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Brett Dakin is the author of American Daredevil: Comics, Communism, and the Battles of Lev Gleason (Chapterhouse) and Another Quiet American: Stories of Life in Laos (Asia Books). His writing has appeared in the New York Daily News, the International Herald Tribune, The Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, and The Guardian. A graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School, Brett grew up in London and now lives in New York City with his husband—and their dog, Carl.
‘American Daredevil-Comics, Communism, and the Battles of Lev Gleason’ (review)
Written by Brett Dakin Published by Chapterhouse Publishing The new book American Daredevil—Comics, Communism, and the Battles of Lev Gleason by Brett Dakin is both a long overdue look at one of the most important men in the history of comics and an often-riveting legal thriller, complete with suspected traitors, a murder, and the inevitable moral, “Crime Does Not Pay.” Author Brett Dakin is Lev Gleason’s great-nephew, and his book was triggered—as often happens—by a desire to learn more...
Book review: 'American Daredevil' shows how mild-mannered types can be true superheroes
American Daredevil LIKE ALL of us, author Brett Dakin had a member of his immediate family tell him a tale of a distant relative. Like some of us, the tale spurred him to do some genealogical work and research government records to learn more about this relative. Like a few of us, Dakin’s efforts ultimately produced an unflattering profile of the relative. And like practically none of us, Dakin dug deeper into his investigation to set the story straight.
Excerpt from Brett Dakin’s American Daredevil: Comics, Communism, and the Battles of Lev Gleason
INTRO: I never met Lev Gleason—he died five years before I was born. My mother would tell me stories about her flamboyant, free-spending uncle from New York City, and I especially loved hearing about Uncle Lev’s Day: once a year, Lev would drive to my mother’s house near Boston, pile her and her friends into his gleaming aqua Packard, and head for the mall, where everyone was free to buy whatever their hearts desired—courtesy of Uncle Lev.
Since when did ‘anti-fascist’ become a slur?
By Brett Dakin New York Daily News | Jul 28, 2020 at 7:00 AM Lev Gleason used his comics to get the message out: His July 1941 “Daredevil Battles Hitler” was a bold call for U.S. intervention in Europe when most Americans wanted to stay out of it.
From Spying to Killing
In July of last year, Congress authorized a Medal of Honor for Sergeant Gary Rose. Every such honor is extraordinary, of course, but there was something unique about Rose’s, who now leads a quiet life in Alabama: it came more than forty years after the fact. In September 1970, while serving during the Vietnam War as a medic with the Special Forces, Rose bravely cared for fifty-one wounded soldiers, even after a rocket-propelled grenade punched shards of metal into his hand and foot.
Laotian Lessons | Foreign Affairs
This week, U.S. President Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. In part, he made the journey to attend the annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). This will be Obama’s 11th journey to Asia since he assumed office in 2009, and the attention he has paid to ASEAN—collectively, the world’s seventh-largest economy, and the United States’ fourth-largest trading partner—is at the heart of his strategic rebalance to the region.
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