Raves for1941andEmperors and Idiotsby Mike Vaccaro "There are very few writers likely to shed new light on the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry at this point in time. Mike Vaccaro is a notable exception and Emperors and Idiots is absolute proof and well worth your time and attention." -JOHN FEINSTEIN, author ofSeason on the Brink "In his engrossing account of America's fixation with sports on the eve of World War II, Vaccaro mixes great sportswriting with historical context to look at the need for heroes." -TheStar-Ledger "A compelling tale of American sports with World War II approaching." --Delaware News Journal "1941is a tremendous book." -Delaware Online "The book informs and entertains, and will probably make readers glad they're reading about 1941 instead of living through it." ---Fort Worth Star-Telegram "A compelling read." -TheMontreal Gazette "An outstanding new book…I loved [it]" -Detroit Free Press "Vaccaro makes us appreciate the extent to which sports can inspire an anxious nation.

" -TheWashington Post "Vaccaro provides lively accounts of the major events in the final 12 months before Pearl Harbor plunged the United States into World War II." -TheWashington Times "Mike Vaccaro begins his tale by wearing different hats. He chronicles the different way people treat him when he wears a Red Sox baseball cap as opposed to the way people treat him when he wears a Yankees cap. Having captured our attention, he puts on his thinking cap and explains in deft prose the reason for all that noise coming from the red state and the blue state of American sport. Terrific stuff." - LEIGH MONTVILLE,New York Timesbestselling author ofTed WilliamsandThe Big Bam.