Oath and Honor explained

Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning
Authors:Liz Cheney
Language:English
Genre:Autobiography
Publisher:Little, Brown and Company[1]
Release Date:December 5, 2023
Pages:384
Isbn:978-0-3165-7206-4

Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning is a memoir written by Liz Cheney, a former United States House representative from Wyoming and Vice Chair of the House Select Committee on the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol. In this memoir, Cheney provided an insider account from her time in the Republican Party before and after the attack at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, and discusses the possible resurgence of threats to American democracy led by sympathizers of the 45th President of the United States Donald Trump.[2] [3]

An audiobook version of the memoir was also released simultaneously and was read by Cheney herself.

Reception

Writing for the Los Angeles Times, Julia M. Klein described the book as "a mostly straightforward, occasionally repetitive, literarily undistinguished account of that investigation as well as its antecedents and aftermath," and "oozes contempt toward [her] former colleagues, whom she calls 'enablers and collaborators.'" On the contrary, Klein also described the book as lacking "being a classic memoir", and its tone "rarely veers beyond strident anger and self-righteousness, however well-earned."[4]

Sam Tanenhaus of The Washington Post described Cheney's writing as "a prosecutor’s orderly, meticulous mind," and added that the book's subtitle "A Memoir and a Warning" as "an accurate description of the two potential books she has neatly fused into one readable whole."[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oath and Honor by Liz Cheney . Hachette Book Group . December 11, 2023.
  2. Web site: Democracy is at stake if Trump is reelected, Liz Cheney warns in her new book . December 4, 2023 . NPR . December 11, 2023.
  3. Web site: The Resolute Liz Cheney . Miller . Katherine . December 5, 2023 . . December 11, 2023.
  4. Web site: Can Liz Cheney defeat 'Orange Jesus'? Her anti-Trump book sure feels like a campaign memoir . Klein . Julia M. . December 4, 2023 . Los Angeles Times . December 11, 2023.
  5. News: Liz Cheney is eloquent on Trump, evasive about her role in the GOP . Tanenhaus . Sam . December 10, 2023 . The Washington Post . December 11, 2023.