A picaresque story beginning 1938 in the Philippines and General MacArthur, 1942 Guadalcanal, 1941-43 FDR White House, China Mao and Revolution 1948, California dreaming 1952, Georgetown 1954, Army 1961-62, I Have a Dream and Jack and Jackie 1963, Washington riots and mayhem 1965-68, California dreaming 1977, Russia and China romance 2007-12, celebrating a score of characters and events that shaped the American Dream. America, our salvation and our destiny!
Great read, beautifully written. I particularly liked the chapters on Russia and China. So many events and characters, some famous all fascinating. George B.