Presidents of War: The Epic Story, from 1807 to Modern Times
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- Oct 9, 2018
- #Warfare #AmericanHistory
From a preeminent presidential historian comes a groundbreaking and often surprising narrative of America’s wartime chief executives
It sometimes seems, in retrospect, as if Americ...
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Number of Pages: 752
ISBN: 0307409600
ISBN-13: 9780307409607
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Bill Gates @BillGates
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May 20, 2019
- Curated in Recommended Summer Reading (2019)
My interest in all aspects of the Vietnam War is the main reason I decided to pick up this book. By the time I finished it, I learned a lot not only about Vietnam but about the eight other major conflicts the U.S. entered between the turn of the 19th century and the 1970s. Beschloss’s broad scope lets you draw important cross-cutting lessons about presidential leadership.