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07-07-2013, 08:27 PM
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Excellent book. Heard the author on NPR and read it shortly thereafter. I get a lot of leads on books from NPR shows and ATR. Just finished the book about the WWII spy Garbo that was mentioned on the show recently. Recommended highly.
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07-07-2013, 08:38 PM
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i have another book to read after this one, about the restoration. also have one on patton to dig into.
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all. Abraham Lincoln
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07-07-2013, 08:45 PM
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Maybe it was your recommendation that I saw;-) I was thinking it was on the show, no matter it was well worth the read. The things that guy did were amazing.
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07-07-2013, 08:50 PM
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it was a hell of a story. glad he was able to do what he did-who knows how the aftermath of d-day would have gone if they hadn't managed to continue to fool hitler. and luckily, hitler ignored rommel!
now, lincoln would get put out with his generals, but at least he didn't delude himself into thinking he should or could step in and take over the waging of it...even if he did ask mclellan 'if you're not going to use your army, maybe i could borrow it for a while'. i've never looked, but i wonder what happened to him after he lost the presidential election to lincoln...
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07-07-2013, 09:03 PM
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Spent a lot of time in Europe and eventually served a term as NJ Governor. Of course wrote a memoir that defended his actions in the war. "Little Napoleon" was a very accurate nickname.
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07-07-2013, 10:10 PM
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yeah, i read up on him a bit. i know he had huge visions of greatness for himself. too bad his ambition didn't actually propel him to action.
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all. Abraham Lincoln
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07-08-2013, 07:29 AM
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This is one that I read some years ago that I would also recommend. Some of the things they did at Gettysburg are (wait for it)... legendary.
The Iron Brigade: A Military History by Alan T. Nolan
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