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is Marcus Luttrell’s Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 (Luttrell 2007).
David Tucker • United States Special Operations Forces
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West: Meriwether Lewis Thomas Jefferson and the Opening
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Shortly after midnight on June 6, 1944, paratroopers from three airborne divisions began dropping on the flanks of the invasion beaches to seize vital bridges and causeways.
Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
Moyar, Mark. Oppose Any Foe: The Rise of America’s Special Operations Forces. New York: Basic Books, 2017.
David Tucker • United States Special Operations Forces
... See moreIn 1896, Brooks Adams wrote a book called The Law of Civilization and Decay. Like most late-19th-century commentators, he believed that his country was nearing a watershed in its history. But unless America rallied around a strong leader, the center of world power, which he thought might be about to shift from England to the United States, would
George Marshall was the US Army chief of staff during World War II, meaning that he essentially ran the entire war effort. His name might not be as well known as Dwight Eisenhower (whom Marshall hand-selected for advancement), but those who were involved in the war credit Marshall as a key figure—if not the key figure—in coordinating the Allies’
... See moreCal Newport • A World Without Email
the first Senate of the United States consisted of just twenty-six men.
Robert A. Caro • Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III
Like Humboldt before him, he took the greatest pride in the influence he had on the next generation of naturalists. And indeed the subsequent careers of his students and museum assistants are as strong a testament to his genius as almost anything else.
David McCullough • Brave Companions
First in Their Hearts: The Life of George Washington (The Thomas Fleming Library)
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