In today’s edition of Sunday Book Review:

• • We Don’t Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland By Fintan O’Toole
  • The Trials of Harry S. Truman: The Extraordinary Presidency of an Ordinary Man, 1945-1953 By Jeffrey Frank
  • Diamonds and Deadlines: A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age By Betsy Prioleau
  • The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It All By Mary Child