The War Lovers: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the Rush to Empire, 1898 (Audio)
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781607882053 (1607882051)
Publish date: April 27th 2010
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
American,
War,
Military,
Politics,
American History,
Biography Memoir,
Military History,
Presidents
During the Iraq war, political pundits often compared the quagmire there to the war in Vietnam. The better comparison, however, was the Spanish-American War of 1898.In the lead up to that war, a cabal of wealthy oligarchs espoused the need for a war to bolster America’s image and begin the country’s...
The War Lovers: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the Rush to Empire, 1898 deserves 4 stars for the easy reading style and short, succinct chapters focused on a particular area. Thomas has an easy style and you can see his weekly magazine level of detail and rigor. This book gives a good overview of the...
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