DRIVEN PATRIOT: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JAMES FORRESTAL
by Townsend Hoopes; Douglas Brinkley
Published by Naval Institute Press. 1st thus. 2000
Slightly better than very good condition. Bluejacket Books. A haunting portrait of one of the most fascinating and influential figures of the mid-twentieth century. Forrestal forged a career that took him from his working-class origins to the social and financial stratosphere of Wall Street, and from there to policy making in Washington. This absorbing study not only takes an understanding look at this complicated man but presents an authoritative history of the tumultuous years of America's rise to world primacy. Blue cardwraps. A few b/w photos. xvi and 587 pages including index.
Covers lightly scuffed. Small stain to top edge of text block and a few margins. Contents clean.
ISBN: 1557503346
Stock no. 1829559
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- WORLD WAR II
- NAVY
- POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
