June 05, 2008
Democrats vs. Obama & Other News
They said it -- we didn't!!!!!
OBAMA -- The Not Ready for Prime Time President ....
;-)
UPDATE: Guess who is on Obama's short list for Attorney General? Not John Edwards, but a familiar name to you folks: Eric Holder. Does Janet Reno's Deputy during the Elian case sound familiar? Read it here.
Posted by Cigar Mike at June 5, 2008 11:23 AM
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Mike,
Good one. "Democrats for McCain" has already started in the blogosphere.
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at June 5, 2008 03:27 PM
Hi all, sorry for the off-topic. I came to this country as an adult, only eight years ago and I would like to learn more about US History. I am looking for a book not too dense, that would be an entertaining reading and that would be balanced, without the liberal bias that is found in all of our colleges.
My email is RamonNG[remove] at yahoo dot[remove] com if you don't want to respond in this comment thread, however I realize that responding directly here will be nice so I can see different opinions about each book.
Any suggestion would be appreciated!
Ramon
Posted by: rg at June 5, 2008 04:21 PM
Ramon you can start with this:
Revolutionary Characters : What Made the Founders Different
By: Gordon S. Wood
American Gospel : God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation
By: Jon Meacham
His Excellency: George Washington
By: Joseph J. Ellis
Alexander Hamilton
By: Ron Chernow
Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
John Adams
By: David McCullough
1776
By: David McCullough
Truman
By: David McCullough
10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America (History Channel Presents)
By: Steven M. Gillon
Lincoln: Speeches and Writings : Volume 2: 1859-1865 (Library of America)
By: Abraham Lincoln
James Madison: Writings : Writings 1772-1836
By: James Madison
The Debate on the Constitution : Federalist and Antifederalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification : Part One
By: Bernard Bailyn (Editor)
Benjamin Franklin : An American Life, Walter Isaacson
A General's Life
By: Omar N. Bradley
Theodore Rex
By: Edmund Morris
Nixon & Kissinger
By: Robert Dallek
The Cold War, by John Gaddis
That should keep you quite busy
Posted by: Cigar Mike Pancier at June 5, 2008 04:34 PM
Thanks a lot Mike. I'll take a look at the ones you recommend. One thing that I didn't mention before is that I am looking for a book that covers the main successes in US History without going deep on any particular period or person, i.e. something that gives me an overall background in the founding of nation, the revolutionary war, the civil war, etc, up to recent events.
Posted by: rg at June 5, 2008 04:44 PM
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