Seizing Destiny
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Seizing Destiny by Richard Kluger
Less than 100 years after its creation as a fragile republic, the United States more than quadrupled its size, making it the world's third largest nation. No other country or sovereign power had ever grown so big so fast or become so rich and so powerful. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Richard Kluger chronicles this epic achievement in a compelling narrative, celebrating the energy, daring, and statecraft behind America's insatiable land hunger while exploring the moral lapses that accompanied it. Comprehensive and balanced, Seizing Destiny is a revelatory, often surprising reexamination of the nation's breathless expansion, dwelling on both great accomplishments and the American people's tendency to confuse opportunistic success with heaven-sent entitlement that came to be called manifest destiny.Richard Kluger is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ashes to Ashes: America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, Public Health, and Philip Morris' Unabashed Victory. Brown v. Board of Education: A History The National Book Award contenders were Board of Education and Black America's Fight for Equality and The Paper: The Life and Death of the New York Herald Tribune. He's also the author or coauthor of eight books. He is a resident of Northern California.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780375712982 |
| ISBN 10 | 0375712984 |
| Title | Seizing Destiny |
| Author | Richard Kluger |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2008-08-12 |
| Number of pages | 672 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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