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The gap between rich and poor has never been wider...legislative stalemate paralyzes the country...corporations resist federal regulations...spectacular mergers produce giant companies...the influence of money in politics deepens...bombs explode in crowded streets...small wars proliferate far from our shores...a dizzying array of inventions speeds the pace of daily life. These unnervingly familiar headlines serve as the backdrop for Doris Kearns Goodwin's highly anticipated The Bully Pulpit - a dynamic history of the first decade of the Progressive era, that tumultuous time when the nation...Simon & Schuster, Hardcover Edition, First Printing, 1/5/2013. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Near Fine, DJ Near Fine. Great Gift

Churchill: Taken From the Diaries of Lord Moran: The Struggle for Survival, 1940-1965, by Charles McMoran Wilson Moran Winston Churchill's doctor, devoted friend, and confidant, Lord Moran, present a frank and intimate portrait of the Prime Minister from the tumultuous post-World War II years all the way up to his death in January 1965. In his unique position as a companion to Churchill throughout virtually his entire career as a statesman, Moran sheds new light on the controversies that precipitated Churchill's eventual fall from grace after the War, presenting an invaluable picture of a...
Houghton Mifflin Company Boston, Stated First American Edition,1966. Book in Near Fine, Solid,Clean, no writing or soiling, with Near Fine DJ, colors vibrant, just a hint of shelf wear at top and bottom of spine.

First published in 1958, Montgomery's memoirs cover the full span of his career first as a regimental officer in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and then as a Staff Officer. His choice of the Warwickshires was due to his lack of money. He saw service in India before impressing with his courage, tactical skill and staff ability in the Great War. Despite his tactless uncompromising manner his career flourished between the wars but it was during the retreat to Dunkirk that his true brilliance as a commander revealed itself. The rest is history but in this autobiography we can hear Monty telling...World Pub. Co, First Edition , First Printing, 1958, Better than Very Good ,very solid, text is clean and bright, slight yellowing on end papers, NO DJ.

Thirteen Soldiers: A Personal History of Americans at War (styled 13 Soldiers on the front cover) is a 2014 book by United States Senator John McCain and his frequent collaborator and former staff member Mark Salter. (Unlike their previous books, with this one Salter has a co-equal writing credit rather than a 'with' credit.) Published by Simon & Schuster, it contains a chapter representing one person's story from each of America's thirteen major wars. Only three of the thirteen are officers and there is diversity among the thirteen, with two African Americans and two women represented as well...Simon & Schuster, First Edition, First Printing, 11/ 2014 Full #'s line 1-20. Very Good, clean, vibrant tight, red marker mark at head. DJ clean, bright, one closed tar at top left, repaired. Wrinkled on front flap, unclipped. Binding light gray paper/spine ,blue cloth/red lettering.

This sequel and conclusion to The Winds of War traces the destinies of its characters--especially the fate of the Henry family--during the turbulent years of World War II