The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion - Couverture souple

Brinkley, Douglas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060565306 ISBN 13 : 9780060565305

Editeur : Harper Perennial, 2006

Synopsis

Book by Brinkley Douglas

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

“Brinkley knows there is sometimes a theater to war and always to its remembrance.” (Publishers Weekly)

“Compelling reading.” (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

“Riveting.” (Chicago Tribune)

“The Boys of Pointe du Hoc are needed today.... An important and entertaining book.” (Bill O'Reilly, host of The O'Reilly Factor)

“Brinkley knows there is sometimes a theater to war and always to its remembrance.” (Chris Matthews, host of Hardball and author of Kennedy and Nixon)

“In this jewel of a book, Douglas Brinkley proves his skills as a master storyteller.” (Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of No Ordinary Time)

“A gripping account of the Rangers who scaled Pointe du Hoc; and a bold, even brilliant treatment of Reaganesque stagecraft.” (Richard Norton Smith, Executive Director, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library)

“In this fascinating new study, Douglas Brinkley... sheds fresh light on the making of a crucial presidential moment.” (Jon Meacham, author of Franklin and Winston)

“A powerful tale that celebrates, and explores, the patriotism and pride inspired by America’s brave soldiers.” (Walter Isaacson, author of Benjamin Franklin)

“Both the novice and D-Day historian will want to read The Boys of Pointe du Hoc.” (JoAnna McDonald, author of The Liberation of Pointe du Hoc)

Biographie de l'auteur :

Douglas Brinkley is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University, a CNN Presidential Historian, and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair.  In the world of public history, he serves on boards, at museums, at colleges, and for historical societies. The Chicago Tribune dubbed him “America’s New Past Master.” The New-York Historical Society has chosen Brinkley as its official U.S. Presidential Historian. His recent book Cronkite won the Sperber Prize, while The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast received the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. He was awarded a Grammy for Presidential Suite and is the recipient of seven honorary doctorates in American studies. His two-volume, annotated Nixon Tapes recently won the Arthur S. Link–Warren F. Kuehl Prize. He is a member of the Century Association, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the James Madison Council of the Library of Congress. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and three children.

 www.douglasbrinkley.com

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0060565306
• ISBN 13: 9780060565305
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288