OK. Going to the used book store on Wed (sale day), or the library today. I am sure my brother has one or two by Chernow (all his books are his favorite child). There has been so much talk of genocide here that I picked up "The Nazi Doctors" by Robert Jay Lifton, which had a long chapter on genocide. 25 cents.
Learned recently that the Christian NationalistтАЩs favorite spiritual guru is Gerhardt Kittle, a German Protestant theologian who was also HitlerтАЩs personal counselor. He was anti Semitic, of course.
Read Chernow's Hamilton and agree, but I found Ron White's biography of Grant much more sympathetic, noting that in striving to overcome his problem with alcohol, he always turned his glass upside down at social gatherings. Also mentioned the severe and extended isolation he experienced when stationed far from family. I thought White's tone matched Grant's memoirs, which reflect the type of character our Founding Fathers declared as virtuous (love of country and its laws).
"Grant" by Chernow was a revelation. What a complex person. The general we needed.
But then, please read ANTHING by this fine author.
OK. Going to the used book store on Wed (sale day), or the library today. I am sure my brother has one or two by Chernow (all his books are his favorite child). There has been so much talk of genocide here that I picked up "The Nazi Doctors" by Robert Jay Lifton, which had a long chapter on genocide. 25 cents.
Learned recently that the Christian NationalistтАЩs favorite spiritual guru is Gerhardt Kittle, a German Protestant theologian who was also HitlerтАЩs personal counselor. He was anti Semitic, of course.
Read Chernow's Hamilton and agree, but I found Ron White's biography of Grant much more sympathetic, noting that in striving to overcome his problem with alcohol, he always turned his glass upside down at social gatherings. Also mentioned the severe and extended isolation he experienced when stationed far from family. I thought White's tone matched Grant's memoirs, which reflect the type of character our Founding Fathers declared as virtuous (love of country and its laws).
Thanks for the recommendation, Bill!