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Post by Admin on Apr 23, 2018 18:22:56 GMT
In his thirteen months in China, Marshall journeyed across battle-scarred landscapes, grappled with Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, and plotted and argued with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and his brilliant wife, often over card games or cocktails. The results at first seemed miraculous. But as they started to come apart, Marshall was faced with a wrenching choice. Its consequences would define the rest of his career, as the secretary of state who launched the Marshall Plan and set the standard for American leadership, and the shape of the Cold War and the U.S.-China relationship for decades to come. It would also help spark one of the darkest turns in American civic life, as Marshall and the mission became a first prominent target of McCarthyism, and the question of “who lost China” roiled American politics. The China Mission traces this neglected turning point and forgotten interlude in a heroic career—a story of not just diplomatic wrangling and guerrilla warfare, but also intricate spycraft and charismatic personalities. Drawing on eyewitness accounts both personal and official, it offers a richly detailed, gripping, close-up, and often surprising view of the central figures of the time—from Marshall, Mao, and Chiang to Eisenhower, Truman, and MacArthur—as they stood face-to-face and struggled to make history, with consequences and lessons that echo today. Publisher – W. W. Norton Release Date – Apr 2018 Pages – 416
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Post by Admin on May 21, 2018 18:35:23 GMT
John Lewis Gaddis assesses grand strategic theory in practice from the ancient world through World War II and beyond. From the Persian king Xerxes to Churchill's and Roosevelt's WWII strategies, Gaddis brings a deep knowledge of history, insight, and wit to the rigorous study of leadership. How do leaders make strategic decisions? What defines great leadership? John Lewis Gaddis is the Robert A. Lovett Professor of History at Yale University, and was the founding director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy. John Lewis Gaddis, the distinguished historian of the Cold War, has for almost two decades co-taught grand strategy at Yale University with his colleagues Charles Hill and Paul Kennedy. Now, in On Grand Strategy, Gaddis reflects on what he has learned. In chapters extending from the ancient world through World War II, Gaddis assesses grand strategic theory and practice in Herodotus, Thucydides, Sun Tzu, Octavian/Augustus, St. Augustine, Machiavelli, Elizabeth I, Philip II, the American Founding Fathers, Clausewitz, Tolstoy, Lincoln, Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Isaiah Berlin. On Grand Strategy applies the sharp insights and wit readers have come to expect from Gaddis to times, places, and people he’s never written about before. For anyone interested in the art of leadership, On Grand Strategy is, in every way, a master class.
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Post by Admin on Nov 28, 2019 19:48:39 GMT
Woodward's new book claims to take the reader inside the White House during key moments of the Trump presidency.
President Trump and Bob Woodward discuss Woodward’s new book, “Fear,” before its publication.
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Post by Admin on Mar 3, 2023 19:15:38 GMT
Taylor Swift isn't just topping music charts. A children's book about Swift's life is on the Amazon Best Sellers' list despite not being available yet.
"Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography," which will be released on May 2, is available for pre-order.
It details how the singer's talent for storytelling made her one of the biggest stars in the world. It also details her close relationship with fans.
The book is part of the Little Golden Books biography series. Other prominent artists featured in the series include Willie Nelson, Beyoncé, Dolly Parton and Tony Bennett.
Little Golden Books has been around since 1942. At the time, the company said the average cost of its books was 25 cents. The average cost of "A Little Golden Book Biography" today is $4.99.
The Swift biography retails for $5.39 on Amazon.
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Post by Admin on Mar 9, 2023 19:31:51 GMT
Digital Identifier: JFKPP-026-004-p0013 Folder Title: Typescript Date(s) of Materials: 25 May 1940 Folder Description: This folder contains a typescript of John F. Kennedy's Why England Slept, the published version of his Harvard University senior thesis on the subject of British appeasement policy toward Nazi Germany. Collection: John F. Kennedy Personal Papers www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/JFKPP/026/JFKPP-026-004
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