| Description |
392 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-370) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue : Iowa waltz -- Part I : American war -- Veterans Day : 11 November 2007 -- The fight for the citadel : soldiering and the Founding Fathers -- The Drop Zone Cafe, San Antonio, Texas, 3 March 2008 -- The trials of the Roman -- Taking sides -- Father and son -- The Quartermaster General 1861-1864 -- John Rodgers Meigs and Louisa Rodgers Meigs, October 1864-December 1865 -- Washingtom DC, February 2008 -- Hamilton resurrexit -- American war : Rohrbach-lés-Bitche, the Maginot Line near Metz, 10 December 1944 -- Part II : Americaqn rervour -- Atlantic City, August 1964 -- Saved -- Raven, Virginia, 2008 -- Providence -- 'Whereas Almighty God hath created the mind free -' -- Matopma; Som -- Jarena Lee -- The sovereignty of the voice -- Easter Sunday, 2008, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta -- Great white hopes? -- Ruleville, Mississippi, 31 August 1962 -- Part III : What is an American? -- Twilight, Downing Street, June 2008 -- Citizen Heartbreak : France, August 1794 -- The German threat -- The Chicken Club, south Texas, July 2008 -- The immigrant problem in Texas -- The German threat - again -- The importance of Fred Bee -- Grace under pressure -- Jefferson's Quran -- Part IV : American plenty -- Running on empty? -- Strawberry fields, 1775 -- White Path, 1801-1823 -- 1893 -- The church of irrigation -- Ghost House -- Roll up that lawn -- Windmills. |
| Subject |
United States -- History.
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Nationalism -- United States.
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United States -- Foreign relations.
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| ISBN |
9780670044795 |
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0670044792 |
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