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The war lovers : Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the rush to empire, 1898 /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 471 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 031600409X
  • 9780316004091
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.8/91 22
LOC classification:
  • E721 .T47 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
Dreaming of father -- The noble hacks -- Manifest destiny -- The large policy -- The individualist -- Selling papers -- The czar -- The pleasant gang -- Aux barricades! -- Kinds of courage -- Romance -- The stolen letter -- Remember the Maine -- The trophies of Miltiades -- Hot time -- The rocking-chair period -- Hurrying to empire -- Ambush -- The crowded hour -- Matters of honor -- Spoils of war -- A certain blindness -- Never ending.
Summary: From the bestselling author of "Sea of Thunder" comes a riveting narrative about America's ferocious drive towards empire during the Gilded Age, and the uncanny resemblance of the Spanish-American War to the Iraq War of today.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 973.891 THO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 34517000447717

Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-453) and index.

Dreaming of father -- The noble hacks -- Manifest destiny -- The large policy -- The individualist -- Selling papers -- The czar -- The pleasant gang -- Aux barricades! -- Kinds of courage -- Romance -- The stolen letter -- Remember the Maine -- The trophies of Miltiades -- Hot time -- The rocking-chair period -- Hurrying to empire -- Ambush -- The crowded hour -- Matters of honor -- Spoils of war -- A certain blindness -- Never ending.

From the bestselling author of "Sea of Thunder" comes a riveting narrative about America's ferocious drive towards empire during the Gilded Age, and the uncanny resemblance of the Spanish-American War to the Iraq War of today.

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