Slye
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Yes, Rhodes book is very well written history. If you like that strong narrative history, I cannot recommend enough Robert Caro's mutli volume biography of Lyndon Johnson. It not only provides fascinating insights into Johnson as a person, but also the times in which he lived and operated. The volume on the Johnson't time as leader of the Senate is one of the best books I have ever read about the Senate as an institution. And of course if you like all of this, you can also read Caro's first book, The Power Broker, which is about Robert Moses and the building of much of the current infrastructure (particularly roads, highways, bridges, and parks) in the NYC area. I am currently reading a book by a friend, Rosa Brooks, who is a legal academic and human rights activist who worked in the Pentagon during part of the Obama Administration. It is a thoughtful book about the good and the bad of the military, told with refreshing openness and humility. My enjoyment comes in part from getting insight into an important chapter of the life of someone I know, but I think others might find it interesting as well. The title is How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon.
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