The Rough RidersRandom House Publishing Group, 2000 M11 1 - 262 páginas In 1898, as the Spanish-American War was escalating, Theodore Roosevelt assembled an improbable regiment of Ivy Leaguers, cowboys, Native Americans, African-Americans, and Western Territory land speculators. This group of men, which became known as the Rough Riders, trained for four weeks in the Texas desert and then set sail for Cuba. Over the course of the summer, Roosevelt's Rough Riders fought valiantly, and sometimes recklessly, in the Cuban foothills, incurring casualties at a far greater rate than the Spanish. Roosevelt kept a detailed diary from the time he left Washington until his triumphant return from Cuba later that year. The Rough Riders was published to instant acclaim in 1899. Robust in its style and mesmerizing in its account of battle, it is exhilarating, illuminating, and utterly essential reading for every armchair historian and at-home general. The books in the Modern Library War series have been chosen by series editor Caleb Carr according to the significance of their subject matter, their contribution to the field of military history, and their literary merit. |
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... course in China. In 1906 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for resolving the Russo-Japanese War. After leaving office in 1909 he took an almost yearlong hunting trip to Africa and described his adventures in African Game Trails (1910) ...
... course in China. In 1906 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for resolving the Russo-Japanese War. After leaving office in 1909 he took an almost yearlong hunting trip to Africa and described his adventures in African Game Trails (1910) ...
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... course, much of this general attitude was formed during the sixties and early seventies (my own high school and college years), when an interest in the details of human conflict was one of the most socially ostracizing qualities a ...
... course, much of this general attitude was formed during the sixties and early seventies (my own high school and college years), when an interest in the details of human conflict was one of the most socially ostracizing qualities a ...
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... course, was under no doubt whatsoever, and the frenzy with which he campaigned (unsuccessfully) to get it afterwards is one of the few blots on his exemplary public record. At the time this volume goes to press, President Clinton is ...
... course, was under no doubt whatsoever, and the frenzy with which he campaigned (unsuccessfully) to get it afterwards is one of the few blots on his exemplary public record. At the time this volume goes to press, President Clinton is ...
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... course Senator Lodge and I felt precisely alike; for to fight in such a cause and with such an enemy was merely to carry out the doctrines we had both of us preached for many years. Senator Davis, Senator Proctor, Senator Foraker ...
... course Senator Lodge and I felt precisely alike; for to fight in such a cause and with such an enemy was merely to carry out the doctrines we had both of us preached for many years. Senator Davis, Senator Proctor, Senator Foraker ...
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... course, born with a keen longing for adventure; and, though an excellent doctor, what he really desired was the chance to lead men in some kind of hazard. To every possibility of such adventure he paid quick attention. For instance, he ...
... course, born with a keen longing for adventure; and, though an excellent doctor, what he really desired was the chance to lead men in some kind of hazard. To every possibility of such adventure he paid quick attention. For instance, he ...
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TO CUBA | |
GENERAL YOUNGS FIGHT AT LAS GUASIMAS | |
THE CAVALRY AT SANTIAGO | |
THE RETURN HOME | |
B COLONEL ROOSEVELTS REPORT TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR OF SEPTEMBER | |
About The Author | |
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