Battle of Antietam By James M. McPherson I just finished an exciting book, written by James McPherson, America’s most eminent Civil War historian, about the Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862. The author [...]
I recently read the book Nixon and Mao, the Week that Changed the World, by Margarat MacMillan. This book highlights the remarkable and surprising trip by Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon to China in 1972. [...]
I recently completed Robert Dallek’s book, Lyndon Johnson, Flawed Giant. The author made the observation that a cross-section of historians rate Johnson an average president despite his incredible achievements in orchestrating the legislation of many [...]
