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Princeton grad Erasmus Kloman was undergoing Army training at Fort Bragg in 1943 when, due to his passing knowledge... more

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  Assignment Algiers: With the OSS in the Mediterranean Theater

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  • Posted:Jul-13-2005

  • Unusual Insight How Well our Young Gentleman Warriors Serve America
  • The book gives a new and intriguing slant on the great challenges and real successes of allied intelligence in the Mediteranian theater during WWW 2. In the process, though, it is a useful lesson...
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She was the daughter of powerful Missouri politician Thomas Hart Benton and was a savvy political operator who played... more

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  Passion and Principle: John and Jessie Fremont, the Couple Whose Power, Politics, and Love Shaped...

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  • Posted:Oct-19-2008

  • Wonderful story of the American West
  • Denton does a great job of setting the record straight about the Fremonts. They were an amazing couple and contributed far more then previous historical accounts gave them. Everyone who wants to...
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  • Well Worth the Read
  • A very interesting account of a couple whose lives and relations spanned so many important events of America's 19th century. Too often, I felt, Denton quoted from secondary source material within...
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Acclaimed travel and adventure expert Anthony Brandt illuminates Jefferson?s inspiring voice, restless imagination... more

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  Thomas Jefferson Travels: Selected Writings, 1784-1789

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  • Posted:Aug-04-2006

  • A Unique Perspective on Thomas Jefferson
  • As someone who has been reading about Thomas Jefferson for much of my life, and who has read many volumes of his correspondence, I find this selection of letters particularly impressive and...
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This is the story of a political miracle -- the perfect match of man and moment. Franklin Delano Roosevelt took... more

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  The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope

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  • Posted:Oct-11-2009

  • Probably the worst, most overhyped book I've ever read
  • Don't buy this book if you are looking for a good biography on FDR. Don't buy this book if you are looking for a detailed anaysis of FDR's achievements in his first 100 days. This basically is a...
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  • Posted:Sep-19-2009

  • The Defining Moment
  • This is an incredibly prophetic book, considering today's political climate. The bold and decisive actions taken by FDR foreshadow the actions taken by President Obama, right down to the critics...
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  • Posted:Mar-18-2009

  • Stretching the Moment
  • Jonathan Alter is smitten with the "defining moment" of presidents and presidential candidates. He identifies the defining moment as the point in time in which "the character or perception of a...
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The words Abraham Lincoln spoke at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg comprise perhaps... more

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  The Gettysburg Gospel: The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows

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  • Posted:May-30-2009

  • The Gettysburg Gospel
  • The book is a fairly comprehensive account of how the battle affected the town and the nation, providing the atmosphere which made the speech so poignant. I found a little tiring the attention...
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  • Posted:Sep-14-2007

  • Interesting, But It Felt Slanted
  • I found this an interesting, but possibly flawed book.
    
    The history and detail was fascinating, as was the examination (and inclusion!) of Everett's speech, of which I'd heard, but had...
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  • Posted:Apr-15-2007

  • More Focus Please!
  • Boritt's 'Gettysburg Gospel' is one of the very few Civil War books that I could not get into. Stylistically, this book is way too haphazard and unorganized to be considered one of the best books...
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A fascinating account of one man?s attempt to create a real-life Utopia.In 1532, eleven years after the Spanish... more

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  Thomas More's Magician: A Novel Account of Utopia in Mexico (Phoenix Paperback Series)

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  • Posted:May-21-2009

  • Neither Fish nor Fowl! Not even Tofu!
  • What is this book? It first appears to be an academic history of the activities of Vasco de Quiroga, the influential colonial official and bishop in 16th C Mexico; it has the requisite footnotes,...
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  • Posted:Nov-23-2008

  • too long and detailed
  • I read this book while working on my Master's degree in English history, with a focus on Thomas More. Even though I knew the background to the story, the story was still confusing. It alternated...
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Is Syria a rogue state? How important is it to the fates of Iraq, Iran, Israel, and Lebanon? Based on unique and... more

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  The New Lion of Damascus: Bashar al-Asad and Modern Syria

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  • Posted:Nov-15-2008

  • THE NEW LION OF DAMASCUS
  • David Lesch's access to the President of Syria is critical for this little understood country. This is a fine account and a must read for those who need to know more about this strategic country in...
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  • Posted:Nov-15-2007

  • Worshipping Assad
  • I am still taken aback and quite frankly a little confused by the lengths that Prof. Lesch goes to in order to defend the Assad regime. Every description of some horrible event is followed up by a...
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Prophet John Wroe (1782-1863), found fame through his many predictions, his preaching and the establishment of the... more

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Thomas Cook (1808-92), the father of tourism, is a forgotten hero of his age. When he was born, neither of the words... more

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Robert Rubin was sworn in as the seventieth U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in January 1995 in a brisk ceremony... more

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  In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington

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  • Posted:Sep-03-2009

  • A relaxing quick read
  • Relative to Irrational Exuberance, which received much acclaim, The New Financial Order was not given the same sort of thumbs up. I'm a bit biased having seen him speak and thinking that many of...
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  • Posted:Feb-06-2009

  • The 10 most unethical people in business
  • Robert Rubin was chosen by Marketwatch as one of the The 10 most unethical people in business (Jan 15 2009)He left Citigroup where "he has been awarded more than $126 million in cash and stock over...
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