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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
Current Literature
Author: Armed Progressive
Author: Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803226586
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Gen. Leonard Wood?s meteoric career was no fluke. The ambitious Wood (1860?1927), serving as an army physician, strategically took on tasks and assignments that led him from the pursuit of Geronimo in the deserts of the Southwest (for which he won the Medal of Honor) to chief of staff of the U.S. Army and almost to the presidency of the United States. During his rise to high office, the darker side of Wood?s personality became legend. Able administrator and sincere patriot, Wood, together with friend Theodore Roosevelt, organized the famous ?Rough Riders? during the Spanish-American War. Unfortunately, Wood possessed a consuming and obsessive ambition, as well as the willingness to advance his own interests over the ruin of others and in the face of political disapproval. Despite personal rivalries and feuds, Wood earned national prominence with his successes as a colonial administrator in Cuba and the Philippines, yet he was denied the two things he wanted most: an active role in the fighting of World War I and the presidency of the United States. ΓΈ Armed Progressive, a critical study of Wood?s quest for power and his tremendous achievements, helps us to understand this pivotal figure who played such a dominant role at the turn of the century. Jack C. Lane provides historical insight and political assessment and captures the essence of this capable, ambitious, proud, bigoted, and self-righteous man.
Current Opinion
Author: Edward Jewitt WheelerPublisher:
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Current Literature
Author: The Booklist
Author: Booklist
Author: Conscripting for Colossus
Author: John Whiteclay ChambersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Draft
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description
Leonard Wood
Author: Jack McCallumPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814756999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Army Chief of Staff, Medal of Honor winner, commander of the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War, Governor General of the Philippines, and presidential candidate, Wood was one of a select cadre of men that transformed the American military at the turn of the century, turning it into a modern fighting force and the nation into a world power.".
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