Political Science State & Provincial
Flight of the Eagle
A Strategic History of the United States
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Initial publish date
- May 2014
- Category
- State & Provincial, General, General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780771013737
- Publish Date
- May 2014
- List Price
- $24.95
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Description
Now available as a Signal paperback, a strategic history of the United States by the bestselling author of biographies of Roosevelt and Nixon.
In this magisterial new history of the United States, spanning from the New World through the outcome of the 2012 presidential election, acclaimed writer and historian Conrad Black examines the rise of the world's supreme power, its recent decline, and its ultimate strengths andfuture, and the contributions of leading figures, including Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, Abraham Lincoln, U.S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, Harry S Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, and Ronald Reagan.
About the author
Conrad Black is the author of widely acclaimed biographies of Maurice Duplessis, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Richard Nixon. He was for many years the head of the Argus, Hollinger, and Telegraph Newspaper groups. Black is a financier, and a columnist in the National Post, which he founded, and the National Review Online. He is also the author of Rise to Greatness, a best-selling history of Canada, and has been a member of the British House of Lords since 2001. He lives in Toronto.
Editorial Reviews
Praise for Flight of the Eagle:
• "[A] sweeping dissertation on the rise of the United States as a dominant global superpower." -- Toronto Star
• "Black writes with boundless energy, graceful lucidity, considerable learning." -- Winnipeg Free Press
• "Fascinating, richly detailed." -- Vancouver Sun
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