creeping Illiberalism
A bleak account of the West's slide toward tyranny
by Charles Trueheart | Monday, July 27, 2020
The Difficult Diplomat
A highly flawed man who brought peace and controversy
by Charles Trueheart | Monday, June 03, 2019
A Seductive Spectacle
The languid bazaar of Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet still beckons 50 years later
by Charles Trueheart | Friday, June 01, 2007
Bungle in the Jungle
A new biography considers what might have been in Indochina
by Charles Trueheart | Monday, December 04, 2017
Organized Violence
In the last century, where did warfare end and genocide begin?
by Charles Trueheart | Friday, December 01, 2006
Whores de Combat
In search of adventure and engagement
by Charles Trueheart | Tuesday, March 11, 2014
The Debacle Before the Disaster
At Dien Bien Phu, the French got a lesson the U.S. would take two decades to learn
by Charles Trueheart | Monday, March 01, 2010
Paris: The Death of Derrida
by Charles Trueheart | Wednesday, December 01, 2004
Sign Language
At their best, pictograms tell us clearly where to go and what to do; at their worst, things can get interesting
by Charles Trueheart | Saturday, December 01, 2007
