Cantitate/Preț
Produs
Total produse
Vezi coșul
THE WAR LOVERS de Thomas

THE WAR LOVERS: Little, Brown and Company

Autor Thomas
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 apr 2016
On February 15, 1898, the USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor. The sinking of the Maine was just the provocation Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt was looking for. Along with his friend Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and his rival, newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, Roosevelt began stirring the public's desire for war against Spain. Roosevelt was soon charging up San Juan Hill in Cuba with his Rough Riders in a tragi-comic campaign that marked America's emergence as an empire abroad. Through the perspective of five larger-than-life characters--war lovers Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and two prominent doves, House Speaker Thomas Reed and philosopher William James--Evan Thomas portrays a pivotal chapter in American history.
An intriguing examination of the pull that war has on men, THE WAR LOVERS is moving saga of courage, ambition, and broken friendships with a provocative relevance to today.
Citește tot Restrânge

Din seria Little, Brown and Company

  • BALLAD OF THE WHISKEY ROBBER
    Preț: 10534 lei
  • A PERFECT MESS
    Preț: 12083 lei
  • GARBAGE LAND
    Preț: 12017 lei
  • AFTER THE FIRE
    Preț: 11992 lei
  • The Heretic's Daughter
    Preț: 27046 lei
  • GEORGIA BOTTOMS
    Preț: 11869 lei
  • Suddenly Supernatural 4
    Preț: 8365 lei
  • Secrets to Happiness
    Preț: 11887 lei
  • JUST LET ME LIE DOWN
    Preț: 11847 lei
  • ONE DROP
    Preț: 14735 lei
  • An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination
    Preț: 8113 lei
  • 36% Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist
    Preț: 6723 lei

Preț: 14087 lei

Puncte Express: 211
Preț estimativ în valută:
2495€ • 2914$ • 2167£

Carte disponibilă

Livrare economică 31 ianuarie-14 februarie

 Adaugă în coș

Wish list
Gift list
Am citit!
Adaugă în listă
Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780316004121
ISBN-10: 031600412X
Pagini: 496
Ilustrații: 16pp of b&w illus
Dimensiuni: 141 x 211 x 34 mm
Greutate: 0.44 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Little Brown and Company
Seria Little, Brown and Company

Notă biografică

Evan Thomas was a writer and editor at Time and Newsweek for more than 30 years. He has frequently appeared as a commentator on TV and radio and teaches writing at Princeton. He is the bestselling author of six works of nonfiction: Sea of Thunder, John Paul Jones, Robert Kennedy, The Very Best Men, The Man to See, and The Wise Men. He lives in Washington D.C.

Recenzii

PRAISE FOR THE WAR LOVERS:

"In his absorbing narrative of men who found duty or fulfillment or personal meaning in a war for empire-and of other men, like William James, who feared that such a quest would rot the nation's soul-Thomas has illuminated, in a compulsively readable style, a critical moment in American history. This is a book that, with its style and panache, is hard to forget and hard to put down."—Ronald Steel, New York Times Book Review
"Thomas has delivered an innovative, frequently entertaining and valuable retelling of an episode that set the pattern for more than a century of foreign military adventurism. This timely book is a cautionary tale about how the psyche of powerful and ambitious leaders may matter more than fact-or even truth-when the question of war arises."—James McGrath Morris, The Washington Post
"Thomas takes some risks in his biography of Theodore Roosevelt and his cohorts, trying to get not just inside their actions, but inside their heads. The result is an intriguing examination of the pull that war has on men."—Steve Weinberg, Minneapolis Star Tribune
"No biographer at work today has a surer feel for the human dimension of history than Evan Thomas...The War Lovers is as good as popular history gets."—Jon Meacham, author of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House