
The War Lovers
Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the Rush to Empire, 1898
Evan A. Thomas(Author)
Richard Davidson(Speaker)
Hachette Audio (Publisher)
Published on 27. April 2010
Audio
CD-Audio
978-1-60788-204-6 (ISBN)
Description
On February 15, 1898, the USS Maine exploded in the Havana Harbor. Although there was no evidence that the Spanish were responsible, newspapers such as Hearst's New York Journal whipped up a frenzy, claiming that Spain had destroyed the ship. Soon after, the easily influenced President McKinley declared war, sending troops to both Cuba and the Philippines In this rip-roaring history Thomas reveals that the hunger for war had begun years earlier. Depressed by the 'closing' of the Western frontier and embracing theories of social Darwinism, a group of warmongers including a young Teddy Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge agitated incessantly that the US exert its influence across the seas. US foreign policy was transformed and when Roosevelt became president there began a war without reason, concocted within the White House - a bloody conflict that would come at huge cost. Thrillingly written and brilliantly researched, THE WAR LOVERS is the story of 6 men at the center of history: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, McKinley, William James and Thomas Reed and confirms once more than Evan Thomas is a popular historian of the first rank.
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Edition
Unabridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Little, Brown & Company
Edition type
Unabridged edition
Product notice
Audio CD
Dimensions
Height: 143 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 39 mm
Duration
Dauer: 832 min
Weight
324 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60788-204-6 (9781607882046)
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Evan Thomas has been the Assistant Managing Editor of Newsweek since 1991. He is the bestselling author of six works of nonfiction: Sea of Thunder, John Paul Jones, Robert Kennedy, The Very Best Men, The Man to See, and The Wise Men. He lives with his wife and children in Washington, D.C.