Customer Review: Thank you, Jonathan Alter for writing such a compelling study of great leadership. Thank you, also for including such influential figures and accomplished women as Lorena Hickok and Frances Perkins. You are not just an historian; you are an herstorian as well.
Customer Review: The authors' thesis is that we (USA) should not be out-sourcing to the private sector critical military functions, primarily logistical. Some of the trigger-pulling has also been outsourced (e.g., Blackwater). I agree wholeheartedly with the authors' political position. But the major point is... more info
Customer Review: Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter has provided us with a choice selection of his columns written since the early 1990s. The book is divided into eight sections ranging from history, articles on politics including the Bushes and Clintons, another on people such as Jimmy Stewart, Frank Sinatra, and... more info
Customer Review: This book has been well researched and well documented... with fascinating tidbits of history culled from the National Archives, through Freedom of Information Act requests and from newly found personal documents from Admiral Moon's children. Jonathan Alter and his editor Daniel Crouch deserve a... more info
