Teddy Roosevelt and Leonard Wood : Partners in Command /
Theodore Roosevelt was a man of wide interests, strong opinions, and intense ambition for both himself and his country. When he met Leonard Wood in 1897, he recognized a kindred spirit. Moreover, the two men shared a zeal for making the United States an imperial power that would challenge Great Brit...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2014
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Maps
- Introduction
- The birth of a friendship
- Sagamore cowboy, Theodore Roosevelt
- Doctor on horseback, Leonard Wood
- The path to war
- On to Cuba
- Las Guasimas
- San Juan Hill
- The surrender of Santiago
- Governor Wood
- Tom Platt creates a president
- Commander in chief
- The rise of John J. Pershing
- Philippines, 1902-8
- Chief of staff
- The sinking of the Lusitania
- The buildup starts
- On the shelf
- "The old lion is dead"
- Wood carries on
- Epilogue
- Appendix A. Order of battle
- Appendix B. Timeline
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index.