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A well-written look inside the Russian government and at the life of a high level diplomat behind the front lines of the deadliest war in Europe since 1945. Thank goodness America has people like John Sullivan - talented, highly competent, patriotic, ...more |
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All Americans should know the story of what happened on 9/11, why it happened, and the stories of the people inside our government that heroically tried to prevent it, as well as those who failed. Wright does an incredible job of starting the story w ...more |
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The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family
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I didn't know I was in the market for a Mitt Romney book until this one came highly recommended. Coppins is an exceptional writer who uses his subject to explore an era of moral compromise and political rationalization. ...more |
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Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case
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How do you rate a book that grips you for the first 80%, lands somewhat anticlimactically, and then continues on for about 50 pages too many on an opinionated tangent where the author is wrong? Spoilers follow: If you know this story, I wonder if you' ...more |
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There needed to be a book like this. So many people have accomplished their goals - in business, the arts, civil rights, food, and in many other fields - later in life. I chuckled politely at the story of the centenarian turtle, despite the fact you' ...more |
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“Perhaps modern esteem for these figures serves as a reminder that, though statesmen may have to struggle mightily to advance their cause, and though they may lose on an issue or come out on the wrong side in the judgment of history, their principled determination is sufficient to win them a place in people's hearts, long after they are gone.”
― Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, The Bill of Rights, and The Election that Saved a Nation
― Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, The Bill of Rights, and The Election that Saved a Nation
“Britain was playing on the same weakness in America, punishing American exporters in the confidence that all thirteen states, behaving as separate actors, could not retaliate. Spain was also busy pitting Northern and Southern states against each other in its attempt to wrest the Mississippi from America. One characteristic of the failed governments Madison studied, from the Achaean League to the Belgic Confederacy, was paralysis. They were unable to get things done. The Achaeans required the agreement of ten of twelve members, and the Belgic Confederacy required unanimous consent. The Belgic Confederacy consisted of fifty-two independent cities and seven provinces. Thus foreign powers and enemies needed to co-opt only one city or province out of fifty-nine to get their way.3 It was exactly what both Madison and Monroe had continually experienced in Congress.”
― Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, The Bill of Rights, and The Election that Saved a Nation
― Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, The Bill of Rights, and The Election that Saved a Nation
“For the first and not the last time in American history, a measure was adopted when the leader of the opposing party led the charge for it. The modern cliché is “Only Nixon could go to China”—only such a strong anti-communist could regularize relations with that country.”
― Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, The Bill of Rights, and The Election that Saved a Nation
― Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, The Bill of Rights, and The Election that Saved a Nation
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