"Memoirs," the English poet George Meredith once wrote, "are the backstairs of history." They invite us to prowl behind the facade of bygone events, to peer into the hitherto dark recesses of human motivation. A memoir should be a distillation of human ambition--a contemplation of principles held, achievements cherished, and ambitions dashed. The memorialist may don one of many cloaks. A memoir may be vengeful--a chance to push the knife deeper into the flank of adversaries. It may be revelatory--a candid retelling of events once constrained by political expediency and state secrecy. Or a memoir may be contemplative--a consideration of temps perdu. Or hortatory--a rallying ...

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