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10 best books like Eisenhower (Geoffrey Perret): T.R.: The Last Romantic, Theodore Roosevelt: A Strenuous Life, Eisenhower: The White House Years, John Steinbeck, Writer, President Nixon: Alone in the White House, Hannibal (Military Library), The Patton Papers: 1940-1945, The Zenda Vendetta, LBJ: Architect of American Ambition, The American Vice Presidency: From Irrelevance to Power

T.R.: The Last Romantic
AuthorH.W. Brands
ISBN0465069592
From the New York Times bestselling author, an acclaimed biography of President Teddy Roosevelt
Lauded as "a rip-roaring life" (Wall Street Journal), TR is a magisterial biography of Theodore Roosevelt by bestselling author H.W. Brands. In his time, there was no more popular national figure...
Theodore Roosevelt: A Strenuous Life
AuthorKathleen Dalton
ISBN0679767339
He inherited a sense of entitlement (and obligation) from his family, yet eventually came to see his own class as suspect. He was famously militaristic, yet brokered peace between Russia and Japan. He started out an archconservative, yet came to champion progressive causes. These contradictions...
Eisenhower: The White House Years
AuthorJim Newton
An illuminating, clear and readable history of Eisenhower’s presidency. Newton concludes that Eisenhower was the right man for the times, rather than just an adequate caretaker, a babysitter-in-chief, or a bored, quiet old grandpa.

Newton emphasizes Eisenhower’s natural and consistent...
John Steinbeck, Writer
AuthorJackson J. Benson
Winner of the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for The Grapes of Wrath (1939) and recipient of the Nobel Prize in 1962, John Steinbeck (1902-1968) was one of America's most important and influential writers. Jackson J. Benson's definitive biography explores every aspect of the author's life-his campaigns for...
President Nixon: Alone in the White House
AuthorRichard Reeves
ISBN0743227190
Who was Richard Nixon? The most amazing thing about the man was not what he did as president, but that he became president at all. Using thousands of new interviews and recently discovered or declassified documents and tapes, Richard Reeves's President Nixon offers a surprising portrait of a brilliant...
Hannibal (Military Library)
AuthorErnle Bradford
ISBN1840222263
Hannibal had long known his fate should the Romans ever lay hands upon him. He had taken an army right through Spain and into what is now France, crossed the Alps (at a time of year when no one believed it possible), and invaded Italy. Then, for 15 years, he used the country as his battlefield and his home,...
The Patton Papers: 1940-1945
AuthorGeorge S. Patton Jr.
ISBN0306807173
One of World War II's most brilliant and controversial generals, George S. Patton (1885-1945) fought in North Africa and Sicily, as commander of the Third Army, spearheaded the Allies' spectacular 1944-1945 sweep through France, Belgium, and Germany. Martin Blumenson is the only historian to enjoy...
The Zenda Vendetta
AuthorSimon Hawke
ISBN1584451149
In he kingdom of Ruritania, Prince Rudolf is about to be crowned king. Instead, due to the machinations of his half-brother, he becomes the "Prisoner of Zenda."

That was back in the 19th century. But history is about to repeat itself--with a twist. The TIMEKEEPERS, the terrorist underground...
LBJ: Architect of American Ambition
AuthorRandall B. Woods
ISBN0684834588
For almost forty years, the verdict on Lyndon Johnson's presidency has been reduced to a handful of harsh words: tragedy, betrayal, lost opportunity. Initially, historians focused on the Vietnam War and how that conflict derailed liberalism, tarnished the nation's reputation, wasted lives, and...
The American Vice Presidency: From Irrelevance to Power
AuthorJules Witcover
ISBN1588344711
The American Vice Presidency is an all-inclusive examination of the vice presidency throughout American history. Acclaimed political journalist and author Jules Witcover chronicles each of the 47 vice presidents, including their personal biographies and their achievements--or lack thereof--during...
Crusade in Europe
AuthorDwight D. Eisenhower
Five-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower was arguably the single most important military figure of World War II. For many historians, his memoirs of this eventful period of U.S. history have become the single most important record of the war. Crusade in Europe tells the complete story of the war as Eisenhower...
The Hidden-Hand Presidency: Eisenhower as Leader
AuthorFred I. Greenstein
ISBN0801849012
Drawing on extensive interviews and archival research, Fred Greenstein reveals that there was great political activity beneath the placid surface of the Eisenhower White House. In a new foreword to this edition, he discusses developments in the study of the Eisenhower presidency in the dozen years...
Eisenhower, Volume #2: The President
AuthorStephen E. Ambrose
ISBN0671605658
Part Two Of Two PartsIn his second installment of the life of Eisenhower, Ambrose paints a man, both decent and complex, whose presidency is increasingly regarded as one of this century's most successful.Wide-ranging and inclusive, the book covers Eisenhower's rejection of advice to use nuclear...
An American Requiem: God, My Father & the War That Came Between Us
AuthorJames Carroll
An American Requiem is the story of one man's coming of age. But more than that, it is a coming to terms with the conflicts that disrupted many families, inflicting personal wounds that were also social, political, and religious. Carroll grew up in a Catholic family that seemed blessed. His father had...
Sgt. York: His Life, Legend Legacy: The Remarkable Untold Story of Sgt. Alvin C. York
AuthorJohn Perry
ISBN0805460748
In a world desperate for authentic heroes, the story of Alvin C. York reminds us of the true meaning of heroism. York's bravery on the battlefield made him famous, but it was his decision to turn down the easy riches of celebrity that secured his position as one of history's greatest Christian patriots....
First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton
AuthorDavid Maraniss
ISBN0684818906
Who exactly is Bill Clinton, and why was he, of all the brilliant and ambitious men in his generation, the first in his class to reach the White House? Drawing on hundreds of letters, documents, and interviews, David Maraniss explores the evolution of the personality of our forty-second president from...
Going Home To Glory: A Memoir of Life with Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961-1969
AuthorDavid Eisenhower
When President Dwight Eisenhower left Washington, D.C., at the end of his second term, he retired to a farm in historic Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, that he had bought a decade earlier. Living on the farm with the former president and his wife, Mamie, were his son, daughter-in-law, and four grandchildren,...
Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life
AuthorCarlo D'Este
ISBN0805056866
From the bestselling author of "Patton: A Genius for War" comes a compelling new account of the transformation of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, from apprehensive soldier to one of our greatest heros.
In the weeks leading up to D-Day, Dwight D. Eisenhower seethed with nervous energy. He had not...
The Japan Journals: 1947-2004
AuthorDonald Richie
ISBN1880656973
Donald Richie has been observing and writing about Japan from the moment he arrived on New Year’s Eve, 1946. Detailing his life, his lovers, and his ideas on matters high and low, The Japan Journals is a record of both a nation and an evolving expatriate sensibility. As Japan modernizes and as the author...
The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made
AuthorPatricia O'Toole
ISBN0743298098
“Lucid and elegant...On Wilson’s tortured entrance into World War I, [O’Toole] is truly superb...As a study of Wilson’s relationship with Europe, and the intrigues of his foreign policy administration, the book is exemplary.”—The New York Times

“O’Toole does full justice...
James Monroe
AuthorGary Hart
ISBN0805069607
The former senator and presidential candidate offers a provocative new assessment of the first "national security president"
James Monroe is remembered today primarily for two things: for being the last of the "Virginia Dynasty"--following George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James...
1983: Reagan, Andropov, and a World on the Brink
AuthorTaylor Downing
ISBN1408710528
In 1983 cinema audiences flocked to see the latest James Bond movie in which Roger Moore defeats a Soviet general who attempts to launch a nuclear first strike against the West. Like all Bond movies, audiences believed that the storyline was entirely fictional if not totally crazy. Little did they know...
The Remarkable Education of John Quincy Adams
AuthorPhyllis Lee Levin
ISBN1137279621
A patriot by birth, John Quincy Adams's destiny was foreordained. He was not only "The Greatest Traveler of His Age," but his country's most gifted linguist and most experienced diplomat. John Quincy's world encompassed the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the early and late Napoleonic Age....
Jimmy Carter
AuthorJulian E. Zelizer
ISBN1429950757
The maverick politician from Georgia who rode the post- Watergate wave into office but whose term was consumed by economic and international crises

A peanut farmer from Georgia, Jimmy Carter rose to national power through mastering the strategy of the maverick politician. As the face of...
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