[1] Peraino's second book, A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, 1949, was released in September 2017.
[2][3] The Wall Street Journal featured it on the cover of its weekend book review.
[5] The Daily Beast named it one of the best books on President Lincoln, and Foreign Affairs magazine called it "an important step toward a richer and more useful understanding of the American past.
"[6][7] From 1999 to 2010, Peraino was a writer for Newsweek magazine, where he reported from around the world and was a finalist for the Livingston Award for his foreign-affairs writing.
[8] He has also written for Foreign Policy, The Wall Street Journal, Politico Magazine, and other publications, and has appeared on Morning Joe, PBS NewsHour, and elsewhere.