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History and Current Events March 2017
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| Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission by Bret BaierIn Three Days in January, political journalist Bret Baier (Fox News) details President Dwight Eisenhower's last three days in office. The transition to John F. Kennedy's administration came at a time when nuclear war seemed not just possible but (to many) imminent. Reviewing Eisenhower's entire presidency through the lens of his farewell address of January 17, 1961, Baier connects the issues that preoccupied Eisenhower with later events that Kennedy faced. He also sheds light on Eisenhower's growing respect for the much younger Kennedy. For another thorough and accessible account of Eisenhower's two terms, take a look at Jim Newton's Eisenhower. |
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| The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire by Stephen KinzerAccording to Stephen Kinzer, an acclaimed foreign correspondent (the New York Times and Boston Globe), the 1898 Spanish-American War was the first American imperialist venture. Subsequently, Theodore Roosevelt and William Randolph Hearst, among several men who supported the war, lined up against anti-imperialists led by Mark Twain, Andrew Carnegie, and others in a vigorous debate that played out across American public life. In The True Flag, Kinzer thoroughly reviews their arguments for and against a U.S. policy of intervention in foreign territories, then shows how relevant they remain today. |
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A Colony in a Nation
by Chris Hayes
An Emmy Award-winning news anchor and New York Times best-selling author argues that there are really two Americas—a Colony and a Nation.
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| The Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy B. TysonThough several books have covered the 60-year-old case of Emmett Till's lynching in Mississippi, historian Timothy Tyson's new history freshly illuminates the trial of Till's murderers. He analyzes the trial transcript, which had been missing since 1955, interviews the key witness (now 80 years old) to Till's allegedly inappropriate behavior, and provides details from a recent FBI investigation. This riveting account immerses readers in the case and offers the definitive summary of its impact on subsequent history. For an absorbing study of one aspect of the case, try John Edgar Wideman's Writing to Save a Life, which focuses on Emmett's father Louis Till. |
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The way of the strangers : encounters with the Islamic State
by Graeme Wood
The writer of The Atlantic's cover story, "What ISIS Really Wants," presents an intimate and unsettling examination of the motivations that drive the men and women of the Islamic State, sharing the stories of individual followers against a backdrop of the violent events of today.
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Agent 110 : An American Spymaster and the German Resistance in Wwii
by Scott Miller
A suspenseful account of how OSS spymaster Allen Dulles led a network of disenchanted Germans in a plot to assassinate Hitler and end World War II before the invasion of opportunistic Russian forces. By a former Wall Street Journal writer and the highly recommended author of The President and the Assassin.
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