Parish Priest:
Father Michael McGivney and American Catholicism By Douglas
Brinkley and Julie M. Fenster
HarperCollins, January 1, 2006
The
acclaimed historian and New York Times bestselling
author of Tour of Duty and The Boys of Pointe
du Hoc offers the first in-depth biography of
the Roman Catholic priest who fought against
prejudice and founded the Knights of Columbus… "Father
McGivney’s vision remains as relevant as
ever in the changed circumstances of today’s
church and society." – Pope
John Paul II MORE>
The Boys of
Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S.
Army 2nd Ranger Battalion By Stephen
Ambrose
HarperCollins, May 31, 2005
"The
boys of Pointe du Hoc are needed today.
Douglas Brinkley’s fine historical
exposition weaves the courage of the
American Rangers at D-Day into the
fabric of the Reagan presidency to
illuminate just what qualities are
needed now to keep the United States
strong and free. An important and entertaining
book." – Bill
O’Reilly,
host of The O’Reilly
Factor MORE>
Voices of
Valor : D-Day, June 6, 1944 By Douglas
G. Brinkley and Ronald J. Drez
Bulfinch, May 5, 2004
"Voices
of Valor is an irresistible chorus of personal
memories about every aspect of D-Day. Just
when you think you’ve heard it all,
a new story of courage, fear, brotherly love,
or combat humor takes you back to that fateful
day in June 1944, and the invasion that remains
a military wonder." –
Tom Brokaw MORE>
Tour of Duty:
John Kerry and the Vietnam War By Douglas
Brinkley
HarperCollins, January 1, 2004
"In
Tour of Duty, an account of my friend John Kerry’s
experiences and great courage in Vietnam, and
his role in our national debate over that lost
cause, Doug Brinkley does a masterful job of showing
how war, with its unique mix of sacrifice and malice,
courage and trepidation, both burdens and strengthens
the heart of the combatant, who learns in equal measure
how cruel and noble human beings can be." –
John McCain MORE>
The Mississippi:
and the Making of a Nation By Stephen
Ambrose and Douglas Brinkley
National Geographic, 2002
"Stephen
Ambrose and Doug Brinkley have done what many
of us dream of doing. They have traveled the
length of the Mississippi, the most important
river in the world, taking their time, wading
into the lives of people along the river, , replacing
myth with history, and sharing the stories with
us. And what stories why are, touching on everything
from America’s soul to American industry
to American hubris, from W.C. Handy and the birth
of the blues in the delta to St. Louis-born T.S.
Eliot’s "strong brown god," from
John Deere and the agricultural revolution he
brought to the Midwest to the engineering feats
that try to keep the Mississippi in its place."– John
Barry MORE>
Witness
to America By Douglas G. Brinkley
and Stephen Ambrose Harper Collins,
November 1, 1999
"Personal
and perceptive, this book brings to life
pivotal moments of drama, intrigue, challenge
and triumph. Ambrose and Brinkley keep you
glued to these narratives that take you on
a journey from the American Revolution to
the new millennium." –
Steven Spielberg MORE>
Jimmy Carter:
The Unfinished Presidency Penguin Books,
1999
"With
its astonishing detail and subtle insights, it
is hard to imagine that this definitive account
will ever be surpassed."-
Peter G. Bourne, Author of Jimmy
Carter: A Comprehensive Biography from Plains
to Postpresidency.MORE>
American Heritage
History Viking Adult,
November 1998
For
more than four decades, American Heritage's reputation
for engaging, impeccably researched historical
journalism has made it one of the most respected
names in American story-telling. MORE>
Rise to Globalism:
American Foreign Policy Since 1938 Penguin Books;
8th Rev edition, September 1997
"One
of the most lively and provocative interpretive
studies of the major events in recent American
diplomatic history." – American
Historical ReviewMORE>
The Majic
Bus: An American Odyssey Thunder’s
Mouth Press, 1993
"The
Majic Bus has such vitality, force, and power that
it left me breathless, wishing I could be a student
again, a member of Doug Brinkley’s class,
a party to this incredible journey into America’s
past"
– Doris Kearns Goodwin MORE>
Dean Acheson:
The Cold War Years, 1953-71 Yale University
Press, November 1992
Dean
Acheson is perhaps best remembered as President
Harry Truman's powerful secretary of state. Yet
he also played a major role in politics and foreign
affairs after his tenure in the Truman administration.
This engrossing book, the first to chronicle Acheson's
postsecretarial career, paints a portrait of a
brilliant, irascible, and powerful man acting during
a turbulent period in American history. MORE>
Driven Patriot:
The
Life and Times of James Forrestal By Townsend Hoopes
and Douglas Brinkley
Knopf Publishers,
May 1992
"An
American classic… A penetratin and powerful
biography. It not only fills gaps in the historical
record of the war and postwar years of the 1940s,
it also embodies a vivid drama of the triumph and
tragedy of one of the great figures of the twentieth
century." – Robert J. DonovanMORE>
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