Book Tag: us president

A Promised Land

I had no illusions about the ease of the task ahead. The country was reeling from the worst financial collapse since the Great Depression, two wars were still raging, and the political divide seemed only to be growing wider, turning every policy disagreement into a battle for the soul of…

Eisenhower: A Soldier’s Life

Chronicles the Allied commander and future president's unlikely rise to power, tracing his impoverished youth as the son of pacifists, his West Point education, toil under MacArthur in the Philippines, and involvement in D-Day.

Grant

This book paints a complex, largely sympathetic portrait of Ulysses S. Grant, seeking to rescue him from historical caricature and highlight his often-overlooked strengths, particularly his moral compass and commitment to civil rights.