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the first Senate of the United States consisted of just twenty-six men.
Robert A. Caro • Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III
The federal government’s relation to private life changed in World War II. It was central to winning the war, because World War II was won or lost on the ability to utilize the industrial base.
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
books written by Andy Grove,
Ben Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir
Conner also addressed the inadequacy of military spending in a 1928 article titled “The National Defense.” True to form, Conner grounded his thesis in history, beginning with the War of 1812 and proceeding through the Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish–American War, and the recently concluded Great War. Conner quoted each era’s leading lawmakers, who
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As the president of the tire manufacturer B. F. Goodrich warned, without rubber the United States “could offer only 1860 defenses against 1942 attacks.” Without rubber—it wasn’t a hypothetical scenario. On December 7/8, 1941, Japan, worried about its own access to rubber and other critical raw materials, expanded its war beyond China and moved on t
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