Both a work of courageous journalistic investigation and a revisionist history of U.S. foreign policy, "The Forty Years War" details the rise of an insurgent movement, inside and outside the White House, that contributed to Richard Nixon's resignation --including an eye-opening account of Bob Woodward's direct ties to the military and to high-level White House insiders who actively worked to force Nixon out. The result is a must-read for anyone interested in America's standing in the world--yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Автор: Tom Shachtman Название: How the French Saved America ISBN: 1250080878 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781250080875 Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS Рейтинг: Цена: 12320 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
Americans today have a love/hate relationship with France, but in How the French Saved America Tom Shachtman shows that without France, there might not be a United States of America.
To the rebelling colonies, French assistance made the difference between looming defeat and eventual triumph. Even before the Declaration of Independence was issued, King Louis XVI and French foreign minister Vergennes were aiding the rebels. After the Declaration, that assistance broadened to include wages for our troops; guns, cannon, and ammunition; engineering expertise that enabled victories and prevented defeats; diplomatic recognition; safe havens for privateers; battlefield leadership by veteran officers; and the army and fleet that made possible the Franco-American victory at Yorktown.
Nearly ten percent of those who fought and died for the American cause were French. Those who fought and survived, in addition to the well-known Lafayette and Rochambeau, include Fran ois de Fleury, who won a Congressional Medal for valor, Louis Duportail, who founded the Army Corps of Engineers, and Admiral de Grasse, whose sea victory sealed the fate of Yorktown.
This illuminating narrative history vividly captures the outsize characters of our European brothers, their battlefield and diplomatic bonds and clashes with Americans, and the monumental role they played in America's fight for independence and democracy.
Автор: Colodny Len, Shachtman Tom Название: The Forty Years War: The Rise and Fall of the Neocons, from Nixon to Obama ISBN: 0061253898 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780061253898 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Цена: 12320 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: Two bestselling investigative writers trace the arc of the neoconservative movement from the Nixon era through the end of Bush’s second term—and reveal how the Bush administration’s controversial War on Terror had its roots in a colorful, little-known German expatriate intellectual whose shadow quietly dominated Pentagon policy for decades
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