![]() "Indecisive and inept," McCullough writes, but he learns from his mistakes. The hero is George Washington, who blunders at the Battle of Brooklyn. The book is a study in character of the experienced British commanders and the young American rebels. It is significant history as descriptive storytelling and a reminder of how easily history could have turned out differently. It's not as sweeping or groundbreaking as McCullough's major work, but it's a pleasure to read. Told from British and American viewpoints, 1776 is a shorter, military companion to Adams, which deals more with politics. But many readers will be prompted to think about our soldiers, then and now. ![]() McCullough, always careful to stick to the past, draws no comparisons with the war in Iraq. ![]() It is filled with military mistakes and the heroism of ragtag rebels. John Adams, a 2001 best seller, helped trigger a revival of interest in the Founding Fathers at a time when fundamental questions were being raised about American democracy.ฤก776, released Tuesday, is about the darkest year in American history. Bush and Ross Perot, all Truman wannabes. Truman, his biography of Harry Truman, was published in 1992 in time to become required reading in the presidential campaigns of Bill Clinton, George H.W. ![]() ![]() Call it luck or foresight, but historian David McCullough has a great gift for timing. ![]()
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